2024 CONCACAF Nations League Finals

The 2024 CONCACAF Nations League Finals was the final tournament of the 2023–24 edition of the CONCACAF Nations League, the third season of the international football competition involving the men's national teams of the 41 member associations of CONCACAF. It was held from March 21 to 24, 2024 at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, United States.

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

Format

The Nations League Finals was contested by the four quarter-finals winners of League A. The tournament took place over four days and played in single-leg knockout matches, consisting of two semi-finals on March 21, and a third place play-off and final three days after the second semi-final on March 24, 2024.

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 would be 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 quarter-finals winners of League A qualified for the Nations League Finals.

Venue

The AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, within the Dallas-Fort Worth area, was announced as the venue for the event on November 13, 2023.

Seeding

The four teams were ranked based on their results in both legs of the quarter-finals to determine the semi-final matchups. The first seed played the fourth seed and the second seed played the third seed.

Squads

Each national team had to submit a final squad of 23 players, three of whom had to be goalkeepers, no later than ten days before the opening match of the tournament. If a player presented medical reasons or became injured severely enough to prevent his participation from the tournament before his team's first match, he could be replaced by another player.

Bracket

All match times are in EDT (UTC−4) as listed by CONCACAF (local times are in parentheses).

Semi-finals

United States v Jamaica

The two teams had met 32 times previously, but this was their first ever meeting in the CONCACAF Nations League. The United States led the all-time series with 19 wins to Jamaica's 3 wins and 10 draws. Their most recent meeting was a 1–1 group stage draw in the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Panama v Mexico

The two teams had played each other in 29 previous matches, including three times in the CONCACAF Nations League, all won by Mexico: 3–1 and 3–0 victories in the 2019–20 League A and a 1–0 win in the third place play-off of the 2022–23 Finals. Their most recent meeting was in the final of the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup, which was won 1–0 by Mexico.

Third place play-off

The two teams had met 18 times previously, but this was their first ever meeting in the CONCACAF Nations League. Panama led the all-time series with 9 wins to Jamaica's 3 wins and 6 draws. Their most recent meeting was a Panama's 3–2 home victory in January 2022 during the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 10 goals scored in 4 matches, for an average of 2.5 goals per match.

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Awards

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

Giovanni Reyna was named best player of the tournament, having recorded a total of two goals and two assists in league and tournament play. Matt Turner was named best goalkeeper for a second consecutive edition.

Best XI

References

External links

• Official website