Watch: Colombia's Bacca nets winner in Copa America third-place game

The U.S. men's national team settled for fourth place at a competition for a second straight summer, falling to Colombia 1-0 in the Copa America Centenario third-place match Saturday night.

Carlos Bacca scored in the 32nd minute for Colombia, who took the curtain-raiser against the USA 2-0 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California on June 3. Tim Howard returned to goal for the U.S. for his first appearance of the competition, and he was joined in the U.S. starting lineup by Michael Orozco and Matt Besler, who replaced the injured Fabian Johnson and John Brooks.

James Rodriguez tested Howard early on, forcing a diving save in the 12th minute with a rip from over 20 yards:

#USAvCOL: 11'. Disparo de James Rodríguez que Howard ataja y evita el primer gol de Colombia. https://t.co/cUJZhulUSG
— TUDN USA (@TUDNUSA) June 26, 2016

Bacca opened the scoring by finishing off a superb sequence. James chipped over the top to Santiago Arias, who headed it across toward the goal mouth. A sliding Bacca managed to get a touch on it despite being under pressure from DeAndre Yedlin to make it 1-0:

#USAvCOL: Gooool. Al 31', Bacca hace el primero para Colombia https://t.co/oXv57xasSU
— TUDN USA (@TUDNUSA) June 26, 2016

Alejandro Bedoya looked to have a decent opportunity immediately after the goal, with the ball squirting to him through traffic in the box, but he couldn't get a good look on frame:

#USAvCOL: 36'. Bedoya se pierde el empate para Estados Unidos pic.twitter.com/4HJLlS1nFL
— TUDN USA (@TUDNUSA) June 26, 2016

The USA's best chance came in the 51st minute, but just like in the opener, David Ospina absolutely robbed Clint Dempsey on a well-taken free kick:

#USAvCOL: 50'. Ospina desvía el tiro libre de Dempsey y salva el arco colombiano. https://t.co/68BLafefDf
— TUDN USA (@TUDNUSA) June 26, 2016

The definition of a save 👏 @D_Ospina1 #USAvCOL pic.twitter.com/lQvlFEoHPD
— TUDN USA (@TUDNUSA) June 26, 2016

Both teams then hit the woodwork in succession. First, Juan Cuadrado deftly chipped Howard from the edge of the box and had him beaten, with the goalkeeper rooted to the ground, but his effort hit the crossbar.

#USAvCOL: 60'. Lo que acaba de salvar el travesaño.. casi golazo de Cuadrado para Colombia pic.twitter.com/mj0tTtxeCi
— TUDN USA (@TUDNUSA) June 26, 2016

Moments later, Bobby Wood shook off a physical challenge inside the Colombia box, recovered and hit the post with his chance.

So. Close. Bobby Wood inches away from netting the equalizer for the #USMNT. #USAvCOL https://t.co/GnsSQNUlKe
— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) June 26, 2016

The U.S. threatened in the latter stages of the match (during which both Orozco and Arias were sent off for an altercation) but couldn't slip one past Ospina, as Colombia earned its best finish in a Copa America since hosting it in 2001.

Argentina and Chile will battle in the Copa America final Sunday night at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.