SAN DIEGO — The first-ever CONCACAF W Gold Cup is under way, and the most important matches of the soccer tournament will take place in San Diego this week: Wednesday’s semifinals and Sunday’s championship match.

Here’s a look at the tournament, its participating teams, how to watch and what’s at stake at Snapdragon Stadium.

What is the CONCACAF W Gold Cup?

It’s an international soccer tournament organized by the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football, a regional governing body known as CONCACAF. The CONCACAF’s men’s teams have been playing in Gold Cup tournaments every two years since 1991. This is the first W Gold Cup.

Teams from CONCACAF are joined in the Gold Cup by teams from the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL), with a total of 15 countries and territories competing for gold.

Preliminary Gold Cup games began Feb. 17. Those games were followed with group stage play, which ran from Feb. 20-28. The quarterfinal matches were played last weekend.

Which teams are in the semifinals and when do they play?

The semifinal matches will take place at Snapdragon Stadium on Wednesday. Brazil will face Mexico at 4 p.m., with the United States squaring off against Canada at 7:15 p.m.

The winners will play Sunday for the W Gold Cup championship. The final begins Sunday at 5:15 p.m. at Snapdragon.

How did the teams get to the semifinals?

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