Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei waahanga - Ko te kapa whutupaoro tuatahi i Amerika ki te Tonga, Lima Cricket and Football Club, i whakatuhia i Peru i te 1859, ana ko te Argentina Football Association i whakatuhia i te 1893. I te timatanga o te rautau 20, i tipu haere te rongonui o te whutupaoro, ana ko te whakataetae a-ao tuatahi i tu i waenga i nga tiima a motu o te whenua i puta i te tau 1910 i te wa i whakaritea ai e Argentina tetahi huihuinga hei whakanui i te rau tau o te Huringa Mei. I uru atu a Chile me Uruguay, engari kaore tenei huihuinga e kiia he mana e CONMEBOL. Waihoki, mō te whakanui i te rau tau o tōna rangatiratanga, i whakahaerehia e Argentina tētahi whakataetae
i waenga i te 2 me te 17 o Hurae 1916 me Argentina, Chile, Uruguay me Brazil ko nga kaiuru tuatahi o te whakataetae. Ko tenei "Campeonato Sudamericano de Football" ko te putanga tuatahi o te mea e mohiotia ana ko Copa América; Ka wikitoria a Uruguay i tenei putanga tuatahi i muri i te whakataunga 0<unk>0 me nga kaihautu Argentina i te whakatau, i te tukinga whakamutunga i tu ki Estadio Racing Club i Avellaneda.