Copa America 2016

The 45th edition -- the tournament celebrating 100 years of the Copa -- will be played in the grand ole USA.

Official confirmation will happen on Thursday. 10 teams from COMNEBOL, 6 teams from CONCACAF as it stands now.

What are your thoughts on this, Steven?  Is it a good move?

In general, I'm a big fan of it. There's not much more I enjoy than meaningful international soccer, and this appears to bring that to my doorstep, which is fantastic. 

The only thing that is a bit problematic is the timing of it. I know COMNEBOL want to do their centennial celebration, but 2016 is a busy year, in all realms of sports. Euro that summer, Olympics that summer, World Cup 2018 qualifiers to deal with. It'll be a busy summer of 2016, and I'm not sure that the third best international tournament that summer will fare too well in terms of tv viewership (gates I think will be solid everywhere though).

There is also the possibility of Copa fatigue that year too. The next edition is in 2015, and I know COMNEBOL loves to change around the dates of the tournament to suit their needs, but back to back years of Copa might take the shine off of it a bit. 

But overall, I think it's a fantastic idea, even though it'll take away a Copa from a South American country.

This tournament is rather exciting but it is considered a "special" edition of the Copa so the thoughts are that Argentina and Brazil might bring their B sides as the real tournament will take place in 2015in Chile.