NY Times · Mar 29, 2021
U.S. Men Fail to Qualify for Olympic Soccer Tournament
The United States failed in its latest bid to qualify for the Olympic men’s soccer tournament on Sunday, falling to Honduras, 2-1, in a regional qualifying tournament in Mexico. A goalkeeping blunder proved to be the difference, but the feeling was all too familiar.
The defeat was a humbling end to yet another Olympic qualifying campaign for the United States men, and it means the Americans will miss their third straight Olympics. A United States men’s team last appeared in the Games in 2008, and now has failed to qualify for the Olympics in four of the past five cycles.