2023 CONCACAF Nations League Finals

Not to be confused with the 2023 CONCACAF Nations League final, the final match of the Nations League.

The 2023 CONCACAF Nations League Finals was the final tournament of the 2022–23 edition of the CONCACAF Nations League, the second season of the international football competition involving the men's national teams of the 41 member associations of CONCACAF. The event was held from June 15 to 18, 2023 at the Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada, United States, and was contested by the four group winners of League A.^[1]

2023 CONCACAF Nations League Finals

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	June 15–18
Teams	4
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	United States (2nd title)
Runners-up	Canada
Third place	Mexico
Fourth place	Panama
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	8 (2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Christian Pulisic (2 goals)
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The United States defeated Canada 2–0 in the final to secure a second consecutive CONCACAF Nations League title.^[2]

Format

The CONCACAF Nations League Finals took place in June 2023 and was contested by the four group winners of League A. The tournament took place over four days and was played in single-leg knockout matches, consisting of two semi-finals on June 15, and a third place play-off and final three days after the second semi-final on June 18, 2023.

In the Finals, if the scores were level at the end of normal time:^[3]

• In the semi-finals and final, 30 minutes of extra time would be played. If the score was still level after extra time, the winner was determined by a penalty shoot-out.
• In the third place play-off, extra time would not be played, and the winner would be determined by a penalty shoot-out.

Venue

The Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada, United States, within the Las Vegas Area, was announced as the venue for the event on March 20, 2023.^[4][5]

City	Stadium	Paradise Location of the host city of the 2023 CONCACAF Nations League Finals.
Paradise, Nevada (Las Vegas Area)	Allegiant Stadium
Capacity: 61,000

Qualified teams

The four group winners of League A qualified for the Nations League Finals.

Group	Winners	Date of qualification	CONCACAF Rankings May 2023	FIFA Rankings April 2023
A	Mexico	March 26, 2023	1	15
B	Panama	March 28, 2023	5	58
C	Canada	March 28, 2023	4	47
D	United States (host)	March 27, 2023	2	13

Seeding

The four teams were ranked based on their results in the group stage to determine the semi-final matchups. The first seed played the fourth seed and the second seed played the third seed.^[1]

Seed	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	D	United States (H)	4	3	1	0	14	2	+12	10
2	B	Panama	4	3	1	0	8	0	+8	10
3	C	Canada	4	3	0	1	11	3	+8	9
4	A	Mexico	4	2	2	0	8	3	+5	8

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Squads

Main article: 2023 CONCACAF Nations League Finals squads

Each national team had to submit a squad of 23 players, three of whom had to be goalkeepers, at least ten days before the opening match of the tournament. If a player became injured or ill severely enough to prevent his participation from the tournament before his team's first match, he could be replaced by another player.^[3]

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	June 15 – Paradise, NV
	Panama	0
					June 18 – Paradise, NV
	Canada	2
					Canada	0
	June 15 – Paradise, NV
					United States	2
	United States	3
	Mexico	0
					Third place play-off
					June 18 – Paradise, NV
					Panama	0
					Mexico	1

All times are local, PDT (UTC−7).

Semi-finals

Panama vs Canada

Panama	0–2	Canada
	Report	David 25' Davies 70'

June 15, 2023 (2023-06-15)

16:00

Allegiant Stadium, Paradise, Nevada

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)

Panama

Canada

GK 22 Orlando Mosquera RB 2 César Blackman  42' CB 3 Harold Cummings  82' CB 4 Fidel Escobar LB 23 Michael Amir Murillo  46' RM 8 Adalberto Carrasquilla  63'  86' CM 10 Yoel Bárcenas  74' CM 16 Andrés Andrade LM 20 Aníbal Godoy (c)  90' CF 18 Cecilio Waterman  74' CF 11 Ismael Díaz Substitutions: DF 15 Eric Davis  89'  46' MF 6 Cristian Martínez  74' FW 9 Azarías Londoño  74' MF 7 Jovani Welch  82' MF 21 César Yanis  86' Manager: Thomas Christiansen

