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Post by epjr on Jul 4, 2012 19:44:41 GMT -6
No World Cup?
There's always Copa AmericaConsensus is that the US was robbed of the 2022 World Cup. Well, here comes the next best thing. And it even comes six years earlier! The president of the Ecuadorean soccer federation, whose brother is on the CONMEBOL executive committee, told Mexican media that the USA is a potential candidate to host the 2016 Copa América in celebration of the South American confederation's 100-year anniversary. Chiriboga noted that the special edition of the 2016 Copa América would feature 16 teams: 10 from South America 6 from CONCACAF. Apparently there would be a qualification process to determine the six CONCACAF nations. Four groups of four teams with Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and the USA in separate groups? Fans will flock. If US fans thought that was big news, the Ecuadorean chief also mentioned that the US would likely get an inivitation to participate in the 2015 Copa América in Brazil. www.mlssoccer.com/blog/smorgasborg/2012/01/27/no-world-cup-theres-always-copa-america
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Post by epjr on Jul 4, 2012 19:45:09 GMT -6
Copa Panamericana 2016:
CONCACAF leadership traveling to Brazil for negotiations
[/B]  Various Mexican websites revealed today that a pair of CONCACAF Executive Committee members flew down to Brazil on CONMEBOL President Nicolas Leoz’s invitation, in order to attend the second leg of the 2012 Copa Libertadores Final and proceed with discussions on the 2016 “Copa América.” Unsurprisingly, they focused on the question of which North American country would be selected to host the tournament, with South American officials reportedly sharing Hawit’s preference for the United States. www.bigsoccer.com/soccer/usafan12/2012/07/03/copa-panamericana-2016-concacaf-leadership-traveling-to-brazil-for-negotiations/
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Post by epjr on Jul 4, 2012 20:20:14 GMT -6
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Post by epjr on Jul 26, 2012 21:13:30 GMT -6
The Pan-American Cup or Copa Panamericana
a proposed association football tournament to be scheduled for 2016.
Alfredo Hawit, when Acting President of CONCACAF announced that the competition would be expected take place in 2016, as a celebration of CONMEBOL's centenary.
Participants
10 CONMEBOL teams will participate along with six teams from the CONCACAF region.
CONMEBOL
1. Argentina
2. Bolivia
3. Brazil
4. Chile
5. Colombia
6. Ecuador
7. Paraguay
8. Peru
9. Uruguay
10. Venezuela
CONCACAF
1. United States (host)
2. Mexico (invitee)
3-6 Four other nations with best results in 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Canada
Guatemala
Belize
Honduras
El Salvador
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Panama
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Jamaica
Trinidad and Tobago
Guyana
Suriname
Bahamas
Puerto Rico
Guadeloupe
Bermuda
French Guiana
Haiti
Saint Lucia
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Aruba
Bahamas
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Curaçao
Dominica
Grenada
Martinique
Montserrat
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint-Martin
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Sint Maarten
Turks and Caicos Islands
U.S. Virgin Islands
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Post by epjr on Oct 26, 2012 8:12:06 GMT -6
Kick Off:
Not so fast on those Copa America plans Hey man, got a minute? Just got a quick favor to ask. We’re CONMEBOL, your South American brothers in soccer, and in a few years we’re going to put on a huge 100-year anniversary of Copa America, this absolutely epic soccer tournament. It’s gonna be a huge, huge bash. You’ll love it. Only one problem here, man. We need a place to do it. Your house is cool, right? Not quite, it appears. One day after the governing body for South American soccer dropped the news that it intends to stage the 2016 Copa America on US soil, the governing bodies for both CONCACAF and U.S. Soccer fired back with statements that, as expected, clearly implied that yeah, they should have asked first. "While the idea of a Centennial tournament with some of the best teams in the hemisphere is certainly intriguing, it is not something we have agreed to host or participate in at this time,” U.S. Soccer Federation president Sunil Gulati said in a statement. “As CONCACAF stated, there are still a number of discussions that need to take place with CONMEBOL. “U.S. Soccer would also need to be involved in discussions about hosting the tournament. We're looking forward to those discussions in the near future." www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2012/10/26/kick-not-so-fast-those-copa-america-plans
