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On Thursday, though, the U-23 men's national team did not win in style in their first match of Olympic qualifying. They did not go guns blazing into some attacking masterpiece. For most of the game, they were not on the front foot and, by and large, they held on for dear life, relying on a hot goalkeeper to bail them out after sloppy mistakes. However, on this day, for this team, in this situation, style didn't matter. Possession numbers, completed passes, shots on goal – those didn't matter either. What mattered was a result, even an ugly one. Thanks to a grind-em-out effort under the sc...

How do CONCACAF Olympic qualifiers work? CONCACAF's Olympic qualifiers feature two groups of four teams each, with all matches set to be held in Guadalajara, Mexico. The first group features three of the region's heavy-hitters, with the U.S. set to battle Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic and Mexico in that order. Group B, meanwhile, includes Honduras, Canada, Haiti and El Salvador. Following the group stage games, the top two teams in each group will advance to the semi-final round, where the winner of Group A will take on Group B's runner-up and vice versa. The winner of each semi-final w...