Key Matches for Tickets to Rio Olympic Games Shifted One Hour Forward

MIAMI (Monday, August 31, 2015) – The Confederation of North Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) today announced that the two October 10 semifinal matches of the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship have been shifted forward by one hour, and are now set to kickoff at 1 pm and 4 pm local time (3 pm and 6 pm ET) in the Salt Lake City, Utah, metropolitan area.

The semifinals and final of the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship 2015 will be contested at the Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah. The Stub Hub Center in greater Los Angeles, Sporting Park in Kansas City and Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado will each play host to group phase matches.

The tournament will qualify two teams directly to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro Brazil. The third-place finisher in the CONCACAF Championship advances to a playoff against Colombia to determine an additional representative of the Americas in Brazil.

2015 CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying Championship

Group A
Canada
USA
Panama
Cuba

Group B
Mexico
Honduras
Haiti
Costa Rica

2015 CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying Championship Schedule (Local time/ET)
Thursday, October 1 (Sporting Park)
5:30 pm (6:30 pm ET) Panama vs. Cuba
8:00 pm (9:00 pm ET) United States of America vs. Canada

Friday, October 2 (StubHub Center)
6:00 pm (9:00 pm ET) Honduras vs. Haiti
8:30 pm (11:30 pm ET) Mexico vs. Costa Rica

Saturday, October 3 (Sporting Park)
1:30 pm (2:30 pm ET) Canada vs. Panama
4:00 pm (5:00 pm ET) Cuba vs. United States of America

Sunday, October 4 (StubHub Center)
1:30 pm (4:30 pm ET) Honduras vs. Costa Rica
4:00 pm (7:00 pm ET) Haiti vs. Mexico

Tuesday, October 6 (Dick’s Sporting Goods Park)
5:00 pm (7:00 pm ET) Canada vs. Cuba
7:30 pm (9:30 pm ET) United States of America vs. Panama

Wednesday, October 7 (Dick’s Sporting Goods Park)
5:00 pm (7:00 pm ET) Costa Rica vs. Haiti
7:30 pm (9:30 pm ET) Mexico vs. Honduras

Saturday, October 10 (Rio Tinto Stadium)
Semifinals (Winners advance to the 2016 Olympic games)
1:00 pm (3:00 pm ET) 1A vs. 2B
4:00 pm (6:00 pm ET) 2A vs. 1B

Tuesday, October 13, (Rio Tinto Stadium)
3rd Place (Winner advances to Olympic Games play-in against Colombia)
5:00 pm (7:00 pm ET) Loser Semifinal 1 vs. Loser Semifinal 2
Final
8:00 pm (10:00 pm ET) Winner Semifinal 1 vs. Winner Semifinal 2