MARSEILLE, France —
The Paris Olympics don’t officially open until Friday. The games, however, already have begun.
That’s not necessarily a good thing for the U.S. men’s soccer team, which returned to the Summer Olympics on Wednesday after a 16-year absence and lost to France 3-0 before a packed house at the Orange Velodrome.
The goals, all in the second half, came from Alexandre Lacazette, Michael Olise and Loic Bade.
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Men’s soccer Olympic rosters are, with three exceptions, limited to players no older than 23. For the U.S., that meant no Christian Pulisic or Weston McKennie.