Trinidad & Tobago playmaker Keron Cummings, who played for the Soca Warriors in their 0-0 tie with the USA in World Cup 2018 qualifying in November and trialed with Orlando City inSeptember, was shot by a masked assailant in the leg and suffered a broken thigh bone in a shooting Sunday morning outside his home […]
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USA opens Copa Centenario in Santa Clara
The host USA will be the top seed in Group A at the 2016 Copa America Centenario and will open group play at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, on June 3. Brazil, Mexico and Argentina will bethe top seeds in the other three groups. Copa Centenario: Match Schedule After opening atLevi’s Stadium, the USA […]
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Copa Centenario final will be played in New Jersey
The 82,000-seat MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, will host the 2016 Copa Centenario final on June 26. The tournament schedule and match venues will be announced on Thursday. The special edition of the South American championship will feature 16 teams, all 10 South American teams and six from Concacaf. It will be held […]
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Copa Centenario: the World's Most Tainted Sporting Event?
Is the 2016 Copa Centenario, held on U.S. soil next summer, the world’s most tainted sporting event? Perhaps only a Russian national championship (insert sport here) could supersede it forall-around cheating and deception, but the Copa Centenario would at least have to be part of the conversation. And, judging by the looks of things, that […]
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Report: Copa Centenario rights fees plummet
The commercial rights to 2016 Copa Centenario — initially sold to the Datisa marketing group at the heart of the Federal indictments of 14 FIFA officials and sports marketing executives — have beensold to IMG and SUM, which is the marketing agency for MLS and U.S. Soccer. The combined bid was selected from 12 responses. […]
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Ten Copa Centenario cities picked
Ten U.S. venues have been selected to host matches during the 2016 Copa America Centenario to be played June 3-26. Three stadiums are currently used by MLS teams: Gillette Stadium (New England),Orlando Citrus Bowl (Orlando) and CenturyLink Field (Seattle). Eight of the 10 stadiums are used by NFL teams. All stadiums have a minimum capacity […]
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Round one points out higher price of semifinal results in Concacaf World Cup qualifying
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) One quick trip through a round of Concacaf World Cup qualifying – the six semifinal openers played Friday– conjured up the usual mix of the expected and the surprising. In this semifinal phase, the cost of a stumble is deemed to be more foreboding than in the Hexagonal, which consists of […]
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Report: MetLife Stadium to Host Centenario Final
ESPN FC reports that MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey—and not Southern California’s Rose Bowl — will host the final of next summer’s Copa America Centenario. The home of theNFL’s New York Giants and New York Jets, located eight miles west of New York City, was the original choice of U.S. Soccer, which will […]
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Panama City will host Copa Centenario playoffs
Two matchups — Panama vs. Cuba and Trinidad & Tobago vs. Haiti — will be played as a doubleheader on Jan. 8 at the Estadio Rommel Fernandez in Panama City, Panama, to determine the final twoberths in the 16-team Copa Centenario. The two winners will advance to next summer’s special edition of the Copa America […]
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USA will host Copa Centenario after all
The 2016 Copa Centenario, Conmebol’s 100th anniversary of the Copa America, will be staged after all and held in the United States. For months, the tournament was in doubt as Conmebol and Concacaf,the tournament’s two organizers, became mixed up in the soccer scandal that resulted in indictments against 14 FIFA officials and sports marketing executives. […]