Official start times announced for all Copa America Centenario matches

The Copa America Centenario organizing committee on Monday announced the start times to all of the tournament’s matches, with the US men’s national team set to kick off the tournament against Colombia at 9:30 pm ET at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California on Friday, June 3.


The US will play their second group stage match at 8 pm ET on Tuesday, June 7 at Chicago’s Soldier Field, and will wrap Group A on Saturday, June 11 at 7 pm ET against Paraguay at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.


The tournament final will be held at 8 pm ET on Saturday, June 26 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.


The Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California will also host Brazil against Ecuador at 10 pm ET on Saturday , June 4, followed by Colombia versus Paraguay at 10:30 pm ET on Tuesday, June 7, and rounded out by Mexico and Jamaica at 10 pm ET on Thursday, June 9.

Other notable group stage matches include a rematch of the 2015 Copa America final between Argentina and Chile in Group D on June 6 at 10 pm ET at Levi’s Stadium and a 2015 Gold Cup final rematch between Jamaica and Mexico in Group C on June 9 at 10 pm ET at the Rose Bowl.



This summer’s tournament is being played in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the first Copa America. Expected to be the biggest men’s soccer tournament held on US soil since the 1994 World Cup, the June event will mark the first time the Copa America will ever be held outside of South America.


The tournament, which will be broadcast in the US on Fox and Univision, will take place in 10 cities across the US, including in three MLS stadiums.