
Uruguay vs. Colombia live score, updates: Copa America 2024 semifinal result as in-form duo target final meeting with Messi

With Argentina waiting in Miami, two heavyweight challengers to their title do battle up the Atlantic coast, clashing for the right to be the final contender to the Albiceleste’s throne, as Uruguay and Colombia meet in the Copa America semifinals on Wednesday.
Lionel Messi is 90 minutes away from a repeat title in CONMEBOL’s championship tournament, and only one of these sides can be Argentina’s last hurdle.
Colombia legend James Rodriguez has been the star performer at the 2024 Copa America, enjoying a revival summer for his national team adding yet another stellar major international tournament on his resume. Uruguay, meanwhile, knocked off famed South American giants Brazil in the last round on penalties after a gritty physical performance.
These two sides have certainly earned the right to be in this position, with Colombia sitting on an impressive 27-match unbeaten streak, while Uruguay have been the second-best CONMEBOL side over the last calendar year. Yet, only one can see their way into the final and have a shot at the ultimate glory.
The Sporting News is following Uruguay vs. Colombia live, providing real-time score updates, commentary and highlights as they happen.
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Uruguay vs. Colombia live score
Score | Goal scorers | |
Uruguay | — | |
Colombia | — |
Venue: Bank of America Stadium (Charlotte, NC)
Referee: Cesar Ramos (MEX)
Confirmed lineups:
Uruguay (4-2-3-1, right to left): Rochet (GK) — Caceres, Gimenez, Olivera — De la Cruz, Betancur, Ugarte, Valverde — Araujo, Nunez, Pellistri.
Colombia (4-3-3, right to left): Vargas (GK) — Munoz, D. Sanchez, Cuesta, Mojica — Rios, Lerma, Arias — J. Rodriguez, Cordoba, Diaz.
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Uruguay vs. Colombia live updates, highlights from Copa America 2024
15 mins to kickoff: Players are off the field and we’re getting ready for kickoff. Anthems will be here in a few minutes.
30 mins to kickoff: Our man on the ground, Kyle Bonn, says as the seats are filling up, he’s seeing a whole lot of yellow. Looks like Colombian fans will be dominating this one, a theme that’s been noticeable throughout Copa America.
Colombia fans were filling up downtown Charlotte outside the stadium in the hours before the match as well.
Es muy grande la presencia de fanáticos colombianos en las afueras del Bank of America Stadium. Todavía no se abrieron las puertas del escenario. @ovacionuy @elpaisuy pic.twitter.com/RDAGLcWrDa
— Juan Pablo Romero (@jpromeroh) July 10, 2024
45 mins to kickoff: Lineup notes.
Colombia: Coach Nestor Lorenzo makes one change, bringing Jefferson Lerma back into the starting lineup after he sat out last match with a yellow card accumulation suspension. Veteran Mateus Uribe is the odd man out, but we will likely see him coming on off the bench in the second half.
Uruguay: Coach Marcelo Bielsa is forced into two changes to replace two key players. Ronald Araujo is out injured after picking up a knock in the penalty kick shootout against Brazil, and Nahitan Nandez misses after he was shown a red card late in the last match. In their place, Bielsa has brought in Rodrigo Betancur and Sebastian Caceres and changed the formation to three at the back. We’ll see how much this affects the side.
1 hour to kickoff: Here’s Colombia’s starting lineup.
🚨 𝐓𝐈𝐓𝐔𝐋𝐀𝐑
Así vamos para enfrentar a 🇺🇾 por las Semifinales de la Copa América.#TodosSomosColombia 🇨🇴 pic.twitter.com/sVdd3mKkUz
— Selección Colombia (@FCFSeleccionCol) July 10, 2024
1 hour to kickoff: Lineups are out! First up – Uruguay.
ℹ️ 𝙇𝘼 𝙋𝙇𝘼𝙉𝙄𝙇𝙇𝘼
Información de los 25 que estarán disponibles para el partido con Colombia, por semis de la @CopaAmerica.
📺 https://t.co/qVMBrYJR1J #ElEquipoQueNosUne pic.twitter.com/yk9nWlByii
— Selección Uruguaya (@Uruguay) July 10, 2024
1 hour, 20 mins to kickoff: Marcelo Bielsa’s style of play has been clear to see throughout the tournament. He wants his teams to play up-tempo, in-your-face soccer in the attacking end of the field. And if the eye-test wasn’t enough, Opta has stats to back it up.
So far in Copa America, Uruguay is the only team with a higher percentage of touches in the attacking third (26% of touches), than in their defensive third (24% of touches).
1 hour, 40 mins to kickoff: While a lot of focus has come on James, and for good reason, the Colombia attack as a whole has been terrific. Colombia leads all nations with 11 goals scored at Copa America. Most impressively, no one player has more than 2 goals scored, as the goals have been shared across the team from front (Luis Diaz) to back (Daniel Munoz).
The last time the Cafeteros lead the tournament in goals scored? 2001, when they last won it. Could we see a repeat?
11 – Colombia 🇨🇴 llegó a 11 goles en la CONMEBOL Copa América 2024. La última vez que alcanzó esa cifra en una misma edición de la Copa fue en 2001, cuando fue campeón. Fe. pic.twitter.com/QEj0h4aW3N
— OptaJavier (@OptaJavier) July 7, 2024
2 hours to kickoff: While he’s not nearly as flashy a player as James Rodriguez, Uruguay midfielder Federico Valverde will play a major role in the outcome of this match. The Real Madrid star does a lot of dirty work in midfield, and he has end product too — his three shots and one chance created saw him involved in one third of Uruguay’s 12 total shots against Brazil in the quarterfinal.
