In international soccer, history can have an odd relationship with the present day. Player and coaching turnover can be so frequent that what's happening now can have little connection with what occurred previously. Outwardly, that would appear to be the case for the United States' under-23 squad attempting to qualify for this summer's Olympics. None of the players on manager Jason Kreis' 20-man roster were in the mix back in 2015, when the U.S. fell to Honduras in the semifinals of the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament and then came up short in a playoff against Colombia.
USMNT in Olympic qualifying: Can this team get to Tokyo? Any U23 stars ready for the World Cup cycle?
