The U.S. has played two World Cup Qualifiers previously in Utah, starting with a thorough 3-0 win against Costa Rica in front of more than 40,000 fans at Rice-Eccles Stadium back in 2005. The win highlighted both the USA's dominance in the Hexagonal in that cycle - we qualified on MatchDay 7 - as well as the amazing support for soccer in Salt Lake.
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