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Copa America Draw: Defending Champion Argentina Grouped With Chile; Brazil, Colombia In Group D

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Argentina will open its title defence on June 20, 2024 against either Canada or Trinidad and Tobago, who face each other in the playoffs.

Defending champion Argentina opens coming time’s Copa América on June 20 in Atlanta against the winner of a Canada- Trinidad and Tobago playoff, and the U.S. Bolivia three days latterly at Arlington, Texas.

Argentina also faces Chile at East Rutherford, New Jersey, on June 25 in a reprise of the 2016 final at MetLife Stadium and closes Group A four days latterly against Peru at Miami auditoriums, Florida, also point of the final on July 14.

The U.S. was matched up to play Panama at Atlanta on June 27 and finishes Group C against Uruguay at Kansas City, Missouri, on July 1, according to the draw Thursday night.

Brazil heads Group D of the 16- nation event and faces the Costa Rica- Honduras playoff winner at Inglewood, California, on June 24, Paraguay at Las Vegas four days latterly and Colombia at Santa Clara, California, on July 2.

Mexico is planted in Group B and plays Jamaica at Houston on June 22, Venezuela at Inglewood four days latterly and Ecuador at Glendale, Arizona, on June 30.

The top two brigades in each group advance to the quarterfinals.

Argentina and Uruguay have each won the event 15 times and Brazil has nine crowns. Led by captain Lionel Messi, Argentina won the 2021 Copa América in Brazil for its first international title since 1993, also last time captured its third World Cup and first since 1986.

Ecuador was in line to host the Copa América as part of the gyration by South American soccer’s governing body but declined. The event was moved to the U.S. and expanded to include six countries from North and Central America and the Caribbean.

Jamaica and Panama also qualified. The final two nations will be determined by the playoff games on March 23.

Matches also will be played at Austin, Texas; Charlotte, North Carolina; Kansas City, Kansas; and Orlando, Florida.

Semifinals will be in New Jersey on July 9 and North Carolina the following day. Quarterfinals are at Houston on July 4, Arlington the coming day and Glendale and Las Vegas on July 6.

Still, it would face the alternate- place platoon from Group B at Houston, If Argentina wins its group. A alternate- place finish would affect in a meeting with the Group B winner at Arlington.

If the U.S. tops its group, it would play the alternate- place platoon from Group D at Las Vegas. However, they would play the Group D winner at Glendale, If the Americans finish second.

The U.S. hosted the Copa América Centenario in 2016, when Chile beat Argentina on penalty kicks in the final following a 0- 0 draw. The Americans defeated Ecuador 2- 1 in a quarterfinal, also were excluded with a 4- 0 defeat to Argentina.

Seven of the Copa América colosseums are among the 11U.S. spots to be used for the 2026 World Cup Arlington; Atlanta; East Rutherford; Houston; Inglewood; Kansas City, Missouri; and Santa Clara.

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