US men’s soccer team qualifies for first Olympics since 2008 with U-20 win
by Associated Press from US news | The Guardian on (#610EB)
- USA win 3-0 over Honduras in Concacaf U-20 semi-finals
- Americans had fallen in three straight Olympic cycles
The United States qualified for their first Olympic men's soccer tournament since 2008 when the Americans beat Honduras 3-0 at San Pedro Sula on Friday night in the semi-finals of the Under-20 championship of North and Central America and the Caribbean.
Paxten Aaronson of the Philadelphia Union, an 18-year-old brother of Leeds midfielder Brenden Aaronson, scored in the third minute.
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