What does Argentina have left in the tank? The world champions have more closely resembled France than Spain during Copa America, as they’ve labored through their half of the bracket. While Argentina plays with the pressure of trying to repeat, Colombia can play loose here.
Is it finally coming home, or is England set up for another heartbreak? This time the English face Spain, which looks to become the first European nation to win four continental crowns.
There’s no delusion in the Canadian camp about their situation. They know that they’ve got about a 1-in-1000 chance of beating Argentina, and that’s fine with them. Reaching the semifinals is a victory in and of itself for this Canadian side.
Two more wins would give Spain its fourth European title, setting a new record. This side is motivated, and if France doesn’t raise its game quickly, it’s hard to see the French coming out ahead.
If you’d been able to place a bet on either Venezuela or Canada to be one of the last four in the Copa America, you could have retired for life.
The U.S. will host the World Cup in two years. The U.S. soccer federation will not have a better chance to make soccer explode here for at least another three decades. After crashing out of Copa America, the Americans can’t go into the World Cup with the same coach.
It’s been a while since Colombia came out on the wrong end of a match. Los Cafeteros have been on an incredible run, avoiding defeat in 25 consecutive matches. The last time Colombia came up short was in February 2022, and that came against world champion Argentina.
While the United States fights for its life in Copa America, Panama attempts to take full advantage of the Americans’ previous failure.
Uruguay are talented and disciplined, the latter of which the Americans have sorely lacked. With Tim Weah suspended and Matt Turner banged up, this is going to take the Americans’ best match to keep their tournament going.