In hockey, when two guys are going to fight, they typically skate around and at the point where they are within arm's distance of each other, they'll grab the other guy's sweater and try to pull it over his head so he can't see anything. Then, the beating begins.
I feel like the 3-1 loss to Costa Rica tonight was a lot like that. Except in this case, the Costa Rican goon grabbed our sweater somewhere around the national anthem and rendered us blind. That was ugly.
(I admit that the hockey analogy is pretty anachronistic. After all, we all know that the sport folded years ago. Right?)
I hate to just blame this one on the awesome turf field - after all, AstroTurf is the latest breakthrough in stadium fields here in the '60s. But it was atrocious. Not to say that it was the reason we looked so bad, but it sure didn't help. Make no mistake - Costa Rica fully deserved the win. I'm not even particularly mad - just confused about what we just saw.
Jozy looked great tonight, though. If he hasn't cemented a starting spot at this point, I don't know what he'd have to do.
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