GK 18 Milan Borjan (c) RB 2 Alistair Johnston  69' CB 5 Steven Vitória CB 4 Kamal Miller LB 3 Sam Adekugbe  62' RM 22 Richie Laryea CM 7 Stephen Eustáquio CM 8 Ismaël Koné  75' LM 17 Cyle Larin  75' CF 20 Jonathan David CF 11 Tajon Buchanan  62' Substitutions: MF 21 Jonathan Osorio  62' FW 19 Alphonso Davies  62' DF 23 Scott Kennedy  69' MF 13 Atiba Hutchinson  75' FW 10 Junior Hoilett  75' Manager: John Herdman

Man of the Match: Jonathan David (Canada)[6] Assistant referees:[7] Juan Carlos Mora (Costa Rica) Henri Pupiro (Nicaragua) Fourth official: Mario Escobar (Guatemala) Video assistant referee: Benjamín Pineda (Costa Rica) Assistant video assistant referee: Selvin Brown (Honduras)

United States vs Mexico

See also: Mexico–United States soccer rivalry

The match was temporarily stopped by the referee in the 90th minute due to homophobic chants from the Mexico fans. The referee initially allotted 12 minutes of stoppage time at the end of regulation, but he halted the match in the eighth minute of stoppage time amid more chants (though CONCACAF claimed the match was halted at the referee's discretion).^[8][9][10]

United States	3–0	Mexico
Pulisic 37', 46' Pepi 79'	Report

June 15, 2023 (2023-06-15)

19:00

Allegiant Stadium, Paradise, Nevada

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)

United States

Mexico

GK 1 Matt Turner RB 2 Sergiño Dest  85' CB 12 Miles Robinson  63'  81' CB 4 Chris Richards  86' LB 5 Antonee Robinson  60' CM 8 Weston McKennie  71' CM 6 Yunus Musah RW 21 Timothy Weah  81' AM 7 Giovanni Reyna  74' LW 10 Christian Pulisic (c)  88'  88' CF 20 Folarin Balogun  74' Substitutions: MF 14 Luca de la Torre  74' FW 9 Ricardo Pepi  74' DF 3 Walker Zimmerman  81' FW 11 Brenden Aaronson  81' DF 19 Joe Scally  88' Manager: B. J. Callaghan (interim)

GK 13 Guillermo Ochoa (c)  86' CB 3 César Montes  69' CB 22 Víctor Guzmán CB 15 Israel Reyes  59' RM 19 Jorge Sánchez CM 4 Edson Álvarez  86' CM 18 Luis Chávez LM 23 Jesús Gallardo  54' RF 21 Uriel Antuna  37'  77' CF 20 Henry Martín  54' LF 17 Orbelín Pineda  83' Substitutions: FW 9 Ozziel Herrera  54' FW 11 Santiago Giménez  60'  54' DF 6 Gerardo Arteaga  85'  77' MF 16 Sebastián Córdova  83' Manager: Diego Cocca

Man of the Match: Christian Pulisic (United States)[11] Assistant referees:[7] David Morán (El Salvador) Juan Francisco Zumba (El Salvador) Fourth official: Walter López (Guatemala) Video assistant referee: Tatiana Guzmán (Nicaragua) Assistant video assistant referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)

Third place play-off

Panama	0–1	Mexico
	Report	Gallardo 4'

June 18, 2023 (2023-06-18)

15:00

Allegiant Stadium, Paradise, Nevada

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)

