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Japan Drops Out Of Copa America, To Be Replaced By Costa Rica

Contributors: SBNation.com Staff

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Apr 4, 2011, 4:40pm EDT

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May 10, 2011
Japan Withdraws From Copa America, Replaced By Costa Rica

By Ryan Rosenblatt
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April 14, 2011
Japan Reverses Copa America Decision, Will Play In Summer

By Graham MacAree
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April 13, 2011
Spain Officially Declines Copa America Invite

By Zach Woosley
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April 5, 2011
USMNT Unlikely To Get Copa America Invite & Would Be Wise To Decline Anyways

By Ryan Rosenblatt
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April 4, 2011
Spain Approached To Replace Japan In Copa America 2011: Report

By Kim McCauley@lgbtqfc
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April 4, 2011
Japan Forced To Pull Out Of 2011 Copa America

By Kim McCauley@lgbtqfc
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After the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, Japan first decided to focus on domestic recovery efforts rather than send a team to Copa America this summer, but reconsidered several weeks later.