ESPN Deportes is reporting that CONMEBOL and CONCACAF are working on making the Copa America a once-every-four-years tournament to be permanently hosted by the United States. MLS Soccer's report speculates this would be a merger of the Copa America and the Gold Cup into one tournament, but the original report on ESPN Deportes just suggests the United States would become the permanent host of the Copa America.
Apparently discussions have been ongoing for some time, with a CONCACAF spokesman indicating they were close, according to the ESPN Deportes report.
Some factors in negotiations included the United States having the infrastructure to host such a major tourney on a regular basis, and economic issues like timely prize money awards.
I'd be here for a CONCACAF-CONMEBOL merge but US as permanent hosts, really?
Would this eliminate the Gold Cup? Lowkey her for it
Maybe they could have Copa America and Gold Cup (every four years) and create a new CONCACAF+CONMEBOL tournament in between. Milk every last one of our coins, imo.
Goal! 51' [1-0 Argentina] A. Di Maria. Assist: E. Banega.
Goal! 59' [2-0 Argentina] E. Banega. Assist: A. Di Maria.
Goal! 90'+3' [2-1 Chile] J. Fuenzalida. Assist: F. Orellana.
4 goals in the first 5 matches, 10 in the last 3.
CONCAbros Panama and Mexico both doing good makes me happy. This was Panama's debut Copa America. Their 2-1 victory marks the first time a non-CONMEBOL team wins in its debut performance.
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Univision Deportes, the multimedia sports division of Univision Communications Inc. (UCI) that includes UDN, the No. 1 Spanish-language sports network, delivered impressive ratings during the opening weekend of Copa America Centenario which kicked off on June 3rd with a match between USA and Colombia. Tournament to date, Copa America Centenario has reached 21.2 million Total Viewers 2+ and is averaging 2.9 million Total Viewers 2+ and 1.5 million Adults 18-49 per match. Compared to the 2014 World Cup tournament group stage, Copa America Centenario to date is up +14% among Total Viewers 2+ and +16% among Adults 18-49.
The Mexico versus Uruguay match aired on Sunday, June 5th and averaged 5.1 million Total Viewers 2+ and 2.9 million Adults 18-49, marking the most-viewed soccer telecast since the Gold Cup final on any network regardless of language. The telecast out-delivered games 1 and 2 of the Stanley Cup finals on NBC & NBC Sports Network, respectively.
The Jamaica versus Venezuela match aired on Sunday, June 5th and averaged 1.9 million Total Viewers 2+ and 1.0 million Adults 18-49.
The opening match between USA and Colombia that aired on Friday, June 3rd averaged 3.9 million Total Viewers 2+ and 2.0 million Adults 18-49. The match was the best ever for a Copa America opening match on any network regardless of language.