Talks still ongoing, but could start as early as 2020. Gold Cup would most likely go to a quadrennial format. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...as-said-to-mull-1-billion-regional-tournament
No big shock, it was massively successful and only a matter of time before the 2016 version of Copa America became an every four year thing that rivals the Euros. I think its great, plus I missed last years due to being on deployment and I hope this happens for selfish reasons.
If it's held in the US, it will do well. If they try to rotate it, the first time it's in Venezuela or Ecuador, it will be a huge financial loser.
Good. Let's just call it The Centenario. I don't care if it makes no sense. It's a good name, and it already has a little bit of branding currency.
The other question is, why should we ever support it going to Brazil? They sent a B or C team that didn't take it seriously to our party. The sponsors were stuck advertising Neymar, who didn't attend. Even if it is played in other countries, I think we should bypass Brazil for the time being.
I suggest there will be very little chance Venezuela will host any international soccer competition in the foreseeable future.
In fairness they were hosting the Olympic tournament a few weeks later and Neymar prioritized that. I can't blame him for that.
They sent their B team because Neymar and Co. were going to be playing in the Olympics at home just a few weeks later. Neymar was on record as wanting to play in the Copa but he wasn't allowed to because winning Olympic gold was more important.
Yes, this was a special situation. Olympic gold was the only men's title Brazil has never won and obviously playing at home presented a special opportunity. It has been a big focus of theirs for decades. Also, a gold in Brazil would take away some of the bitterness from the 2014 WC fiasco.
http://globoesporte.globo.com/futeb...nario-eua-querem-nova-competicao-em-2020.html The CONMEBOL is divided on the subject. On the one hand, the South American directives are happy with the idea of an extra tournament: the 2016 edition left each federation with an extra $2.4 million USD. On the other, a new tournament in the United States would empower CONCACAF over South America --and would give the USA more control over the "FIFA world." --- The last part I find interesting. There is a reasonable preoccupation that if the USA gains enough clout in the game, soccer itself will become "Americanized." Also, as noted in multiple media sources, soccer is the one global cultural phenomenon where the USA has been forced to take a back seat (because we've never been good enough). In everything else, movies, music, publishing, fashion, etc. the American influence has been massive. And, frankly, the rest of the planet wants to keep soccer as their safe space, to put it a certain way.
By Americanized, they must mean 4 Quarters of Soccer and Cheerleaders and Running Penalties and Commercials Every 5 Seconds? And of course, the renaming of the World Cup to the Soccerball Cup? (All of the above is a joke and not meant to be taken seriously).
Actually, that's exactly what is meant. There's already a proposal to divide the game in quarters: http://www.cbssports.com/soccer/new...oking-at-the-wild-proposed-fifa-rule-changes/ - Replacing penalty kicks with eight-second run-ups (a la old MLS ); - No offside; - Orange cards; - Four quarters. All that plus TV/computer aided replay & water breaks, already in place. Eventually it'd become like football, with many breaks to allow for many commercials.
That has nothing to do with America. The guy proposing that crap is from FIFA not MLS or anyway associated with us. Plus the penalty kick rule went away decades ago.
Well, the link goes more or less like this: USA = Money > Tradition. Hence, if USA has more influence, money will become more important. And changes to make the game more profitable would happen. Which begs the question, why is making more money bad, to begin with? I'm pretty much a traditionalist, but cannot explain rationally why. I just know that, like toddlers, I don't like change.
Umm, are we seriously going to debate whether or not there is a danger of money outweighing tradition at FIFA?