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Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play off

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Date
  
25 March 2016

Attendance
  
10,000

Venue
  
Toyota Stadium, Frisco

Referee
  
Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

Date
  
29 March 2016

Venue
  
Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, Barranquilla

The CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off for the 2016 Summer Olympics was a men's under-23 international football play-off between a team from CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean) and a team from CONMEBOL (South America), with the winner qualifying for the final berth in the 2016 Summer Olympics men's football tournament.

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Colombia qualified to the Olympics with a 3–2 aggregate win over the United States, after a 1–1 draw in the first leg and a 1–2 win in the second leg.

Qualified teams

  • The CONCACAF representative was the United States, who finished third at the 2015 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship.
  • The CONMEBOL representative was Colombia, who finished second at the 2015 South American Youth Football Championship.

    • Matches

    Originally qualification was to be decided using a single-leg tie in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. However, in October 2015, the United States Soccer Federation announced that the play-off would be a home and away series. The first leg was hosted by Colombia, while the second leg was hosted by the United States.

    Goalscorers

    2 goals
  • Roger Martínez
    • 1 goal
  • Juan Fernando Quintero
  • Luis Gil
    • Own goal
  • Deiver Machado

    • References

    Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics CONCACAF–CONMEBOL play-off Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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