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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying
| year = 2008
| other_titles =CONCACAF MEN'S OLYMPIC QUALIFYING BEIJING 2008
| image = 2008 CONCACAF Mens Olympic Qualification.jpg
| size =
| caption =
| city = 
| country = United States
| dates = 11 – 23 March
| num_teams = 8
| confederations = 1
| venues = 3
| cities = 3
| champion_other = {{fbu|23|HON|1949}}
| count = 2
| second_other = {{fbu|23|USA}} 
| third_other = {{fbu|23|CAN}} 
| fourth_other = {{fbu|23|GUA}}
| matches = 16
| goals = 36
| attendance =
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Freddy Adu]]
| player =
| prevseason = [[2004 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament|2004]]
| nextseason = [[2012 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship|2012]]
| updated = 27 April 2009
}}
The '''2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying''' was the twelfth edition of the [[CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship|CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying]], the quadrennial, international, age-restricted [[association football|football]] tournament organized by [[CONCACAF]] to determine which men's under-23 national teams from the [[North America|North]], [[Central America]] and [[Caribbean]] region qualify for the [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic football tournament]]. It was held in the [[United States]], from 11 and 23 March 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.concacaf.com/competitions/u23champship/viewArticle.asp?id=4005|title=Campeonato Sub-23 CONCACAF se jugará en los USA|publisher=CONCACAF|date=6 November 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071223152454/http://www.concacaf.com/competitions/u23champship/viewArticle.asp?id=4005|access-date=|archive-date=2007-12-23}}</ref>

[[Honduras national under-23 football team|Honduras]] won the title after with a 1–0 win over the [[United States men's national under-23 soccer team|United States]] in the final. As the top two teams, Honduras and the United States both qualified for the [[Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[China]] as the CONCACAF representatives.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.asp?id=4129|title= Honduras claim first-place in CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualification; Canada finish third|publisher=CONCACAF|date=23 March 2008|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080327150938/http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.asp?id=4129|access-date=|archive-date= 2008-03-27}}</ref>
==Qualification==
{{Details|2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying qualification}}
===Qualified teams===
The following teams qualified for the final tournament.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Zone
! Country
! Method of qualification
! Appearance<sup>'''[[#1|1]]'''</sup>
! Last appearance
! Previous best performance
! width=10%|Previous [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic]] appearances<br/><small>(last)</small>
|-
| rowspan=3|[[North American Football Union|North America]]
| {{fbo|MEX}} <br/><small>([[2004 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament|title holders]])</small>
| Automatic	
| 9th
| [[2004 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament|2004]]
| '''Winners''' ([[1964 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament|1964]], [[1972 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament|1972]], [[1976 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament|1976]], [[1996 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament|1996]], [[2004 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament|2004]])
| 9 <small>([[Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2004]])</small>
|-
| {{fbu|23|CAN}} 
| Automatic
| 6th
| [[2004 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament|2004]]
| Runners-up ([[1984 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament|1984]], [[1996 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament|1996]])
| 3 <small>([[Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984]])</small>
|-
| {{fbu|23|USA}} <small>(hosts)</small>
| Automatic
| 8th
| [[2004 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament|2004]]
| '''Winners''' ([[1988 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament|1988]], [[1992 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament|1992]])
| 13 <small>([[Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2000]])</small>
|-
| rowspan=3|[[Central American Football Union|Central America]]
| {{fbu|23|HON|1949}}
| [[2008 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament qualification#Triangular 1|Triangular 1]] winners
| 4th
| [[2004 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament|2004]]
| '''Winners''' ([[2000 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament|2000]])
| 1 <small>([[Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2000]])</small>
|-
| {{fbu|23|GUA}}
| [[2008 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament qualification#Triangular 2|Triangular 2]] winners
| 6th
| [[2000 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament|2000]]
| Final round winner without outright champions ([[1968 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament|1968]])
| 3 <small>([[Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988]])</small>
|-
| {{fbu|23|PAN}}
| [[2008 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament qualification#Play-off|Play-off]] winners
| 4th
| [[2004 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament|2004]]
| Fourth place ([[1964 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament|1964]])
| 0
|-
| rowspan=2|[[Caribbean Football Union|Caribbean]]
| {{fbu|23|CUB}}
| [[2008 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament qualification#Second round|Second round]] winners
| 3rd
| [[1984 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament|1984]]
| Third place ([[1976 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament|1976]], [[1984 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament|1984]])
| 2 <small>([[Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980]])</small>
|-
| {{fbu|23|HAI}}
| [[2008 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament qualification#Second round|Second round]] winners
| 1st
| 0 (debut)
| ''Debutant''
| 0
|}
:<div id="1"><sup>1</sup> Only final tournament.</div>

