The U.S. women's national team has drawn Mexico, Jamaica and Haiti in Group A for the 2022 CONCACAF W Championship. The tournament will have four direct qualification slots for the 2023 World Cup, and the winners will directly qualify for the 2024 Olympics.
As the top-ranked team in CONCACAF — and the world — the United States automatically qualified for the final eight-team field at the 2022 CONCACAF W Championship. The USWNT has won eight CONCACAF Gold Cups.
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Group B is led by Canada, who also earned a bye to the W Championship, plus Costa Rica, Panama and Trinidad and Tobago.
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Looking at Group A
Meg Linehan, senior women's soccer writer: My main takeaway from the draw is that Jamaica is walking away with a pretty tall task of qualifying for a consecutive World Cup. Surely the Reggae Girlz had to be pulling for Group B during the draw.
Mexico hosting the U.S. in Monterrey should hopefully turn into an instant classic for the new tournament. Haiti, who had a super successful run through the group stage, could prove a spoiler here though.
Looking at Group B
Linehan: Canada's likely in the same boat as the USWNT: World Cup qualification can't be overlooked, but with four direct slots up for grabs, the real prize here is that single direct qualification for the 2024 Olympics. The goal will be cleanly moving through Group B.
Costa Rica is the likely second-place finisher here, but Panama and Trinidad and Tobago will also be hoping to pull off some key upsets in the group and aim for the new FIFA play-in tournament for the 2023 World Cup.