Copa America Results 2016: SemifInals Schedule After QuarterfInals Scores

The semifinals of the 2016 Copa America will be set on Saturday after a pair of critical quarterfinal matchups.

Four strong sides will remain alive, but perhaps the U.S. is the biggest surprise of the group. Before the tournament began, names like Brazil and Uruguay were more likely bets to reach this stage, but the U.S. has played tremendous soccer to put itself within a win of playing for a major tournament championship.

Here is a look at Saturday's scores and the Copa America's remaining schedule:

2016 Copa America Results and Schedule

Saturday, June 18	Location	Score
Argentina vs. Venezuela	Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts	4-1 Argentina
Chile vs. Mexico	Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, California	10 p.m.
Tuesday, June 21	Location	Time (ET)
Argentina vs. USA	NGR Stadium, Houston	9 p.m.
Wednesday, June 22	Location	Time (ET)
Colombia vs. TBD	Soldier Field, Chicago	8 p.m.
Saturday, June 25	Location	Time (ET)
3rd-Place Game	University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Arizona	8 p.m.
Sunday, June 26	Location	Time (ET)
Final	MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey	8 p.m.

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Argentina Defeats Venezuela 4-1

Venezuela was a nice story as the lowest-ranked team, No. 77 in the world, to make the knockout stage, but the clock ran out on the side, as Argentina established itself as the most dominant team of the tournament.

Gonzalo Higuain scored two first-half goals, and Lionel Messi and Erik Lamela added a pair of insurance tallies to give Argentina the comfortable 4-1 win. Jose Salomon Rondon was Venezuela's lone scorer.

Argentina wasted little time in asserting itself. It opened with numerous threatening passes and through balls before Higuain converted in the eighth minute, courtesy of Fox Sports:

Gonzalo Higuain opened the scoring early after a peach of a ball from Leo Messi 👀. #ARGvVEN #MyCopaColors https://t.co/bmtWfkSZ6M

— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) June 18, 2016

This was gorgeous connecting play, as Messi sent a dime into the box that Higuain perfectly finished into the far corner of the net.

The Argentines continued to attack, and Venezuela looked uncomfortable with the ball. Higuain took advantage, courtesy of Fox Sports:

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Gonzalo Higuain's second of the night inside 30 minutes gives Argentina a 2-goal cushion. #ARGvVEN #MyCopaColors https://t.co/C1Vy4EZm2W

— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) June 18, 2016

The game was sealed at halftime, but Venezuela had an opportunity to make the game interesting just before the intermission. The team was awarded a penalty, but Luis Seijas badly missed the ensuing shot, via Fox Sports:

Is this the worst Panenka penalty attempt ever? #ARGvVEN #MyCopaColors https://t.co/YGzpgwJ31u

— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) June 19, 2016

Messi would score his fourth goal in two appearances in the 60th minute, and Lamela scored a soft goal roughly 10 minutes later to punctuate a convincing victory.

Venezuela had an excellent run, as getting past Uruguay was a massive accomplishment for a nation that is an afterthought in South American soccer. The team just ran into an unstoppable force in the quarterfinals.

Argentina will face the U.S. on Tuesday, and it should be heavily favored. The Argentines have outscored their opponents 14-2 so far, and the Americans will be down three key players in Alejandro Bedoya, Jermaine Jones and Bobby Wood.

The U.S. will have a slight chance to win if it can play lights-out defense and generate a fortunate goal, but Argentina is playing sensational soccer, and it will likely be too much for the Americans to contain.

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