Brazil, Argentina and Mexico join US as top Copa seeds

The rest of the 12 participating nations will fill the four groups after a draw to be held in early 2016.

Copa America Centenario honors 100 years of the Copa America tournament, which determines the South American champion. The once-in-a-lifetime event, featuring the top national teams from South America, North America and the Caribbean, will be held in 10 venues across the United States.

The particular version of the South American championship, the primary to be performed past the continent, will embrace 10 South American sides plus six from North America in an occasion to pay tribute to a century of South American soccer with a number of the world's prime expertise on show. "It's nearly like a World Cup". Most venues will host at least three games. "Obviously, the big picture is always the World Cup 2018 in Russian Federation, but a Copa America is something special". "So we are thrilled".

Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara will host the opening match on June 3 pitting the United States against their highest-rated group rival.

The U.S. also will play at Chicago's Soldier Field on June 7 and Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field on June 11.

Brazil heads Group B and plays at Pasadena, California (June 4), Orlando, Florida (June 8) and Foxborough (June 12).

Seattle, New York/New Jersey, Foxborough and Santa Clara, California, will host the quarterfinals, while Houston and Chicago will host the semifinals.

"We are happy to play in the cities that Brazil has played in the past in front of many Brazilians", said Dunga, Brazil's head coach.

One of the four quarterfinal matches in next year's Centennial Copa America men's soccer tournament will be played June 18 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara.

"We look forward to welcoming the teams and their fans from across the globe as they celebrate this historic event", Hasenbalg said.

Argentina will open Group D play on June 6 at Santa Clara with other group matches on June 10 at Chicago and June 14 at Seattle.

Brazil and Mexico have also been designated as top seeds in Group B and C respectively, being the most decorated in the last 100 years in their respective confederations.

Tournament organizers, who announced earlier in the week that the championship match would be June 26 at East Rutherford, N.J., revealed the sites and dates for the quartefinal and semifinal rounds in Miami Beach, Fla., on Thursday.

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