The eyes of the world will be on Rio de Janeiro for the start of the Olympics. Wil Trapp's attention, however, will be elsewhere.
No offense to the athletes, networks of NBC or Bob Costas, it’s just the Crew SC midfielder plans to find something else to occupy his time.
“There’s a lot of stuff on TV advertising it so it’s hard not to notice it, but I’ve come to grips with not going,” Trapp said.
The Columbus native could have been marching in the opening ceremonies. Instead, the U.S. under-23 national team he captained failed to qualify for the Olympics in March, losing a two-game playoff to Colombia.