==Venues==
Three cities served as the venues for the tournament.
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center""
|-
![[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]], [[Florida]]<br /><small>([[Tampa Bay area|Tampa Bay Area]])</small>
![[Carson, California|Carson]], [[California]]<br /><small>([[Greater Los Angeles|Los Angeles Area]])</small>
![[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]], [[Tennessee]]
! colspan="1" rowspan="4" |{{Location map+|USA|width=350|float=center|caption=Location of the host cities of the 2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying.|places=
{{Location map~|USA|lat_deg=33.864429|lon_deg=-118.261154|position=top|label=[[Carson, California|Carson]]}}
{{Location map~|USA|lat=36.130141|long=-86.765944|label=[[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] |position=right}}
{{location map~ |USA |lat=27.9759|long=-82.5033 |label= [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]] |position=right}}
}}
|-
|[[Raymond James Stadium]]
|[[Dignity Health Sports Park|Home Depot Center]]
|[[Nissan Stadium (Nashville)|LP Field]]
|-
|Capacity: '''65,856'''
|Capacity: '''27,000'''
|Capacity: '''69,143'''

|-
|[[File:USF football game vs UCF.jpg|180x180px]]
|[[File:Home Depot Center, Carson, CA.jpg|180x180px]]
|[[File:LP Field 2009 crop.jpg|180x180px]]
|}

==Squads==
{{main article|2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying squads}}

==Group stage==

===Group A===
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete
|source=[https://issuu.com/concacaf2013/docs/concacaf-olympic-qualifying-men-201 CONCACAF]

|team_order=USA, HON, PAN, CUB
|win_USA=2 |draw_USA=1 |loss_USA=0 |gf_USA=3 |ga_USA=1 |status_USA=H
|win_HON=2 |draw_HON=0 |loss_HON=1 |gf_HON=3 |ga_HON=1 
|win_PAN=1 |draw_PAN=0 |loss_PAN=2 |gf_PAN=4 |ga_PAN=3 
|win_CUB=0 |draw_CUB=1 |loss_CUB=2 |gf_CUB=2 |ga_CUB=7

|name_USA={{fbu|23|USA}}
|name_HON={{fbu|23|HON|1949}}
|name_PAN={{fbu|23|PAN}}
|name_CUB={{fbu|23|CUB}}

|res_col_header=Q
|result1=SF |result2=SF
|col_SF=green1 |text_SF=Advance to [[#Knockout stage|knockout stage]]
}}

