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Manny Lagos teased fans on Tuesday with glimpses from his scouting trip with new Loons head coach, Adrian Heath. The two are on a weeklong adventure in Argentina to scout “eight or nine” players on their combined shopping lists. Just a few pictures of Adrian and I on the road! Can you guess where we are?…
Argentina 3, Bolivia 0 There is one bad team in CONMEBOL. It is Bolivia. — Grant Wahl (@GrantWahl) June 15, 2016 Argentina barely had to show up to cruise into the quarterfinals; they scored three times in 32 minutes and that was that. Looking forward, though, the Argentines will feel a little like they only…
Chile 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 examples at all sorts of CONCACAF competition. In general, you can expect any referee to lose control of the game and start making ever-stranger decisions, culminating in one key moment…
A 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 a sellout! Be still, my beating heart! For some observers, the lagging attendances has been a knock on this tournament (never mind that a tropical storm was barreling toward Orlando,…