Olympic Qualifying: Erick "Cubo" Torres scores winner for Mexico as semifinal matches set

Erick "Cubo" Torres - Mexico - shot - Olympic qualifying

It's win and you're in the Rio 2016 Olympic games for four Under-23 teams on Saturday at the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship, and now we know which teams will face off for the chance to play in Brazil next summer.


The US will take on Honduras in one semifinal game of the tournament, while defending Olympic champion Mexico will face Canada in the other semifinal, both on Saturday at Rio Tinto Stadium. 


The semifinal games were confirmed on Wednesday as Group B concluded play. Mexico defeated Honduras 2-1 to win the group, and Houston Dynamo forward Erick "Cubo" Torres played the full 90 minutes and scored the 65th-minute winner for El Tri.

Meantime, in the first game of the evening, eliminated sides Costa Rica and Haiti played to a 1-1 draw. New England Revolution Homegrown midfielder Zach Herivaux started and played 65 minutes for Haiti, picking up a yellow card during his shift. 



The winner of each semifinal game on Saturday books a place to the Olympics, as well as a place in the qualifying tournament's championship game, while the losers get another shot, as the winner of the third-place game will take on Colombia in a playoff game to determine the final entrant for the Olympics.