Current:Home > StocksTeam USA men's soccer is going to the Olympic quarterfinals for the first time in 24 years-Angel Dreamer Wealth Society D1 Reviews & Insights
Team USA men's soccer is going to the Olympic quarterfinals for the first time in 24 years
View Date:2024-12-23 18:41:30
PARIS – Party like it’s 2000, but only if you’re 23 or younger!
The U.S. men’s U-23 soccer team advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2024 Paris Olympics tournament Tuesday with a 3-0 win over Guinea. The victory guaranteed the Americans would make the knockout round for the first time since the 2000 Sydney Olympics. It’s the squad’s first appearance at a Games in 16 years.
Live updates:How the U.S. beat Guinea, and scores from the rest of the group stage finales
A penalty shot from Djordje Mihailovic started the scoring in the team's last game against New Zealand, a 4-1 U.S. victory. He began this contest similarly by drilling a free kick from about 20 yards out over the wall in front of him and past the keeper in the 14th minute.
About 15 minutes later, the U.S. went out in transition and found the back of the net again. Paxten Aaronson supplied a classy through-ball to a streaking Kevin Paredes down the right side of the pitch to make it 2-0.
2024 Olympic medals: Who is leading the medal count? Follow along as we track the medals for every sport.
The U.S. opened the tournament on Wednesday last week, two days ahead of the opening ceremony. They lost 3- 0 — to France in that opener. They didn’t necessarily have to win the next two — they could have tied one of the matches against Guinea or New Zealand - but victories in both provided a more emphatic ascent into the quarters.
The USA TODAY app gets you to the heart of the news — fast. Download for award-winning coverage, crosswords, audio storytelling, the eNewspaper and more.
veryGood! (452)
Related
- Kalen DeBoer, Jalen Milroe save Alabama football season, as LSU's Brian Kelly goes splat
- Pennsylvania’s Senate wants an earlier 2024 presidential primary, partly to have a say on nominees
- Quavo meets with Kamala Harris, other political figures on gun violence after Takeoff's death
- A panel finds torture made a 9/11 defendant psychotic. A judge will rule whether he can stand trial
- Waymo’s robotaxis now open to anyone who wants a driverless ride in Los Angeles
- Fishmongers found a rare blue lobster. Instead of selling it, they found a place it could live a happy life
- Swiss parliament approves ban on full-face coverings like burqas, and sets fine for violators
- Search for missing Idaho woman resumes after shirt found mile from abandoned car, reports say
- Minnesota man is free after 16 years in prison for murder that prosecutors say he didn’t commit
- Orphaned newborn otter rescued after deadly orca attack: The pup started crying out for its mother
Ranking
- Texas man accused of supporting ISIS charged in federal court
- Attorney General Merrick Garland says no one has told him to indict Trump
- Alex Murdaugh plans to do something he hasn’t yet done in court — plead guilty
- Pennsylvania’s Senate wants an earlier 2024 presidential primary, partly to have a say on nominees
- 'The Penguin' spoilers! Colin Farrell spills on that 'dark' finale episode
- Wave of migrants that halted trains in Mexico started with migrant smuggling industry in Darien Gap
- She has Medicare and Medicaid. So why should it take 18 months to get a wheelchair?
- Seattle officer should be put on leave for callous remarks about woman’s death, watchdog group says
Recommendation
-
Mike Williams Instagram post: Steelers' WR shades Aaron Rodgers 'red line' comments
-
Are morning workouts better for weight loss?
-
Alabama school band director says he was ‘just doing my job’ before police arrested him
-
Iconic Budweiser Clydesdales will no longer have their tails shortened
-
Kim Kardashian Says She's Raising Her and Kanye West's 4 Kids By Herself
-
Debate over a Black student’s suspension over his hairstyle in Texas ramps up with probe and lawsuit
-
A panel finds torture made a 9/11 defendant psychotic. A judge will rule whether he can stand trial
-
Cowboys' Jerry Jones wants more NFL owners of color. He has a lot of gall saying that now.