HAVE YOUR SAY! Should the USA have been allowed to choose Minnesota as their location? Comment belowAs the hosts, the USA were able to choose which stadium to compete in, and decided on Minnesota’s Allianz Field stadium, despite the harsh winter.
Temperatures were so cold, Honduras goalkeeper Luis Lopez and striker Romell Quioto were substituted due to suffering from hypothermia, as temperatures dropped below those experienced in Siberia.“Soccer shouldn't be endured this way,” Gomez vented. “I've got all my players getting treatment, some players getting an IV.".However, USA head coach Gregg Berhalter was very unsympathetic to Honduras’ struggles, citing his side’s previous struggles in playing in hot and humid temperatures.“When we go down to those countries and it's 90 degrees and 90 per cent dew point and it's unbearable humidity, guys are getting dehydrated and cramping up and getting heat exhaustion, that's the nature of our competition,” he said. “The cold spell came through and it's something we can't control but all we can do once that happens is try to mitigate the risk by having warm weather gear and going out there and competing and we did that.”.
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