Difficult to predict Argentina vs United States result

Argentina and the United States will face each other in the semi-finals of the 2016 Centennial Copa America on Tuesday and it is unclear who will come out on top due to past history.

The South American team will go into the match with a bad memory whereas the U.S. will remember an unforgettably happy one from when the two clubs previously met in the soccer tournament.

The two teams have met twice before in the Copa America with a win each.

The South American side's bitter memory dates back to July 14, 1995, when the Copa America was being played in Uruguay.

In Group C, Argentina had already as-good-as made it to the quarter-finals before playing the third and final match of the group stage as they had won their two previous matches (against Bolivia 2-1 and Chile 4-0). However, the U.S. team had not been so lucky. They defeated Chile but lost to Bolivia.

Confident in their players' superiority, the then coach for Argentina, Daniel Passarella, decided to play a team mostly made up of substitute players, knowing that Argentina only needed a draw to win the group.

However, the United States surprised both themselves and the Argentine team. They beat the South American team 3-0 with goals from Frank Klopas, Alexis Lalas and Eric Winalda. This meant that the U.S. finished top of the group.

The defeat meant that Argentina had to face Brazil in the quarter finals and were defeated in penalties after drawing 2-2 after 90 minutes.

The U.S. ended the tournament in fourth place, their best performance in the continental competition to date.

Twelve years later, the two teams face each other again in Venezuela 2007 and Argentina wiped the floor with the U.S., beating them 4-1 with two goals from Hernan Crespo, one from Carlos Tevez and the other from Pablo Aimar.

Even though the United States left the tournament without any wins, Argentina reached the final. However, once again, Brazil was their executioner. They lost 3-0 which obviously frustrated the Argentine side.

Apart from the Copa America matches, Argentina and the U.S. played each other in the first World Cup in Uruguay in 1930. Argentina won 6-1.

Two years before, Argentina had an overwhelming victory over the U.S. when they won 11-2 during the Olympic Games in Amsterdam 1928.

The teams also met in the Under-23 category during the Olympics in Atlanta 1996 when Argentina won 3-1.

The last time the two teams faced each other it was a 1-1 draw. Esteban Cambiasso and Juan Agudelo scored for Argentina and the U.S., respectively, in the friendly match played in New Jersey. Endit