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From Minnesota to Quito With Love
Continue Reading: From Minnesota to Quito With LoveIt is finally summer for teachers and students alike. And while the last days of the school year are often filled with tears, goodbyes, and…
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Copa America Cenetario Day 12: Chalk
Continue Reading: Copa America Cenetario Day 12: ChalkArgentina 3, Bolivia 0 There is one bad team in CONMEBOL. It is Bolivia. — Grant Wahl (@GrantWahl) June 15, 2016 Argentina barely had to…
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Copa America Centenario Day 10: Physicality and 40 years
Continue Reading: Copa America Centenario Day 10: Physicality and 40 yearsThe final match day for Group B, kicked off with a few clear possible outcomes. If Brazil got a point against Peru, they’d win the group. If Peru beat…
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Copa America Centenario Day 9: Wait, the USMNT Won Group A?!?
Continue Reading: Copa America Centenario Day 9: Wait, the USMNT Won Group A?!?Going into the tournament, it seemed highly unlikely that the United States would be able to top Group A. Many people, understandably pessimistic about recent…
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Copa America Cenetario Day 8: Bolivia Gets CONCACAF’d
Continue Reading: Copa America Cenetario Day 8: Bolivia Gets CONCACAF’dChile 2, Bolivia 1 You may not be entirely aware of what it means to “get CONCACAF’d,” but it’s a concept born of dozens of…
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Copa America Centenario Day 7: Venezuela Shocks Uruguay, Mexico and Venezuela Set To Advance
Continue Reading: Copa America Centenario Day 7: Venezuela Shocks Uruguay, Mexico and Venezuela Set To AdvanceVenezuela 1 – Uruguay 0 Our first real upset of the tournament put Venezuela in the lead of group C, at least for a while….
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Copa America Centenario Day 6: How Brazil Got their Groove Back
Continue Reading: Copa America Centenario Day 6: How Brazil Got their Groove BackBrazil 7 – Haiti 1 In the run-up to the match, all the focus was on the tenuous position of Seleção coach, Carlos Dunga. Could he…
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Copa America Centenario Day Five – A Hungry USMNT Regains Control of Their Destiny
Continue Reading: Copa America Centenario Day Five – A Hungry USMNT Regains Control of Their DestinyUnited States 4 – 0 Costa Rica After a deflating defeat at the hands of Colombia in the tournament’s opener, a hungry US Men’s National…
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Conflicted Allegiances: A Costa Rican Fan from Minnesota Travels to Chicago
Continue Reading: Conflicted Allegiances: A Costa Rican Fan from Minnesota Travels to ChicagoWhen Edù Rosales learned that the US Men’s National Team would be playing a Copa America match in Chicago, he started making plans to travel…
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Copa America Centenario Day Four: All We Really Want Is Goals
Continue Reading: Copa America Centenario Day Four: All We Really Want Is GoalsA word about the attendance Did you know? Bolivia vs. Panama might not be a particularly popular match for American fans. That’s right: it wasn’t…
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Copa America Centenario Day 3: Mexico and Uruguay Make The Tournament Interesting Again
Continue Reading: Copa America Centenario Day 3: Mexico and Uruguay Make The Tournament Interesting AgainLeave it to Mexico and Uruguay to make me care about the tournament again The Copa America Centenario has not been good. At least not…
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Copa America Centenario Day Two: USMNT Catches a Break
Continue Reading: Copa America Centenario Day Two: USMNT Catches a BreakCosta Rica 0 – Paraguay 0 After last night’s humbling USA defeat, one of CONCACAF’s other marquee teams, Costa Rica, took the field against a…
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Copa America Centenario Day One: USA vs Colombia Starts the Copa Off On A Sour Note
Continue Reading: Copa America Centenario Day One: USA vs Colombia Starts the Copa Off On A Sour NoteAfter an opening ceremony featuring a Canadian reggae fusion group, a Colombian reggaeton star, and an American club anthem maker with his own hype man…