In addition, Dash goalkeeper Bianca Henninger is currently in her first training camp with the Mexico national team and could feature in the tournament.

The round-robin stage of the tournament will be conducted with three doubleheaders in each group. Group B, featuring Canada, Guatemala, Guyana and Trinidad & Tobago – led by Dash head coach Randy Waldrum – will play doubleheaders at BBVA Compass Stadium on Feb. 11, 14 and 16. The all-important semifinal matches will be on Feb. 19 in Houston, with the winners qualifying for the 2016 Olympics in Brazil. The championship game on Feb. 21 will also be at BBVA Compass Stadium.

Group A matches will be held at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas. The group features the Unites States, Mexico, Costa Rica and Puerto Rico.

The U.S.will attempt to qualify for a sixth consecutive Olympic Games and win the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying event for the fourth consecutive competition. In 2012, the USA won the Olympic Qualifying tournament in Vancouver, B.C. (on the same field where it would win the Women's World Cup three years later) and then went on to win the gold medal in London.

Four teams have already qualified for the 12-team Olympic Football Tournament: Brazil and Colombia from South America, and France and Germany from Europe by virtue of their finish at the 2015 Women's World Cup. Two teams will qualify from CONCACAF, Africa and Asia and one more will qualify from Europe after a mini-tournament in March featuring Sweden, Netherlands, Norway and Switzerland. New Zealand is the likely qualifier from