The quarterfinals are underway at Copa America 2024 starting with a match between the top squad from Group A, Argentina, and the second-best squad in Group B, Ecuador, on Thursday, July 4 at NRG Stadium in Houston.
The match is scheduled to start at 9 p.m. EST and will be broadcast on Fox and TUDN. Fans looking to watch can do so through FuboTV or DirecTV Stream, both of which offer a free trial. SlingTV doesn’t offer a free trial but does have other promotional offers available.
Fans interested in purchasing tickets for the match will find seats available on StubHub, SeatGeek and VividSeats.
Argentina picked up wins in all three of its Group Stage matches, winning 2-0 against Canada to start the tournament, then 1-0 against Chile to clinch a spot in the quarterfinals, followed by a 2-0 victory over Peru to close the round.
Ecuador started Copa America with a 2-1 loss to Venezuela, but then bounced back with a huge 3-1 win over Jamaica. From there, Ecuador only needed a draw against Mexico to assure a spot in the quarterfinals and the squad did just that in a 0-0 contest to end the Group Stage.
At the last Copa America, these squads met in the quarterfinals and Argentina picked up a 3-0 win en route to winning the tournament.
Who: Argentina vs. Ecuador
When: Thursday, July 4 at 9 p.m. EST
Where: NRG Stadium in Houston
Stream: FuboTV (free trial); DirecTV Stream (free trial); Sling
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Hundreds of South Korean children have attended the academy with the dream of following in the footsteps of Asia’s biggest soccer star.
Son’s father, former professional player Son Woong-jung, is the director of the academy in Chuncheon, 80 kilometers (almost 50 miles) east of the capital Seoul.
He has denied the allegations against himself and two of his coaches.
The parents of a young player have said their son was hit by a coach with a corner flag and also subjected to verbal abuse.
“Thinking about how frightened my son must have been makes me angry,” the player’s father told South Korea’s domestic Yonhap news agency. “I decided to report the case to the police because I didn’t want to see another case like this.”
Son Woong-jung has apologized but denied allegations of abuse.
“I swear that coaches at my academy have never engaged in any action that wasn’t based on love for our young players,” Son said. “Much of what the plaintiff has said is not true, and we at the academy are fully cooperating with the authorities during this investigation, without distorting or covering up facts.”
Son promised to evaluate his coaching methods.
“I admit that I stuck to my own ways without recognizing the standards set by the changing times,” he said. “I will seek other ways that can help young athletes concentrate on the field and stay committed to training.”
The academy opened in 2021, with much of the estimated cost of $15 million funded by Son Heung-min, the popular captain of Tottenham Hotspur. His team’s July 31 exhibition game against a local team in Seoul quickly sold all of its 66,000 tickets last week.
It is not the first time in South Korea that coaches have been accused of physically abusing athletes.
In 2020, triathlete Choi Suk-hyeon took her own life after lodging complaints with sporting authorities, claiming years of physical and verbal torment at the hands of coaches. A year earlier, female speed skaters alleged physical and sexual abuse against a coach.
In a 2006 autobiography, former South Korea captain and Manchester United star Park Ji-sung wrote of the physical beatings he took as a youngster at the hands of senior players at school.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
