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SPORTS B1
Thursday 31 March 2016

PACE SETTER

Referee Ravshan Irmatov is- Warriors go 67-7, game ahead Bulls’ pace
sues U.S. defender Matt Mi-
azga (3) a red card during Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry (30) cel-
the second half of the team’s ebrates after making a 3-point basket against
Olympic qualifying soccer the Washington Wizards during the second half
match against Colombia on of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, March
Tuesday, March 29, 2016, in 29, 2016, in Oakland, Calif.
Frisco, Texas. Colombia won Associated Press
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Associated Press

U.S. men’s
soccer misses

2nd straight
Olympics

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The
United States failed to qual-
ify for consecutive Olympic
men’s soccer tournaments
for the first time in a half
century, a collapse players
found hard to address on
analyze.
Roger Martinez scored
twice, Americans Luis Gil
and Matt Miazga were
ejected and Colombia’s
under-23 team defeated
the U.S. 2-1 Tuesday night
to earn the last berth in the
Rio de Janeiro Games with
a 3-2 aggregate win in the
two-leg, total-goals series.
Following a nightmare in
Nashville four years ago,
when the Americans were
eliminated by El Salvador,
they had a fiasco in Frisco.
“You dream about it since
you were a little kid,” for-
ward Jordan Morris said,
“so, it’s a tough one to
swallow.”
Coach Andi Herzog said it
wasn’t the right time for him
to dissect the Americans’
poor performance.

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