U.S. men's Olympic team eliminated after Morocco thrashing

The United States men's Olympic team was eliminated from the Paris Olympics on Friday after they were roundly beaten 4-0 by Morocco, who progresses to the semifinals.

Morocco started the better of the two teams in front of a crowd which was heavily in their favor, forcing US goalkeeper Patrick Schulte into some good saves early in the match. The breakthrough came when Nathan Harriel gave away a penalty, kicking through Soufiane Rahimi in the box before the No. 9 skillfully slotted the spot-kick into the bottom-left corner.

Miles Robinson had the U.S.'s best chance to re-establish parity in the 59th minute as a cross floated in from the left wing and fell to his feet, only for his shot to…