USA 0-3 Costa Rica

Ouch. I was watching the game at 1:00 AM after getting home from the aforementioned poorly-planned wedding (actually, it was quite enjoyable despite very bland German food somehow giving me heartburn) and just as I allowed myself to think “Hey, we’re not doing that badly” we gifted them a goal.

We of course went on the give up two more.

Do you know the last time we lost by a three goal margin?

It was eight years ago and we were playing a B squad then too. It was 4-1 to Denmark at the US Cup in 97. Per Pederson scored four and Joe-Max Moore curled a great free-kick to keep us from being shut out.

To find the last 3-0 loss, you have to go back to December 1993 when we lost 3-0 to Germany in San Francisco. To find a worse score line, you have to go back to July of that year when we lost the Gold Cup Final 4-0 to Mexico in the Azteca.

Still, the match was pretty meaningless, but it sure isn’t fun to lose. I think that the score flattered Costa Rica just a bit, though not as much as the 3-0 win we recorder in Salt Lake City flattered us.