Chile wins second straight Copa America title
Chile won its second consecutive Copa America title Sunday after beating Argentina 4-2 on penalty kicks.
No one was able to score during regulation and 30 minutes of extra time, and each team saw an ejection. Argentina's Lionel Messi, a five time FIFA Player of the Year, lost a final for the third year in a row, after losing to Chile in last year's Copa America and to Germany in the 2014 World Cup. Following the game, Messi announced he was retiring from international soccer, saying, "For me, the national team is over. I've done all I can, it hurts not to be a champion."
To celebrate its 100th anniversary, South America's championship was expanded to 16 countries and played in the United States. The game was played at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, in front of a crowd of 82,076.
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