The Colombia playmaker injured his shoulder in the second half of Colombia's Copa America win over the USA.

James Rodriguez was forced off in the second half of Colombia 's 2-0 win over the United States with an apparent shoulder injury.

The Colombian playmaker went down awkwardly and went off for treatment immediately. The Colombia medical team appeared to be working on Rodriguez’s shoulder as if it were dislocated.

Though he returned briefly, Rodriguez was replaced in the 73rd minute by Guillermo Celis.

Rodriguez had converted a first-half penalty to give Colombia a 2-0 lead after Cristian Zapata had opened the scoring in the eighth minute.

After the game, Colombia head coach Jose Pekerman expressed his optimism that the team's star would not miss much time.

"I want to be optimistic," Pekerman said. "James is very important for Colombia. We also know he has a lot of desire to play, but I think the medical professionals know to what extent he'll be running a risk. We cannot take a fast decision.

"I don't want to think of the negative. We will see, we will be optimistic and we hope that James will recover well and we will have him on the field."

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