13:02 | Washington D.C., May. 26.
Peru's national team, essentially composed of new blood, arrived in the United States to participate in the 2016 Copa America Centennial with the aim of winning its third continental crown.
Peru, which already won Copa America twice in 1939 and 1975, held the third position in Argentina 2011 and Chile 2015 editions.
To date, Flamengo's forward Paolo Guerrero has scored 10 goals in three editions; 1 in Venezuela (2007); 5 in Argentina (2011); and 4 in Chile (2015).
On Wednesday, coach Ricardo Gareca led his last training session. Among players, Guerrero stood out as the only historic survivor from the previous decade.
Neither Claudio Pizarro nor Jefferson Farfan was included in the squad on the occasion.
The national team will play El Salvador in the second friendly match at Washington D.C.'s Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium on Saturday.
Group
Peru belongs to Copa America's B Group along with Brazil, Ecuador and Haiti.
It will play Haiti on June 4th in Seattle, Washington State.
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Published: 5/27/2016