U.S. Soccer announced on Thursday that tickets will go on sale at 12 p.m. CT on Wednesday, Aug. 19 for the 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship matches at Sporting Park. Fans can purchase tickets, while supplies last, for the Group A doubleheaders on Oct. 1 and Oct. 3 through Ticketmaster.com, by phone at 1-800-745-3000 and at all Ticketmaster ticket centers in the Kansas City area.
Sporting Kansas City Season Ticket Members will be guaranteed seats for all four games by using Special Games B (Oct. 1) and Special Games C (Oct. 3) in their season ticket packages.
2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship in KC
Thursday, Oct. 1: Game 1 (5:30 p.m. CT) and Game 2 (8 p.m. CT)
Saturday, Oct. 3: Game 1 (1:30 p.m. CT) and Game 2 (4 p.m. CT)
Note: The United States will play in Game 2 on both dates
The United States is one of four Group A teams that will kick off their road to Rio de Janeiro with back-to-back Olympic qualifiers at Sporting Park. CONCACAF will conduct the competition's official draw at 11 a.m. CT on Tuesday, Aug. 18 to determine the groups and matchday opponents amongst the eight qualified teams (three from North America, three from Central America and two from the Caribbean region).
The Olympic Qualifying Championship sends two teams -- the winner's of the semifinal matches -- directly to the 2016 Summer Olympics, while the third-place finisher advances to a playoff against Colombia in a final opportunity to qualify for the Olympic Games in Rio. Countries qualify using under-23 national teams (player born in 1993 or later) and the U.S. U-23 MNT features three players who played in the 2014 FIFA World Cup: John Brooks (Hertha BSC), Julian Green (Bayern Munich) and DeAndre Yedlin (Tottenham).
Sporting Park is one of four host venues for the tournament along with the StubHub Center (Carson, California), Dick's Sporting Goods Park (Commerce City, Colorado) and Rio Tinto Stadium (Sandy, Utah). The state-of-the-art stadium in Kansas City, Kansas also served as the site of the semifinals and championship matches in the previous CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship in 2012.
