2023 CONCACAF Nations League Finals

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 Nations League A.

The United States defeated Canada 2–0 in the final to secure a second consecutive CONCACAF Nations League title.

Format

The 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 Nations League Finals, if the scores were level at the end of normal time:

• 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 Nations League Finals.

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.

Venue

The Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada, within the Las Vegas area, was announced as the venue for the event on March 20, 2023.

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.

Bracket

All times are local, PDT (UTC−7).

Semi-finals

Panama vs Canada

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).

Third place play-off

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

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

2 goals

1 goal

Awards

CONCACAF announced the following squad as the best eleven of the finals after the conclusion of the tournament.

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.

Best XI

References

External links

• Official website