“I think you guys are probably worrying more about Messi than we are. He’s a very good player – again, that’s probably understating it, but it’s still a soccer game. It’sstill 11 of their guys against 11 of our guys.” — U.S. captain Michael Bradley, slightly exasperated by the slew of questions from reporters about […]
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TV Report: USA-Ecuador reaches 5,632,000 viewers
The USA-Ecuador game, broadcast the same night as Game 6 of the NBA Finals, averaged a combined 5,632,000 viewers on Fox Sports 1 and UniMas (simulcast on UDN), making it the most-watched U.S. matchat the Copa Centenario. The most-watched match on the Univision networks was the Mexico-Chile match, which averaged 5.6 million viewers despite the […]
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USA reaps benefits of South American opposition
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) Reaching a Copa America Centenario semifinal against Argentina to be played on Tuesday is being hailed asan historic accomplishment for the U.S. national team. It is historic partially for its rarity, since seldom has the USA played South American opponents such as Colombia, Paraguay andEcuador in official competitions. Those are the […]
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Copa Centenario: U.S. protests are thrown out
Copa Centenario organizers threw out the U.S protests over the red card issued to Jermaine Jones and yellow card handed to Bobby Wood a minute apart in the second half of theUSA’s 2-1 win over Ecuador in the quarterfinals. Jones, Wood and Alejandro Bedoya are all suspended for Tuesday’s semifinal against Argentina in Houston. U.S. […]
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Crowd count: Copa quarterfinals average 64,062
The four Copa Centenario quarterfinal matches averaged 64,062 fans, pushing the tournament average to 44,565 fans a game after 28 games. The lowest crowd for the quarterfinals was 47,332 forUSA-Ecuador in Seattle. Copa Centenario Crowds: ATT. GAME (VENUE) 83,263 Mexico-Jamaica (Pasadena,Calif.) 79,194 Colombia-Peru (East Rutherford, N.J.) 70,547 Mexico-Chile (Santa Clara, Calif.) 69,491 Argentina-Chile (Santa Clara, […]
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Osorio asks for forgiveness after Mexico debacle
Juan Carlos Osorio handled what had to be the most unpleasant press conference of his coaching career with poise and humility. “I erred in my player selection, tactics andstrategy,” the Mexico coach said after El Tri’s 7-0 loss to Chile. Osorio, the Colombian who started his coaching career in the USA, took Mexico’s helm last […]
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Video Pick: Easiest PK save ever, by Romero
Down 2-0 to Argentina, Venezuela had a chance to pull within one shortly before halftime, but Luis Seijas attempted a panenka penalty kick that sent the ball softly into the arms ofkeeper Sergio Romero. The Argentines moved into the Copa Centenario semis with a 4-1 win.
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Centenario jams up an already crowded calendar
Aside from the problem of what to name a Centenario-type competition matching the nations of Conmebol and Concacaf — there can’t be another Centenario, obviously — the primary issue will bewhen to play it. This comes up because, for the first time, the beloved European Championship — which snugly fills the void between World Cups […]
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Copa Centenario: Ospina leads Colombia into semifinals
David Ospina, who made big saves for Colombia in wins over the USA and Paraguay in the group stage, led the Cafeteros into the semifinals of the Copa Centenario. First, hepreserved a scoreless draw after 90 minutes against Peru when he tipped Christian Ramos‘ shot over the crossbar in the dying seconds. Then, he stopped […]
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MLS Countdown: U.S. win deprives teams as play resumes
Of the MLS coaches watching their players in the Copa America Centenario, perhaps Peter Vermes of Sporting Kansas City and Oscar Pareja of FCDallas watched most closely when the USA played Ecuador Thursday. Defender Matt Besler started for the U.S. and teammate Graham Zusi came on as a sub. FCD midfielderCarlos Gruezo was substituted in the […]