US vs Costa Rica Wednesday Night
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The US team, which generally dislikes
playing games on artificial turf have been
training for the Wednesday night game against Costa
Rica at the Saprissa stadium, in a
qualifying match in the CONCACAF.
FIFA, the sport’s world governing body, only
recently approved the use of artificial turf
fields for international matches.
“The fact that a number of our guys have
been to Saprissa Stadium, who have played
matches there, that will certainly be part
of what we will discuss when we get the
whole group together,” Bradley said. “Costa
Rica has had great success at Saprissa
Stadium. They are very comfortable there",
Us coach Bob Bradley said.
Costa Rica currently sits second behind the
U.S. with six points, and a win would propel
them to the top.
The United States have never won a
qualifying game in Costa Rica (and given up
three times as many goals as they've scored
there, to boot) so history suggests that
this is a game the Ticos can snag a full
three points from.
The Ticos have used the home artificial
field to their advantage, beating both
Honduras and El Salvador on it, and forcing
the Americans to log a few days in Miami
running up and down on fieldturf.
Saprissa is also a notoriously difficult
place to play, the crowd on top of the
action and vocally involved. Keeping a cool
head is difficult, even for experienced
pros.
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