United States at the Copa América

The Copa América is South America's major tournament in senior men's soccer and determines the continental champion. Until 1967, the tournament was known as South American Championship. It is the oldest continental championship in the world.^[1]

The United States are not members of the CONMEBOL, but because CONMEBOL only has ten member associations, guest nations have regularly been invited since 1993. With five participations, the U.S. are the second-most regular guest behind Mexico (eleven participations).

In 2016, the U.S. were hosts of the Copa América Centenario, which celebrated the hundredth anniversary of the tournament with a larger competition, co-organized by CONCACAF and CONMEBOL. This makes them the only non-South American country to ever host a Copa match. Before, they have been invited guests in 1993, 1995 and 2007. In 2024, the United States will again host the tournament, although for the first time they did not receive an automatic invitation and had to qualify through the CONCACAF Nations League.

Copa América record

Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1916–1991	Not invited
1993	Group stage	12th	3	0	1	2	3	6
1995	Fourth place	4th	6	2	1	3	6	7
1997–2004	Not invited
2007	Group stage	12th	3	0	0	3	2	8
2011–2015	Not invited
2016	Fourth place	4th	6	3	0	3	7	8
2019–2021	Not invited
2024	Group stage	11th	3	1	0	2	3	3
Total	Invitation	0 titles	21	6	2	13	21	32

* Draws include matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

Tournament	Round	Opponent	Score	Venue
1993	Group stage	Uruguay	0–1	Ambato
		Ecuador	0–2	Quito
		Venezuela	3–3
1995	Group stage	Chile	2–1	Paysandú
		Bolivia	0–1
		Argentina	3–0
	Quarterfinals	Mexico	0–0 (4–1 p)
	Semifinals	Brazil	0–1	Maldonado
	Third place match	Colombia	1–4
2007	Group stage	Argentina	1–4	Maracaibo
		Paraguay	1–3	Barinas
		Colombia	0–1	Barquisimeto
2016	Group stage	Colombia	0–2	Santa Clara
		Costa Rica	4–0	Chicago
		Paraguay	1–0	Philadelphia
	Quarterfinals	Ecuador	2–1	Seattle
	Semifinals	Argentina	0–4	Houston
	Third place match	Colombia	0–1	Glendale
2024	Group stage	Bolivia	2–0	Arlington
		Panama	1–2	Atlanta
		Uruguay	0–1	Kansas City

Eric Wynalda and Clint Dempsey scored three goals each at the 1995 and 2016 tournaments respectively.

• United States at the CONCACAF Gold Cup
• United States at the FIFA Confederations Cup
• United States at the FIFA World Cup

• RSSSF archives and results
• Soccerway database

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Argentina	3	1	0	2	4	8	−4	033.33
Bolivia	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	050.00
Brazil	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Chile	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Colombia	4	0	0	4	1	8	−7	000.00
Costa Rica	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	100.00
Ecuador	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	050.00
Mexico	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
Paraguay	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	050.00
Panama	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Uruguay	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	000.00
Venezuela	1	0	1	0	3	3	+0	000.00
Total	21	6	2	13	21	32	−11	028.57