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Nobody excited with Copa America Huh

Yesterday we had more good news:

CONMEBOL announced the 14 cities that will host the cup

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The seeds have also been decided and the teams have been divided into these groups for the draw:

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Remember that the draw will take place on Thursday 07th

Will we have a group of death?

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Hey everyone, CONMEBOL has announced the venues for the opening match and the grand final

Atlanta, Florida, will host the opening match at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on June 20 and the Grand Final will be held in Miami at HardRock Stadium on July 14.

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The United States and Panama have already qualified for the Copa America, along with the 10 CONMEBOL teams.
There are still 4 spots up for dispute in CONCACAF

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Quote from: rdluffy on July 19, 2023, 05:45:38 PM

Guys, yesterday I saw the official logo of Copa America 2024:

The explanation:

In my opinion it is MUCH prettier than the 2026 World Cup logo (If you haven't seen the world cup logo yet, do so and then compare the two logos)
They could use this logo for the world cup too hahaha
I liked the elements contained in the logo, the colors and the fonts used, they did a good job
What do you think guys?

I also really like the logo for the 2024 Copa America (because it looks simple with only 4 color combinations) rather than the 2026 World Cup logo (which has a combination of more than 4 colors)

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Quote from: Renampun on May 11, 2023, 04:26:58 AM

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These countries have good set of top talents, they're hidden and they always display brilliantly when they are given the chances. Nothing is impossible in football; I've seen a tender player handle places in a club's engine room and seasoned players turn out to be a total washout. Players with good football abilities will undoubtedly seal the deal from elite clubs with huge offers that will rewrite the entire statistical football history. It's incredibly exciting to see new football players blossom into household names. The Copa America in 2024 would be a challenging battle, and I would pick Brazil and Argentina as favorites to win the title.

Yup, Argentina is a country that is predicted to be the champion in the Copa America 2024, but what I have noticed is that Argentina is focusing more on senior players than young players. Reportedly, di Maria will also retire after the Copa America 2024, which means she won't play in the 2026 World Cup, would Messi do something like that too!!

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Quote from: Renampun on May 11, 2023, 04:26:58 AM

an realistic football player, having a big name only in their country (football players in Brazil or Argentina) is useless so when there is a sponsor or scout who finds young talent, they will immediately accept the offer and go to Europe to develop and become bigger and famous there. Young talent can be found in Latin American countries (brazil - argentina - uruguay has more young talent there).

discussing teams that have the potential to become champions in the 2024 Copa America, I see many who choose Brazil or Argentina but teams like Mexico - Uruguay - Chile can give a big surprise.

These countries have good set of top talents, they're hidden and they always display brilliantly when they are given the chances. Nothing is impossible in football; I've seen a tender player handle places in a club's engine room and seasoned players turn out to be a total washout. Players with good football abilities will undoubtedly seal the deal from elite clubs with huge offers that will rewrite the entire statistical football history. It's incredibly exciting to see new football players blossom into household names. The Copa America in 2024 would be a challenging battle, and I would pick Brazil and Argentina as favorites to win the title.

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I am not surprised with the decision from CONMEBOL to expand the Copa America tournament. The general trend in recent times have been to expand different international competitions and to add more matches. FIFA World Cup for example, have been expanded to 48 teams from 32. And the number of teams looks OK to me. 10 teams will be from CONMEBOL (all the CONMEBOL members), while 6 teams will participate from CONCACAF (out of 41 member associations). The split looks right for me, given that CONMEBOL teams are much stronger than any of the CONCACAF members.

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Guys, yesterday I saw the official logo of Copa America 2024:

The explanation:

In my opinion it is MUCH prettier than the 2026 World Cup logo (If you haven't seen the world cup logo yet, do so and then compare the two logos)
They could use this logo for the world cup too hahaha
I liked the elements contained in the logo, the colors and the fonts used, they did a good job
What do you think guys?

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I have news to post here

Today CONMEBOL officially announced the dates for Copa America 2024
The tournament will be held between June 20th and July 14th 2024.
Exactly 1 year from now (now 364 days hehe)

The host cities for the tournament have not been defined yet.
Another thing that is pending are the 6 CONCACAF teams that will only be known in September with the CONCACAF Nations League.

