More Evidence of the Failures of Jurgen. U-23 not making Olympics

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That importance is not lost on Klinsmann, who told ESPN last fall: "If we don't qualify for the Olympics, we lose another generation of young players.”

Well, if Klinsmann proves prescient, another generation of young players is now lost.

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Klinsmann said before the 2015 January camp, is another.

"Well, the main task for 2015 definitely is the Olympic team, the under-23 team," Klinsmann said then. "We want to make sure that what happened with London 2012 is not happening again anymore, so we kind of put this on a higher priority level, and I think that’s exciting."

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Poor talent identification

The idea of a lengthy preparation for the U-23 team was a solid idea, but examining the roster for the first camp, it’s clear there was not a good initial grasp as to who the top players in this cycle were. Only three players (Jordan Morris, Shane O’Neill, and Dillon Serna) from that roster made the team that took on Colombia this past week, and of those three, only Morris played.

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