Ka cika wannan jumlar: Ƙungiyoyin da ke da kwangilar da ake biyan kuɗi sun ƙaru, kuma Hukumar da kuma wasan sun zama masu sana'a. A cikin 1910, a karo na farko an gudanar da gasar ƙasa da ta ƙunshi ƙungiyoyin ƙasa fiye da biyu, kodayake ba na hukuma ba ne kuma CONMEBOL ba ta yarda da shi ba. Wasanni uku na Copa Centenario Revolución de Mayo, tsakanin mai masaukin baki Argentina, Chile, da Uruguay, an buga su a watan Mayu da Yuni. Argentina ita ce wadda ba a doke ta ba. Wannan gasa kuma ana ɗaukar ta a matsayin Copa América ta farko, ko kuma magabata kai tsaye. Jami'in
Argentina ta shirya gasar Copa América ta farko, a lokacin da ake kira Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol, a shekarar 1916 don tunawa da cika shekaru 100 da yakin Argentine na Independence (1810<unk>1818). Kasashe huɗu sun halarci, tare da Brazil da aka gayyata ban da mahalarta na baya. Uruguay ta lashe wasanni biyu, tana fitowa a matsayin zakara na farko na Kudancin Amurka. Isabelino Gradín mai shekaru 19 a lokacin shi ne dan wasan Uruguay mafi kyau, kuma dan wasan da ya fi zira kwallaye a gasar, tare da kwallaye uku. Kwana daya bayan babbar nasarar da Uruguay ta samu a Chile, Hukumar Kwallon Kafa ta Chile ta bukaci a sauya sakamakon, bisa dalilin cewa 'yan Afirka biyu suna cikin tawagar Uruguay. Gradín, wanda ya ci kwallaye biyu a wannan wasan, yana ɗaya daga cikinsu, domin kakanninsa sun kasance bayi daga Lesotho. A ƙarshe an yi watsi da zanga-zangar ta Chile, kuma Uruguay ta ayyana shi a matsayin wanda ya yi nasara. Tawagar Uruguay ta ci gaba da cin nasara shida daga cikin bugu goma na farko, ta rasa wasan karshe sau ɗaya kuma ta fuskanci zanga-zangar daga Chile a lokuta biyu.