Panama

Mexico

GK 1 Luis Mejía  76' CB 4 Fidel Escobar CB 3 Harold Cummings CB 5 Roderick Miller  90+1' RWB 10 Yoel Bárcenas LWB 2 César Blackman RM 17 José Fajardo CM 20 Aníbal Godoy (c)  57'  65' CM 8 Adalberto Carrasquilla  90+4' LM 11 Ismael Díaz  83' CF 19 Alberto Quintero  34'  83' Substitutions: MF 6 Cristian Martínez  78'  65' FW 13 Freddy Góndola  83' FW 18 Cecilio Waterman  83' MF 7 Jovani Welch  90+4' Manager: Thomas Christiansen

GK 13 Guillermo Ochoa (c) RB 2 Julián Araujo  54' CB 15 Israel Reyes  85' CB 5 Johan Vásquez LB 23 Jesús Gallardo  45+4' CM 14 Érick Sánchez  81' CM 7 Luis Romo  27' CM 18 Luis Chávez RF 21 Uriel Antuna  90+5' CF 11 Santiago Giménez  87' LF 9 Ozziel Herrera  31'  68' Substitutions: FW 17 Orbelín Pineda  68' FW 20 Henry Martín  87' MF 8 Charly Rodríguez  90+5'   Manager: Diego Cocca

Man of the Match: Jesús Gallardo (Mexico)[12] Assistant referees:[13] Ojay Duhaney (Jamaica) Caleb Wales (Trinidad and Tobago) Fourth official: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador) Video assistant referee: Tatiana Guzmán (Nicaragua) Assistant video assistant referee: Shirley Perello (Honduras)

Final

Main article: 2023 CONCACAF Nations League final

Canada	0–2	United States
	Report	Richards 12' Balogun 34'

18 June 2023 (2023-06-18)

18:00

Allegiant Stadium, Paradise, Nevada

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Saíd Martínez (Honduras)

Canada

United States

GK 18 Milan Borjan (c) CB 2 Alistair Johnston  60' CB 23 Scott Kennedy  16'  61' CB 4 Kamal Miller RWB 22 Richie Laryea  45+4' LWB 19 Alphonso Davies CM 7 Stephen Eustáquio  89' CM 8 Ismaël Koné CM 21 Jonathan Osorio  61' CF 20 Jonathan David CF 17 Cyle Larin  76' Substitutions: FW 11 Tajon Buchanan  60' DF 5 Steven Vitória  61' DF 3 Sam Adekugbe  61' FW 9 Lucas Cavallini  76' FW 10 Junior Hoilett  89' Manager: John Herdman

GK 1 Matt Turner  81' RB 19 Joe Scally  79' CB 3 Walker Zimmerman CB 4 Chris Richards LB 5 Antonee Robinson CM 11 Brenden Aaronson  68' CM 6 Yunus Musah RW 21 Timothy Weah AM 7 Giovanni Reyna  46' LW 10 Christian Pulisic (c) CF 20 Folarin Balogun  76' Substitutions: MF 14 Luca de la Torre  46' MF 15 Johnny Cardoso  80'  68' FW 9 Ricardo Pepi  76' DF 23 Auston Trusty  79' Interim manager: B. J. Callaghan

Man of the Match: Giovanni Reyna (United States)[14] Assistant referees:[13] Walter López (Honduras) Christian Ramírez (Honduras) Fourth official: Selvin Brown (Honduras) Video assistant referee: Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica) Assistant video assistant referee: Benjamín Pineda (Costa Rica)

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 8 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 2 goals per match.

2 goals

• Christian Pulisic

1 goal

• Jonathan David
• Alphonso Davies
• Jesús Gallardo
• Folarin Balogun
• Ricardo Pepi
• Chris Richards

Awards

CONCACAF announced the following squad as the best eleven of the Finals after the conclusion of the tournament.^[15]

Christian Pulisic was named MVP of the tournament, having scored a total of three goals in the league and the finals play. Matt Turner was named best goalkeeper.^[16]

Best XI

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Matt Turner	Jesús Gallardo Chris Richards Steven Vitória	Adalberto Carrasquilla Yunus Musah Alphonso Davies Giovanni Reyna	Folarin Balogun Christian Pulisic Jonathan David