The Concacaf Women’s Olympic Qualifying Championship begins Wednesday in Texas with two berths  in the Rio Games up for grabs. There is a heavy U.S. influence to the opposing teams. Amajority of Mexico’s team is American-born, while Canada is loaded with NWSL allocations and U.S. collegians. The seven opposing teams all have college players.

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