At the club level, Valverde’s been given a nod of respect by Real Madrid, handed the No. 8 worn by Toni Kroos for next season following the German’s retirement.
Fede Valverde will take Toni Kroos’ No. 8 shirt at Real Madrid 🤍 pic.twitter.com/k5DpwcK3IA
— B/R Football (@brfootball) July 10, 2024
2 hours 30 mins to kick: Colombia playmaker James Rodriguez has been brilliant this tournament, leading the Copa America with five assists and scoring his first goal in the quarterfinal against Panama. Uruguay will have to use some of their physicality to disrupt the 32-year-old’s game lest he continue his revival summer.
Most direct goal involvements at the 2024 Copa America:
◎ 6 – James Rodríguez 🇨🇴
◎ 4 – Lautaro Martínez 🇦🇷
◎ 4 – Salomón Rondón 🇻🇪
◎ 3 – Daniel Muñoz 🇨🇴
◎ 3 – Maximiliano Araújo 🇺🇾
◎ 3 – Jhon Córdoba 🇨🇴#CopaAmerica pic.twitter.com/VhNSBPvTma— WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) July 10, 2024
3 hours before kickoff: Uruguay have played some brilliant football in the last calendar year under Marcelo Bielsa, which is what made their approach to the quarterfinal matchup against Brazil so baffling. They committed an outlandish 26 fouls in that game, hacking away at Brazilian players and testing the limits of Argentine referee Dario Herrera, who was happy to let them get away with repeated stoppages. The Athletic called it “the dirties game at the Copa America so far.”
All eyes will be on Mexican official Cesar Ramos tonight, who will have to be on the lookout for a similar tactic, and be ready to book players for persistent fouling unless he wishes to see the game devolve in a similar manner. In his two matches so far, he has whistled for 23 fouls in the scoreless draw between Brazil and Costa Rica and then 31 fouls between Argentina and Peru in two group-stage matches, showing nine yellow cards, including five to Peru.
There were 41 fouls in the game between Uruguay and Brazil, the most at Copa America 2024 pic.twitter.com/eDUKteiLEh
— Barça Universal (@BarcaUniversal) July 7, 2024
Uruguay vs. Colombia kickoff time
Date | Kickoff time | |
USA / Canada | Wed, Jul. 10 | 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT |
UK | Thu, Jul. 11 | 1 a.m. GMT |
Australia | Thu, Jul. 11 | 10 a.m. AEDT |
India | Thu, Jul. 11 | 5:30 a.m. IST |
Uruguay vs. Colombia lineups, team news, starting 11
Colombia will have Crystal Palace midfielder Jefferson Lerma back from his yellow card accumulation suspension, and he should reclaim his spot from Mateus Uribe in the middle.
Bologna center-back Jhon Lucumi was injured in the opener blocking a shot by Julio Enciso, and has not played since. The injury is bad enough that defender Davinson Sanchez held up Lucumi’s jersey after scoring a goal against Costa Rica, dedicating the strike to his injured teammate.
In the twilight of his career, 32-year-old James Rodriguez started every game of the group stage for Colombia, leading the competition with five assists to go along with his penalty goal against Panama in the quarterfinal.
Colombia starting lineup (4-3-3, right to left): Vargas (GK) — Munoz, D. Sanchez, Cuesta, Mojica — Rios, Lerma, Arias — J. Rodriguez, Cordoba, Diaz.
Colombia subs (max 15): Matchday squad released one hour prior to kickoff
Uruguay suffered a big blow when star defender Ronald Araujo went down early in the quarterfinal match with a hamstring injury. He is expected to miss 6-8 weeks, meaning he is done for the Copa America and will likely miss the start of the club season with Barcelona.
He will be replaced by captain Jose Gimenez at center-back, who came in for Araujo against Brazil and missed a penalty in the shootout.
Right-back Nahitan Nandez is suspended for this match after his straight red card against Brazil for an ugly, studs-up tackle on Rodrygo in the 71st minute, and will be replaced by Flamengo veteran Guillermo Varela.
Uruguay starting lineup (4-2-3-1, right to left): Rochet (GK) — Caceres, Gimenez, Olivera — De la Cruz, Betancur, Ugarte, Valverde — Araujo, Nunez, Pellistri.
Uruguay subs (max 15): Matchday squad released one hour prior to kickoff
Uruguay vs. Colombia live stream, TV channel
TV channel | Streaming | |
USA | FS1, TUDN, Univision | Fubo USA, Fox Sports app/website, TUDN app/website, Univision NOW, ViX |
Canada | TSN (1, 3, 4), CTV Two, RDS | TSN+, CTV app, RDS app |
UK | Premier Sports 1 | Premier Sports Player |
Australia | — | Optus Sport |
India | — | — |
USA: Uruguay vs. Colombia from Charlotte, NC will be televised in the United States on FS1, with a Spanish-language broadcast via Univision and TUDN. All three channels are available to stream on Fubo, who are offering a FREE seven-day trial.
Spanish-language coverage is also available on streaming platform ViX.
Canada: All Copa America matches can be seen in Canada on TSN’s respective TV channel and live streaming services, while this match is also televised on CTV Two. RDS provides French-language coverage.
UK: This match will be shown in the UK on Premier Sport Player’s platforms.
Australia: Optus is the streaming partner for the Copa America in Australia
India: As yet, there is no official broadcaster for Copa America matches in India.
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