Viewers at home and in the stands had some trouble telling the US and Belgium apart \u2013 some players had the same issue<\/p>\n
Saturday\u2019s friendly between the US men\u2019s national team and Belgium at Mercedes-Benz Stadium was played indoors, in a climate-controlled environment, on natural grass, even.<\/p>\n
Inside the cavernous, 70,000-seat venue, the air was a perfect 72 degrees, as it always is. The stadium\u2019s massive, 8,400-ton HVAC system is designed to cut Atlanta\u2019s stifling summer humidity. On Saturday, they probably could\u2019ve turned the thermostat off entirely: outside, it was a picture-perfect, comfortable spring day.<\/p>\n
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