en 2023 CONCACAF Nations League Finals

2023 CONCACAF Nations League Finals
Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	15–18 June
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 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]

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.

Qualified teams

The four group winners of League A qualified for the CONCACAF 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

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]

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

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 (15-06) – Paradise, NV

Panama	0
		June 18 (18-06) – Paradise, NV
Canada	2
		Canada	0
June 15 (15-06) – Paradise, NV
		United States	2
United States	3

Mexico	0
		Third place play-off

		June 18 (18-06) – Paradise, NV

		Panama	0

		Mexico	1

All times are local, PDT (UTC−7).

Semi-finals

Panama vs Canada

June 15, 2023

16:00

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

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

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]

June 15, 2023

19:00

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

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

June 18, 2023

15:00

Panama	0–1	Mexico
	Report	Gallardo 4'

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

18 June 2023

18:00

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

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

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 league and tournament 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

References

^ ^a ^b "Semifinal matchups and schedule confirmed for 2022/23 CNL Finals in Las Vegas". CONCACAF. March 29, 2023.
^ "Richards, Balogun goals deliver another CNL crown to USA". CONCACAF. June 19, 2023. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "CONCACAF Nations League 2022–2023 Regulations" (PDF). CONCACAF. pp. 14, 23. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
^ "Las Vegas to host 2022/23 CNL Finals in June". CONCACAF.com. Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football. March 20, 2023. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
^ Akers, Mick (March 20, 2023). "Allegiant Stadium set to host CONCACAF Nations Finals". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
^ CONCACAF [@CNationsLeague] (June 15, 2023). "Congratulations to Jonathan David on being named the Player of the Match!" (Tweet). Retrieved June 15, 2023 – via Twitter.
^ ^a ^b "2022/23 CNLF Semifinals Referee Appointments". CONCACAF. June 14, 2023. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
^ "US 3-0 win over Mexico cut short by homophobic chants on night of 4 red cards". Associated Press. June 16, 2023. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
^ Hernandez, Cesar (June 15, 2023). "Referee ends USMNT rout over Mexico early amid anti-gay chants". ESPN. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
^ "Homophobic chants force US-Mexico soccer match to end early in Las Vegas". USA TODAY. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
^ CONCACAF [@CNationsLeague] (June 16, 2023). "Congratulations to Christian Pulisic, who is named the Player of the Match!" (Tweet). Retrieved June 16, 2023 – via Twitter.
^ CONCACAF [@CNationsLeague] (June 18, 2023). "¡Felicidades a Jesús Gallardo por ser elegido como el Jugador del Partido en el duelo entre Panamá y @miseleccionmx!" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved June 18, 2023 – via Twitter.
^ ^a ^b "2022/23 CNLF 3rd Place Match and Final Referee Appointments". CONCACAF. June 5, 2021. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
^ CONCACAF [@CNationsLeague] (June 18, 2023). "The honor of Player of the Match goes to Giovanni Reyna!" (Tweet). Retrieved June 18, 2023 – via Twitter.
^ "Turner, Reyna and David lead way in CNL Finals Best XI". CONCACAF. June 19, 2023. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
^ "Pulisic, Turner and Lake take home CNL honors". CONCACAF. June 19, 2023. Retrieved June 19, 2023.

External links

Official website

[Finals_schedule-1] "Semifinal matchups and schedule confirmed for 2022/23 CNL Finals in Las Vegas". CONCACAF. March 29, 2023.

[2] "Richards, Balogun goals deliver another CNL crown to USA". CONCACAF. June 19, 2023. Retrieved June 19, 2023.

[regulations-3] "CONCACAF Nations League 2022–2023 Regulations" (PDF). CONCACAF. pp. 14, 23. Retrieved March 22, 2023.

[ExCo-4] "Las Vegas to host 2022/23 CNL Finals in June". CONCACAF.com. Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football. March 20, 2023. Retrieved March 20, 2023.

[5] Akers, Mick (March 20, 2023). "Allegiant Stadium set to host CONCACAF Nations Finals". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved March 22, 2023.

[6] CONCACAF [@CNationsLeague] (June 15, 2023). "Congratulations to Jonathan David on being named the Player of the Match!" (Tweet). Retrieved June 15, 2023 – via Twitter.

[semi-final_officials-7] "2022/23 CNLF Semifinals Referee Appointments". CONCACAF. June 14, 2023. Retrieved June 14, 2023.

[8] "US 3-0 win over Mexico cut short by homophobic chants on night of 4 red cards". Associated Press. June 16, 2023. Retrieved June 16, 2023.

[9] Hernandez, Cesar (June 15, 2023). "Referee ends USMNT rout over Mexico early amid anti-gay chants". ESPN. Retrieved June 19, 2023.

[10] "Homophobic chants force US-Mexico soccer match to end early in Las Vegas". USA TODAY. Retrieved March 26, 2024.

[11] CONCACAF [@CNationsLeague] (June 16, 2023). "Congratulations to Christian Pulisic, who is named the Player of the Match!" (Tweet). Retrieved June 16, 2023 – via Twitter.

[12] CONCACAF [@CNationsLeague] (June 18, 2023). "¡Felicidades a Jesús Gallardo por ser elegido como el Jugador del Partido en el duelo entre Panamá y @miseleccionmx!" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved June 18, 2023 – via Twitter.

[3rd_and_final_officials-13] "2022/23 CNLF 3rd Place Match and Final Referee Appointments". CONCACAF. June 5, 2021. Retrieved June 17, 2023.

[MOTM-14] CONCACAF [@CNationsLeague] (June 18, 2023). "The honor of Player of the Match goes to Giovanni Reyna!" (Tweet). Retrieved June 18, 2023 – via Twitter.

[15] "Turner, Reyna and David lead way in CNL Finals Best XI". CONCACAF. June 19, 2023. Retrieved June 19, 2023.

[16] "Pulisic, Turner and Lake take home CNL honors". CONCACAF. June 19, 2023. Retrieved June 19, 2023.

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