The dates are very close to the Euro 2024 (June 14th to July 14th)

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UEFA and Conmebol came to an agreement for the next Copa America which will be held in 2024 as the name of 2024 Copa America, whereas Puru and Bolivia are reported as all possible choices for Copa America 2024.. The host for Copa America is not yet decided, However, CONMEBOL president Alejandro Dominguez said that there is hope that Ecuador will host the upcoming tournament. There have been two teams nominated Ecuador and Peru but not yet been decided who will host the tournament.

https://www.fifaworldcupnews.com/2024-copa-america/

When idly looking for news about Copa America 2024, I was quite surprised to read that until now I have not decided on the host for this event. peru, ecuador and bolivia are some of the qualifying countries and hopefully we can hear soon which countries are shortlisted.

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Quote from: LUCKMCFLY on May 09, 2023, 02:53:45 PM

If this is partly so, this is without mentioning that a large part of Europe has been rich thanks to South America since the time of Christopher Columbus and what few know is that many fossils are still being found in South America that are rich in gold, silver, bauxite that they continue to be exploited (but in a bad way thanks to the mismanagement of the governments) however what you say is very true, most of the money comes from there, and that is something that has a lot to do with the sponsors who always leave to Europe, for example in Brazilian fútbol, if they gave it more support in terms of very large sponsors,many players would go there, not only because of their fans, but also to absorb the exquisite Brazilian technique.

an realistic football player, having a big name only in their country (football players in Brazil or Argentina) is useless so when there is a sponsor or scout who finds young talent, they will immediately accept the offer and go to Europe to develop and become bigger and famous there. Young talent can be found in Latin American countries (brazil - argentina - uruguay has more young talent there).

discussing teams that have the potential to become champions in the 2024 Copa America, I see many who choose Brazil or Argentina but teams like Mexico - Uruguay - Chile can give a big surprise.

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Quote from: shogun47 on April 26, 2023, 01:47:32 AM

Quote from: LUCKMCFLY on April 25, 2023, 05:45:15 PM

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It's a great thread, I like the importance that is being given to South American football, also the fact of having 6 Concacaf teams is something quite good, before they only invited Mexico and it was very good, now the Copa América will last longer time and it will be more exciting, it is also good to integrate the close confederations and with that you can see the high level that can be measured, many say that the Euroeas qualifiers are the strongest, but nothing to see, you have to see the South American qualifiers, where The players have hot weather one day and the next day they have to be at a high altitude where it is difficult to breathe, it is like playing in Barranquilla (Colombia, very hot) and then the next day they go to Bolivia in La Paz (very high), that affects.

The weather is certainly one important aspect to consider and that might also be a reason why over the decades the best soccer infrastructure in the world was established in Europe. But nobody really doubts that South American soccer players can be the best of the best obviously, but the leagues aren't really. The big stuff happens in Europe and that is why every single South American superstar ends up playing for a team in Europe.

Though I fully agree that putting more emphasis on that part of the world and also to funnel more money to that part (hopefully) due to drawing more attention to it does help a lot with providing young talents with better chances to make it as a professional soccer player.

The only way to find out which part of the world is better (Europe vs. CONCACAF) would be to have a league with the six best European countries against the six best CONCACAF teams. Not that I am hoping for that to happen, but it would be interesting to see how it ends. In tournaments it is often difficult to judge as the luck factor can play quite the role although Europe has been dominating for the last two decades.

Well, the important thing here is to know how it can be done in order to have a better vision of everything, clearly the teams and Leagues in Europe are more supported, the strong publicity is in that part of the world, when we talk about fútbol in general it is known that in Europe as in any part of the world when Brazil and Argentina are the closest References to being the toughest rivals that exist in South America, from Concacaf I cannot deny that Mexico is the best,but like everything it is a business model , Europe has very good and strong infrastructures, this is also something that cannot be denied, perhaps that is why the largest capital of fútbol clubs are there.

It is a cultural thing combined with wealth. If the South American nations were as rich as the European continent is, perhaps more eyes would be directed towards the South American continent. But in Europe is the soccer culture as much as in the USA is the baseball, football, basketball culture. The people are relatively rich and have a lot of disposable income that can be spent on merchandise, tv subscriptions, stadium entry fees and whatever you can think of. If you take all these factors together it is not surprising that the big soccer stage is in Europe.

