0 comments by Jeff Snyder on 7/17/2016
This question comes up very often. Who would win if you gathered the best players from Europe and the best from the Americas. With the Euros and Copa America Centenario now complete, we can look at the Best XI’s from both tournaments and compare. The Best XI’s below are courtesy of WhoScored.com, who build their teams […]
0 comments by Phillip Bupp on 6/30/2016
Last week, U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati and CONMEBOL President Alejandro Dominguez discussed the possibility of having a combined playoff between the Copa America Centenario winner (Chile) and the Euro 2016 winner. Now it appears that is all but official. Dominguez tweeted Wednesday that CONMEBOL is discussing possible dates with UEFA to have a playoff […]
0 comments by Josh Espinal on 6/27/2016
After leading his team to the Copa America final, missing the first penalty for Argentina and having lost to Chile in penalty kicks for the second consecutive year, Lionel Messi has decided to retire from the Argentine national team. “It’s over. My time with the national team is done. We’ve been to four finals and […]
0 comments by Phillip Bupp on 6/26/2016
For the second straight year, the Copa America Final between Argentina and Chile went scoreless and was taken to penalties. And repeating what happened in last year’s game, Chile once again wins in penalty kicks to defeat Argentina for their second consecutive Copa America win, winning the penalty shootout 4-2. The first half was defined […]
0 comments by Josh Espinal
The United States Men’s national team fought bravely and were close on many occasions to score, but they lacked the final touch in the opponent’s third of the pitch and were done in by a Carlos Bacca goal to fall to Colombia 1-0 in the Copa America third place match. In front of 29,000 people […]
0 comments by Josh Espinal on 6/23/2016
Chile had to wait for it a bit longer than they would have wished, but they managed to hold off Colombia to reach the Copa America final for the second consecutive year. Not only that, but they will face off against the same opponent that they did last year in Argentina on their way to […]
0 comments by Andrew Coppens on 6/21/2016
Jurgen Klinsmann came in to Copa America Centenario trying to erase the moniker of the United State men’s national team as the underdog. His team’s biggest chance to do just that came on Tuesday night as they took on No. 1 in the world — Argentina. That chance was erased quickly, as the American defense […]
0 comments by Andrew Coppens
Lionel Messi and free kicks from inside 30 yards? Danger. Danger Will Robinson. In this case it was danger USMNT, and Messi made them pay for a foul in a big way. Skying a ball that Brad Guzan or any other keeper the world over wouldn’t have stopped, Messi netted one of his best free […]
0 comments by Andrew Coppens
The United States men’s national team came in to the game against Argentina as a 6-1 underdog and it took all of three minutes to find out exactly why. After the USMNT defense was stretched out it conceded a corner, which was promptly taken short and caught the defense somewhat off guard. It took Messi […]
0 comments by Josh Espinal on 6/18/2016
In what was a match that was slow to develop for both teams, Colombia and Peru played out to a very physical and, kind of, choppy game. But it was Colombia that came out victorious in the penalty kick shootout and they will advance into the Copa America semifinals, as the eliminated the underdog Peruvians. […]
0 comments by Josh Espinal on 6/17/2016
The United States Men’s National Team has advanced to the semifinals of the Copa America for the first time since 1995, thanks to a great performance by both of their strikers in a 2-1 victory over a speedy Ecuador squad. The USMNT scored a massive victory Thursday night. Playing great football in the first half […]
0 comments by Josh Espinal on 6/16/2016
After being heavily criticized for his first touch (enough so that someone actually made a YouTube compilation video of his terrible first touches), finally Gyasi Zardes gets a goal for the USMNT in the Copa America Centenario. After a weird sequence that saw Antonio Valencia and Jermaine Jones see simultaneous red cards, both teams were […]
0 comments by Josh Espinal
Who else but Clint Dempsey to give the United States a 1-0 commanding lead over Ecuador in the quarterfinals of the Copa America Centenario? It is only fitting that Deuce scored in front of his own home fans, as he plays for the Seattle Sounders and to him this is home field advantage times two. […]
0 comments by Josh Espinal on 6/15/2016
The Copa America Centenario has been one of the most surprising Copa Americas in history. It has brought surprise teams which pundits and experts thought had no chance of advancing, and inversely there have been teams that have disappointed in a very big way. There have been players that really stepped it up and others that […]
0 comments by Josh Espinal
1) Biggest winner: Chile Not only did Chile soundly defeat Panama to advance to the knockout stages of the Copa America to defend their title, but they found their scoring touch along the way. To be fair, they did beat Panama, but considering that Panama gave Chile a shock with an early goal and made it […]
