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The men's football tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held in Beijing and four other cities in the People's Republic of China from 7 to 23 August. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to enter their men's under-23 teams in regional qualifying competitions, from which 15 teams, plus the host nation, reached the final tournament.
Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held in Beijing and several other cities in the People's Republic of China from 6 to 23 August. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to send their full women's national teams and men's U-23 teams to participate. Men's teams were allowed to augment their squad with three players over the age of 23.
The United States of America (USA), represented by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.U.S. athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, except the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, which was boycotted by the American team and 65 other countries in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
The U.S. men's soccer team is Olympics-bound for the first time since 2008, with the roster of players representing the nation announced Monday morning, under a month before the Games in Paris begin.
April 4 Group A: United States : 6 - 0 Jamaica Ciudad Juárez, Mexico: Lloyd 16' Cheney 21' Wambach 53', 68' O'Reilly 88' Heath 90+5': Report: Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez
January 19, 2008 2–0 Friendly 505 Mexico: February 6, 2008 2–2 Friendly 506 Poland: March 26, 2008 3–0 Friendly 507 England: May 28, 2008 0–2 Friendly 508 Spain: June 4, 2008 0–1 Friendly 509 Argentina: June 8, 2008 0–0 Friendly 510 Barbados: June 15, 2008 8–0 World Cup Q: 511 Barbados: June 22, 2008 1–0 World Cup Q: 512 Guatemala
This article lists the team squads of Men's Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics.Each nation had to submit a squad of 18 players, 15 of which had to be born on or after 1 January 1985, and 3 of which could have been older dispensation players, by 23 July 2008. [1]
During the 1920 final against Belgium, the Czechoslovakia national football team walked off the field to protest the refereeing of John Lewis [16] and the militarised mood within the stadium in Antwerp. This would be the final all-European football competition at the Olympic games, with Egypt, the United States, and Uruguay participating in ...