As you might have heard, Chile midfielder Arturo Vidal was involved in a serious car accident late Tuesday night. The 28-year-old, who is currently the leading scorer at the Copa Americawith three goals in two games, was returning from a casino just south of the Chilean capital Santiago with his wife when the incident occurred. […]
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Copa: Mexico Holds Chile to Thrilling Draw
Copa America host Chile had to come from behind twice before finally settling on a draw in a thrilling 3-3 Group A clash against Mexico on Monday. Chile next faces Bolivia in a game that willlikely determine the group winner after Bolivia beat Ecuador 3-2 earlier in the day. Mexico striker Matias Vuoso and Chile […]
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Neymar: This is Very Tough Competition'
Brazil captain Neymar scored once and set up an stoppage-time winner as the five-time World Cup champ scraped a 2-1 win over Peru on Sunday. The Barcelona forward headed in afifth-minute equalizer before creating a goal for substitute Douglas Costa deep into stoppage time to seal the Seleccao’s 11th consecutive victory since last year’s World Cup. […]
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Messi: Uruguay Game Now a 'Must-Win' for Argentina
Argentina captain Lionel Messi has warned teammates that Tuesday’s Copa America Group B clash with Uruguay is a “must-win” encounter after the Albiceleste stumbled to a draw withParaguay on Saturday with a particularly weak defensive performance. “To be leading 2-0 and to end up with a draw makes me angry,” the Barcelona striker said. “Looking […]
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Copa America: Results & Schedule
The quarterfinals kick off at the Copa America with Chile-Uruguay on Wednesday. It will be followed by Bolivia-Peru, Argentina-Colombia and Brazil-Uruguay. One game will be played eachday. Note: All games on BeIN Sports and BeIN Sports en Espanol. TV Schedule:QUARTERFINALS June 24 in Santiago Chile vs. Uruguay (game 19), 8:30 pm ET June 25 in TemucoBolivia vs. […]
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Copa America: Host Could Surprise; Argentina the Favorite
As you might have heard, the 2015 Copa America begins on Thursday night with an intriguing opener between host Chile and Ecuador. This is almost certainly a contest between two teams that willqualify for the quarterfinals, as the rest of Group A features a second-string Mexico team that has clearly made next month’s Concacaf Gold […]
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What They're Saying: Chilean sports commentator Cristobal Guarello
“They don’t know when the prosecutor will issue more arrest warrants. There is a political consequence — [Conmebol president Juan Angel] Napoutinaugurating the cup and having 50,000 people insulting him.” — Cristobal Guarello, a Chilean sports commentator on ADN Radio and Channel13, on South American soccer executives ducking the Copa America, which starts Thursday in […]
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Ten reasons to watch the Copa America
By Paul Kennedy (@pkedit) The Copa America is the oldest international soccer tournament in theworld, predating the World Cup by 14 years. It kicks off its 2015 edition on Thursday when host Chile plays Ecuador. The 12-team tournament features some of the biggest stars in the world — Lionel Messi for Argentina, Neymar for Brazil […]
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FIFA's Indictments: More Deja Vu?
Off The Post couldn’t help but be overcome by déjà vu after waking up to news of In a nutshell, here’s what happened: nine current and former soccer officialsfrom North, Central and South America and the Caribbean were indicted by U.S. authorities alongside six sports marketing executives for alleged racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering, […]
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Chicharito, Dos Santos Omitted From Mexico's Copa America Squad
Mexico coach Miguel Herrera has released his 30-man preliminary squad for this summer’s Copa America in Chile, but there was no place for Real Madrid striker Javier“Chicharito” Hernandez, whose team plays Juventus at home in the second-leg of the UEFA Champions League semifinal on Wednesday. In addition to Chicharito, Jonathan dos Santos,his brother Giovani dos […]