You can read Bryan Graham’s full match report below:
So on this sour note, the US men’s return to the Olympic soccer stage is over. There will be some good memories of offensive explosions against New Zealand and Guinea, and they played better against France than they did against Morocco.
The postgame discussion, though, will continue for quite some time. How could a team of talented young professionals look so unready for this level of competition?
These Moroccan players will surely go on to have fabulous careers. (The goalkeeper, who had nothing to do in this game other than punching clear one time, already has.) The referee should be sent to deal with Under-9s in the US suburbs along with me.
Thanks for gritting it out and reading this far. See you for another event soon.
