U.S. Olympic Men’s Soccer Team Falls 3-0 to Hosts France in Opening Match of 2024 Summer Games

U.S. Olympic Men’s Soccer Team could not have faced more difficult tasks to face in its long-awaited return to Olympics.

Marseille, France (July 24 2024, July 24) – It is believed that the U.S. Olympic Men’s Soccer Team wouldn’t have had an much more of a challenge in the midst of the long-awaited return of their squad to the Olympics. For around an hour on Wednesday in Marseille the Americans faced off against the highly rated French in their opening game within Group A. However, the Les Bleus were sparked by their veteran captain Alexandre Lacazette, eventually broke through and won by 3-0 in front the crowd of 67,000 at the Stade Velodrome.

The year 2024, 2024 in 2024 it will be 2024. Olympic Men’s Soccer Tournament began in the days leading up the Opening Ceremonies in Paris and will also include USA for USA in the very first time since the 2008. It’s been 524 days since American athletes stepped into their very first Olympic stadium. They weren’t in shock on Wednesday despite what venue they were in or name of the rival.

HTML0 HTML0 – The U.S. defended well and almost led twice. The difference was that Lacazette whom, even at the age of 33, was one of the top athletes on the field (men’s Olympic teams can field three players older than) was able to break the tie in just an an hour. The Frenchman was then able to feed fellow countryman Michael Olise for France’s pivotal second goal, which came after only 10 minutes.

The calm beginning of the game made for a flawless match for those in the U.S. As France could move around and be closely watched by the U.S. However, the Americans did not give up and the sound in the Velodrome was quiet. The French Bleus are the more efficient team in the first quarter of the game, they were not any threat, and they were unable to save a goal in the 35th minute by U.S. goalkeeper Patrick Schulte until the 35th minute.

Forwards from the center Miles Robinson and Walker Zimmerman were both among the three USA older players who performed very well. The five corner kicks France made in the first period, and 13 crosses that crossed the field resulted in only two or one. However, U.S. midfielders Tanner Tessman and Gianluca Busio, who are teammates of the newly-promoted Serie A side Venezia–did well to slow down their opponents’ attack, and also minimize any potential impact of Olise who is a French french player.

U.S. winger Paxten Aaronson had one of the most impressive chances during the second half. He managed to get out of his French penalty zone, and grabbed his ball at the end of the 38th minute. He was able to overtake the defensive striker Kiliann Sildillia. He hit into the bottom of the field to the left side of the post however the goalie Guillaume Restes had to kick away.

They were just a short distance from gaining the ball back in the final minutes of the match, but the long-range shot of the midfielder Djordje Mihailovic, the 3rd player in the team with overage, and hit the French crossbar. The game was getting underway and, in the 61st minute The captain for the match and a stateman of senior age, took the team’s top scorer to the top of the table. Lacazette is 33 years old and a seasoned Arsenal and Lyon forward who could find an opening in the midfield and defeated Schulte to the left of the 25-meter line.

The Americans were not slow to react and responded with the most aggressive offensive of the game. They almost scored in the span of a couple of minutes. Aaronson’s goal in 63rd minute based on Kevin Paredes’ cross Kevin Paredes was very well protected through Restes as well as Restes. U.S. left-back John Tolkin struck the post from the left following kicks from his shot (off another pardes-directed cross of Paredes) after just a few minutes.

France scored the opening goal, and then scored the winning goal in the final minutes of the match at the end of the game in second half of the. Olise the London-born striker who has recently moved away from Crystal Palace to Bayern Munich from Crystal Palace and scored the goal by scoring a well-placed curving shot from the outside that is the U.S. penalty area. The center forward Loic Bade is also a part of Sevilla. Sevilla is the club football team for Sevilla as well, resulted in a French exclamation point when scoring his goal using an angle shot that resulted in an impressive 3-1 at the final minute of the 85-minute.

U.S. substitute Griffin Yow who scored one goal in the closing second of the friendly match in March between both teams. The strike hit the net on Wednesday but the stoppage-time goal was disallowed due to the fact of offside.

The HTML0 Olympic tournament is comprised of 16 nations competing in four different categories. The top two teams from each quartet in the round-robin phase will progress to the semi-final round. New Zealand defeated Guinea by a score of 2-1 in the second round of group A on Thursday.

The USA return to Marseille for a celebration of United States and New Zealand on July 27 on a Saturday (1 p.m. ET, USA Network, Telemundo, Peacock).

