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U.S. Men's 2024 Olympic Team to Play Mexico and Japan at 38th St/Washington, October 11 and October 17

September 27, 2023 - United Soccer League Championship (USL)
Phoenix Rising FC News Release


PHOENIX, Arizona - Phoenix Rising FC will host the U.S. Men's 2024 Olympic Team during a trio of friendlies at 38th St./Washington Oct. 11 (U.S./Mexico at 7 p.m.), Oct. 14 (Mexico/Japan at 3 p.m.) and Oct. 17 (U.S./Japan at 8 p.m.), the club announced today.

Tickets for all three matches will be available for purchase by Phoenix Rising Season Ticket Members beginning this Friday, Sept. 29 at 10 a.m. Public on-sale will begin Saturday, Sept. 30 at 10 a.m. Visit PHXRisingFC.com or call 623-594-9606 for more information. Media interested in covering the event should email Jason@PHXRisingFC.com

The U.S. Men's Under-23 Training Camp will kick off preparations for the U.S. Men's first Olympic appearance since Beijing 2008. The U-23 MYNT serves as an important part of U.S. Soccer's mission to develop winning teams as it will provide some of the nation's top young talent the opportunity to face elite opposition on the world stage next summer.

SCHEDULE

Wednesday, Oct. 11 - USA vs. Mexico - 7 p.m. MST/PT

Saturday, Oct. 14 - Mexico vs. Japan - 3 p.m. MST/PT

Tuesday, Oct. 17 - USA vs. Japan - 7:30 p.m. MST/PT

The USA qualified for its first Olympic Men's Football Tournament in 16 years with a dominant

performance at the 2022 Concacaf U-20 Championship. There, the U.S. topped host Honduras

3-0 before a raucous crowd in San Pedro Sula to secure its Olympic berth.

Mexico will not compete in the Olympics, missing the tournament for the first time since 2008 after a bronze medal finish at Tokyo 2020. Japan finished fourth as host of the delayed 2020 Olympics. The Samurai Blue are preparing for next spring's 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup in Qatar, which will see three Asian nations qualify for Paris 2024. Japan is currently competing at the Asian Games, kicking off the tournament's knockout stage tomorrow, Thursday, Sept. 28.

The U.S. and Japan faced off during the last U-23 MYNT cycle in Sept. 2019, a 2-0 victory for the

USA in Chula Vista, Calif. The nations also met at the USA's last Olympic appearance in 2008, a

1-0 victory for the red, white and blue in Tianjin, China.

Stu Holden scored the lone goal for the U.S. The teams also drew 2-2 in the quarterfinals of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, with Josh Wolff scoring the USA's opening goal as the U.S. ultimately prevailed 5-4 on PKs.

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