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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Legal moves clear way for Copa Centanario
Concacaf announced on Wednesday that it had ended its agreement with South American marketing firm Datisa for the Copa America Centenario, clearing the way for the 2016 tournament to move forward. Theprincipals of Datisa were among […]