There’s no shame in losing 1-0 to the world champion in the Copa América semifinals, though. 1 Argentina. HuffPost is part of Verizon Media. Argentina was where I truly fell for the sport. I ran past him and hit him with my shoulder, and then a few seconds later someone else bumped him. Argentina, which has won a record-tying 14 Copa Americas, fielded a slightly weakened team, but still put out 1995 Copa joint-top scorer Gabriel Batistuta. In the previous game, he came off the bench to score a hat-trick versus Panama in group play. Daniel Passarella made changes to his side and chose to rest key players, including Simeone. No one let anybody down. Argentine coach Daniel Passarella decided to rest a bunch of his starters, and we stood in disbelief as the U.S. blew the doors off the Argentines! I might have to buy another ugly T-shirt. Match Odds: Argentina -210, USA +600, Draw +325 (Matchup Report). Memories of attending my first U.S. national team game. An upset win over Argentina would certainly rank as one of the country’s biggest victories of all time on the men’s side, and an effort like the Americans had against the Brazilians 21 years ago would not be entirely shocking. “However, they put in a tremendous effort defensively and still had the attacking ability to get in behind.”, In the 35th minute, Jones would square up his defender once again, skipping past him and producing a low cross to the near post. “Simeone and I got into a pushing fight in the tunnel before the game,” Wyanlda says. To enable Verizon Media and our partners to process your personal data select 'I agree', or select 'Manage settings' for more information and to manage your choices. “One thing you learn as a footballer over time is that when you’re hesitant, or scared to go in hard on someone, it’s because you’re afraid to get beat. As 14-time winners of the Copa América, and the defending champions, lots of eyes were on Argentina to see if they could get their groove back. For the United States to pull off a victory here, Messi must be held in check. So I read a lot: Bill Buford’s Among The Thugs, Tocqueville’s Democracy in America, copies of The New Yorker that my parents sent in a care package. What do I remember about the game? Argentina had comfortably qualified for the quarter-finals after wins in both their opening games. “To me, it really demonstrated the difference between the team that played in ’94 and ’95 as it was a team playing to win, instead of playing not to lose,” Sampson says. Argentina, playing in their first major tournament in the post-Maradona era, were eager to turn the page after a disappointing Round Of 16 defeat to … If you go back and watch the game, Simeone got the ball and [Thomas] Dooley just took his ass out. We’d buy big bottles of cheap Quilmes beer and play Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, and when the Argentines stayed until 7 a.m. on Sunday mornings (as is their custom) I’d sprawl out on my bed as a way of saying: This was great, but could we please, please call it a night? The 1995 Copa was the second time the United States had entered the competition, following on the heels of the team’s Group Stage exit two years prior. All Rights Reserved. The Americans are trying to follow defending champion Chile’s lead from 2015, and sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark have them listed as big +600 underdogs (bet $100 to win $600). Steve Sampson | The bemused coach shows the U.S. the way forward, Copyright © 2020 Goal.com All rights reserved. (Neither one was particularly lighter or darker than the other, so their nicknames were always a bit of a mystery.) In fact, they defeated the Argentinians for the first time 3-0 back in the 1995 Copa America tournament to win Group C. However, this is a much different Argentina squad led by Lionel Messi . I’ll probably engage in some spirited trash talk with Diego El Negro before the USA-Argentina game on Tuesday. When I invited my thesis advisor and his wife over for dinner, she had to show me how to use a corkscrew and how to cook a chicken the right way. By the time the quarterfinals of the 2011 edition roll around on Saturday afternoon, both CONCACAF participants – Costa Rica and Mexico – will have flown back home, their bodies slouched against the airplane seat belt as they doze fitfully, carried away from an unsuccessful Copa America. Riding a wave of enthusiasm and momentum after a surprisingly strong performance as the host team in the World Cup the previous summer, the Stars and Stripes were looking to make a splash on another big international stage and prove that 1994 wasn’t a fluke; that in a sport the country had all but ignored for half a century, the United States had finally arrived. Argentina were in a stronger position heading into the game, having already qualified for the knockout rounds on the strength of a 2-1 win over Bolivia and a 4-0 demolition of Chile. The Americans got off to a great start in the 20th minute when Chicago Fire legend and current Montreal Impact head coach Frank Klopas hit a daisy-cutter into the lower right corner from just inside the box.

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