# Copa America Centenario (Copa 2016) Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 2, 2016, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copa-america-centenario-copa-2016-thread/756319 "2016-06-02T15:42:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copa-america-centenario-copa-2016-thread/756319/101 "2016-06-19T02:54:52Z")
Chile is dominating! ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copa-america-centenario-copa-2016-thread/756319/102 "2016-06-19T02:56:02Z")
Mexico about to lose! Now if only Peru had won. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copa-america-centenario-copa-2016-thread/756319/103 "2016-06-19T03:05:20Z")
I really thought Mexico’s “home” field advantage would have made the game more competitive. But 2-0 is the most dangerous lead to have. Some Corona magic 2nd half? ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copa-america-centenario-copa-2016-thread/756319/104 "2016-06-19T03:22:49Z")
This is amazing and I’m not sure I could love it any more. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copa-america-centenario-copa-2016-thread/756319/105 "2016-06-19T03:24:03Z")
Damn… Just missed the edit window ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copa-america-centenario-copa-2016-thread/756319/106 "2016-06-19T03:29:46Z")
BWAHAHA, couldn’t happen to a nicer team. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copa-america-centenario-copa-2016-thread/756319/107 "2016-06-19T03:51:56Z")
Wow this is Germany 7-1 Brazil stuff. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copa-america-centenario-copa-2016-thread/756319/108 "2016-06-19T03:56:08Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > BWAHAHA, couldn’t happen to a nicer team. As a Salvadoran-American, yes I agree. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copa-america-centenario-copa-2016-thread/756319/109 "2016-06-19T04:01:13Z")
> [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](#): > > I really thought Mexico’s “home” field advantage would have made the game more competitive. But 2-0 is the most dangerous lead to have. Some Corona magic 2nd half? Best match ever save Germanies 7-1 beat down of Brazil. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copa-america-centenario-copa-2016-thread/756319/110 "2016-06-19T04:02:17Z")
But at the end of the day its only one match. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copa-america-centenario-copa-2016-thread/756319/111 "2016-06-19T04:09:12Z")
I’ve never seen a worse performance by a pair of CDs and a DM. They just let the Chileans do whatever they wanted. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copa-america-centenario-copa-2016-thread/756319/112 "2016-06-19T10:02:55Z")
> [@Quercus](#): > > For individual players, my impression is that (for any top-leaguer, anyway), a Champions League win is nearly as desirable as the World Cup, and, while it’s often not very exciting or dramatic in practice, winning their club’s league is also a biggie. Messi has said he’ll give up everything he has won with Barcelona to win an i[nternational title.](http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/587/copa-america/2015/06/19/12876482/messi-id-give-it-all-up-for-copa-success). Certainly for players of top sides, the WC/Continental Championship is what they all want to win, since that’s what they are remembered for. For guys from mid to low level national sides, like Bale, Modric and Rooney (:D) the fact that winning an international title is unrealistic for them means that the concentrate on the CL. Although traditionally I always support the US Soccer team (hey, its the one place where the US is the underdog), this time I want Messi to win the Copa. ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2016, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copa-america-centenario-copa-2016-thread/756319/113 "2016-06-19T23:22:58Z")
So Chile or Colombia? Who walks? I’m worried about Colombia, Chile is playing extremely well. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2016, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copa-america-centenario-copa-2016-thread/756319/114 "2016-06-20T02:08:58Z")
> [@Kinthalis](#): > > So Chile or Colombia? Who walks? I’m worried about Colombia, Chile is playing extremely well. It was just one game and Chile will have to struggle to get their emotions where they were. In the last WC, after Germany destroyed Brasil 7-1, they struggled for about 118 minutes to get a single goal to beat Argentina. Also, there is no OT in the quarters or the semis, if its tied after 90 minutes it goes straight to PKs. > **[Copa America overtime rules](https://www.sbnation.com/soccer/2016/6/16/11959940/copa-america-overtime-rules-extra-time-penalties)** > > The 2016 Copa America Centenario has different extra time rules than any other competition you'll watch. Im goin with Colombia 2-1 and the Argies 3-0. ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copa-america-centenario-copa-2016-thread/756319/115 "2016-06-22T00:23:22Z")
“Zusi, Beckerman, and Wondo” sucked all of the enthusiasm out of the bar. I’m not as anti-Klinsmann as most are, but this is just… ugh. ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copa-america-centenario-copa-2016-thread/756319/116 "2016-06-22T01:01:24Z")
All the US Fox commentators picked USA to win. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copa-america-centenario-copa-2016-thread/756319/117 "2016-06-22T01:11:07Z")
Wellp that was quick ---
**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:** [June 22, 2016, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copa-america-centenario-copa-2016-thread/756319/118 "2016-06-22T01:16:08Z")
Messi waves his arm: “Hey, there’s nobody within 10 yards of me!” Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copa-america-centenario-copa-2016-thread/756319/119 "2016-06-22T01:21:25Z")
Guzan needed to make a decision there. 80% on him. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copa-america-centenario-copa-2016-thread/756319/120 "2016-06-22T01:27:04Z")
Well, maybe not 80%, now that I see some replays. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copa-america-centenario-copa-2016-thread/756319.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copa-america-centenario-copa-2016-thread/756319.md?page=7)