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Never has qualifying for men’s Olympic tournament been as crucial for the USA as the quest to reach Tokyo 2020. Not since the 1960s did the U.S. men miss three Olympics in a row. And coming on theheels of the USA sitting out the 2018 World Cup, stretching Olympic absence to at least 16 years would deliver another blow to U.S. Soccer’s reputation on the men’s side.

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