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SAN DIEGO -- Closer to water polo than a game of soccer, Wednesday's Concacaf W Gold Cup semifinal win for the United States women's national team over Canada played out as a bizarre rainy spectacle at Snapdragon Stadium.
With stormy weather impacting a waterlogged field, any and all tactics immediately became irrelevant as 15,245 fans watched both sides fail to do much with the ball that became stuck every few yards.
"It's obvious that the game was unplayable," Canada coach Bev Priestman said postmatch. "We put in a lot of work in a game plan and within minute one, it's thrown out the window.