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U.S. men’s soccer team’s Olympic hopes rest on one match

The U.S. men’s soccer team will qualify for the Tokyo Olympics if it wins a match next Sunday.

If it loses, it will miss a third consecutive Olympics for the first time in more than 50 years.

The American under-23 team won its first two matches in the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament in Mexico to clinch a spot in the semifinals in seven days.

CONCACAF gets two spots in the Olympic men’s soccer tournament. Each semifinal winner qualifies.

The U.S., after beating Costa Rica 1-0 on Thursday and the Dominican Republic 4-0 on Sunday, finishes its group schedule against Mexico on Wednesday.