The Chilean national soccer team won the Copa America tournament on Sunday night in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Chile defeated Argentina on penalty kicks after both teams played 120 minutes without scoring a goal. Chile made four penalty kicks. Argentina only made two. It was the second straight year Chile defeated Argentina on penalty kicks to win the Copa America tournament. Argentina’s star player, Lionel Messi, was one of the players who failed to make his penalty kick. As the Chilean players celebrated their victory, Messi held his head in his hands and cried. Many people say Messi is the best soccer player in the world. Perhaps, they say, he is the best ever. He is a five-time FIFA world player of the year with his club team, Barcelona. But his career is still missing one thing: a major tournament championship. The Argentine team lost to Germany in the finals of the 2014 World Cup. During the 2010 World Cup, the team lost to Germany in the quarterfinals. Messi did help Argentina win a team gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. But that is not considered a major championship in men’s soccer. After Sunday night’s game, Messi said he might quit playing for Argentina’s national team. He would, however, continue playing with Barcelona. He told an Argentine television network, “the national team is over for me."
Title: Is Lionel Messi Leaving Argentina's Soccer Team?
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1153/mess_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Is Lionel Messi Leaving Argentina's Soccer Team?' data-article-id='1648'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='10375'>The Chilean national soccer team won the Copa America tournament on Sunday night in the U.S. state of New Jersey.</span> <span data-start-time='10375' data-end-time='22354'>Chile defeated Argentina on penalty kicks after both teams played 120 minutes without scoring a goal.</span> <span data-start-time='22354' data-end-time='26104'>Chile made four penalty kicks.</span> <span data-start-time='26104' data-end-time='29125'>Argentina only made two.</span> <span data-start-time='29125' data-end-time='38979'>It was the second straight year Chile defeated Argentina on penalty kicks to win the Copa America tournament.</span> <span data-start-time='38979' data-end-time='48854'>Argentina’s star player, Lionel Messi, was one of the players who failed to make his penalty kick.</span> <span data-start-time='48854' data-end-time='58000'>As the Chilean players celebrated their victory, Messi held his head in his hands and cried.</span> <span data-start-time='58000' data-end-time='64125'>Many people say Messi is the best soccer player in the world.</span> <span data-start-time='64125' data-end-time='68000'>Perhaps, they say, he is the best ever.</span> <span data-start-time='68000' data-end-time='76375'>He is a five-time FIFA world player of the year with his club team, Barcelona.</span> <span data-start-time='76375' data-end-time='84667'>But his career is still missing one thing: a major tournament championship.</span> <span data-start-time='84667' data-end-time='92396'>The Argentine team lost to Germany in the finals of the 2014 World Cup.</span> <span data-start-time='92396' data-end-time='99479'>During the 2010 World Cup, the team lost to Germany in the quarterfinals.</span> <span data-start-time='99479' data-end-time='108813'>Messi did help Argentina win a team gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.</span> <span data-start-time='108813' data-end-time='115104'>But that is not considered a major championship in men’s soccer.</span> <span data-start-time='115104' data-end-time='122729'>After Sunday night’s game, Messi said he might quit playing for Argentina’s national team. </span> <span data-start-time='122729' data-end-time='127333'>He would, however, continue playing with Barcelona.</span> <span data-start-time='127333' data-end-time='133958'>He told an Argentine television network, “the national team is over for me."</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1153/lion_img.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=6521 data-hint-location='38979' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1153/who_is_argentinas_star_player.m4a'>Who is Argentina's star 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