With its first two Copa America games under its belt, Colombia became the first nation in this year’s tournament to advance beyond the group stage. The mighty South American team opened the Centenario competition with a 2-0 victory against the U.S. Men’s National Team on June 3rd before clinching a 2-1 win over Paraguay on Tuesday. Colombia will finish out the group stage with its June 11th match against Costa Rica before moving on to the quarter-finals next week.
A Colombia native himself, Sporting Kansas City’s Jimmy Medranda grew up watching his national team play. Though he was only able to see one game in person, he said he watched every single match on TV and continues to follow the team closely.