{{football box
| date = {{start date|2008|03|11|df=y}}
| time = 17:30
| team1 = {{fb-rt|PAN}}
| score = 0–1
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080315232925/http://www.concacaf.com/competitions/u23champship/viewArticle.asp?id=4111 (Report)]
| team2 = {{fb|HON|1949}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = [[Hendry Thomas|Thomas]] {{goal|90}}
| stadium = [[Raymond James Stadium]], [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]], [[Florida]]
| attendance = 1,000
| referee = [[Enrico Wijngaarde]] ([[Surinamese Football Association|Suriname]])
}}
{{football box
| date = {{start date|2008|03|11|df=y}}
| time = 20:00
| team1 = {{fb-rt|USA}}
| score = 1–1
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080315232925/http://www.concacaf.com/competitions/u23champship/viewArticle.asp?id=4111 (Report)]
| team2 = {{fb|CUB}}
| goals1 = [[Freddy Adu|Adu]] {{goal|13}}
| goals2 = [[Roberto Linares|Linares]] {{goal|42}}, {{sent off|1|42|84}}
| stadium = [[Raymond James Stadium]], [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]], [[Florida]]
| attendance = 4,359
| referee = [[Walter Adolfo López]] ([[Federación Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala|Guatemala]])
}}
----
{{football box
| date = {{start date|2008|03|13|df=y}}
| time = 17:30
| team1 = {{fb-rt|HON|1949}}
| score = 2–0
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080316000858/http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.asp?id=4116 (Report)]
| team2 = {{fb|CUB}}
| goals1 = [[Marvin Sánchez|Sánchez]] {{goal|68}}<br />[[Hendry Thomas|Thomas]] {{goal|76}}
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Raymond James Stadium]], [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]], [[Florida]]
| attendance = 1,050
| referee = [[Roberto García Orozco]] ([[Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación|Mexico]])
}}
{{football box
| date = {{start date|2008|03|13|df=y}}
| time = 20:00
| team1 = {{fb-rt|USA}}
| score = 1–0
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080316000858/http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.asp?id=4116 (Report)]
| team2 = {{fb|PAN}}
| goals1 = [[Freddy Adu|Adu]] {{goal|41|pen.}}
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Raymond James Stadium]], [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]], [[Florida]]
| attendance = 3,855
| referee = [[Dave Peterkin]] ([[Jamaica Football Federation|Jamaica]])
}}
----
{{football box
| date = {{start date|2008|03|15|df=y}}
| time = 16:30
| team1 = {{fb-rt|CUB}}
| score = 1–4
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080318092202/http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.asp?id=4121 (Report)]
| team2 = {{fb|PAN}}
| goals1 = [[Leonel Duarte|Duarte]] {{goal|64}}
| goals2 = [[Edwin Aguilar|Aguilar]] {{goal|18||65}}<br /> [[Nelson Barahona|Barahona]] {{goal|26}}<br /> [[Alianni Urgelles|Urgelles]] {{goal|31|o.g.}}
| stadium = [[Raymond James Stadium]], [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]], [[Florida]]
| attendance = 10,974
| referee = [[Neal Brizan]] ([[Trinidad and Tobago Football Association|Trinidad and Tobago]])
}}
{{football box
| date = {{start date|2008|03|15|df=y}}
| time = 19:00
| team1 = {{fb-rt|USA}}
| score = 1–0
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080318092202/http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.asp?id=4121 (Report)]
| team2 = {{fb|HON|1949}}
| goals1 = [[Eddie Gaven|Gaven]] {{goal|90+5|pen.}}
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Raymond James Stadium]], [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]], [[Florida]]
| attendance = 10,974
| referee = [[Enrico Wijngaarde]] ([[Surinamese Football Association|Suriname]])
}}

===Group B===
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete
|source=[https://issuu.com/concacaf2013/docs/concacaf-olympic-qualifying-men-201 CONCACAF]

|team_order=GUA, CAN, MEX, HAI
|win_GUA=2 |draw_GUA=0 |loss_GUA=1 |gf_GUA=3 |ga_GUA=6
|win_CAN=1 |draw_CAN=1 |loss_CAN=1 |gf_CAN=7 |ga_CAN=3
|win_MEX=1 |draw_MEX=1 |loss_MEX=1 |gf_MEX=7 |ga_MEX=4
|win_HAI=1 |draw_HAI=0 |loss_HAI=2 |gf_HAI=3 |ga_HAI=7

|name_GUA={{fbu|23|GUA}}
|name_CAN={{fbu|23|CAN}}
|name_MEX={{fbu|23|MEX}}
|name_HAI={{fbu|23|HAI}}

|res_col_header=Q
|result1=SF |result2=SF
|col_SF=green1 |text_SF=Advance to [[#Knockout stage|knockout stage]]
}}

