Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Copa America




I've put this off as long as I possibly could.
First of all I wanted to enjoy the victory over Mexico as long as possible. I also didn't want to bore you with explanations about the Copa America and why we are playing in it. But the tournament began last night and the USA will be playing Thursday so here we go. Copa America is another FIFA regional tournament. Just as the Gold Cup goes to the champions of CONCACAF, Copa America crowns the champion of CONMEBOL (CONfederación SudaMEricana de FútBOL)or the Confederation of South American Football.The USA and Mexico have been invited to play in the tournament this year.
The tournament is being held in Venezuela. I won't get into all the political stuff but the US and Venezuela are on less than friendly terms. Here is a cool map showing the stadiums where games will be played.Here's the groups and schedules:

Group A - Uruguay,Peru,Bolivia,Venezuela

Uruguay 0 Peru 3

Venezeula 2 Bolivia 2

Bolivia v Uruguay
9:00pm Sat 30 June. San Cristóbal

Venezeula v Peru
11:15pm Sat 30 June. San Cristóbal

Peru v Bolivia
11:30pm Tue 3 July. Mérida

Venezeula v Uruguay
1:45am Wed 4 July. Mérida

Group B - Ecuador,Chile,Brazil,Mexico

Ecuador v Chile
11:30pm Wed 27 June. Puerto Ordaz

Brazil v Mexico
1:45am Thu 28 June. Puerto Ordaz

Mexico v Ecuador
9:00pm Sun 1 July. Maturín

Brazil v Chile
11:15pm Sun 1 July. Maturín

Mexico v Chile
11:30pm Wed 4 July. Puerto la Cruz

Brazil v Ecuador
1:45am Thu 5 July. Puerto la Cruz

Group C - Paraguay,Colombia,Argentina,USA

Paraguay v Colombia
11:30pm Thu 28 June. Maracaibo

Argentina v USA
1:45am Fri 29 June. Maracaibo

USA v Paraguay
11:30pm Mon 2 July. Maracaibo

Argentina v Colombia
1:45am Tue 3 July. Barinas

USA v Colombia
11:30pm Sat 5 May. Barquisimeto

Argentina v Paraguay
1:45am Sun 6 May. Barquisimeto

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