H-E-B Park to Host Group B Play at 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying
November 7, 2019 - United Soccer League Championship (USL)
Rio Grande Valley FC Toros News Release
EDINBURG, Texas - CONCACAF has announced today that H-E-B Park will host group play matches for the 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying tournament in January and February.
H-E-B Park, home to the Rio Grande Valley FC Toros of the USL Championship, has been chosen to host Group B play in the first round. Edinburg also staged Group B matches during 2018 Concacaf Women's World Cup Qualifying tournament.
The round-robin stage of the tournament will be conducted with three doubleheaders in each group. Group B - which features Canada, Mexico, Jamaica and St. Kitts & Nevis - will play doubleheaders at H-E-B Park on Jan. 29, Feb. 1 and Feb. 4.
Ticket information, kickoff times and TV information will be released at a later date.
The all-important semifinal matches will be on Friday, Feb. 7 at Dignity Health Sports Park, home of the Los Angeles Galaxy of MLS, with the winners qualifying for the 2020 Olympics in Japan. The championship game on Sunday, Feb. 9 will also be at DHSP.
The USA, as the top-ranked team in the current FIFA Rankings was seeded atop Group A and Canada, which is the second highest ranked team in Concacaf, was seeded atop Group B.
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