{{football box
| date = {{start date|2008|03|12|df=y}}
| time = 17:30
| team1 = {{fb-rt|HAI}}
| score = 0–1
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080316000853/http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.asp?id=4113 (Report)]
| team2 = {{fb|GUA}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = [[Marvin Ávila|Ávila]] {{goal|27}}
| stadium = [[Dignity Health Sports Park|Home Depot Center]], [[Carson, California|Carson]], [[California]]
| attendance = 9,949
| referee = [[Roberto Moreno (referee)|Roberto Moreno]] ([[FEPAFUT|Panama]])
}}
{{football box
| date = {{start date|2008|03|12|df=y}}
| time = 20:00
| team1 = {{fb-rt|CAN}}
| score = 1–1
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080316000853/http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.asp?id=4113 (Report)]
| team2 = {{fb|MEX}}
| goals1 = [[Will Johnson (soccer)|Johnson]] {{goal|3}}. {{sent off|0|76}}
| goals2 = [[Luis Ángel Landín|Landín]] {{goal|22|pen.}}, {{sent off|1|67}}
| stadium = [[Dignity Health Sports Park|Home Depot Center]], [[Carson, California|Carson]], [[California]]
| attendance = 9,949
| referee = [[Joel Aguilar]] ([[Federación Salvadoreña de Fútbol|El Salvador]])
}}
----
{{football box
| date = {{start date|2008|03|14|df=y}}
| time = 17:30
| team1 = {{fb-rt|CAN}}
| score = 1–2
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080318092157/http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.asp?id=4119 (Report)]
| team2 = {{fb|HAI}}
| goals1 = [[Tyler Rosenlund|Rosenlund]] {{goal|17}}
| goals2 = [[Alain Gustave|Gustave]] {{goal|72}}<br />[[Leonel Saint-Preux|Saint-Preux]] {{goal|84}}
| stadium = [[Dignity Health Sports Park|Home Depot Center]], [[Carson, California|Carson]], [[California]]
| attendance = 19,638
| referee = [[Jair Marrufo]] ([[United States Soccer Federation|United States]])
}}
{{football box
| date = {{start date|2008|03|14|df=y}}
| time = 20:00
| team1 = {{fb-rt|MEX}}
| score = 1–2
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080318092157/http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.asp?id=4119 (Report)]
| team2 = {{fb|GUA}}
| goals1 = [[Edgar Eduardo Castillo|Castillo]] {{goal|9}}
| goals2 = [[Carlos Villa (footballer)|Villa]] {{goal|40}}<br />[[Minor López|López]] {{goal|67}}
| stadium = [[Dignity Health Sports Park|Home Depot Center]], [[Carson, California|Carson]], [[California]]
| attendance = 19,638
| referee = [[Wálter Quesada]] ([[Costa Rican Football Federation|Costa Rica]])
}}
----
{{football box
| date = {{start date|2008|03|16|df=y}}
| time = 16:30
| team1 = {{fb-rt|GUA}}
| score = 0–5
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080318092207/http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.asp?id=4122 (Report)]
| team2 = {{fb|CAN}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = [[Will Johnson (soccer)|Johnson]] {{goal|45||46}}<br />[[Tosaint Ricketts|Ricketts]] {{goal|57||80}}<br />[[Kyle Hall|Hall]] {{goal|90}}
| stadium = [[Dignity Health Sports Park|Home Depot Center]], [[Carson, California|Carson]], [[California]]
| attendance = 8,651
| referee = [[José Guerrero (referee)|José Guerrero]] ([[Federación Nicaragüense de Fútbol|Nicaragua]])
}}
{{football box
| date = {{start date|2008|03|16|df=y}}
| time = 19:00
| team1 = {{fb-rt|MEX}}
| score = 5–1
| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080318092207/http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.asp?id=4122 (Report)]
| team2 = {{fb|HAI}}
| goals1 = [[César Villaluz|Villaluz]] {{goal|18}}<br />[[Edgar Andrade|Andrade]] {{goal|61}}<br />[[Santiago Fernández (footballer, born 1985)|Fernández]] {{goal|70}}<br />[[Enrique Esqueda|Esqueda]] {{goal|83}}<br />[[Luis Ángel Landín|Landín]] {{goal|89}}
| goals2 = [[Judelin Aveska|Aveska]] {{sent off|0|29}}<br /> [[Leonel Saint-Preux|Saint-Preux]] {{goal|62}}<br /> [[Jean Paulin]] {{sent off|1|84}}
| stadium = [[Dignity Health Sports Park|Home Depot Center]], [[Carson, California|Carson]], [[California]]
| attendance = 12,824
| referee = [[Joel Aguilar]] ([[Salvadoran Football Federation|El Salvador]])
}}

