10 U.S. Venues Selected As Sites For Soccer S Copa America Tournament

Copa America, the championship of South America, will be played in the United States. The tournament will include national teams from the U.S. and Mexico among its field of 16.

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The sites: the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif.; MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.; Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif.; Soldier Field in Chicago; Century Link Field in Seattle; Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass.; University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz.; the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Fla.; Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia; and NRG Stadium in Houston.

Those facilities are best known as sites for college and professional football. They will convert to soccer fields for 32 games in the tournament scheduled June 3-26.

In addition to the two North American powers, U.S. soccer fans will get a chance to watch Argentina, Brazil and other national teams from the southern hemisphere.

Mexico in particular has been a top attraction, pulling throngs of fans who now live in the U.S.

Copa America is considered only behind the World Cup and the European championships in the pantheon of soccer competition. This the 100th year for the oldest international soccer competition. Six teams from North America will join 10 from South America in the first Copa America played in the northern hemisphere.