I think such a competition as suggested would be interesting to watch, but I must confess that the meaningfulness would also be limited because all the South American players are actually competing in European leagues for a reason. It would be interesting to see what happens if for two decades all the best European players move to South America and all the Brazilian and Argentinian etc players are exposed to the hardest competition possible for an extended period of time.

It is all hypothetical, but when we talk about pure talent, like talent only, I believe that South America is the best in the world.

If this is partly so, this is without mentioning that a large part of Europe has been rich thanks to South America since the time of Christopher Columbus and what few know is that many fossils are still being found in South America that are rich in gold, silver, bauxite that they continue to be exploited (but in a bad way thanks to the mismanagement of the governments) however what you say is very true, most of the money comes from there, and that is something that has a lot to do with the sponsors who always leave to Europe, for example in Brazilian fútbol, if they gave it more support in terms of very large sponsors,many players would go there, not only because of their fans, but also to absorb the exquisite Brazilian technique.

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Quote from: LUCKMCFLY on April 25, 2023, 05:45:15 PM

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It's a great thread, I like the importance that is being given to South American football, also the fact of having 6 Concacaf teams is something quite good, before they only invited Mexico and it was very good, now the Copa América will last longer time and it will be more exciting, it is also good to integrate the close confederations and with that you can see the high level that can be measured, many say that the Euroeas qualifiers are the strongest, but nothing to see, you have to see the South American qualifiers, where The players have hot weather one day and the next day they have to be at a high altitude where it is difficult to breathe, it is like playing in Barranquilla (Colombia, very hot) and then the next day they go to Bolivia in La Paz (very high), that affects.

The weather is certainly one important aspect to consider and that might also be a reason why over the decades the best soccer infrastructure in the world was established in Europe. But nobody really doubts that South American soccer players can be the best of the best obviously, but the leagues aren't really. The big stuff happens in Europe and that is why every single South American superstar ends up playing for a team in Europe.

Though I fully agree that putting more emphasis on that part of the world and also to funnel more money to that part (hopefully) due to drawing more attention to it does help a lot with providing young talents with better chances to make it as a professional soccer player.

The only way to find out which part of the world is better (Europe vs. CONCACAF) would be to have a league with the six best European countries against the six best CONCACAF teams. Not that I am hoping for that to happen, but it would be interesting to see how it ends. In tournaments it is often difficult to judge as the luck factor can play quite the role although Europe has been dominating for the last two decades.

Well, the important thing here is to know how it can be done in order to have a better vision of everything, clearly the teams and Leagues in Europe are more supported, the strong publicity is in that part of the world, when we talk about fútbol in general it is known that in Europe as in any part of the world when Brazil and Argentina are the closest References to being the toughest rivals that exist in South America, from Concacaf I cannot deny that Mexico is the best,but like everything it is a business model , Europe has very good and strong infrastructures, this is also something that cannot be denied, perhaps that is why the largest capital of fútbol clubs are there.

It is a cultural thing combined with wealth. If the South American nations were as rich as the European continent is, perhaps more eyes would be directed towards the South American continent. But in Europe is the soccer culture as much as in the USA is the baseball, football, basketball culture. The people are relatively rich and have a lot of disposable income that can be spent on merchandise, tv subscriptions, stadium entry fees and whatever you can think of. If you take all these factors together it is not surprising that the big soccer stage is in Europe.

I think such a competition as suggested would be interesting to watch, but I must confess that the meaningfulness would also be limited because all the South American players are actually competing in European leagues for a reason. It would be interesting to see what happens if for two decades all the best European players move to South America and all the Brazilian and Argentinian etc players are exposed to the hardest competition possible for an extended period of time.

It is all hypothetical, but when we talk about pure talent, like talent only, I believe that South America is the best in the world.

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Quote from: shogun47 on April 07, 2023, 11:25:34 PM

Quote from: LUCKMCFLY on April 07, 2023, 06:10:45 PM

It's a great thread, I like the importance that is being given to South American football, also the fact of having 6 Concacaf teams is something quite good, before they only invited Mexico and it was very good, now the Copa América will last longer time and it will be more exciting, it is also good to integrate the close confederations and with that you can see the high level that can be measured, many say that the Euroeas qualifiers are the strongest, but nothing to see, you have to see the South American qualifiers, where The players have hot weather one day and the next day they have to be at a high altitude where it is difficult to breathe, it is like playing in Barranquilla (Colombia, very hot) and then the next day they go to Bolivia in La Paz (very high), that affects.

