FRISCO, Tex. — The United States failed to qualify for consecutive Olympic men’s soccer tournaments for the first time in a half-century, a collapse players found hard to address or analyze.
Roger Martinez scored twice, the Americans Luis Gil and Matt Miazga were ejected, and Colombia’s under-23 team defeated the United States, 2-1, Tuesday night to earn the final berth in the Rio de Janeiro Games with a 3-2 aggregate win in the two-leg, total-goals series.