# Copa America 2024

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copa-america-2024/1003139>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Tags:** football-soccer-fifa\
**Created:** [June 20, 2024, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copa-america-2024/1003139 "2024-06-20T22:22:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copa-america-2024/1003139/141 "2024-07-11T02:01:48Z")

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Crazy.

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**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copa-america-2024/1003139/142 "2024-07-11T02:02:29Z")

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Crazy match! I was rooting for Colombia (or rather rooting against Uruguay and their biter-in-chief) and holy shit what a second half! I cannot believe Colombia didn’t get one of those breakaways in the net.

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**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2024, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copa-america-2024/1003139/143 "2024-07-11T02:29:08Z")

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Uruguayan players fighting hand to hand with Colombian fans, let’s see your euro beat that!

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**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copa-america-2024/1003139/144 "2024-07-14T02:08:13Z")

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Canada goes out with their heads high, they’ve saved CONCACAFs honor.  
Uruguay gets a deserved 3rd place.

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**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copa-america-2024/1003139/145 "2024-07-14T02:09:52Z")

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Canada played very well. A shame they couldn’t hang on at the end.

Still, this will do wonders for Marsch and Canadian confidence at the World Cup. Really, to play about as well as Uruguay is such a positive step, very few people would have predicted this before the Copa.

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**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copa-america-2024/1003139/146 "2024-07-14T02:10:01Z")

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Was there any explanation for why the Canadian goalie was yellow-carded on that penalty kick? That was something I have definitely never seen before.

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**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copa-america-2024/1003139/147 "2024-07-14T02:10:52Z")

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He either left his designated position or said something. In any case I think it was for being unsportsmanlike. But that’s a guess.

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**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copa-america-2024/1003139/148 "2024-07-14T23:35:57Z")

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This fucking country. Stadium on lock down in Miami. Police cars en route. What the fuck is going on?

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**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copa-america-2024/1003139/149 "2024-07-14T23:44:26Z")

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Fans charging the gates and breaking through barricades.

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**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copa-america-2024/1003139/150 "2024-07-15T00:06:36Z")

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Yeah lots of fans without tickets or have bought fake tickets , large crowds and people jumping through.

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**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copa-america-2024/1003139/151 "2024-07-15T01:41:47Z")

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Is anyone else getting a weird video lag on Fox Sports? The announcers seem to know what’s going to happen about a half a second before it does.

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**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copa-america-2024/1003139/152 "2024-07-15T01:44:30Z")

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I think that they had some SNAFU with the visual and had to switch to an alternate feed. It looks like they are back to the original feed now; the scoring graphic has gone back to the original.

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**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copa-america-2024/1003139/153 "2024-07-15T01:45:34Z")

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Oh yeah, I barely noticed that.

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**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copa-america-2024/1003139/154 "2024-07-15T02:04:57Z")

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> <https://x.com/MenInBlazers/status/1812661704930578729>

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**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copa-america-2024/1003139/155 "2024-07-15T02:18:53Z")

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> <https://x.com/MenInBlazers/status/1812655593741819907>

> <https://x.com/MenInBlazers/status/1812658244742996432>

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**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copa-america-2024/1003139/156 "2024-07-15T02:53:08Z")

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Imagine buying a Copa ticket, anticipating the final for months, and someone’s in your seat - and nothing will be done about it.

Uh oh, Messi down again.

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**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copa-america-2024/1003139/157 "2024-07-15T03:01:50Z")

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Messi goes out of the match. The executive suite at Inter Miami collectively holding their breath…

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**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copa-america-2024/1003139/158 "2024-07-15T03:16:04Z")

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It’s hard to get past the feeling that the FOX announcers for this match are pulling for Argentina

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**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copa-america-2024/1003139/159 "2024-07-15T03:40:47Z")

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lol “he catches his face.” Brother, he tapped that man’s shoulder, and that man writhed on the ground in pain clutching his face.

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**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2024, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copa-america-2024/1003139/160 "2024-07-15T03:49:25Z")

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An exciting even game, even if shots challenging either keeper are rare. I think the officiating has been quite good. Could easily go either way. One shot. One opportunity. Mom’s spaghetti.

I’m surprised Colombia waited so long to make any substitutions.

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