The weather is certainly one important aspect to consider and that might also be a reason why over the decades the best soccer infrastructure in the world was established in Europe. But nobody really doubts that South American soccer players can be the best of the best obviously, but the leagues aren't really. The big stuff happens in Europe and that is why every single South American superstar ends up playing for a team in Europe.

Though I fully agree that putting more emphasis on that part of the world and also to funnel more money to that part (hopefully) due to drawing more attention to it does help a lot with providing young talents with better chances to make it as a professional soccer player.

The only way to find out which part of the world is better (Europe vs. CONCACAF) would be to have a league with the six best European countries against the six best CONCACAF teams. Not that I am hoping for that to happen, but it would be interesting to see how it ends. In tournaments it is often difficult to judge as the luck factor can play quite the role although Europe has been dominating for the last two decades.

Well, the important thing here is to know how it can be done in order to have a better vision of everything, clearly the teams and Leagues in Europe are more supported, the strong publicity is in that part of the world, when we talk about fútbol in general it is known that in Europe as in any part of the world when Brazil and Argentina are the closest References to being the toughest rivals that exist in South America, from Concacaf I cannot deny that Mexico is the best,but like everything it is a business model , Europe has very good and strong infrastructures, this is also something that cannot be denied, perhaps that is why the largest capital of fútbol clubs are there.

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Quote from: Renampun on March 21, 2023, 05:08:24 PM

based on a report from ESPN, copa america 2024 which was originally going to be held in ecuador, was transferred to the USA because ecuador is experiencing security problems in their country. but before going to the copa america 2024, the concacaf national league will be held first (qualification).

Exactly! Because the Copa America 2024 will have 10 teams from Conmebol and six more from Concacaf that will enter the dispute with the condition of "invited".
The decision to host this dispute in the United States was quite right, as they will certainly be well prepared already aiming at the necessary structure for the next world cup, which means that they want to make a good impression and not let anything spoil it.

My bet obviously goes to the Brazilian team, I hope they do well in the championship and reach at least the semi-finals.

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Quote from: Renampun on March 25, 2023, 09:46:52 AM

Concacaf Nations League provisional preliminary (matchday 5 of 6) results are;

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peurto rico 3 - 1 virgin island
saint kitts 3 -1 saint martin
french Guyana 1 - 1 Dominican republic
berbados 0 - 1 cuba
guadeloupe 0 - 1 antigua
suriname 0 - 2 mexico
anguilla 1-2 saint lucia
bahamas 0 - 3 trinidad & tobago
nicaragua 4 - 1 saint vincent
united states 7 - 1 grenada
guatemala 2 - 1 belize

there are only 2 matches that concern me, they are suriname vs mexico & the united states vs grenada.

- Suriname managed to put some pressure on Mexico, it's just that they have a bad front line and even an own goal by Dankerlui made things worse to make Suriname lose 2-0 to Mexico.

- the united states had great success by making 7 goals and pulisic made a good contribution (1 goal and 2 assists).

It is interesting, I have seen the good performance of Concacaf throughout history, and well, there are countries like French Guyana that do not have a good performance, it is essential to know that here by pure personal inspection Mexico is one of the countries that they have a stronger development on this side of the confederations, I have always thought that Costa Rica also has a great chance of beating this country than Mexico, they are very good, I remember the player Wanchope, he is great, I liked how he did it, however they should the Concacaf and Conmebol confederations should disappear, I think that Conmebol has a much higher level and the qualifiers are more difficult, if it were eliminated and there were only 1, it would be ideal, an all against all, and that there are the same places available to go to a world cup.

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FIFA has published the official calendar from 2023 until 2030, and of course including the Copa America:

Source: https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/3123d37097318f7f/original/Men-s-International-Match-Calendar-2023-2030_EN.pdf

So it will be played officially from June 14 to July 14, exactly the same dates of Euro 2024

You can check the full schedule here: https://www.fifa.com/international-match-calendars

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It's a great thread, I like the importance that is being given to South American football, also the fact of having 6 Concacaf teams is something quite good, before they only invited Mexico and it was very good, now the Copa América will last longer time and it will be more exciting, it is also good to integrate the close confederations and with that you can see the high level that can be measured, many say that the Euroeas qualifiers are the strongest, but nothing to see, you have to see the South American qualifiers, where The players have hot weather one day and the next day they have to be at a high altitude where it is difficult to breathe, it is like playing in Barranquilla (Colombia, very hot) and then the next day they go to Bolivia in La Paz (very high), that affects.