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Post by epjr on Feb 21, 2013 9:37:54 GMT -6
Copa América Centenario PASADENA, Calif. – Work toward creating a tournament for national teams across the Americas, to celebrate the 100th birthday of South America's confederation, is continuing, CONCACAF's president told a Rose Bowl gathering Wednesday afternoon. Jeffrey Webb said CONCACAF, the governing body for soccer in North and Central America and the Caribbean, and CONMEBOL, which runs soccer in South America, are hoping FIFA will approve a joint Copa Centenario (Centenary Cup) for 2016. “We are looking at possible tournaments in the future. One, of course, is 2016 with CONMEBOL,” said Webb, who was elected last May to succeed Jack Warner as CONCACAF's president. “We are continuing to explore, and, hopefully, we'll be able to get permission from FIFA so we will be able to have this tournament, not only in 2016, but all teams will be able to have their full selection [of first-choice players].” A proposed 16-nation tournament, to be played in the United States, was revealed in October by CONMEBOL, but CONCACAF quickly pushed back on the announcement, saying it was premature. The event would include all 10 South American nations, the US, Mexico and four more CONCACAF nations. www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2013/02/20/concacaf-still-keen-joint-16-team-copa-america-2016
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Post by epjr on Jan 7, 2014 15:56:23 GMT -6
Report:
2016 Copa America tournament in USA still in the works
stadiums selected The long-rumored blow-out centennial 2016 Copa América – which would be held in the United States and include the US and Mexican national teams – is apparently still in the works, and now we might know where some of the matches will be played. Spanish outlet Marca has added more fuel to the fire by reporting that CONMEBOL is still finalizing plans with CONCACAF to host a special edition of the quadrennial tournament in 2016 to commemorate its 100-year anniversary. Marca has also allegedly identfied six stadiums where games will be played: the Rose Bowl, Stanford Stadium, MetLife Stadium, Florida Citrus Bowl, RFK Stadium and Reliant Stadium. www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2014/01/06/report-2016-copa-america-tournament-usa-still-works-stadiums-selected
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Post by epjr on Apr 28, 2014 17:56:54 GMT -6
official:
Copa América will be held on US soil in special centennial tournament in 2016 Finally, it is official: The Copa América is coming to the United States in 2016. The 45th edition of the South American championship for national teams, to be held on the 100th anniversary of the inaugural tournament in 1916, will take place outside of South Amehttp://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2014/05/01/copa-america-will-be-held-us-soil-in-2016rica for the first time ever. It will be hosted by the US as part of an agreement between CONMEBOL (the South American confederation) and CONCACAF (the confederation for North and Central America and the Caribbean) that will see the 10 South American teams joined by six teams from the North American region. www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2014/05/01/copa-america-will-be-held-us-soil-in-2016 |
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Post by epjr on May 2, 2014 12:38:57 GMT -6
CSA president says Canadians should focus on qualifying for Copa America,
not bellyaching over the process On Thursday morning, CONMEBOL and CONCACAF made it official. The Copa America will be pan-American tournament in 2016. There were shouts of joy, as the lucrative American and Mexican television markets will be ensured marquee match-ups between the two CONCACAF powers and the big boys from South America. Of course, the Americans and Mexicans would get two automatic qualifying spots for Copa America. It makes good business and sporting sense. But, when it come to the remaining CONCACAF slots in the Copa America… it doesn’t seem very equitable to Canada. The winners of the Centro America tourney (which, by nature of geography, Canada doesn’t participate in) and the winner of the Caribbean championship (which, by nature of geography, Canada doesn’t participate in) each get spots in the Copa America. That leaves two spots, which will be determined in a playoff of top teams from the 2015 Gold Cup. www.reddit.com/tb/24jk0x |
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