2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League A
Tournament details
DatesGroup phase:
2 June 2022 – 28 March 2023
Nations League Finals:
15–18 June 2023
Teams12
Final positions
Champions United States (2nd title)
Runners-up Canada
Third place Mexico
Fourth place Panama
Tournament statistics
Matches played28
Goals scored80 (2.86 per match)
Top scorer(s)Canada Jonathan David
United States Jesús Ferreira
United States Ricardo Pepi
(4 goals each)

The 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League A was the top division 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 initial group stage was held from 2 June 2022 to 28 March 2023.[1]

League A culminated with the 2023 CONCACAF Nations League Finals in June 2023 to crown the champions of the CONCACAF Nations League.[2] These matches were played at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada.[3]

The top eight teams qualified to the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup, and the remaining four teams entered the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification.

Format

League A consisted of twelve teams. The league was split into four groups of three teams. The teams competed in a home-and-away, round-robin format over the course of the group phase, with matches being played in the official FIFA match windows in June 2022 and March 2023. The four group winners qualified for the Nations League Finals. As a result of a format change, no teams were relegated this season.[4]

Team changes

The following were the team changes of League A from the 2019–20 season:

Incoming
Promoted from
Nations League B
Outgoing
Relegated to
Nations League B

Seeding

The draw for the league phase took place in Miami, Florida, United States on 4 April 2022, 19:00 EDT. Each of the League's draws began by randomly selecting a team from Pot 1 and placing them in Group A of their respective league. The draws continued by selecting the remaining teams from Pot 1 and positioning them into Groups B, C and D in sequential order. The same procedure was done for the remaining pots. Teams were seeded into pots using CONCACAF Ranking.[5][6]

Pot 1
Team Pts Rank
 Mexico 2,020 1
 United States 1,917 2
 Canada 1,821 3
 Costa Rica 1,805 4
Pot 2
Team Pts Rank
 Panama 1,624 5
 Jamaica 1,471 6
 El Salvador 1,390 9
 Honduras 1,350 10
Pot 3
Team Pts Rank
 Martinique 1,252 11
 Curaçao 1,249 12
 Suriname 1,089 15
 Grenada 834 25

Groups

The fixture list was confirmed by CONCACAF on 6 April 2022.[7][1]

All match times are in EDT (UTC−4) as listed by CONCACAF (local times, if different, are in parentheses).[8][9][10][11]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Mexico Jamaica Suriname
1  Mexico 4 2 2 0 8 3 +5 8 Qualification for Finals and Gold Cup — 2–2 3–0
2  Jamaica 4 1 3 0 7 5 +2 6 Qualification for Gold Cup 1–1 — 3–1
3  Suriname 4 0 1 3 2 9 −7 1 Advance to Gold Cup prelims 0–2 1–1 —
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Suriname 1–1 Jamaica
Knight 84' (o.g.) Report Flemmings 39'
Attendance: 3,032
Referee: Selvin Brown (Honduras)
Jamaica 3–1 Suriname
 Report Wildschut 21'
Referee: Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica)[note 1]
Mexico 3–0 Suriname
 Report
Jamaica 1–1 Mexico
Bailey 4' Report Romo 45+3'
Referee: Bryan López (Guatemala)
Suriname 0–2 Mexico
Report
Mexico 2–2 Jamaica
 Report

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Panama Costa Rica Martinique
1  Panama 4 3 1 0 8 0 +8 10 Qualification for Finals and Gold Cup — 2–0 5–0
2  Costa Rica 4 2 0 2 4 4 0 6 Qualification for Gold Cup 0–1 — 2–0
3  Martinique 4 0 1 3 1 9 −8 1 Advance to Gold Cup prelims 0–0 1–2 —
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Panama 2–0 Costa Rica
 Report
Referee: Fernando Hernández (Mexico)
Costa Rica 2–0 Martinique
 Report
Panama 5–0 Martinique
 Report
Referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)
Martinique 0–0 Panama
Report
Martinique 1–2 Costa Rica
Biron 18' Report
Attendance: 6,249
Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)
Costa Rica 0–1 Panama
Report Fajardo 77'
Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Canada Honduras Curaçao
1  Canada 4 3 0 1 11 3 +8 9 Qualification for Finals and Gold Cup — 4–1 4–0
2  Honduras 4 2 0 2 5 7 −2 6 Qualification for Gold Cup 2–1 — 1–2
3  Curaçao 4 1 0 3 2 8 −6 3 Advance to Gold Cup prelims 0–2 0–1 —
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Curaçao 0–1 Honduras
Report Pinto 23'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)
Honduras 1–2 Curaçao
Quioto 90+4' Report
Attendance: 8,347
Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)
Canada 4–0 Curaçao
 Report
Attendance: 17,216
Honduras 2–1 Canada
 Report David 86'
Curaçao 0–2 Canada
Report
Attendance: 7,800
Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)
Canada 4–1 Honduras
 Report Benguché 73'
Attendance: 13,626

