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USA v. Northern Ireland, 2021 Friendly: What we learned

Look, we all know it’s there and there’s no getting around it. The United States men’s program had two games on Sunday; one was competitive and one was not. The United States U-23 team lost in that competitive match in the semifinal for Olympic qualification and, as a result, the United States men’s program will not feature in the Tokyo Olympics this summer. That result is a devastating blow to the youth program. And it sucks for all the fans following from home. There needs to be a reckoning on what happened on that game and there will most certainly be lots of thoughts and reflections from pundits and fans.