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Copa America 2016: Jermaine Jones, Bobby Wood, and Alejandro Bedoya suspended for semifinals

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The United States have earned a spot in the final four of the Copa America Centenario, but they've done so at a cost. They'll be without three consistent starters for their semifinal match against either Venezuela or Argentina (to be determined on Saturday).

Bobby Wood and Alejandro Bedoya both picked up their second yellow card of the competition and will be suspended for the semifinal according to the tournament's rules. Yellow card accumulation does not reset until after the quarterfinal round. All of the players who aren't suspended are now safe for the rest of the tournament.

Jurgen Klinsmann will also be without one of his most trusted veteran players as Jermaine Jones was sent off for putting his hand into the face of an Ecuadorian player. On a normal day this would've probably been judged as a soft sending off, but thanks to some tweaked rules ahead of this tournament, it's deemed an automatic red card.

The USA are through, that's the most important part. Now comes the difficult task of replacing three players who have started all four previous matches of the competition.