Copa América 2024 [6/20-7/14] “Coming 2 America” (Final: Argentina/Colombia)

[phcitywarrior]

Tough angle but Diaz gotta put that in the back of the net

The greatest nearly man I swear

 

[Nero Christ]

Pitch quality is better/on par with what’s in South America.

Y’all forgetting how poor some of the pitches were at the 2019 and 2021 Copas…

Won't just be SA/CA teams there with who you can get away with that stuff with

 

[Nitro Tuggle]

This ref lmao what a clown

 

[Mister Terrific]

Thought that was a pen. Can’t block a man from playing the ball.

 

[LezJepzin]

@ the FS1 play by play mocking the ref's reversal

 

[Mister Terrific]

No faulta penal!

 

[phcitywarrior]

Won't just be SA/CA teams there with who you can get away with that stuff with

Are you talking Copa America or WC?

If Copa, the pitches in the US are just as good if not better than what’s in South America.

If it’s WC, FIFA holds a higher standard for pitch quality so the US gonna have to up its game

 

[NaijaProdigy Redux]

Someone threw a smoke bomb at this match

 

[BigMan]

*insert yet another this game should have been in NJ post*

 

[Nero Christ]

Can you get flares into these matches

 

[Nero Christ]

fukk was he thinking...let that play develop a bit more

 

[concise]

And this is why I think we’ll be seeing at least 1 Copa being hosted in US every decade moving forward. Even an Ecuador vs Venezuela GS match in San Fran is bringing in 30K attendance.

This Colombia match looks north of 60K.

Once they get the actual scheduling down pat, they’ll make a killing.

Eg Focus on the key markets where you have a large Latin American diaspora and schedule games there. So Florida, the Southwest, Northeast etc

The US will do fine. FIFA holds a higher standard on things like pitch quality so that won’t be an issue. Many stadiums will be laying grass in time for the tournament. The reformatted Club world cup is also next summer so the US has another tournament to get ready.

Attendance will be booming because at the end of the day, it’s the WC. People will attend just because. I mean this Colombia game looks like it’s packing out nrg Stadium.

If there’s one nation that knows how to do big sporting events well, it’s the US.



The big issue will be the internal travel required to attend the games. Realistically, you could host all of the WC in the NE corridor from DC to Boston. Games are very accessible by train or buses along I-95. The issue is the US is so big that having a WC in the US and not hitting Florida, Texas, Cali etc just seems odd.

From a commercial standpoint, FIFA finna cash out

This isn't the Gold Cup. They are not worried about just where the diasporas live, all they care about is where the NFL quality stadiums are with the suites.


Copa 2016 had the highest attendances ever since they went to a tournament format. Like I said before, if you think some of these attendances are bad, all you have to do is go back to the past.

 

[THEREALBRAND]

It’s good vibes out here.

Even my mom is enjoying herself, and she hates the crowd that football attracts

Spoiler

 

[blues_funk_reggae]

Is Joel Campbell still getting called up? What year is this??

 

[BigMan]

Is Joel Campbell still getting called up? What year is this??

Who else is in Costa Rica