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.