The U.S. Olympic men’s team dropped its opening game at Paris 2024 with a 3-0 loss to France in front of a packed house at Marseille’s Velodrome.
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Wednesday AM: Olympic sprints set to begin. Also: MLS’s peek into future
Good morning! Unlike World Cups, which usually extend a month or more, the Olympic soccer competitions are sprints. Six games over 16 days from start to finish. They’re called the Paris Games, but the men’s and women’s competitions will be played in seven cities across France before concluding with the gold-medal games at the Parc […]
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USA-France: Hosts start as one of the favorites
The USA opens play in the 2024 Olympic men’s soccer competition on Wednesday in Marseille against France, one of the pre-tournament favorites along with Argentina and Spain.
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Can the USWNT (or anyone) stop Spain from winning Olympic gold and achieving total domination?
Despite a trophy cabinet that boasts four World Cups and four Olympic gold medals, the USWNT has never managed to win both tournaments back-to-back.
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SA Reading: U.S. men’s soccer Olympians
Brian Sciaretta, who is in France to cover the men’s soccer competition at the Olympics for Soccer America, has profiled many of the U.S. men’s soccer Olympians
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Star names in short supply in men’s Olympic soccer tournament
The men’s football tournament at the Paris Games will be largely devoid of star attractions.
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Djordje Mihailovic seizes ‘second chance’ with U.S. Olympic team and reunites with coach from his pro start
Djordje Mihailovic was a late addition to the USA’s 2024 men’s Olympic team, but he goes way back with Coach Marko Mitrovic, who was a Chicago Fire assistant coach when a teenage Mihailovic broke into MLS. “The first time I met him in person, he tried speaking to me Serbian,” Mihailovic said. “So I had […]
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Saturday morning: What We’re Reading
Different routes to the same summer soccer success … Israel to play in Olympic men’s soccer … Oberdorf injures knee.
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Walker Zimmerman embraces the revival of his Olympic dream and brings savvy to U.S. backline
He was part of the 2016 Olympic qualifying team that failed to earn a spot in the Rio Games.
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Wednesday AM: Whopping soccer viewing figures, Messi injury update, Gareth Southgate available.
Good morning! The USWNT is headed to France tomorrow. The U.S. men are already training in Bordeaux. For the first time since 2008, the USA has teams entered in both Olympic soccer competitions. The men and women will play on consecutive days, beginning with the men in action against France next Wednesday in Marseille, where […]