The CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying tournament will once again take place in the United States. On Thursday it was announced that Denver, Kansas City, Los Angeles and Salt Lake City will host the region’s qualifying tournament for the 2016 Olympics in Rio De Janeiro.

The four sites will combined host a three week tournament set to begin on October the 1st. Over eight teams for the region will vie for the two automatic spots in Rio with the top third-place team going on to play Colombia in one-game playoff.

Currently, only Canada, Mexico, and the United States have qualified for the tournament. The remaining five teams will be determined through pre-qualifying tournaments in Central America and in the Caribbean.

As of right now the United States are in Group A and will play matches their matches at Sporting Park in Kansas City (October 1st and 3rd) and at Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, CO (October 7th). Mexico meanwhile will headline Group B and play all of their first-round matches at the StubHub Center in Los Angeles, California. Canada will be drawn into one of the two groups along with the other five teams sometime in August.

The top two teams out of each group will play their semi-finals on October 10th at Rio Tinto Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah. The final will take place on October the 13th in Salt Lake.

In terms of how the locations favor the United States and Mexico, both clubs should have a distinct home-filed. Although the United States under-23 Men’s National Team does not have the best history at Sporting Park (it was where the club was eliminated prior to the 2012 Olympics) the crowd should be strongly in favor of the United States. The same can be said for Colorado. Expect for elevation and weather to also play a factor in that match. Meanwhile, Mexico will undoubtedly be very popular in Los Angeles in October.