United States at the Copa América

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U.S. fans celebrating before the quarterfinal of the Copa América Centenario against Ecuador in Seattle.

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.

## Record at the Copa América

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Kick-off for the semifinal against Argentina at the NRG Stadium in Houston during the United States' home tournament in 2016. Copa América record  Year  | Result  | Position  | Pld | W | D*  | L | GF | GA

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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.

## Match overview

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Tournament  | Round  | Opponent  | Score  | Venue

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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

## Record players

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Alexi Lalas is the only American to score in two separate Copa América tournaments, and one of three players to appear in all nine matches in 1993 and 1995. Rank  | Player  | Matches  | Tournaments

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1 | Cobi Jones | 9 | 1993 and 1995
Alexi Lalas | 9 | 1993 and 1995
Tab Ramos | 9 | 1993 and 1995
4 | Paul Caligiuri | 8 | 1993 and 1995
5  | Brad Friedel | 6 | 1993 and 1995
Mike Burns | 6 | 1995
Earnie Stewart | 6 | 1995
Kyle Beckerman | 6 | 2007 and 2016
Brad Guzan | 6 | 2007 and 2016
Michael Bradley | 6 | 2016
Geoff Cameron | 6 | 2016
Clint Dempsey | 6 | 2016
Gyasi Zardes | 6 | 2016
Christian Pulisic | 6 | 2016 and 2024

## Top goalscorers

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

Rank  | Player  | Goals  | Tournaments

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1  | Eric Wynalda | 3 | 1995
Clint Dempsey | 3 | 2016
3  | Alexi Lalas | 2 | 1993 (1) and 1995 (1)
Folarin Balogun | 2 | 2024
5  | Eleven players | 1 |

## See also

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

## References

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1. ^ "Copa América". Encyclopædia Britannica. December 11, 2009. Retrieved May 9, 2019.

## External links

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* RSSSF archives and results
* Soccerway database

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## Head-to-head record

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Opponent  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win %

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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
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