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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — For most national soccer teams, playing a tournament on home turf is a huge advantage. For the United States, it can be the opposite.
In the Gold Cup final last year, the US lost in a Houston stadium overwhelmingly packed with rival Mexico fans. The semi-final in St Louis, Missouri, was a sea of light blue for their opponents Guatemala.
There were similar scenes at the US-hosted Copa America a year earlier.
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