The U.S. men's Olympic soccer team beat Guinea 3-0 to clinch a place in the Olympics knockout phase for the first time in 24 years.
What's waiting for them there? A long-awaited opportunity: the first Olympic knockout round game for an American men's team in 24 years.
Mihailovic has been a fixture for U.S. coach Marko Mitrovic all tournament, but one of the changes the coach made before the match was to insertIt delivered. The trio was dynamic from the start, pinging balls back and forth, and rarely hesitating to test Guinea goalkeeper Soumalia Sylla. Aaronson took the ball in midfield and, after a few steps going sideways, turned an inch-perfect pass through the Guinean defense and directly into Paredes' path. With Sylla coming out to try and narrow the angle, Paredes didn't hesitate and drilled a low, powerful shot beneath the goalkeeper before peeling off to celebrate at the corner flag with a series of dance moves.
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