Seventeen-year-old Kendry Páez scored in first-half stoppage time, Alan Minda added another goal late in the second half and Ecuador beat winless Jamaica 3-1 on Wednesday night in the Copa América.

Alexi Lalas and David Mosse pondered: what if Lionel Messi stayed internationally retired after Argentina's 2016 Copa América finals loss? How different would the G.O.A.T. conversation look today?

PASADENA, Calif. — Brazil is the bigger name, but Ecuador has been the better national side in recent months. A bit of controversy kept their Copa America Centenario opener from playing out that way ...