For the first time in CONMEBOL’s history its featured international tournament, Copa America, will be hosted in the United States later this year.
It’s a event that features some of the best international squads in the world, Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Colombia. Now add in Mexico and the U.S. and Copa America will be a juggernaut tournament featuring some of the world’s best players.
The U.S. is no rookie when it comes to hosting international tournaments, the federation hosts the Gold Cup and in 1994 hosted the biggest of them all, the World Cup. However, this time around the stakes are higher and the names are bigger.
On Sunday evening the draw for the group stage kicked off and as expected there will be numerous quality matches to watch come June 3. Here’s a recap of the Groups and some initial thoughts.
