Colombia beats USA 1-0 for 2016 Copa América bronze

Monday, June 27, 2016

On Saturday, in the Copa América match for third place, Colombia defeated hosts United States in the University of Phoenix Stadium, in Arizona.

USA had more shots than Colombia, but the Colombians had slightly better ball possession. Colombian striker Carlos Bacca scored a goal guarded by Tim Howard just after the half an hour mark as Los Cafeteros were 1–0 up at half time.

Two players — one of each team — were sent off. Michael Orozco of USA was booked in the 88th minute and later sent off. Colombian Santiago Arias collected two yellow cards in two minutes and was sent off along with Orozco.

Goalkeeper David Ospina won the Man of the Match award making two saves and two clearances.

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June 25, 2016 17:00 (UTC-7)
	United States	0–1	Colombia	University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Arizona Referee: Daniel Fedorczuk, Uruguay
	Michael Orozco 88', 90+4' Matt Besler 21' Jermaine Jones 41'	0–1 (HT)	Carlos Bacca 31' Santiago Arias 90+3', 90+4' Jeison Murillo 14' Juan Cuadrado 73'

Sources

"Match 31 : USA vs Colombia" — Copa América Centenario, June 25, 2016
"Live scores – Copa América: USA - Colombia" — FIFA, June 25, 2016

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