Colombia defeated the United States 2-0 in the opening game of the Copa America 2016.
The game truly showcased Colombia's bright potential while also emphasizing the U.S.'s overall poor form over the last few years.
The game was seemingly won in the first half with neither side managing a goal in the second, but the game overall offered up some pretty detailed insight about both sides. Here is what we learned from Group A's first match.
The Copa America is just around the corner, kicking off on Friday when the US and Colombia face off.
Every major tournament comes with major surprises. Who would have thought that Spain would be the first team eliminated from the 2014 World Cup after almost a decade of dominance? Who would have expected Costa Rica to be the little engine that could for a while or that Brazil would get demolished 7-1 at home as it fell from grace? Or even last summer when Peru became a Copa America darling, finishing third. Or who would have expected Lionel Messi to score a total of zero goals in leading Argentina to the final of the Copa?
Yet many people likely predicted some of these outcomes, bold as those Prophesies might have been. Here are five bold predictions for this Copa America.
The Copa America Centenario gets underway in just a few weeks and will feature the best teams from Latin America and North America.
Group A is an intriguing situation featuring the US against a few teams that are primed to give it some big trouble in the group round. Will the home team emerge from this tricky situation?
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