Photo Jaime Ayovi of Ecuador, No. 17, and John Brooks of the United States, No.6, chased the ball. Credit Jennifer Buchanan/USA Today Sports, via Reuters SEATTLE — Jürgen Klinsmann could barely contain his glee late Thursday night. During a tense, scrappy quarterfinal encounter with Ecuador in the Copa América, Klinsmann had stormed along the sideline…

Photo United States’ Clint Dempsey, left, scored against Ecuador in the first half of their Copa América quarterfinal match in Seattle. Credit Jason Redmond/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images SEATTLE — The first time the United States men’s national soccer team played in the Copa América was in 1993 in Ecuador. In its second game of…

Photo Poland’s Arkadiusz Milik (7) being defended by Germany’s Jérôme Boateng. Credit Patrik Stollarz/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Germany and Poland played out the first scoreless draw of the European Championships on Thursday in a dour match at the Stade de France in St.-Denis, France. Arkadiusz Milik, who scored Poland’s winner against Northern Ireland on…