The weather is certainly one important aspect to consider and that might also be a reason why over the decades the best soccer infrastructure in the world was established in Europe. But nobody really doubts that South American soccer players can be the best of the best obviously, but the leagues aren't really. The big stuff happens in Europe and that is why every single South American superstar ends up playing for a team in Europe.

Though I fully agree that putting more emphasis on that part of the world and also to funnel more money to that part (hopefully) due to drawing more attention to it does help a lot with providing young talents with better chances to make it as a professional soccer player.

The only way to find out which part of the world is better (Europe vs. CONCACAF) would be to have a league with the six best European countries against the six best CONCACAF teams. Not that I am hoping for that to happen, but it would be interesting to see how it ends. In tournaments it is often difficult to judge as the luck factor can play quite the role although Europe has been dominating for the last two decades.

Oh, weather, you capricious beast! One instant, we're basking in sunlight, the next, it's a downpour, and just like that – you're an icicle. But seriously, folks, is weather the ultimate arbiter of soccer infrastructure supremacy? We're discussing football, not a sun-soaked beach getaway!

The genuine rationale for Europe's enviable football foundation is elementary: money, money, money. Europe's simply rolling in it compared to other parts of the world, and that's the reason they can invest more in their cherished sport. It is not a rocket science, people!

But wait, let's give props to South America's wealth of talent. Granted, their leagues may not be top-notch, but they've got some of the planet's best players. Want to see more young upstarts go pro? Time to funnel some serious cash and support to that neck of the woods.

Yes, or would you like to get a sunburn playing soccer in Brazil? Tongue

@slapper I am sure we are actually of the same opinion that the weather isn't the ultimate factor whether a place is suitable for a sport to develop or not, but if it's constantly too hot it might play a role. I assume that is why they cooled down all those stadiums during the World Cup? Or perhaps only for the audience, I don't know. But I remember that many professionals complained in advance as well about temperatures.

This is what I posted in the World Cup 2026 thread because someone argued that some teams have an advantage playing in Canada over those who have to play in Mexico, but a little search on the Internet gave me this:

Quote from: shogun47 on April 04, 2023, 05:12:17 PM

I have no idea whether climate change has changed anything, but this graphic says that Mexico is far from being the worst place to play soccer at during the World Cup.

I guess it is something that also can't really be predicted. It is not impossible that Canada has a hot summer and regarding the hotels, that is something all those teams take care of in advance. None of the teams will spend time in an average hotel. That's all taken care of and the FIFA will have their first look well in advance.

It is obviously not the case that Mexico is the worst place to play soccer during summer. Sure the graphic is subject to variability as there aren't many data points, but I think it does give one an idea whether Mexico really is such a horrible place compared to Canada in terms of weather and playing soccer.

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Quote from: Chikito on April 07, 2023, 10:22:41 PM

I'm quite excited to follow this news maybe because followed by 2 big football countries, Argentina and Brazil. But, sometimes I'm bored too, I don't know why not as interesting as Euro 2024. Maybe you are thinking like me, I often to pass to watch the qualification group and 2nd round group in Copa America Cup, I always often to watch them in Semifinal, there usually is Brazil and Argentina listed, that more interesting because both will fight as World cup.

And, what makes me bored too, the champions are not far away from Argentina, Brazil or Uruguay.

I always watch Copa America, usually the matches are exciting, of course you mentioned the 3 best teams, but surprises happen
Did you know that in 2001 Colombia was the champion, with Mexico in second place?
And Chile was champion in 2015 and 2016, beating Argentina, and Messi played that game.
In 2019 Peru made it all the way to the final against Brazil.

In other words, it's not that predictable.

I can also cite some reasons to watch the 2024 Copa America:
They will have 16 teams, unlike the 10 that usually participate, there are 2 confederations participating.
We will be able to see a little of how the 2026 world cup will be, since it will be in the United States, possibly using the same stadiums, and FIFA may do some tests or changes in refereeing etc.
The United States, Canada, and Mexico will have a great opportunity to play a high level competition to prepare for the World Cup, since they will not be competing in the qualifiers.

Messi will probably play, as will Neymar, with chances to play an important match like semi-final or final.

