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Gold Cup The final matchup of the Gold Cup will take place July 26. Two teams have booked a place at Levi’s Stadium. The USMNT was the first to move on to the final behind goals from Jozy Altidore and Clint Dempsey. Dempsey scored his record-tying 57th goal for the Yanks, even with Landon Donovan.…
Venezuela 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…
Leave it to Mexico and Uruguay to make me care about the tournament again The Copa America Centenario has not been good. At least not in “a chance to watch good football” sort of way. There were three games on Saturday, including a game against CONCACAF minnow Haiti and the nightcap featuring Brazil. One goal.…