{"id":50658,"date":"2015-07-06T00:28:33","date_gmt":"2015-07-06T00:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/chile_defeats_argentina_in_penalty_shootout_to_win_soccers_copa_america\/"},"modified":"2015-07-06T00:28:33","modified_gmt":"2015-07-06T00:28:33","slug":"chile_defeats_argentina_in_penalty_shootout_to_win_soccers_copa_america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=50658","title":{"rendered":"Chile Defeats Argentina in Penalty Shootout to Win Soccer\u2019s Copa America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The wait is finally over for Chile, while the title drought continues for Argentina.<\/p>\n<p>Goalkeeper Claudio Bravo made a save and striker Alexis Sanchez converted the winning penalty, as the hosts defeated Argentina 4-1 in a shootout after a 0-0 draw after extra time in the Copa America final on Saturday, finally winning their first major tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The result extended Argentina\u2019s 22-year title drought, and the country\u2019s star player Lionel Messi will continue to hear criticism for his lackluster play with the national team.<\/p>\n<p>In the shootout, Bravo stopped Ever Banega\u2019s low shot by diving to his left to make the save, while earlier, Gonzalo Higuain also missed for Argentina, sending his shot over the crossbar.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/SB12349934199692733538104581088891024043476\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The wait is finally over for Chile, while the title drought continues for Argentina. Goalkeeper Claudio Bravo made a save and striker Alexis Sanchez converted the winning penalty, as the hosts defeated Argentina 4-1 in a shootout after a 0-0<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=50658\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,50,607,613,125,208,128],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-watch","category-international-news-commentary","category-argentina","category-chile","category-men","category-south-america","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50658\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}