The official draw for the 2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship was held on Friday in Miami, determining the group stage match-ups for the eight-team tournament that will kick off at Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kansas on Oct. 15 and 16. The top three teams from the tournament will directly qualify for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada next summer, with the fourth place finisher advancing to a playoff.
The No. 1 ranked U.S. Women's National Team will face Trinidad and Tobago at 7:30 p.m. CT on Oct. 15. All eight teams, including regional rival Mexico, will begin their World Cup qualifying campaigns at Sporting Park, home to Major League Soccer’s Sporting Kansas City, during doubleheader events on consecutive days.
2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship matches at Sporting Park
Game 1: Guatemala vs. Haiti on Oct. 15 at 5 p.m. CT
Game 2: USA vs. Trinidad and Tobago on Oct. 15 at 7:30 p.m. CT
Game 3: Jamaica vs. Martinique on Oct. 16 at 5 p.m. CT
Game 4: Costa Rica vs. Mexico on Oct. 16 at 7:30 p.m. CT
Series tickets -- which include all four games played at Sporting Park -- are available through Ticketmaster.com, by phone at 1-800-745-3000 and at all Ticketmaster ticket centers in the Kansas City area. Please note: tickets will not be sold at the Sporting Park box offices.
The U.S. Women's National Team returns to the Kansas City area for the sixth time and will play a second international match at state-of-the-art Sporting Park. In 2011, the U.S. WNT played their first match following the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup at Sporting Park in a 1-1 draw against Canada.
Kansas City, Kansas will host a senior U.S. National Team for the fifth time since Sporting Park opened in June 2011 -- more than any other city in the country over that period. The $200+ million, award-winning venue is also the only stadium to host the U.S. Men's or Women's National Team in each of the last four years.
U.S. Women's National Team in Kansas City:
- October 7, 1999 - U.S. Women's National Team defeats Finland 6-0 at Arrowhead Stadium
- August 20, 2000 - U.S. Women's National Team draws Canada 1-1 at Arrowhead Stadium
- October 22, 2003 - U.S. Women's National Team draws Italy 2-2 at Arrowhead Stadium
- October 16, 2004 - U.S. Women's National Team defeats Mexico 1-0 at Arrowhead Stadium
- September 17, 2011 - U.S. Women's National Team draws Canada 1-1 at Sporting Park
- October 15, 2014 - U.S. Women's National Team vs. Trinidad & Tobago at Sporting Park
U.S. National Teams in Kansas City:
- Nov. 2, 1968: U.S. MNT vs. Bermuda (6-2 W at Municipal Stadium)
- Oct. 7, 1999: U.S. WNT vs Finland (6-0 W at Arrowhead Stadium)
- Aug. 20, 2000: U.S. WNT vs Canada (1-1 T at Arrowhead Stadium)
- April 25, 2001: U.S. MNT vs Costa Rica (1-0 W at Arrowhead Stadium)
- Oct. 22, 2003: U.S. WNT vs Italy (2-2 T at Arrowhead Stadium)
- Oct. 16, 2004: U.S. WNT vs Mexico (1-0 W at Arrowhead Stadium)
- June 14, 2011: U.S. MNT vs. Guadeloupe (1-0 W at Sporting Park)
- Sept. 17, 2011: U.S. WNT vs Canada (1-1 T at Sporting Park)
- Oct. 16, 2012: U.S. MNT vs. Guatemala (3-1 W at Sporting Park)
- Oct. 11, 2013: U.S. MNT vs. Jamaica (2-0 W at Sporting Park)
- Oct. 15, 2014: U.S. WNT vs. Trinidad & Tobago (at Sporting Park)
World Cup qualifier