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification United States El Salvador Grenada
1  United States 4 3 1 0 14 2 +12 10 Qualification for Finals and Gold Cup — 1–0 5–0
2  El Salvador 4 1 2 1 6 5 +1 5 Qualification for Gold Cup 1–1 — 3–1
3  Grenada 4 0 1 3 4 17 −13 1 Advance to Gold Cup prelims 1–7 2–2 —
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
El Salvador 3–1 Grenada
 Report McQueen 4'
Attendance: 2,611
Grenada 2–2 El Salvador
 Report
Attendance: 820
Referee: José Torres (Puerto Rico)[note 2]
United States 5–0 Grenada
 Report
Attendance: 20,500
El Salvador 1–1 United States
Larín 35' Report Morris 90+1'
Attendance: 6,313
Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)
Grenada 1–7 United States
Hippolyte 32' Report
Attendance: 7,032
Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)
United States 1–0 El Salvador
Pepi 62' Report
Attendance: 18,947

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.[15]

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

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
June 15 – Paradise
 
 
 Panama0
 
June 18 – Paradise
 
 Canada2
 
 Canada0
 
June 15 – Paradise
 
 United States2
 
 United States3
 
 
 Mexico0
 
Third place play-off
 
 
June 18 – Paradise
 
 
 Panama0
 
 
 Mexico1

All times are local, PDT (UTC−7).

Semi-finals

Panama 0–2 Canada
Report
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)
United States 3–0 Mexico
 Report
Attendance: 65,000

Third place play-off

Panama 0–1 Mexico
Report
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)

Final

Canada 0–2 United States
Report
Attendance: 35,000

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 80 goals scored in 28 matches, for an average of 2.86 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Best XI

CONCACAF announced the following squad as the best eleven of League A after the conclusion of the group stage.[16]

Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Martinique Yannis Clementia El Salvador Bryan Tamacas
Panama Fidel Escobar
United States Auston Trusty		 United States Christian Pulisic
Canada Jonathan Osorio
Panama Adalberto Carrasquilla
Canada Ismaël Koné		 Canada Cyle Larin
Jamaica Bobby Decordova-Reid
United States Ricardo Pepi

Notes

  1. ↑ Referee Ismail Elfath from the United States, who was originally assigned to the Jamaica v Suriname match,[12][13] was replaced by Keylor Herrera from Costa Rica.[14]
  2. ↑ Referee Francia González from Mexico, who was originally assigned to the El Salvador v Grenada match,[12][13] was replaced by José Torres from Puerto Rico.

References

  1. 1 2 "CONCACAF Nations League 2022-2023 MATCH SCHEDULE" (PDF). CONCACAF. 6 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  2. ↑ "New Concacaf Qualifiers announced for regional qualification to FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022". CONCACAF. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  3. ↑ "Las Vegas to host 2022/23 Concacaf Nations League Finals presented by Qatar Airways in June". CONCACAF. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  4. ↑ "CONCACAF announces formats for men's national team competitions for the 2023–2026 cycle". CONCACAF. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  5. ↑ "Concacaf announces details for 2022/23 Concacaf Nations League". CONCACAF. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  6. ↑ "Concacaf confirms procedures for 2022/23 Concacaf Nations League presented by Qatar Airways draw". CONCACAF. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  7. ↑ "Concacaf announces schedule for 2022/23 Concacaf Nations League presented by Qatar Airways". Miami: CONCACAF. 6 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  8. ↑ "June 2022 match schedule confirmed for 2022/23 Concacaf Nations League presented by Qatar Airways". Miami: CONCACAF. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
  9. ↑ "2022-2023 MATCH SCHEDULE – JUNE 2022" (PDF). CONCACAF. 6 May 2022.
  10. ↑ "Schedule set for 2022-23 CNL Group Stage matches in March". Miami: CONCACAF. 1 March 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  11. ↑ "2022-2023 MATCH SCHEDULE – MARCH 2023" (PDF). CONCACAF. 23 March 2023.
  12. 1 2 "2022/23 CNL Referee Appointments – Match Days 1-6". CONCACAF. 31 May 2022.
  13. 1 2 Urrutia, Alvaro (1 June 2022). "2022/23 Concacaf Nations League Referee Appointments" (PDF). CONCACAF.
  14. ↑ Urrutia, Alvaro (6 June 2022). "2022/23 Concacaf Nations League Referee Appointments" (PDF). CONCACAF.
  15. ↑ "Semifinal matchups and schedule confirmed for 2022/23 CNL Finals in Las Vegas". CONCACAF. 29 March 2023.
  16. ↑ "Tamacas, Pepi, Reid and Larin headline CNL League A Best XI". CONCACAF. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
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