For the U.S. women's national team, all roads to the 2023 Women's World Cup and the 2024 Olympics run through Monterrey, Mexico, where the squad will begin its qualification campaign Monday.
If you've never heard of the CONCACAF W Championship, which runs July 4-18, there's a good reason for that: it's a brand new competition. But it's a pretty important one, specifically because of its new format: it will serve as the qualification tournament for both those aforementioned events, the first time CONCACAF has opted for a double-qualification format. The stakes have never been higher.