Usual suspects are favorites for Copa America
It isn’t quite the World Cup, but Copa America is without question the best soccer tournament in this part of the world, and once again, Brazil and Argentina (surprise, surprise) are favored as the 12-team event began Friday in Argentina.
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Uruguay had the best South American showing at last summer’s World Cup — finishing fourth — but the flashy Brazilians or talented Argentines are most likely to hoist the trophy after the July 24 final. Brazil is the two-time defending champion and has won four of the past five Copas. Argentina was runner-up the last two times, in 2004 and 2007.
Brazil and Argentina are looking to reestablish themselves as world powers after disappointing finishes in the World Cup. Brazil lost in the quarterfinals to the Netherlands and Argentina got outclassed in the quarterfinals by Germany.
Brazil is under new coach are back in the lineup, and the main position still up for grabs is goalkeeper.
As for Uruguay, don’t count it out. Its 14 Copa titles tie Argentina for the most in the tournament’s history, and it proved in South Africa last summer that it is good enough to compete with the world’s elite.
Forlan won the Golden Ball as the best player at the 2010 World Cup and returned with much fanfare to the Spanish La Liga, but he struggled all season with Atletico Madrid. He scored only eight goals and, according to reports, he is distracted after a recent breakup with his Argentine model girlfriend, .
Mexico, coming off a Gold Cup title over the United States, sent its Under-23 Olympic team to the Copa, as did Costa Rica, which also competed in the Gold Cup. South America’s CONMEBOL federation has only 10 teams, so to round out the field, two CONCACAF teams were invited.
Mexico got off to an embarrassing start, sending home eight players who were reportedly caught partying with prostitutes while training in Ecuador.
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