Soccer fever--please let it end. . .

Ever since the U.S. beat Costa Rica in March in a CONCACAF match for the world cup in a snow-filled stadium in Colorado, the entire country of Costa Rica has been waiting for a rematch. The prevailing thought was that the U.S. cooked up the snowstorm that resulted in a 1-0 win for the U.S.

The rematch was last weekend and pretty much everything came to a standstill in the country. Schools let out a bit early (the pre-game analysis started about 8 hours before the match) and according to news reports, downtown San Jose near the stadium was completely closed off with 500 additional police officers around.

Costa Rica got its revenge, cruising to a 3-1 victory.

The three loyal readers of the blog do know that the editorial department considers soccer a poor substitute to American football, and all of the fields down here would be better put to use for baseball or grazing.