Final 20-Player Rosters Announced for 2015 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship

US_Soccer_Federation (1)Release from CONCACAF:

The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) made public today the official rosters submitted by the eight Participating Member Associations for the 2015 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship, to be played from October 1-13, in four cities across the U.S.

The Stub Hub Center in Carson, CA, Sporting Park in Kansas City, KS and Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado will each play host to group phase doubleheaders of the Olympic Qualifying Championship. The semifinals, third-place match and the final will be played at Rio Tinto Stadium, in Sandy, Utah.

The championship will qualify two CONCACAF national teams directly to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The third place finisher in the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship will advance to a playoff against CONMEBOL’s Colombia, second place finisher in South America’s Youth Football Championship.

USA
GK (3) — Charlie Horton (Leeds United FC/ENG); Ethan Horvath (Molde FK/NOR); Zack Steffen (SC Freiburg/GER)

DF (6) — Cameron Carter-Vickers (Tottenham Hotspur FC/ENG); Eric Miller (Montreal Impact/CAN); Matt Miazga (NY Red Bulls/USA); Will Packwood (Unattached); Matt Polster (Chicago Fire/USA); Dillon Serna (Colorado Rapids/USA)

MD (7) — Fatai Alashe (San Jose Earthquakes/USA); Gboly Ariyibi (Chesterfield FC/ENG); Luis Gil (Real Salt Lake/USA); Emerson Hyndman (Fulham FC/ENG); Marc Pelosi (San Jose Earthquakes/USA); Wil Trapp (Columbus Crew/USA); Gedion Zelalem (Rangers FC/SCO)

FW (4) — Alonso Hernandez (FC Juarez/MEX) Jerome Kiesewetter (VfB Stuttgart/GER); Jordan Morris (Stanford/USA); Maki Tall (FC Sion/SUI)

2015 CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying Championship Groups

Group A: Canada, USA, Panama, Cuba
Group B: Mexico, Honduras, Haiti, Costa Rica


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