CAC contains all 10 teams from the CONMEBOL (South American League) and 6 from the CONCACAF (North American League), which is an increase from the usual 12 teams. This marks the first time in the tournament’s 100 year existence that it will take place outside of South America. Ten cities have the honor to host games across the country. The venues range from Metlife Stadium in New Jersey to Levi Stadium in California.Sixteen teams will compete in the Copa America Centenario, with all 10 CONMEBOL federations joined by six CONCACAF countries.The US and Mexico automatically qualified for the tournament, and Jamaica and Costa Rica made the field as winners of the 2014 Caribbean Cup and 2014 Copa Centroamericana, respectively.By virtue of their finishes at the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup, four teams – Cuba, Haiti, Panama and Trinidad and Tobago – qualified for the Copa America Centenario qualifying playoffs. The teams were seeded based on their Gold Cup results, with top-seeded Panama beating fourth-seeded Cuba, while third-seeded Haiti knocked off second-seeded Trinidad and Tobago in one-off matches held Jan. 8.
List of host stadiums:
- CenturyLink Field – Seattle, Wash.
- Camping World Stadium – Orlando, Fla.
- Gillette Stadium – Foxborough, Mass
- Levi's Stadium – Santa Clara, Calif.
- Lincoln Financial Field – Philadelphia, Pa.
- MetLife Stadium – East Rutherford, N.J.
- NRG Stadium – Houston, Texas
- Rose Bowl – Pasadena, Calif.
- Soldier Field – Chicago, Ill.
- University of Phoenix Stadium – Glendale, Ariz.
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