==Knockout stage==

===Bracket===
<section begin=Bracket />{{#invoke:RoundN|N4
|3rdplace=yes|bold_winner=high|widescore=yes
|RD1=[[#Semi-finals|Semi-finals]]
|RD2=[[#Final|Final]]
|RD3=[[#Third place play-off|Third place play-off]]
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2-->
<!--Semi-finals-->
|20 March – [[Nissan Stadium (Nashville)|Nashville, TN]] | {{fb|GUA}} | 0 (5) | {{fbu|23|HON|1949}} {{pen}} |0 (6)
|20 March – [[Nissan Stadium (Nashville)|Nashville, TN]] |{{fbu|23|USA}} |3 |{{fbu|23|CAN}} |0
<!--Final-->
|23 March – [[Nissan Stadium (Nashville)|Nashville, TN]] |{{fbu|23|HON|1949}} {{aet}}| 1 | {{fbu|23|USA}} |0 
<!--3rd Place-->
|23 March – [[Nissan Stadium (Nashville)|Nashville, TN]] |{{fb|GUA}} | 0 (3) | {{fbu|23|CAN}} {{pen}} |0 (5)
}}<section end=Bracket />

===Semi-finals===
The semi-final winners qualified for the [[Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2008 Summer Olympics]].

{{football box
| date = {{start date|2008|03|20|df=y}}
| time = 17:00
| team1 = {{fb-rt|GUA}}
| score = 0–0
| aet = yes
| report = https://web.archive.org/web/20080324134844/http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.asp?id=4126
| team2 = {{fb|HON|1949}}
| goals1 = [[Cristian Noriega|Noriega]] {{sent off|1|102}}
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Nissan Stadium (Nashville)|LP Field]], [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]], [[Tennessee]]
| attendance = 13,201
| referee = [[Neal Brizan]] ([[Trinidad and Tobago Football Association|Trinidad and Tobago]])
| penaltyscore = 5–6
| penalties1 = [[José Manuel Contreras|Contreras]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Manuel Leon|Leon]] {{penmiss}}<br />[[Marvin Ávila|Ávila]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Jonny Brown (Guatemalan footballer)|Brown]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Jean Marquez|Marquez]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Wilson Lalin|Lalin]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Rafael Morales (footballer, born 1988)|Morales]] {{penmiss}}
| penalties2 = {{pengoal}} [[Oscar Andres Morales|Morales]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Hendry Thomas|Thomas]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Irving Reyna|Reyna]]<br />{{penmiss}} [[José Guity|Guity]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Marvin Sánchez|Sánchez]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Rigoberto Padilla|Padilla]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Erick Norales|Norales]]
}}
----

{{football box
| date = {{start date|2008|03|20|df=y}}
| time = 20:00
| team1 = {{fb-rt|USA}}
| score = 3–0
| report = https://web.archive.org/web/20080324134844/http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.asp?id=4126
| team2 = {{fb|CAN}}
| goals1 = [[Freddy Adu|Adu]] {{goal|27||47}}<br />[[Sacha Kljestan|Kljestan]] {{goal|78}}
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Nissan Stadium (Nashville)|LP Field]], [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]], [[Tennessee]]
| attendance = 13,201
| referee = [[Wálter Quesada]] ([[Costa Rican Football Federation|Costa Rica]])
}}

