Canada’s efforts to get to the London Olympics will go through the USA once again, as the Canucks drew the Americans in Group A of the Olympic qualifyer. The USA beat Canada in the semi-final of the 2008 tournament to earn the berth to China.
Cuba and El Salvador round out group A. Group B is Mexico, Honduras, Panama, Trinidad & Tobago.
With only two teams going to the Games, it’s vital to Canada’s chances to get a good result against the United States (and obviously win its winnable games against Cuba and El Salvador) to avoid a semi-final match-up with Mexico.
The group games will be played in Nashville. If Canada advances, it will play its semi-final match in Kansas City.
The tournament goes March 22-April 2.
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