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It's Time to Stop Whining About Copa America

The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) has decided to rip into the U.S. Men's National Team for supposedly disrespecting their tournament by not sending its best players. "We like for the continent's most important competition to be respected with the best players," CONMEBOL general secretary Eduardo Deluca...

USA 1, Argentina 2.. 3... 4...

...and that's pretty much the thumping you expect when you throw your second-stringers out against Argentina, but it almost wasn't. Maybe not "almost". But it 2/3rds wasn't? Eddie Johnson drew a ninth minute penalty; Argentina responded with a set piece chip that bobbled around the box until Hernan Crespo slammed it home,...

Copa America Will Be Trial By Fire

The USMNT's plan this summer was always to win the Gold Cup, get a bid to the '09 Confederations Cup, and then throw a bunch of kids and marginal performers to the wolves in the Copa America, hoping that two or three would establish themselves in the cauldron of South America's championship maelstrom. Step one:...