2024 Copa América odds, picks: ARG favored despite Messi injury; Ecuador rises

Copa América

Updated Jul. 2, 2024 2:15 p.m. ET

The 16-team Copa América men’s soccer tournament is nearing the knockout stage, and you can catch the action on FOX Sports and the FOX Sports app .

The tournament features the top squads from South America and North America and will take place from June 20-July 14 at 14 venues across the United States.

For the United States men’s national team , things couldn’t have gone worse during group play.

It won its first match vs. Bolivia, but disaster struck when the USA fell 2-1 to Panama in its second match before losing to Uruguay 1-0 on Monday.

With Monday’s loss, the USMNT was eliminated from the tournament.

Copa América 2024

Messi. Vinicius Jr. Valverde. Follow the stars in the knockout round.

Tournament Details

The USMNT came into the tournament at +1200 to win it all, but its odds tumbled all the way down to +2500 before facing Uruguay.

Let’s take a look at the current odds to win Copa América from DraftKings Sportsbook as of July 2.

ODDS TO WIN Copa América 2024:

Argentina: +130 (bet $10 to win $23 total)

Brazil: +250 (bet $10 to win $35 total)

Uruguay: +550 (bet $10 to win $65 total)

Colombia: +650 (bet $10 to win $75 total)

Ecuador: +2200 (bet $10 to win $230 total)

Venezuela: +2500 (bet $10 to win $260 total)

Canada: +3500 (bet $10 to win $360 total)

Panama: +8000 (bet $10 to win $810 total)

Costa Rica: +50000 (bet $10 to win $5,010 total)

Lionel Messi and Argentina are still the betting favorites at +130. Those odds have shortened slightly from +160 in the wake of the leg injury that Messi sustained in his team’s win against Chile last Tuesday night.

The superstar told reporters that the injury was “nothing serious,” but he missed Argentina’s match against Peru on Saturday.

A team whose odds have moved up the board is Ecuador. On Sunday, its match against Mexico resulted in a 0-0 draw, and the team’s odds moved to +2200 from +3000.

The group stage runs through July 2, with the quarterfinals taking place July 4-6.

The semifinals are July 9-10 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. The third-place match is on July 13 in Charlotte, and the final will be at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami on July 14.

Doug McIntyre’s prediction for tournament winner (pre-tournament pick)

“It won’t be easy for Argentina to repeat Spain’s feat from earlier this century and sandwich its World Cup win between a pair of continental crowns. But the Albiceleste is more than capable of doing so, even though Lionel Messi turns 37 four days after his country kicks off the 16-team event, and despite the stiff challenge they could face from a Uruguay team that recently handed Messi & Co. their first loss since becoming world champs.

“Another reason Argentina is the prohibitive favorite? Brazil, which Argentina beat to win the Copa América in 2021, is in dreadful form with USA 2024 now less than six months away.”

PICK: Argentina to win Copa América 2024 (+200 at time of pick)

Here are the previous Copa América championship matches:

2021: Argentina def. Brazil

2019: Brazil def. Peru

2016: Chile def. Argentina

2015: Chile def. Argentina

2011: Uruguay def. Paraguay

2007: Brazil def. Argentina

2004: Brazil def. Argentina

2001: Colombia def. Mexico

1999: Brazil def. Uruguay

1997: Brazil def. Bolivia

1995: Uruguay def. Brazil

1993: Argentina def. Mexico

1991: Argentina def. Brazil

1989: Brazil def. Uruguay

1987: Uruguay def. Chile

1983: Uruguay def. Brazil

1979: Paraguay def. Chile

1975: Peru def. Colombia

1967: Uruguay def. Argentina

1963: Bolivia def. Paraguay

1959: Uruguay def. Argentina

1959: Argentina def. Brazil

1957: Argentina def. Brazil

1956: Uruguay def. Chile

1955: Argentina def. Chile

1953: Paraguay def. Brazil

1949: Brazil def. Paraguay

1947: Argentina def. Paraguay

1946: Argentina def. Brazil

1945: Argentina def. Brazil

1942: Uruguay def. Argentina

1941: Argentina def. Uruguay

1939: Peru def. Uruguay

1937: Argentina def. Brazil

1935: Uruguay def. Argentina

1929: Argentina def. Paraguay

1927: Argentina def. Uruguay

1926: Uruguay def. Argentina

1925: Argentina def. Brazil

1924: Uruguay def. Argentina

1923: Uruguay def. Argentina

1922: Brazil def. Paraguay

1921: Argentina def. Brazil

1920: Uruguay def. Argentina

1919: Brazil def. Uruguay

1917: Uruguay def. Argentina

1916: Uruguay def. Argentina