Costa Rica is demanding a replay of the match it lost against the USA in blizzard conditions Friday night, claiming that the match should have been stopped due to the poor playing conditions.

"We (have) already handed a formal report and complaint within 24 hours post-match, according to the regulations," Eduardo Li, president of the federation, told the Zona Tecnica football show on Channel 7. "We attached videos and claimed this match must be played again.

"It was terrible. While the match was being played, at the same time, machines and people came onto the field to clean the lines. We fought - we talked to the (match) commissioner, who totally rejected our complaint. These are embarrassing situations we should not accept."

The USA won the match thanks to a Clint Dempsey goal early on, but chances dried up as the snow made the conditions harder to deal with.