The United States and Canada now know the path they must take to get to next fall's 2015 FIFA Under-17 World Cup following the draw for the CONCACAF U-17 Championship, which took place Monday in the host city of San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
The 12 qualified teams were drawn into two groups of six – the United States will open the tournament on Feb. 27 against Cuba, and will then face Trinidad & Tobago, either El Salvador or Guatemala (to be determined in a January playoff), Honduras and then Jamaica in Group A.
Over in Group B, Canada will face (in order): Haiti, Costa Rica, Mexico, St. Lucia and Panama.
The first-place teams in each group will qualify directly for the U-17 World Cup in Chile and will face each other for the CONCACAF U-17 title on March 15.
The second- and third-place teams in each group will qualify for the final stage, which will see those four teams re-seeded based on their group stage records. The No. 1 seed will take on the No. 4 seed and No. 2 will face No. 3, with the winning teams joining the two finalists in the World Cup.
All the games will be held at the Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano and the Estadio Francisco Morazan, both located in San Pedro Sula.
The US U-17s, led by head coach Richie Williams and featuring the likes of Borussia Dortmund's Christian Pulisic and former LA Galaxy Academy player Haji Wright (pictured), will be looking to make a return to the world stage after missing out on the U-17 World Cup for the first time in program history in 2013.
Canada, coached by Sean Fleming, will be looking to make their third straight appearance and sixth overall.
