MIAMI (AP) The United States was drawn Thursday night into a difficult group with Mexico, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic in men's qualifying for next summer's Olympic soccer tournament.
Group B includes Canada, El Salvador, Haiti and Honduras.
Qualifying for North and Central America and the Caribbean will take place at Guadalajara, Mexico, in the Jalisco and Akron stadiums during a FIFA international match window from March 20 to April 1. The U.S., which failed to qualify for the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, plays Costa Rica on March 20, the Dominican Republic on March 23 and Mexico on March 26.