re: Cooling time

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Ok, I wasn't talking about the weather in the last game.

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The first two games we were smoked just like the other teams. A majority of the time its the starting line up has more euro based players who would have the same time getting acclimated as the other teams.

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They do play road games in places like Houston, Dallas, and LA. They are still better prepared to play in the heat than anyone on Belgium.

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You point would be more valid if it was the middle of the summer for all these road games before the WC. A game or two in those places do not prepare you for the WC in these conditions esp when you go right back to similar european weather.