NBC to Present Coverage of 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship Soccer Tournament

By: Feb. 09, 2016
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NBC Sports Group's Premier League coverage this weekend features a Super Sunday of action, highlighted by matches between the league's top four clubs this Sunday, Feb. 14. Coverage begins with first-place Leicester City visiting third-place Arsenal at 7 a.m. ET on NBCSN and TELEMUNDO, with fourth-place Manchester City hosting second-place Tottenham at 11:15 a.m. ET on NBCSN and NBC UNIVERSO.

Also this week, NBC Sports Group kicks off coverage of the 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship soccer tournament, featuring the World Cup Champion U.S. Women's National team facing Costa Rica at 8:30 p.m. ET tomorrow, Wednesday, Feb. 10 on NBC Sports Live Extra.

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NBC SPORTS GROUP TO PRESENT CONCACAF WOMEN'S OLYMPIC QUALIFYING CHAMPIONSHIP SOCCER TOURNAMENT

NBC Sports Group presents coverage of the 2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship soccer tournament coverage this month, with select matches available on NBCSN and all 15 tournament matches available on NBC Sports Live Extra - NBC Sports Group's live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices, tablets, and connected TVs. The tournament will be held from Feb. 10-21 in Houston and Frisco, Texas.

Coverage begins tomorrow, Wednesday, Feb. 10, at 6 p.m. ET with Puerto Rico vs. Mexico, followed by United States vs. Costa Rica at 8:30 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Live Extra. NBCSN's coverage of the tournament begins Saturday, Feb. 13, at 9:30 p.m. ET with Mexico vs. United States, and continues on Monday, Feb. 15 with live coverage of United States vs. Puerto Rico at 8:30 p.m. ET. NBCSN will also present coverage of the tournament's final match on Sunday, Feb. 21, at 11 p.m. ET.

Match coverage will hosted by a combination of Philadelphia Union's lead play-by-play announcer JP Dellacamera, CSN Mid Atlantic's Sebastian Salazar, and analysts and former USWNT members Kate Markgraf and Danielle Slaton.

With a top-two finish in the tournament, the U.S. Women's National Team would qualify for the Rio Olympics in August. The USWNT has qualified for five consecutive Olympic Games and won each of the past three CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying tournaments. Brazil, Colombia, France, Germany, South Africa, Zimbabwe and New Zealand have already qualified for the Rio Games.



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