U.S. Men’s Soccer Eliminated In Olympic Quarterfinals

PARIS, France – The United States men’s soccer team was eliminated from the 2024 Paris Olympics with a 4-0 setback against Morocco.

Morocco remains in medal contention as they advance to the Olympic semifinals. The men’s soccer semifinals will be played on Monday, August 5.

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With the crowd decidedly behind them, Morocco applied heavy pressure from the opening kick. United States keeper Patrick Schulte made several excellent saves, but a penalty shot ultimately got the Moroccans on the scoreboard. After a Nathan Harriel foul, Soufiane Rahimi beat Schulte in the bottom left corner.

The U.S. went into halftime trailing 1-0.

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The wheels fell off in the second half as Morocco pulled away. Moments after the American’s best scoring chance in the 59th minute, Morocco’s Abde Ezzalzouli hit Ilias Akhomach for a close-range goal that made it 2-0.

Morocco added goals in the 70th minute and a fourth in stoppage time for the final 4-0 score.

Eden, Utah native Taylor Booth checked into the match in the 66th minute with his team trailing 2-0.

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