===Third place play-off===
{{football box
| date = {{start date|2008|03|23|df=y}}
| time = 13:00
| team1 = {{fb-rt|GUA}}
| score = 0–0
| aet = yes
| team2 = {{fb|CAN}}
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 
| report = https://web.archive.org/web/20080327150938/http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.asp?id=4129
| stadium = [[Nissan Stadium (Nashville)|LP Field]], [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]], [[Tennessee]]
| attendance = 12,663
| referee = [[Enrico Wijngaarde]] ([[Surinamese Football Association|Suriname]])
| penaltyscore = 3–5
| penalties1 = [[José Manuel Contreras|Contreras]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Jairo Arreola|Arreola]] {{penmiss}}<br />[[Marvin Ávila|Ávila]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Jonny Brown (Guatemalan footballer)|Brown]] {{pengoal}}
| penalties2 = {{pengoal}} [[Isidro Sánchez Macip|Sánchez]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Nikolas Ledgerwood|Ledgerwood]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Keegan Ayre|Ayre]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Tyler Hemming|Hemming]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Kyle Hall|Hall]]
}}

===Final===
{{football box
| date = {{start date|2008|03|23|df=y}}
| time = 16:00
| team1 = {{fbu-rt|23|HON|1949}}
| score = 1–0
| aet = yes
| team2 = {{fbu|23|USA}}
| goals1 = *[[Georgie Welcome|Welcome]] {{goal|102}}
| goals2 = 
| report = https://web.archive.org/web/20080327150938/http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.asp?id=4129
| stadium = [[Nissan Stadium (Nashville)|LP Field]], [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]], [[Tennessee]]
| attendance = 12,663
| referee = [[Joel Aguilar]] ([[Salvadoran Football Federation|El Salvador]])
}}

==Statistics==
===Goalscorers===

;4 goals <ref>[http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.asp?id=4128 2008 CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualification All-Tournament Team unveiled]  {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080325213941/http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.asp?id=4128 |date=March 25, 2008 }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Freddy Adu]]

;3 goals
* {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Will Johnson (soccer)|Will Johnson]]

;2 goals
* {{flagicon|PAN}} [[Edwin Aguilar]]
* {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Tosaint Ricketts]]
* {{flagicon|HAI}} [[Leonel Saint-Preux]]
* {{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Hendry Thomas]]
* {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Luis Ángel Landín]]

===Awards===
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: 0 auto;"
|-
|+ Best XI<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.asp?id=4128 |title= 2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualification All-Tournament Team unveiled |publisher=CONCACAF|date=22 March 2008|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080326153733/http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.asp?id=4128 |access-date=|archive-date= 2008-03-26 }}</ref>
|-
!Goalkeeper
!Defenders
!Midfielders
!Forwards
|-
|valign=top|
{{fbuicon|23|HON|1949}} [[Kevin Hernández (footballer, born 1985)|Kevin Hernández]]

|valign=top|
{{fbuicon|23|GUA}} [[Carlos Castrillo]]<br />
{{fbuicon|23|HON|1949}} [[Oscar Andrés Morales|Oscar Morales]]<br />
{{fbuicon|23|USA}} [[Michael Orozco]]
|valign=top|
{{fbuicon|23|PAN}} [[Nelson Barahona]]<br />
{{fbuicon|23|GUA}} [[José Manuel Contreras]]<br />
{{fbuicon|23|USA}} [[Maurice Edu]]<br />
{{fbuicon|23|USA}} [[Dax McCarty]]
|valign=top|
{{fbuicon|23|USA}} [[Freddy Adu]]<br />
{{fbuicon|23|CUB}} [[Leonel Duarte]]<br />
{{fbuicon|23|CAN}} [[Will Johnson (soccer)|Will Johnson]]
|}

