Copa America 2016: Is Klinsmann's reign of terror finally over?

It's time for the football fiesta known as Copa Centenario, billed as the biggest tournament in the United States since the 1994 World Cup. Except it's not. A quick look at StubHub shows tickets available as low as $6 for some matchups. Neymar isn't going to play, Luis Suarez may or may not play and Lionel Messi may have other things on his mind. Even CONCACAF star Keylor Navas, last seen lifting the Champions League trophy, won't play either.

But there's still a tournament to play and our United States is in it. And the pre-tournament stories surrounding Jurgen Klinsmann haven't been pretty. The Guardian ripped his strategic incompetence. Klinsmann himself has made his usual bizarre statements. There's more and more question marks surrounding Klinsmann everywhere you read.

The problem is that the United States has a doable task to get out of Group A - dubbed by Klinsmann as the 'Group of Death' as he always claims every group he is in is. After facing Colombia tonight and Costa Rica in Chicago, there's a final match against Paraguay. Four points could be enough to advance and keep Klinsmann's reign of terror going all the way to Russia 2018. IMOTGP humbly believes that the best-case scenario for the U.S. fan is nine points in the group or zero. Nine points means we would actually be good while zero means Klinsi is finally toast. Don't expect either to happen.
 
Predictions:

Group A - Expect Colombia to win the group since who else really will? 
Colombia      7 points
United States 4 points
Costa Rica    2 points
Paraguay      1 point

Group B - Ecuador could take the group but they won't be motivated so a second-rate Brazil squad will with Dunga boring us to death.
Brazil    7 points
Ecuador 6 points
Peru      4 points
Haiti     0 points

Group C - Mexico should beat Uruguay without Suarez and ride its advantage as the team with the most popularity in the host country.
Mexico    7 points
Uruguay   4 points
Jamaica    3 points
Venezuela 1 point

Group D - Even a kindergartner could figure out this awful group.
Argentina 9 points
Chile        6 points
Panama    1 point
Bolivia     1 point

Knockout round
Colombia beats Ecuador 1-1 on penalties
Brazil beats USA 4-1
Chile beats Mexico 2-1
Argentina beats Uruguay 3-1

Argentina over Colombia,  2-1
Chile over Brazil, 2-0

Chile defeats Argentina 1-0