{"id":6020,"date":"2016-06-15T17:28:55","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T22:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/?p=6020"},"modified":"2016-06-29T15:36:16","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T20:36:16","slug":"heres-scoop-copa-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/heres-scoop-copa-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s the Scoop on the 2016 Copa America Tournaments"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"p1\">Pro Soccer Teams of the Western Hemisphere Take to Chicago for Copa America<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">As Chicago grows to be a <a href=\"http:\/\/chicagogenie.com\/americas-cup-sailors-lake-michigan\/\" target=\"_blank\">major player in hosting world sporting events<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ca2016.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Copa America Centenario USA 2016<\/a> is now another to check off the list.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5944\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5944\" style=\"width: 1063px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5944\" src=\"http:\/\/chicagogenie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/SFGCSOC_399.jpg\" alt=\"Copa America\" width=\"1063\" height=\"460\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5944\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo Credit: Chicago Fire<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This year\u2019s Copa America is the first to be held outside of South America. Soldier Field was a chosen venue for a handful of the matches, alongside stadiums in Seattle, Philadelphia, and Houston to name a few. After 3 weeks of matches from the world\u2019s top soccer teams, it\u2019s now time for the quarterfinals, taking place this\u00a0Thursday, June 16. The eight remaining teams scheduled to compete are Argentina, Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Chile and the USA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Here are the Copa America group standings as of Tuesday, June 14.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Group A<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>USA<\/li>\n<li>Colombia<\/li>\n<li>Costa Rica<\/li>\n<li>Paraguay<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Group B<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li class=\"p1\">Peru<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Ecuador<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Brazil<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Haiti<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Group C<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Mexico<\/li>\n<li>Venezuela<\/li>\n<li>Uruguay<\/li>\n<li>Jamaica<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Group D<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Argentina<\/li>\n<li>Chile<\/li>\n<li>Panama<\/li>\n<li>Bolivia<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Chicago will have even more eyes on it in due time, as the city is hosting a semifinals match next Wednesday, June 22<\/strong>.\u00a0Teams will meet for the final showdown at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ on Sunday, June 26.<\/p>\n<p>Although many power ranking reports predict Argentina to take the championship, the USA doesn&#8217;t trail too far behind. Be sure to keep your eyes peeled for more coverage of Chicago&#8217;s matches and winning teams.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pro Soccer Teams of the Western Hemisphere Take to Chicago for Copa America As Chicago grows to be a major player in hosting world sporting events, the Copa&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":6021,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1554,2],"tags":[153,1021],"class_list":["post-6020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-category-news","category-category-popular","tag-sports","tag-tournament"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.4 (Yoast SEO v26.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Here\u2019s the Scoop on the 2016 Copa America Tournaments | UrbanMatter<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This year\u2019s Copa America is the first to be held outside of South America. 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