There's nothing better than a dramatic extra time period in a knockout soccer tournament. Don't you love it? Well, you won't get to watch it until the final of the 2016 Copa America Centenario.
Copa America overtime rules: How extra time and penalties work
The 2016 Copa America Centenario has different extra time rules than any other competition you’ll watch.
To save everyone’s legs, Copa America does away with extra time in the quarterfinals and the semifinals. Before the final, teams that were tied after 90 minutes just went to penalty kicks.
In the final between Chile and Argentina, the rules you're used to will apply. Two teams will play two 15-minute extra time periods in their entirety, with no golden goal. In the event that the score is still tied at the end of those 30 minutes, the two sides will then have a penalty shootout. Unlike continental club and domestic cup competitions that use the away goals rule, there is nothing along those lines used at international tournaments.
Penalties are best-of-five, with each team taking alternate shots until one team is mathematically unable to catch the other. If they’re still tied after five takes each, penalties then go to sudden death, and the match will end in the first round that one team makes their penalty and the other misses.
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