Darwin Núñez scored in his seventh straight international match, and Uruguay routed Bolivia 5-0 on Thursday night to move to verge of a quarterfinal berth in the Copa America.

Facundo Pellistri put the Uruguayans ahead in the eighth minute and Núñez doubled the lead in the 21st with his 10th goal in his last seven games for Uruguay and 13th in 25 matches overall.

Uruguay’s Darwin Nunez celebrates after scoring his side’s 2nd goal against Bolivia during a Copa America Group C

Maximiliano Araújo scored his second goal of the tournament in the 77th, and Federico Valverde (81st) and Rodrigo Bentancur (89th) added goals as Uruguay romped through a ragged Bolivian defense.

In pursuit of a record 16th Copa America championship, Uruguay is 2-0 for six points with a plus-seven goal differential. They would advance on Monday in Kansas City, Missouri, if they could at least draw with the United States, or maybe even lose. Panama has three points and a minus one goal difference, whereas the United States has three points and a plus one goal difference.

Since 2015, Bolivia has only won one of its previous 32 Copa America games and has lost 14 straight overall. Going into Monday’s game against Panama in Orlando, Florida, it has virtually little chance of moving forward with no points and a minus-seven goal differential. Bolivia is probably going to lose in the group stage for the fourth time in a row.

MetLife Stadium’s upper deck was nearly empty and the site of the 2026 World Cup final appeared to be half full. Two years early, Lionel Messi and Argentina drew a sellout crowd of 81,106 for a 1-0 win over Chile.

Bolivia made six changes from its opening 2-0 loss to the U.S. and Uruguay quickly went ahead.

Nicolás de la Cruz played a long free kick down a flank and Ronald Araújo outjumped Luis Haquin to center a header. Mathías Olivera couldn´t reach it and the ball bounced before Pellistri nodded it in for his second international goal.

Nunez, who took seven shots in the first half, scored off a perfect weighed pass from Maximiliano Araújo on a quick counterattack. Maximiliano Araújo got his goal after Bolivia turned over the ball in midfield, fed by de la Cruz.