<p>The United States will play Honduras for a berth in the Olympic men’s soccer tournament in a doubleheader opener Sunday night at Guadalajara, and host Mexico will play Canada for a spot at the Tokyo Games.</p>
<p>The U.S.-Honduras game is a rematch of the October 2015 qualification game, won by Honduras 2-0. That year’s format saw the semifinal loser go to a playoff for another berth, and the U.S. lost a home-and-home series against Colombia on 3-2 aggregate and missed its second straight Olympics.</p>
<p>This year’s format does not include a playoff, and Sunday’s two winners will complete the 16-nation field for the Olympic tournament, to be played from July 21 to Aug. 7 in Tokyo, Kashima, Miyagi, Saitama, Sapporo and Yokohama.</p>
<p>Olympic men’s soccer qualifying is limited to players born Jan. 1, 2007, or later, though each team can add three wild-card players over the age limit for the tournament in Japan. Clubs are not required to release players for qualifying or the Olympics.</p>
<p>Honduras rallied to tie Canada 1-1 on Thursday and finish first in Group B. The U.S. finished second in Group A with a 1-0 loss to Mexico on Wednesday night.</p>
<p>Derek Cornelius of the Vancouver Whitecaps put Canada ahead in the 28th minute, and Denil Maladonado of Chile’s Everton tied the score in the 30th, with both scoring on headers.</p>
<p>Midfielder Kervin Arriaga received his second yellow card of the tournament in the 67th minute and will be suspended for the semifinal.</p>
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