Costa Rica plans to file an official protest with FIFA about Friday's 1-0 loss to the United States in a snowstorm in Colorado, acoording to a Reuters report. A Costa Rica soccer federation official told domestic media that the protest would be made Saturday, Reuters reported.
Costa Rica has 24 hours to file a written protest with FIFA. Plows and shovels were used to clear areas of the field as snow got heavier and a yellow-and-purple ball was used.
Tne minutes into the second half, Costa Rica coach Jorge Luis Pinto wanted referee Joe Aguilar of El Salvador and match commissioner Victor Daniel of Grenada to suspend the game. U.S. coach Jurgen Lkinsmann made a case for playing on.
After some heated discussion, play continued. Pinto was furious for the during and after the game.
"I asked them to stop. They should suspend the ref," Pinto told Reuters. "It was an embarrassment. It was an insult to Costa Rica and people coming in here."
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