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United States 0 Colombia 1: Bacca secures third place at Copa America

Colombia ended their Copa America Centenario campaign on a high after seeing off hosts the United States 1-0 in Saturday's third-place play-off.

Following unsuccessful semi-final fixtures, Carlos Bacca scored the only goal of the match in the 31st minute in Arizona as Colombia recorded their best performance at the Copa America since they won South America's premier tournament in 2001.

USA did have their chances, with Bobby Wood going close and Clint Dempsey's set-piece forcing Colombia goalkeeper David Ospina into a fine save.

Colombia continued to threaten as USA had their first real clear opening after Dempsey's shot was scrambled away by the last-ditch Cristian Zapata.

The deadlock was eventually broken just past the half-hour mark thanks to Bacca, though James' throughball in the lead-up stole the show.

It should have been 2-0 on the hour-mark but Juan Cuadrado's sublime chip from outside of the area hit the crossbar and the frame of the goal foiled players again, this time from USA, after Wood's shot cannoned off the post just minutes later.