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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 Brazil, they’d win the group. If Ecuador crushed Haiti, and Brazil and Peru tied, they’d win the group. If Haiti crushed Ecuador, they’d never have to buy a beer back home again. So…
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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 form, thought the United States men were more likely to crash out of the group entirely than to win it. With a publicly-stated goal of reaching the semi-finals, Jurgen Klinsmann…
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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. Rarely are two teams in a group eliminated after the second set of games, but with Venezuela’s shock defeat of Uruguay (and the Jamaica v Mexico match we’ll get to next) that…
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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 get the historically creative, inventive, artistic offenses to actually score a goal? Would an uninspired performance presage his downfall? For his part, Dunga appeared eager to score, with closeups making…
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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 Team was back in action in the friendly confines of Chicago’s Soldier Field. At first, things didn’t look pretty for the US Men. Costa Rica came out pressing hard, trying…
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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 with the Minnesotan American Outlaws contingent. That is, until he learned the opponent would be Costa Rica. Edù was born in Costa Rica and La Sele are in his blood.…
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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 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,…
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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 fallen South American giant in Paraguay. As the lineups were released, Spanish right back Dani Carvajal was not listed for either side. While this was expected, it didn’t stop one…
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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 (you know, typical soccer pre-game artists), the United States and Colombia found the fortitude to kick off the Copa America Centenario. It didn’t take long for Colombia to make their…
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Copa Centenario Preview: Get Excited For An Amazing Summer of Soccer
Continue Reading: Copa Centenario Preview: Get Excited For An Amazing Summer of SoccerThe Soccering: The Greatest Summer of Soccer in North America in a Generation As we here at Fiftyfive.one started discussing soccer events this summer, we began to realize it was more than just the usual international competitions. No, this would be The Soccering, or #SOCCERING2016, the greatest summer of soccer in North America in a generation.…
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The USMNT’s Path to the Copa America’s Final
Continue Reading: The USMNT’s Path to the Copa America’s FinalWhen the Copa America Centenario kicks off tonight, the US Men’s National Team are once again an underdog going into group play. This may be in part due to an inferiority complex surrounding soccer in America. However, it’s hard to argue against the fact that the past two years since the 2014 World Cup have been…