If you're reading this, you've officially survived the group stage of the European Championships: all 24 teams, 36 games and seven own goals of it. (Samet Akaydin's remains the gold standard for forehead-slapping comedy.) We've eliminated our bottom eight teams; we've pushed our top 16 through to the knockout rounds for a good old-fashioned bracket showdown across the next few weeks.
Farewell, Scotland, Hungary, Albania, Croatia, Serbia, Ukraine and Czechia. We hardly knew ya. EURO 2024 ROUND OF 16 IS SET Switzerland vs.
Italy Germany vs. Denmark England vs. Slovakia Spain vs.
Georgia France vs. Belgium Portugal vs. Slovenia Romania vs.
Netherlands Austria vs. Turkey Which tie excites you most? The Euros will be on hiatus for the next few days while the remaining 16 teams rest and recover — and that's great news for fans of the Copa America, which is just kicking into high gear. Thursday June 27 brings two crucial games from Matchday 2 of the Copa: The USMNT vs.
Panama and Uruguay vs. Bolivia. We're going to focus on the USMNT in this piece, but please, don't let that stop you from checking out the Uruguayans when they kick off in the late evening slot.
Uruguay has quite the pedigree: it has a population about the same size as the Tampa Bay metroplex but it's managed to win two World Cups all the same. Tucked away under Argentina in a distant corner of South America, Uruguay is a shadowy, somewhat mythical presence in international tournaments. It's a joy to watch the team .