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Paris Olympics 2024: Live updates, score as USA vs. France men’s soccer match headlines first day of competition

Sufiyan Tadavi
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The 2024 Summer Olympics are here, and while the Games’ Opening Ceremonies are set for Friday, July 26, the competitions officially get underway Wednesday. The U.S. Men’s National Team U-23 squad takes center stage against the host nation of France in men’s soccer on the opening day of play in Group A. As is customary at the Summer Games, some of the soccer matches take place outside of the host city, and Wednesday’s matchup is in Marseille.

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As mentioned, men’s soccer at the Olympics is contested by U-23 squads, with three exceptions for players older than 23. For the USMNT, those players are Walker Zimmerman (31), Miles Robinson (27) and Djordje Mihailovic (25) on Marko Mitrović’s squad. Here’s a look at the whole roster for Team USA, which is back in the Summer Olympics in men’s soccer for the first time since 2008. The USMNT has never medaled, but did finish fourth at the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney.

Follow along with Yahoo Sports for live updates on Team USA’s opening match against France in men’s soccer.

Live27 updates

  • France is on the board to the delight of the Marseille crowd. Alexandre Lacazette snuck a shot from outside the right side of the box past Patrick Schulte to the left side of the goal for a 1-0 France lead in the 61st minute.

  • Djordje Mihailovic with a close call for USA. Hits the cross bar on a strike from outside the box. Inches away from a 1-0 USA win.

  • Ten minutes into the second half, and we’re no closer to settling this than at the opening whistle. Three total shots on goal (USA 2, France 1) and little action in a 0-0 game.

  • The U.S. attacks first with a soft header from Nathan Harriel on a free kick. Easy save for Guillaume Restes. Still 0-0.

  • The second half is underway, tied at 0-0. No lineup changes for either team.

  • Players are making their way back to the field for the second half. Can USA pull off the upset of the gold-medal favorite, or will France get the win for the home crowd in the first day of Olympic competition

  • This is the first of three group-stage games for each team. USA will next play New Zealand on July 27 then Guinea on July 30. Two teams from each group will advance to the quarterfinal round on Aug. 2.

  • France is controlling the ball with a better than 60-40 edge in time of possession and has seven total shots to three for USA.

  • And we’re at halftime in a scoreless tie between France and USA. A slow start gave way to pressure from both sides late in the half, but each team has managed just one shot on goal.

  • Jean-Philippe Mateta just missed wide right for France from outside the box in the 45th minute. France continues to keep pressure on the U.S. but has managed just a single shot on goal.

  • Kevin Paredes picked up the first U.S. yellow card with a foul in the 37th minute.

  • USA counters with a shot on goal in transition. Paxten Aaronson was on target with a right-footer from inside the box in the 37th minute, forcing a foot save from Guillaume Restes. The action is picking up after a slow start.

  • Manu Koné got a shot on goal for France in the 35th minute, but it didn’t have a chance. Patrick Schulte easily made the save on the right-footer without much on it.

  • A foul on France’s Kiliann Sildillia drew a yellow card.

  • Most of the players for both teams — and all men’s soccer teams in these Olympics — are 23 or younger. Teams are permitted only three players older than 23 in Olympic play. These are not full-strength rosters like you’d see in World Cup play.

  • It’s been a physical game, two fouls so far on each team.

  • 15 minutes in, France is still dominating the ball with possession for roughly 2/3 of the game clock. USA has the only shot attempt so far, but it didn’t land on goal.

  • ICYMI, Kylian Mbappé is not playing for France in these Olympics, thanks in part to an Olympic rule that doesn’t require players’ professional teams to release them to play in the Games.

  • France is controlling the time of possession in the first eight minutes. So far, no shots on goal for either team.

  • The pregame U.S. national anthem:



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