The United States missed its third straight Olympic mens soccer event, shedding to Honduras 2-1 on Sunday evening in a qualification recreation as Juan Carlos Obregn scored within the fourth minute of first-half stoppage time and goalkeeper David Ochoa dedicated a blunder that gifted Luis Palma a aim two minutes into the second half.
U.S. captain Jackson Yueill pulled a aim again with a curling 23-yard shot within the 52nd minute and the Americans had a number of good possibilities to tie the rating. Jonathan Lewis 63rd-minute header was headed off the aim line by Wesley Degas, Yueills free kick within the 69th was batted away by goalkeeper Alex Barrios Lewis allowed an open 4-yard shot off Tanner Tessmans cross within the 83rd minute to bounce off a boot, and Johnny Cardoso mis-hit an open header in stoppage time.
While Honduras superior to its fourth straight Olympics this summer time in Japan, the U.S. prolonged its streak of futility, The Americans missed the 2012 Games in England when goalkeeper Sean Johnson allowed a 25-yard shot to bounce in off his arms in second-half stoppage time for a 3-3 draw in opposition to El Salvador, then didnt attain the 2016 Olympics in Brazil attributable to a 2-0 loss to Honduras adopted by a playoff defeat to Colombia, The senior U.S. nationwide workforce additionally didn’t qualify for the 2018 World Cup.
The U.S. males performed in 4 of 5 Olympics from 1992 to 2008.
Host Mexico performed Canada within the second recreation of the doubleheader for the opposite berth from North and Central America and the Caribbean.
CONCACAF qualifiers be part of Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Egypt, France, Germany, Ivory Coast, Japan, New Zealand, Romania, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea and Spain within the draw, which might be held in Zurich on April 21. The event might be performed from July 21 to Aug. 7 in Tokyo, Kashima, Miyagi, Saitama, Sapporo and Yokohama.
Honduras superior to Tuesday nights CONCACAF Under-24 Championship, which has no affect on the Olympics.
Qualifying and the Olympics have been postponed by a 12 months due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, and FIFA stored the requirement that gamers be born Jan. 1, 1997, or later, Olympic mens soccer had been an under-23 event since 1992.
Teams can change their rosters between qualifying and the Olympics, and every nation can use as much as three gamers over the age restrict. However, golf equipment aren’t required to launch gamers for Olympics or qualifying.
On a 90-degree afternoon with kickoff at 4 p.m. at 5,100 ft, Honduras went forward a clearance by Justen Glad that adopted a free kick. The U.S. protection started to maneuver upfield as Edwin Maldonado recovered the ball and shortly made an extended diagonal cross. Denil Maldonado sprinted previous the American protection and despatched the ball again throughout the goalmouth with a diving header, and Obregn used his left leg to redirect the ball previous Ochoa.
Ochoa will lengthy keep in mind the second aim. Aaron Herrera made a innocent backpass and the goalkeeper, simply exterior the 6-yard field, hesitated and tried to chip the ball upfield. The ball ricocheted off Palmas left leg and into the American aim.
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