Copa America California style retains a flavor of South America (Reuters)

By Rory Carroll SANTA CLARA, California (Reuters) - The United States might having been hosting Copa America for the first time but a legion of Colombia fans brought a distinct flavor of South America to a sweltering Levi's Stadium for the tournament opener on Friday. U.S. fans were there in numbers too, of course. Although many of the Colombia fans had traveled up from their homeland, some, like Santiago Velez, were born in the U.S. Sporting the yellow jersey of Los Cafetero, Velez was in the parking lot demonstrating the "Soccer Sidekick".