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It's a great thread, I like the importance that is being given to South American football, also the fact of having 6 Concacaf teams is something quite good, before they only invited Mexico and it was very good, now the Copa América will last longer time and it will be more exciting, it is also good to integrate the close confederations and with that you can see the high level that can be measured, many say that the Euroeas qualifiers are the strongest, but nothing to see, you have to see the South American qualifiers, where The players have hot weather one day and the next day they have to be at a high altitude where it is difficult to breathe, it is like playing in Barranquilla (Colombia, very hot) and then the next day they go to Bolivia in La Paz (very high), that affects.

The weather is certainly one important aspect to consider and that might also be a reason why over the decades the best soccer infrastructure in the world was established in Europe. But nobody really doubts that South American soccer players can be the best of the best obviously, but the leagues aren't really. The big stuff happens in Europe and that is why every single South American superstar ends up playing for a team in Europe.

Though I fully agree that putting more emphasis on that part of the world and also to funnel more money to that part (hopefully) due to drawing more attention to it does help a lot with providing young talents with better chances to make it as a professional soccer player.

The only way to find out which part of the world is better (Europe vs. CONCACAF) would be to have a league with the six best European countries against the six best CONCACAF teams. Not that I am hoping for that to happen, but it would be interesting to see how it ends. In tournaments it is often difficult to judge as the luck factor can play quite the role although Europe has been dominating for the last two decades.

Oh, weather, you capricious beast! One instant, we're basking in sunlight, the next, it's a downpour, and just like that – you're an icicle. But seriously, folks, is weather the ultimate arbiter of soccer infrastructure supremacy? We're discussing football, not a sun-soaked beach getaway!

The genuine rationale for Europe's enviable football foundation is elementary: money, money, money. Europe's simply rolling in it compared to other parts of the world, and that's the reason they can invest more in their cherished sport. It is not a rocket science, people!

But wait, let's give props to South America's wealth of talent. Granted, their leagues may not be top-notch, but they've got some of the planet's best players. Want to see more young upstarts go pro? Time to funnel some serious cash and support to that neck of the woods.

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Quote from: LUCKMCFLY on April 07, 2023, 06:10:45 PM

It's a great thread, I like the importance that is being given to South American football, also the fact of having 6 Concacaf teams is something quite good, before they only invited Mexico and it was very good, now the Copa América will last longer time and it will be more exciting, it is also good to integrate the close confederations and with that you can see the high level that can be measured, many say that the Euroeas qualifiers are the strongest, but nothing to see, you have to see the South American qualifiers, where The players have hot weather one day and the next day they have to be at a high altitude where it is difficult to breathe, it is like playing in Barranquilla (Colombia, very hot) and then the next day they go to Bolivia in La Paz (very high), that affects.

The weather is certainly one important aspect to consider and that might also be a reason why over the decades the best soccer infrastructure in the world was established in Europe. But nobody really doubts that South American soccer players can be the best of the best obviously, but the leagues aren't really. The big stuff happens in Europe and that is why every single South American superstar ends up playing for a team in Europe.

Though I fully agree that putting more emphasis on that part of the world and also to funnel more money to that part (hopefully) due to drawing more attention to it does help a lot with providing young talents with better chances to make it as a professional soccer player.

The only way to find out which part of the world is better (Europe vs. CONCACAF) would be to have a league with the six best European countries against the six best CONCACAF teams. Not that I am hoping for that to happen, but it would be interesting to see how it ends. In tournaments it is often difficult to judge as the luck factor can play quite the role although Europe has been dominating for the last two decades.

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Quote from: Renampun on March 21, 2023, 05:08:24 PM

The 2024 Copa America will be held next summer. The tournament will be attended by 16 teams, 10 from CONMEBOL and six visiting teams from Concacaf.

I'm quite excited to follow this news maybe because followed by 2 big football countries, Argentina and Brazil. But, sometimes I'm bored too, I don't know why not as interesting as Euro 2024. Maybe you are thinking like me, I often to pass to watch the qualification group and 2nd round group in Copa America Cup, I always often to watch them in Semifinal, there usually is Brazil and Argentina listed, that more interesting because both will fight as World cup.

And, what makes me bored too, the champions are not far away from Argentina, Brazil or Uruguay.

Topic: Copa America 2024 (CONMEBOL & Concacaf Collaboration) - Discussion Thread (Read 331 times)