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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.