Lou

No. It's often overlooked that this is the North American (and Central America and Caribbean) Championship - not just a World Cup qualifying tournament.

O-O-Osorio.

Stream: https://www.oz.com/concacafnationsleague/video/e6720312-fd73-4508-b34d-70ac559e73cb

I'm a little disappointed with the website. http://www.concacafnationsleague.com They've removed all of the links to individual match reports. It looks like they won't be offering them anymore. Also, where's the RSS feed? And the streams are for sale: https://www.oz.com/concacafnationsleague?sf197052283=1 But the free trial expires in December so that's ok.

http://www.concacaf.com/en/under-20s-men/article/draw-confirmed-for-the-2018-concacaf-men-s-under-20-championship

Seven female referees will be involved in the qualifying competition: http://www.concacaf.com/en/article/seitz-hails-concacaf-commitment-to-development-of-female-referees

PR release:

https://www.jeux.francophonie.org/canada-nouveau-brunswick-2021 New Brunswick (Moncto and Dieppe) has been announced as the host of the Francophone Games for 2021 (July 23 to August 1). The football/soccer tounament (U-20 international) matches are to be held at Moncton Stadium, Rocky Stone Field, and Bernice MacNaughton High School.

I was wondering similar myself. I considered that maybe the non-FIFA members are not entering.

FIFA have just reworked their rankings formula. They are now adding more weight to Nations League competitions. https://resources.fifa.com/image/upload/revision-of-the-fifa-coca-cola-world-ranking.pdf?cloudid=jgxjkdrj1jfwyunjbkha

This has just been given an ovehaul by CONCACAF. The Caribbean and Central American qualifying competitions have been removed. Thirty-four teams will take part, an increase from twelve in 2017. Round 1 - First Round. Thirty four teams spread across six groups. The group winners advance. Round 2 - Qualifying stage. Two groups of three. The two group winners advance to the final and U20 World Cup. The second-place team also qualify for the U20 World Cup. Round 3 - Final It's to take place in Florida. https://concacaf-web-prod.corebine.com/en/article/concacaf-to-host-record-number-of-teams-in-november-for-its-redesigned-under-20-championship

Japan vs. Canada highlights: