ASN Staff Writer
Team USA defeated Guinea 3-0 to reach the knockout stages of the Summer Olympics for the first time since 2000, setting up a quarterfinal clash with Morocco on Aug. 2.
Djordje Mihailovic scored for the second-straight game and Kevin Paredes struck for a brace, while Columbus Crew goalkeeper Patrick Schulte posted his first clean sheet at the tournament to help secure the historic result.
He followed up his scoring streak from Saturday's 4-1 win against New Zealand, Mihailovic once again produced a piece of individual brilliance to score for the US with a curling free kick into the upper left corner.
DC United homegrown talent, Paredes followed with a clinical finish from an incisive through ball from Philadelphia Union alum Paxten Aaronson.
Current Union midfielder Jack McGlynn was the provider as Paredes cut to his left inside the box and hammered home an unstoppable shot that sealed the US win 15 minutes from full-time.
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