CHICAGO (Feb. 25, 2008) -- The U.S. Under-23 Men’s National Team’s road through 2008 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying will be broadcast live on ESPN Deportes, which will broadcast all 16 matches of the tournament as the exclusive Spanish-language rights holders. In addition, ESPN360.com will also show all 16 games live online, and will have a replay of each game available on demand for 48-hours following its completion. English-language broadcast information will be announced later this week.
The eight-team event, which includes national teams at the Under-23 age level, will be played as eight doubleheaders from March 11-23, 2008, and will send two finalists to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. The U.S. will play its Group A games at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla. against Cuba on March 11 at 8 p.m. ET, Panama on March 13 at 8 p.m. ET and Honduras on March 15 at 7 p.m. ET.
Should the U.S. advance, it will move to Nashville, where both Semifinal matches will take place on March 20 at LP Field. ESPN Deportes will broadcast both semifinal games, and both the Third-place Game and Final on March 23.
Group A (Tampa, Florida; Raymond James Stadium) Date Home Visitor Kickoff (local) March 11 Panama Honduras 5:30 p.m. ET March 11 USA Cuba 8 p.m. ET
March 13 Honduras Cuba 5:30 p.m. ET March 13 USA Panama 8 p.m. ET
March 15 Cuba Panama 4:30 p.m. ET March 15 USA Honduras 7 p.m. ET
Group B (Carson, California; The Home Depot Center) Date Home Visitor Kickoff (local) March 12 Haiti Guatemala 5:30 p.m. PT March 12 Canada Mexico 8 p.m. PT
March 14 Canada Haiti 5:30 p.m. PT March 14 Mexico Guatemala 8 p.m. PT
March 16 Guatemala Canada 3:30 p.m. PT March 16 Mexico Haiti 6 p.m. PT
Final Stage (Nashville, Tennessee; LP Field) Date Matchup Kickoff (local) March 20 Semifinal 1* 5 p.m. CT March 20 Semifinal 2 * 8 p.m. CT
March 23 Third-Place Match 1 p.m. CT March 23 Final 4 p.m. CT
* Winner advances to 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing
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