The U.S. men’s under-23 soccer team lost to Honduras 2-0 with a Rio Olympic berth at stake in Sandy, Utah, on Saturday afternoon.
To qualify for Rio, the U.S. must now beat the loser of Saturday’s later Mexico-Canada match on Tuesday and then beat Colombia in March in Rio de Janeiro.
The U.S. failed to qualify for the 2004 and 2012 Olympic tournaments and hasn’t won a men’s soccer medal since 1904, when the Olympic tournament included three teams.
The U.S. looked strong in the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament going into the Honduras match.
It went 3-0 in group play, outscoring opponents 13-2, despite all three 2014 World Cup players who met the U-23 age requirement being omitted from the roster — John Brooks, Julian Green and DeAndre Yedlin.