The United States men’s soccer team will not make it to the Summer Games
The United States men’s soccer team will have to wait another three years to qualify for the first Summer Olympics since 2008.
The United States was beaten by Honduras 2-1 in the CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying semifinals on Sunday at Jalisco Stadium in Guadalajara, Mexico.
This is the second consecutive qualifying tournament that the United States has been knocked out of the Olympics by Honduras in the semi-finals, and it will be the third consecutive men’s Olympic football tournament that does not include the US qualifying failure. Olympics, which also means USMNT did not. I have played in a major tournament since the 2014 World Cup.
Honduras will play against Mexico on Tuesday in the U-23 Olympic qualifying final (9 p.m. ET, FS1). Mexico and Honduras qualified for the 2016 Olympics, while Honduras advanced to the semi-finals.
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Juan Carlos Obregon opened the scoring four minutes after added time in the first half. Honduras’ second goal came early in the second half when US goalie David Ochoa attempted to clear the ball from Honduras Luis Palma and entered the goal. Five minutes later, Jackson Yewell called a punch from outside the box to give the United States hope for a comeback. However, that comeback would not be what Honduras continued to earn.
The United States opened the league with back-to-back wins – 1-0 over Costa Rica and 4-0 over the Dominican Republic – but dropped 1-0 to Mexico on Wednesday to finish second in Group A to hold the game with Honduras, who won. Group B.
The 2008 US Men’s Olympic Team consisted of future USMNT players such as Michael Bradley, Maurice Edo, Stuart Holden, Charlie Davis, Benny Felhaber, Josie Altidore and Brad Gozan. This team also included 19-year-old Freddy Addo.
CONCACAF qualifiers will join Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Egypt, France, Germany, Ivory Coast, Japan, New Zealand, Romania, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea and Spain in the draw which will take place in Zurich on April 21. . The men’s Olympic football tournament will be held from July 21 to August 7 in Tokyo, Kashima, Miyagi, Saitama, Sapporo and Yokohama.
The U-23 Men’s Olympic Football Championship has been around since 1992. Qualifying and the Olympics have been postponed for one year due to CoronapandemiaFIFA has maintained the requirement that players be born on or after January 1, 1997.
