"Costa Rica defender Juan Diego Madrigal falls in the snow as U.S. forward Herculez Gomez looks for the ball in the second half Friday night," 3/22/13, USA Today photo, Hetzler
"The match will be remembered in American soccer for the elements as much as the 1967 Ice Bowl is in the NFL. As the snow increased, it made the field resemble a cake topped with piles of sugar, and players' hair turned white as snow stuck along their scalps. During injury time, American defender Geoff Cameron even playfully pushed the back of a grounds crew member shoveling the field....
Soft snow started falling, and then kept getting heavier as the night progressed. From the start of Friday's World Cup qualifier, the lines on the field were covered. As the game wore on, even the Americans in their white home uniforms became hard to see....
On a snowy night more suitable to slaloms than soccer, Dempsey's 16th-minute score in his first start as the American captain held up, giving the U.S. a 1-0 victory in a key qualifier for next year's World Cup."....via Free Republic
3/22/13, "U.S. beats Costa Rica amid heavy snow," AP via ESPN, Commerce City, Colorado
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Recent global warming links, via Free Republic:
Coldest UK March in 50 years
‘This is certainly unusually cold for this time of year. It’s very cold for mid-March when we should expect much higher temperatures.’
- MeteoGroup forecaster Matt Dobson
Most of southern Canada buried beneath 40-50 or more inches of snow
Paralyzed eastern European cities, buried cars and lots of snow – Video
Photos and videos taken in eastern Poland, near Polish-Ukrainian border. Also from Southern Poland.
Worst winter storm in 150 years – Belarus grinds to a halt
Lots of photos here."
Bridgeport Connecticut – 2nd Snowiest Season EVER
The Mini-Ice Age has Arrived
Migrating birds leave frozen Germany – Moving back south
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In pictures: Snow grips Scotland causing misery for commuters and forcing schools to close
Slovakia closes several roads for heavy snowfall
The ice fields of GUERNSEY! Record-breaking cold spell sees rare 8ft-high snowdrifts hit what is usually one of the UK's warmest spots
Worst March snowfall in decades
An early spring snowstorm brought parts of Russia and many countries in eastern Europe to a standstill
Milan-San Remo shortened after heavy snow forces riders to dismount their bikes
Greenland ice melt overestimated due to satellite data algorithm issue
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