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Costa Rica versus U.S. play-by-play

By Jen Chang

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Pregame banter Our intrepid reporter Ives Galarcep is on the loose in San Jose, Costa Rica, this week, and he told me that on first impression, the soccer mecca that is Saprissa Stadium actually looks like a post-nuclear ruin akin to something like the Thunderdome from the third "Mad Max" movie. When you factor in the 10-foot-high fencing surrounding the field -- which gives it the atmosphere of a cage fight -- and survey the artificial turf that looks about 50 years past its sell-by date, it's ...

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