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Can the U.S. rise to the occasion?

By Luke Cyphers

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

When the U.S. plays Mexico on Wednesday in the thin air of Mexico City's Azteca Stadium, where the Yanks are 0-18-1, the players will need all the help they can get to adjust to the altitude. "In high-altitude areas such as Mexico City (elevation 7,600 feet or about 1/2 mile higher than Denver, Colorado), most people need a short adjustment period," says the U.S. State Department's Consular Information Sheet on Mexico. "Reaction signs ... include a lack of energy, shortness of breath, occasion ...

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