Fourteen U.S. venues were named Monday to host matches in the 2024 Copa América, the hallowed South American men’s soccer tournament headlined by world champion Argentina and featuring the U.S. and Mexican national teams as guests.
Conmebol, South American soccer’s governing body, selected 11 large-scale stadiums and three small MLS facilities for the 16-team, 32-match tournament running June 20 to July 14.
As previously announced, Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium will stage the opener and Hard Rock Stadium in greater Miami will host the final. On Monday, Conmebol said Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte and MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., will conduct the semifinals. Charlotte will also have the third-place match.
The quarterfinals will take place at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Tex.; NRG Stadium in Houston; State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz.; and Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.
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The four seeded teams also learned the sites for their group matches. The United States will play in Arlington, Atlanta and Kansas City, Mo. (at Arrowhead Stadium).
Argentina, featuring Lionel Messi, was placed in Atlanta (the June 20 tournament opener), East Rutherford and Miami. Brazil will go to SoFi Stadium in greater Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. Mexico will play in Houston, greater L.A. and Glendale.
The group draw will take place Thursday night in Miami.
The other South American participants are Colombia, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela and Bolivia.
Aside from the United States and Mexico, four others will qualify from the Concacaf region: Jamaica, Panama and the winners of the March 23 playoffs in Frisco, Tex.: Canada vs. Trinidad and Tobago and Costa Rica vs. Honduras.
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Copa América, which dates to 1916, was also held in the United States in 2016. Chile won the title, defeating Argentina in a shootout at MetLife Stadium.
It is the third most popular men’s soccer tournament involving national teams, behind the World Cup and European Championship.
Greater Kansas City is the only metro area to be awarded two venues next summer: Arrowhead Stadium, home to the NFL’s Chiefs, and Children’s Mercy Park, a small stadium in Kansas City, Kan., that hosts MLS’s Sporting Kansas City. Each stadium was awarded one Copa group game.
The other small MLS venues selected were Q2 Stadium in Austin and Exploria Stadium in Orlando. (The facilities in Charlotte and Atlanta are home to both NFL and MLS teams.)
Eight large-scale Copa América venues are also slated to host matches during the 2026 World Cup, which will be played in the United States, Mexico and Canada. AT&T Stadium or MetLife Stadium is expected to host the final. FIFA will name specific venue designations in the coming few months.
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