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Latin soccer teams have passion the U.S. lacks

From San Jose to Cartago to Limón, just about every eye and ear in Costa Rica was trained on Orlando Saturday night.

The nation's soccer team was playing Paraguay in the Copa América Centenario. It was pretty much the same thing in Limpio, San Lorenzo and every town in Paraguay.

"The country stops," Emilio Lopez of Asunción said.

It's safe to say the U.S. did not stop to watch the game at Camping World Stadium, or "Estadio Mundial de Camping," as it was broadcast all over Latin America.

It's also safe to say most Americans don't know Paraguay from Uruguay, much less that they could find either on a map.