Copa America Update: US Pwn3d By Argentina After 60 Minutes of NKOTB

I for one was expecting an ass-whipping from the get go, so it was pretty wild when the US went up 1-0 in the first 10 minutes. Argentina quickly equalized through Crespo, who I didn't realize was Crespo until after he scored thanks to his buzzcut- granted I was watching in a bar, but I was wondering who their new striker was- dude looks totally different without his locks. After that the US did a good job of Hangin' Tough for the first hour of the match before getting destroyed in the final 30 minutes and losing 4-1.

Argentina seemed to transform from OK to really good when Aimar came on for Cambiasso, so I'm not sure about the whole Veron-Cambiasso central midfield experiment from here on out, but we shall see. Part of it was that and surely part of it was fatigue, as apparently it was seriously hot and humid down there and the US were spending alot of energy trying to shut down Argentina.

By the by, here is a great article about the state of footy in Argentina.

In the early match Paraguay bitchslapped Colombia 5-0 with 2 late goals after Colombia basically gave up. Paraguayan striker Roque Santa Cruz scored the first three with a beautiful natural hat trick, which in footy means he scored a goal with ihs left foot, one with his right foot, and one with his head.

Today is a rest day; round two of group stage matches starts tomorrow, and the US play again on Monday evening.

Current Standings

GROUP A        GP  W   L   D  Pts  GF  GA  G/Dif
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Peru           1   1   0   0   3   3   0    +3
Bolivia        1   0   0   1   1   2   2     E
Venezuela      1   0   0   1   1   2   2     E
Uruguay        1   0   1   0   0   0   3    -3

GROUP B        GP  W   L   D  Pts  GF  GA  G/Dif
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Mexico         1   1   0   0   3   0   0     +2
Chile          1   1   0   0   3   0   0     +1
Ecuador        1   0   1   0   0   0   0     -1
Brazil         1   0   1   0   0   0   2     -2

GROUP C        GP  W   L   D  Pts  GF  GA  G/Dif
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Paraguay       1   1   0   0   3   5   0     +5
Argentina      1   1   0   0   3   4   1     +3
United States  1   0   1   0   0   1   4     -3
Colombia       1   0   1   0   0   0   5     -5