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USA crash out of Copa in group phase as Uruguay, Panama advance

Published : Wednesday, 3 July, 2024 at 12:00 AM  Count : 265
KANSAS CITY, JULY 2: The United States crashed out of the Copa America on Monday after a 1-0 defeat to Uruguay, as Panama sealed their place in the quarter-finals with a 3-1 win over Bolivia.
The tournament hosts suffered an upset 2-1 defeat to Panama last week and went into Mondays final Group C game at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City needing to match or better Panamas result against Bolivia to advance.
But US coach Gregg Berhalters side never looked like doing enough to seriously threaten a well-drilled Uruguay who advance to the last eight as group winners.
"Just looking at the faces of the staff and the players, we e bitterly disappointed with the results," Berhalter said.
"We know that we e capable of more and in this tournament we didn show it. Its really as simple as that. We should have done better.
"Well do a review and figure out what went wrong, why it went wrong, but its an empty feeling right now for sure."
USA captain Christian Pulisic blamed a lack of attacking quality.
"We had a good start and brought a lot of energy, but just didn have enough quality," he said. "We just couldn find a solution."
Hopes of a great escape for Berhalters men faded inside the first 30 minutes as news filtered through that Panama had taken a 1-0 lead against Bolivia in Orlando.
US hopes were revived early in the second half after Bolivia equalised, leaving the hosts on course for qualification, provided they continued to hold Uruguay.
Yet the US optimism was punctured just moments later when Uruguay took the lead in controversial circumstances through Mathias Olivera on 66 minutes.
Ronald Araujos powerful header from Nicolas de la Cruzs free-kick was parried away by US goalkeeper Matt Turner, but only into the path of Olivera, who tucked away the rebound.
Replays appeared to show that Olivera was offside when Araujo first made contact with the ball, but despite a lengthy VAR review, Peruvian referee Kevin Ortega ruled that the goal should stand.
"Its pretty crazy," Berhalter said. "I don understand it, I feel like I know the offside rule pretty well.     —AFP


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