The United States’ soccer victory over Costa Rica is the equivalent of the dastardly heel professional wrestler who just snuck a cheap shot in against their opponent without the referee noticing, and pointing to their head to emphasize their use of brains to get the upper hand. Long story short, a World Cup qualifier between the US and Costa Rica was played in Colorado, a state that is known to get snow fairly regularly until about late-April. Needless to say, it snowed pretty heavily during their match, but the game went on, and the Americans eventually ended up winning 1-0.
The Costa Ricans are crying foul over unfair playing conditions, to which frankly I don’t think they have any ground to complain. An objection should have been made well in advance, once it was decided that Colorado in the month of March was going to be the site of such an important game. It’s as well known that Colorado is a cold place in March as well as its known that Costa Rica is vastly tropical; the fact that snow could have been a threat and actually happened should not have been any surprise, and could have been addressed well in advance.