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    U.S. lacks finishing touch in the final third

    By Jeff Carlisle, ESPNsoccernet

    Sunday, March 23, 2008

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The final of the 2008 CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament wasn't supposed to mean anything. Both Honduras and the United States had already clinched qualification to this summer's games in Beijing, making Sunday's match for pride only. Yet one only had to see the unbridled joy of the victorious Hondurans following their 1-0 victory, as well as the downcast looks on the American players' faces to realize what the game meant to both sides. Yet there was another, more subt ...

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