(JTA) — Colombia’s national soccer team coach Jose Pekerman led the team to third place on the winners’ podium at the Copa America Centenario.
The Colombian team beat the United States 1-0 in the match to decide the 3rd and 4th places in the centennial edition of the tournament on Saturday at University of Phoenix Stadium. Sixteen countries competed in the tournament, which ended on Sunday,
Colombia’s Argentine-Jewish coach was born in Villa Dominguez in the Argentinean countryside, one of the main centers of Jewish immigration to Argentina. His grandparents came from Ukraine. He lived in the Buenos Aires Jewish neighborhood of …read more
Source: JTA
