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  1. 1.

    burnspbesq

    It’s really hard to root for Costa Rica after all the crap that has happened in San Jose down the years, but i guess we’ll manage.

  2. 2.

    ThresherK

    And now, the most nail-biting moment: Of all the recordings they have which are named “National Anthem*”, will they play the right one?

    (*ETA: More properly, “Himno Nacional…”.)

  4. 4.

    AdamK

    I never did care for sportsball, but I swear the older I get the more sportstalk sounds like a foreign language to me.

  8. 8.

    burnspbesq

    @Onkel Fritze:

    Crap, literally. At the old Estadio Saprissa, it was common for Tico fans to throw everything from coins to batteries to baggies full of human waste at US players. Add an old, rock-hard Astroturf surface, and it was a terrible place to play.

    Supposedly the fans behave better at the spiffy new Estadio Nacional.

  9. 9.

    ThresherK

    @burnspbesq: Isn’t that a normal (not to say acceptable) thing from Central and South American stadia? Offhand, I remember Shep Messing writing about it.

    I guess, being from the US and never having gone abroad for soccer , I’m asking: What is the unwritten rule for too far in this circumstance?

  10. 10.

    burnspbesq

    @ThresherK:

    I don’t know the rule. In a WCQ, the officials could halt play and award the match to the visitors if it got bad enough (there was a march forfeited in the Euro 16 qualifiers when the visiting goalie was hit by a flare and had to be hospitalized). Takes a lot of huevos to do that.

  13. 13.

    burnspbesq

    @ThresherK:

    being from the US and never having gone abroad for soccer

    I’ve experienced “away” matches for the USA at home. Mexico at thr Rose Bowl and Guatemala at RFK. Not pleasant being outnumbered 93,000 to 200 in the stands.

    My all-time favorite soccer fan experience was at St. Jakobs Park in Basel (the site of this year’s Europa League final). I was there on opening night of the 2005-06 league season. FC Basel had won the league away from home on the last day of the previous season. They got their rings, hung the banner, and did a lap of honor with the trophy. It was pretty stinkin’ cool.

  14. 14.

    Onkel Fritze

    Secure 2nd place in the group with a loss against CR and end up playing Brazil in the quarters. Sounds like a sound plan. That’s how my Colombians roll.

  15. 15.

    burnspbesq

    If it turns out that Koeman is the new Everton manager, the third Costa Rica goal is a nice calling card for Oviedo.

  16. 16.

    burnspbesq

    @Onkel Fritze:

    Secure 2nd place in the group with a loss against CR and end up playing Brazil in the quarters. Sounds like a sound plan. That’s how my Colombians roll.

    Peru could still fuck up all our calculations.

  18. 18.

    ThresherK (GPad)

    @burnspbesq: I have heard about that, of course. Glad to see the USMNT guys mention it in interviews when needed, wish they didn’t have to.

    I’m now listening to pre-season CFL. This internet this has its uses.

  19. 19.

    Onkel Fritze

    And it’s over. They fucked it up. Shouldn’t have got my hopes up for anything else.

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