Odds of them advancing from the group were -1600.
If you had bet ¥1 on this happening, your winnings would be ¥16
They are 11th in the world and 3rd in America in the FIFA rankings.
They were in a group stage with Uruguay, Panama and Bolivia. Two go through, two go out. Uruguay getting the top and Bolivia the bottom was assured – so the USA and Panamá battle it out for the 2nd qualifying spot.
The Panamá-USA head-to-head was the turning point. Timothy Weah, the son of George Weah who was president of Liberia until this January and scored that great goal for AC Milan in 1997, decided to punch a guy in the back of the head for no reason forcing them to play most of the game a man down and lose. That gives Panamá two victories (USA and Bolivia) and the USA two defeats (Panamá and Uruguay)
The Guardian are stressing a contentious offside decision in USA-Uruguay last night, but even without that decision they wouldn’t’ve qualified.
Panama-US looks like it was good game from the highlights, I’ve been missing out on the copa america games but think I’ll check the knockout rounds later this week, the euros have kinda gone downhill after the group stages actually, too many players are tired or just not into it (also maybe some of the national team coaches are sus)