Thursday night's MLS clash between FC Dallas and Houston Dynamo was brought to a halt only four minutes after kick-off, with players unable to kick the ball even a few feet in front of them in monsoon conditions.

The biblical quantities of rainfall led to a two-hour delay to the Texas Derby, with the game eventually resumed at a local time of 10:05pm.

The English lower-league winter tradition of a pre-match pitch inspection has clearly failed to permeate MLS culture across the pond, and many questioned why the game was even started at all.