Archive for June, 2007

Copa America 2007 Begins

June 26, 2007

The Copa America 2007 begins tomorrow in Venezuela.

Recent Champions Brazil will be favorites in their group although Argentina are the favorites to bring the trophy home this year.

The Copa America is typically held every 2 years, but that has changed to a 4 year rotation like every other large international tournament, therefore the winner in ‘07 will be the COMEBOL champs heading into the World Cup 2010 South Africa.

Besides all the COMEBOL members, Copa America invites two nations to the tournament and in this edition they will be Mexico and the USA.

Expect lots of great games with talented names like Hernan Crespo, Leo Messi, Juan Roman Riquelme, Carlos Tevez, Pablo Aimar (Argentina, Robinho, Vagner Love, Fred, Julio Baptista (Brazil), Arango (Venezuela), Pizarro, Farfan (Peru), Diego Forlan, Alvaro Recoba, Cristian Rodriguez (Uruguay), Roque Santa Cruz (Paraguay), Rafael Marquez, Andres Guardado, Omar Bravo (Mexico) and the new players who make their mark on an international stage.