As part of a new “strategic collaboration agreement” between CONMEBOL and CONCACAF, which was announced on Friday, the United States will host the Copa America in 2024. There will be six guest nations at the event again.
The last time Copa America came to the United States was in the summer of 2016 for Copa America Centenario, a celebration of the championship’s 100th anniversary.
In 2016, the USMNT and Mexico did not have to qualify for the tournament, but the CONCACAF giants will not get an automatic bid to the Copa America in 2024. They will also have to qualify for the 2023–2024 Nations League as one of six CONCACAF teams. Before, the other four CONCACAF bids were given out through different regional tournaments and qualifying playoffs.
The partnership between CONMEBOL and CONCACAF also includes the women’s game. The Gold Cup is being changed because of this.
Eight CONCACAF women’s national teams and four CONMEBOL teams will play in the 2024 CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup.
CONCACAF has asked the top four CONMEBOL women’s national teams to take part in the CONCACAF W Gold Cup in 2024. The first tournament for these 12 teams, which is an important part of CONCACAF’s new system for women’s national teams, will be held in the United States.
The United States and Jamaica or Canada, the two Concacaf teams that will be at the 2024 Summer Olympics, will go straight to the 2024 Concacaf W Gold Cup. Through the 2023 Road to Concacaf W Gold Cup, the other six Concacaf teams will be chosen.
What does the 2024 Copa America mean for the USMNT?
First of all, it means that there will be more high-level games between World Cups. Over the years, the USMNT has played friendlies against teams like Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, and others from South America. However, at the moment, their only competitive games are against CONCACAF teams in the Gold Cup and World Cup qualifying.
The tournament will be held halfway between EURO 2024 and the 2026 World Cup, which will also be held in the U.S., Mexico, and Canada. This is good for all the countries that will be competing, just as EURO 2024 is the halfway point for European countries. The 2023 Gold Cup will still happen this summer, and the final game will be held at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.
Only time will tell if the combined Copa America will become the new norm in the Americas, but given how profitable international soccer is, there will definitely be a “cross your fingers and hope everything goes well” vibe in 2024.
How to draw for the 2024 Copa América: Can the USMNT, Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina play each other in the group stage?
In less than two weeks, the draw for the 2024 Copa América will happen. Instead of the normal 10, 16 teams will be wondering what their fate will be before the tournament. The 48th event will be held in the United States, and six CONCACAF teams will be there because of the strategic partnership between CONCACAF and CONMEBOL that was announced in January.
In 2024, the Copa América will be held. Which CONACAF teams?
During the November international break, the United States, Panama, Jamaica, and Mexico—the first four CONCACAF teams—secured their spots in the finals. They were all semifinalists in the Nations League. The last two teams that will qualify will be the winners of two games in March between the Nations League quarterfinal losers: Canada vs. Trinidad and Tobago and Honduras vs. Costa Rica.
People should stay away from Mexico and the US, as well as Argentina and Brazil.
It was announced that the FIFA World Ranking at the start of the November international break would decide which team was put in which pot before the draw in Miami on December 7. The qualified teams will then be split into four groups of four. So, Pot 1 is made up of the four best teams from CONMEBOL and CONACAF: Argentina, Brazil, the United States, and Mexico.
Hors d’oeuvre Because of this, Mexico and the US will not play each other in the group stage like Argentina and Brazil will. It’s likely that everyone will want to stay away from Uruguay and Colombia in Pot 2.
Which teams are in which pots for the Copa América 2024?
The following are the pots for the Copa América draw:
Draw pots for the 2024 Copa América
Pot 1
- Argentina
- Brazil
- United States
- Mexico
Pot 2
- Uruguay
- Colombia
- Peru
- Ecuador
Pot 3
- Chile
- Venezuela
- Panama
- Paraguay
Pot 4
- Jamaica
- Bolivia
- Honduras/Costa Rica
- Canada/Trinidad and Tobago
Each of the four groups will get one team from each pot. In the group stage, each country will play each other once, and the top two teams from each group will move on to the quarterfinals.
