copa america is the south america tournament which we were graciously invited to. invited to play against teams like argentina and brazil and uruguay and colombia and ecuador. good senior national teams. some of the best soccer in the world.
the u-20 world cup is happening in canada right now. this tournament consists of the best under twenty teams in the world. sans france, england, holland, germany. freddy adu looks like a god on the field there as opposed to the whiny little kid he portrays on the fields of mls.
thats the difference. in canada the US team is kicking ass. in panama the US team were getting their asses kicked. whatever the u-20's do in the world cup, theyll never recoup what happened in panama. that set US back another five years.