The USA will host the 2008 CONCACAF Men's Under-23 Championship to determine the two teams that will qualify for the 2008 Olympic men's soccer competition in China.
The CONCACAF competition will take place March 11-23 at three venues: group play at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla., and Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., and the semifinals and final at LP Field in Nashville, Tenn.
The key date is the semifinals on March 20. The two semifinal winners will advance to the Beijing Olympics.
This is the third straight time CONCACAF has held the Olympic qualifying finals in one country.
The USA hosted the 2000 event took place in Hershey, Pa., and qualified for the finals, along with Honduras, which has upset Mexico in the semifinals.
In 2004, Mexico hosted Olympic qualifying in Guadalajara, where the Tri and Costa Rica finished first and second.
Mexico had finished second in its group, setting up a showdown with the USA. Mexico won, 4-0, in a game memorable for the chants of "Osama! Osama!" emanating from the capacity crowd of 60,000.