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The United States were able to win their first match of the 2024 Copa América after a dominant 2-0 victory against Bolivia on Saturday. Christian Pulisic scored an incredible goal from outside the box to open the scoring.
The U.S. men’s national team were able to gain their first three points of the 2024 Copa América after defeating Bolivia 2-0 in AT&T Stadium on Sunday.
USMNT defeat Bolivia in 2024 Copa América opener
Arlington, Texas were witness of the USMNT’s highly-anticipated return to the South American tournament since their hosting in 2016, with the United States taking practically no time to open the scoring after eight long years of waiting. There was only one person worthy of doing the honors.
Mexico’s Copa América tournament got off to a nightmare start as star midfielder Edson Álvarez exited the first half in tears as he pulled up with an injury.
Midway through the first half Álvarez was tracking back to help defend a Jamaica counterattack when he went down grabbing the back of his leg. There was no contact with any other players.
Edson Álvarez injury vs Jamaica
June 22 (Reuters) - Venezuela struck twice in the space of 10 minutes in the second half to come from behind and earn a 2-1 victory over Ecuador in the Copa America on Saturday, getting their Group B campaign off to a winning start.
Ecuador vs. Venezuela | Group B | Copa América 2024 game highlights, recap
Ecuador played most of the match with 10 men after their captain Enner Valencia was sent off in the 22nd minute for a high boot, but Jeremy Sarmiento smashed home just before halftime to put them in front.
Cristiano Ronaldo could’ve made history as the first player to score in six different European Championships during Portugal’s 3-0 victory vs. Turkey on Saturday. Instead, he chose the selfless option to set up Bruno Fernandes.
With Portugal leading 2-0 early in the second half, Turkey’s defense broke down and Ronaldo was one-on-one with the goalkeeper. CR7 already has the title of first player to feature in six different Euros. He could now do the unimaginable and be the first player to score in six Euros.
Georgia and Czechia shared points in their second match of Euro 2024 this Saturday following another exciting 90 minutes from both national teams in Group F, with Georgia’s Giorgi Mamardashvili having the best goalkeeping performance of the tournament so far.
Giorgi Mamardashvili makes historic 11 saves in Georgia-Czechia
23-year-old Mamardashvili saved Georgia from becoming the latest national team to officially be eliminated from the Euros after making a whopping 11 saves, with the keeper completing eight saves in just the second half.
ATLANTA — Canada coach Jesse Marsch said Argentina should be fined after the defending champions emerged late from the dressing room for the second half in their Copa América opener on Thursday.
After the first half ended goalless, Argentina opened the scoring four minutes after the restart through Julian Alvarez while Lautaro Martinez scored a late goal in a 2-0 win.
Argentina emerged for the second period around five minutes after Canada.
Jesse Marsch Argentina complaint
Argentina’s 2-0 victory vs. Canada on Thursday in Copa América wasn’t smooth sailing. It literally wasn’t smooth because the Mercedes-Benz Stadium grass put in place caused issues for both teams.
Members of Argentina and Canada said that the grass put in place wasn’t up to par. Atlanta United and the NFL’s Falcons play on turf inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium, however the artificial turf was replaced with grass on Sunday.
Copa América grass issue
The replacement grass was basically placed over concrete creating a uniquely bad surface to play on.
Racism is still the biggest plague of the “Beautiful Game”, and it reared its ugly head on Thursday as Argentina and Lionel Messi fans racially abused Canada’s Moïse Bombito on social media.
Fans weren’t happy about the tackle on Messi from the Colorado Rapids star during the Copa América opener between Canada and Argentina. During the second half Messi went down and received treatment following this tackle from the Canada defender.
The Copa América kicked off with Argentina defeating Canada 2-0 on Thursday, however a FOX audio delay frustrated fans who tuned into FS1.
For the entire first half of the opening match commentators John Strong and Stu Holden were on a roughly two second delay.
FOX has had audio issues in the past, but thankfully this time at least the audio was behind rather than two seconds ahead. There’s nothing worse than the commentators spoiling what you’re about to see.
Here were some examples of what the audio delay looked like in the highlights during the first half.