U.S. Men’s soccer loses for third time in Olympics with defeat to Honduras



U.S. The men’s national soccer team made two mistakes Sunday in a match against Honduras and placed the Americans in the Olympics for the third time.

Honduras’ Juan Carlos reg Brago made stoppage time in stoppage time and in the second half the U.S. died due to a bad mistake by goalkeeper David Ochoa. Honduras won the match 2-1 and the U.S. The team was sidelined from the Olympic argument.

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U.S. Manager Jason Krais later said, “Obviously we are ruined, completely destroyed. “In our locker room, the boys are like it’s a tragedy – a tragedy.”

He added: “We are losing the opportunity to play in international tournaments with more pressure, where these players have to live in this environment and continue to improve with that pressure.”

Immediately after the defeat the team faced an investigation on social media.

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U.S. The men’s team has not been to the Olympics since 2008, when they finished ninth and could not make it out of the group stage. The team finished fourth in 2000. The team also lost the 2018 World Cup.

Olympic men’s soccer is limited to players born in 1997 and clubs no longer need to release players when the women’s team is open to senior national teams. Christian Pulisic, Weston McCackney, Tyler Ad Dums, Gio Rena, Josh Sergeant, Sergio Dest, Chris Richards and Anthony Robinson were among the players who were not in the qualifying squad.

One way to fix the crisis is to get players who are in the middle of their European season.

He said, ‘The only solution I can say is that if you can find European players who are midseason you are probably in a better position, but we all know its pitfalls as well.’

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U.S. Will host the Olympics in 2028 and will automatically qualify.

The Associated Press contributes to this report.