U.S. men’s soccer reach 1st Olympics since 2008 with U-20 win
The United States certified for its first Olympic males’s soccer match since 2008 when the Individuals beat Honduras 3-0 at San Pedro Sula on Friday night time within the semifinals of the Beneath-20 championship of North and Central America and the Caribbean.
Paxten Aaronson of the Philadelphia Union, an 18-year-old brother of Leeds midfielder Brenden Aaronson, scored within the third minute.
Alejandro Alvarado, who made 4 appearances final season for Portugal’s Vizela, added a aim within the twenty third, and Quinn Sullivan, Aaronson’s Philadelphia teammate, scored within the forty third because the U.S. earned a berth within the 16-nation area on the 2024 Olympic match in France.
Olympic males’s soccer is restricted to gamers underneath 23, with every nation allowed three wild playing cards over the restrict. After the U.S. failed in three straight qualifying cycles as many golf equipment refused to make prime gamers out there, CONCACAF altered qualifying from under-23 groups and included it as a part of its under-20 championship.
The U.S. was eradicated from 2012 Olympic qualifying when Sean Johnson allowed Jaime Alas’ aim to go in off his palms in second-half stoppage time, giving El Salvador a 3-3 draw within the Individuals’ group stage finale.
The Individuals misplaced a 2016 Olympics qualification recreation to El Salvador 2-0, then have been crushed 3-2 by Colombia in a two-leg playoff for an additional berth.
The U.S. misplaced to Honduras 2-1 in final yr’s Olympic qualification recreation as goalkeeper David Ochoa gifted a aim when he chipped a ball off an opponent and into his personal internet.
The Dominican Republic additionally clinched a berth, defeating Guatemala 4-2 on penalty kicks following a 2-2 draw.
CONCACAF’s 4 quarterfinal winners additionally certified for the 24-nation area at subsequent yr’s Beneath-20 World Cup, to be performed from Might 20 to June 11 in Indonesia.
Reporting by Related Press
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