Hello, again: US and Spain to meet in Olympic men's quarters

[ASFN Admin]

The U.S. and Spain played for Olympic gold in 2008 and 2012, then in the semifinals in 2016. The three-time reigning Olympic champion Americans will face reigning World Cup champion Spain in the quarterfinals of the men’s tournament at the Tokyo Games on Tuesday, a matchup of teams that finished second in their respective groups at the Olympics. Spain fell outside of the seeded pool, and knew it had exposed itself to a potential matchup with the U.S., by losing the group-play finale to Slovenia on Sunday.

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