===Final ranking===
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|source=
|update=complete

|name_HON={{fbu|23|HON|1949}} |win_HON=3 |draw_HON=1 |loss_HON=1 |gf_HON=4 |ga_HON=1
|name_USA={{fbu|23|USA}} |win_USA=3 |draw_USA=1 |loss_USA=1 |gf_USA=6 |ga_USA=2|status_USA=H
|name_CAN={{fbu|23|CAN}} |win_CAN=1 |draw_CAN=2 |loss_CAN=2 |gf_CAN=7 |ga_CAN=6
|name_GUA={{fbu|23|GUA}} |win_GUA=2 |draw_GUA=2 |loss_GUA=1 |gf_GUA=3 |ga_GUA=6
|name_MEX={{fbu|23|MEX}} |win_MEX=1 |draw_MEX=1 |loss_MEX=1 |gf_MEX=7 |ga_MEX=4
|name_PAN={{fbu|23|PAN}} |win_PAN=1 |draw_PAN=0 |loss_PAN=2 |gf_PAN=3 |ga_PAN=4
|name_HAI={{fbu|23|HAI}} |win_HAI=1 |draw_HAI=0 |loss_HAI=2 |gf_HAI=3|ga_HAI=7
|name_CUB={{fbu|23|CUB}} |win_CUB=0 |draw_CUB=1 |loss_CUB=2 |gf_CUB=2 |ga_CUB=7

|team1=HON |team2=USA |team3=CAN |team4=GUA |team5=MEX |team6=PAN |team7=HAI |team8=CUB 
|pos_HON={{gold1}} |pos_USA={{silver2}} |pos_CAN={{bronze3}} |split4=yes |split8=yes

|res_col_header=Final result
|result1=1st |result2=2nd |result3=3rd |result4=4th |result5=GS |result6=GS |result7=GS |result8=GS
|col_1st=#F7F6A8 |text_1st=Winners
|col_2nd=#EDEDED |text_2nd=Runner-ups
|col_3rd=#E5C585 |text_3rd=Third place
|text_4th=Fourth place
|text_GS=Eliminated in<br />group stage
}}

==Qualified teams for 2008 Summer Olympics==
The following two teams from CONCACAF qualified for the [[Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2008 Summer Olympics Men's football tournament]].

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Team
! Qualified on
! data-sort-type="number"|Previous appearances in [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]<sup>'''[[#1|1]]'''</sup>
|-
| {{fbu|23|HON|1949}}|| {{dts|2008|3|20|addkey=1|format=dmy}} ||{{sort|01|1}} ([[Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2000]])
|-
| {{fbu|23|USA}} || {{dts|2008|3|20|addkey=1|format=dmy}} ||{{sort|13|13}} (''[[Football at the 1904 Summer Olympics|1904]]'', [[Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics|1924]], [[Football at the 1928 Summer Olympics|1928]], [[Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics|1936]], [[Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics|1948]], [[Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics|1952]], [[Association football at the 1956 Summer Olympics|1956]], [[Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972]], ''[[Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984]]'', [[Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988]], [[Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992]], ''[[Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|1996]]'', [[Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2000]])
|}
:<div id="1"><sup>1</sup> '''Bold''' indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.</div>

==Cuban defections==
Following the [[Cuba U-23 men's national football team|Cuban]] draw against the [[United States U-23 men's national soccer team|United States]], seven Cuban players [[Defection|defected]], leaving the team with only 11 players which was reduced to 10 against [[Honduras U-23 men's national football team|Honduras]]. Cuba played its final game against [[Panama U-23 men's national football team|Panama]] with no players available as substitutes because [[Roberto Linares]] was sent off from Cuba's match against the United States causing him to be automatically suspended for the team's next match.<ref>{{cite news
|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news;_ylt=AmrD0gfo9qCOs5kUjzJZ5LE5nYcB?slug=ap-missingcubans&prov=ap&type=lgns
|title=Cuba calls soccer desertions in US a "low blow"
|date=March 14, 2008
|agency=Associated Press}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080405175713/http://www.concacaf.com/viewCompetition.asp?id=220 CONCACAF.com - 2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualification]

{{CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualification}}
{{Qualification for the 2008 Summer Olympics Football tournament}}

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