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SBI’s Top 10 Goals of the Copa America Centenario

Photo by Kevin Jairaj/USA Today Sports
Photo by Kevin Jairaj/USA Today Sports

The Copa America Centenario was always expected to be a showcase of high-quality skills and goals. It certainly did not disappoint, especially with regards to the latter.

Whether it was free kicks, volleys, shots from range, or something else entirely, the recently-concluded Copa America Centenario had a number of impressive and memorable strikes. They came from a wide range of players on a wide range of teams, too, including superstars like Lionel Messi and Alexis Sanchez and lesser-known commodities like Jhasmani Campos and Christian Cueva.

A total of 91 goals were scored in the competition’s 32 matches, and many of the finishes were of highlight-reel quality. That still did not stop SBI from sifting through the bunch to come up with a list of the top tallies at this Copa America Centenario, taking into account several factors like degree of difficulty, aesthetics, and importance in the game.

It was not easy, but here are SBI’s Top 10 Goals of the Copa America Centenario:

10. Lionel Messi (Argentina) vs. Panama, June 10

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAlOY-yD16A]

9. Philippe Coutinho (Brazil) vs. Haiti, June 8

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7jsKR7qaWs]

8. Johan Venegas (Costa Rica) vs. Colombia, June 11

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQSI1sWBiTk]

7. Victor Ayala (Paraguay) vs. Colombia, June 7

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCFePWICHFk]

6. Christian Cueva (Peru) vs. Ecuador, June 8

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5R6IOOxBq8]

5. Jhasmani Campos (Bolivia) vs. Chile, June 10

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blM6KIlvXmA]

4. Jesus Corona (Mexico) vs. Venezuela, June 13

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tf7GXL7U0k]

3. Jose Manuel Velazquez (Venezuela) vs. Mexico, June 13

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYh5Xn1K6pY]

2. Alexis Sanchez (Chile) vs. Panama, June 14

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VikodoGb18w]

1. Lionel Messi (Argentina) vs. USA, June 21

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vKWGuWhOCA]


What do you think of SBI’s list of top goals from the Copa America Centenario? Agree with our order? Were there any strikes that were left off or included that should not be? Wondering why a U.S. Men’s National Team goal did not make the list?

Share your thoughts below.

Comments

  1. great tournament and great top 10.

    if I may add a few:
    – not a howler from distance like most of these but Vargas (Chile) goal in the 75′ vs. Mexico was incredible. narrowest angle, one touch, over the keeper to make it 6-0
    – James and Bacca (Colombia) had a niffty finish vs USA in the 3place game
    – Camargo (Panama) had a howler vs Chile. and don’t claim keeper error – that was Claudio Bravo in there.. that shot knocked him to the ground.
    – how about James Marcelin (Haiti) for tapping in a goal vs. Brazil, nothing spectacular except had to be fun moment for him, bragging to folks back at the Carolina Railhawks or down in Haiti about how his 5th international goal was vs. Brazil.

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  2. Messi is going to quit after goals like that?

    Just wrong. No other thoughts accepted. Just plain wrong.

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