GOAL SCORING RUNDOWN

FRA -(#) Alexandre Lacazette (Michael Olise) in the 61st minute of game: The French captain was retreated to midfield from which he received his ball away from Michael Olise. He managed to maintain the ball away from U.S. midfielder Gianluca Busio and hit the low, hard 25-yard strike across the goal’s face as well as into the right-hand side of the score. FRA 1, USA 1

FRA – * Michael Olise (Alexandre Lacazette) 70th second: Lacazette did the same in the 69th minute, placing Olise into the right-hand area in the U.S. penalty area. Olise beat Paxten Aaronson, who was on the left side and then fired the ball toward goalkeeper Patrick Schulte and inside the left post. FRA 2, USA 1

FRA Loic Bade (Joris Chotard) 85th minute Bade was an defender in the center and was able to create an encirclement with the U.S. counterpart, Miles Robinson in the 85th minute. Chotard was awarded the corner kick and hammered it into right-hand side of the lower. FRA 3, USA 1 FINAL

Additional Notes

• The USMNT has an overall record of 0-1-0 during matches played against France throughout the Olympics.
• Each athlete competed in his Olympic debut. Olympic debut.
• The Olympic Men’s Soccer Championship is only open to players who are under the age of 23. However, there are three players older than their 23rd birthday. There are three U.S. overage players began this evening: Djordje Mihailovic (25 years old), Miles Robinson (27) and Walker Zimmerman (31).
• Tanner Tessmann captained the squad tonight it was his fifth time in the armband in the the eight games. He was captain for every game for the Men’s Olympic Soccer Team from November. 18 against. Iraq.
• The players in the Starting XI have played in Major League Soccer or developed through an MLS academy. Alongside the current MLS clubs the players from this team have played for various clubs within their respective MLS as well as MLS Future teams Aaronson (Philadelphia Union) Gianluca busio (Sporting the City of Kansas), Nathan Harriel (Chargers SC), Djordje Mihailovic (Chicago Fire FC, CF Montreal), Kevin Paredes (D.C. United, Bethesda SC), Miles Robinson (Atlanta United FC, FC Greater Boston Bolts), Tanner Tessmann (FC Dallas) and Walker Zimmerman (FC Dallas, LAFC).
• Defenders Miles Robinson and Walker Zimmerman are on the defense in the center of the first match since the 31st March on the 31st day of March, in Costa Rica in 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying.
• Two midfielders who are part of the starting lineup Gianluca Busio as well as Tanner Tessmann play together in Italy for Venezia which has enabled the club climb to Serie A during the 2023-24 season. They have been part of five games taken part with the Olympic team during this time.
• This report says that that the U.S. is now 4-4-5 in the group stage after the introduction of the rule for under-23s in 1992.

– U.S. MEN’S OLYMPIC SOCCER TEAM MATCH REPORT –

Game: U.S. Soccer Team: Men’s Olympic Soccer Team vs. France
Date: July 24, 2024
Competition:2024 Olympics Men’s Soccer Tournament – Group A
Venue: Stade de Marseille; Marseille, France
Attendance: 67,000 (sold out)
Kickoff: 3:00 p.m. ET (9 p.m. in local time)
Conditions are: 85°C and clear

Lineups:
USA: 1-Patrick Schulte; 2-Nathan Harriel, 3-Walker Zimmerman, 12-Miles Robinson, 5-John Tolkin; 6-Gianluca Busio (4-Maximilian Dietz, 71′), 8-Tanner Tessmann (Capt. ) 14-Djordje Mihailovic (16-Jack McGlynn, 76′); 11-Paxten Aaronson (9-Griffin Yow, 76′), 9-Duncan McGuire (17-Caleb Wiley, 86′), 7-Kevin Paredes (10-Taylor Booth, 76′)
Substitutes: 18-Gaga Slonina, 15-Benjamin Cremaschi
Head coach: Marko Mitrovic

FRA: 16-Guillaume Restes; 5-Kiliann Sildillia, 4-Loic Bade, 2-Castello Lukeba, 3-Adrien Truffert; 12-Enzo Millot (8-Maghnes Akliouche, 71′), 6-Manu Kone (17-Soungoutou Magassa, 87′), 7-Michael Olise (11-Desire Doue, 82′), 13-Joris Chotard; 14-Jean-Philippe Mateta (9-Arnaud Kalimuendo, 71′), 10-Alexandre Lacazette
Substitutes: 1-Obed Nkambadio, 15-Bradley Locko, 18-Rayan Cherki
Coach head Thierry Henry

Stats Summary: USA / FRA
Shots: 9 / 10
Shots on Goal: 3 / 4
Saves: 1 / 3
Corner Kicks: 2 / 8
Fouls: 10 / 18
Offside: 4 / 1

Misconduct Summary:
FRA – Kiliann Sildillia (Caution) 17th minute
USA – Kevin Paredes (Caution) 37

Officials:
Referee: Yael Falcon (ARG)
Assistant: Maximiliano Del Yesso (ARG)
Assistant 2: Facundo Rodriguez (ARG)
Fourth Official: Anahi Fernandez (URU)