2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League A

2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League A
Tournament details
Dates	Group phase:; 2 June 2022 – 28 March 2023; Nations League Finals:; 15–18 June 2023
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	United States (2nd title)
Runners-up	Canada
Third place	Mexico
Fourth place	Panama
Tournament statistics
Matches played	28
Goals scored	80 (2.86 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jonathan David; Jesús Ferreira; Ricardo Pepi; (4 goals each)
	← 2019–20 2023–24 →

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 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, United States.^[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
El Salvador Grenada Jamaica Suriname

Outgoing
Relegated to Nations League B
Bermuda Cuba Haiti Trinidad and Tobago

Seeding

The draw for the 2022-23 CONCACAF Nations League 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 v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

4 June 2022

19:00 (20:00 UTC−3)

Suriname	1–1	Jamaica
Knight 84' (o.g.)	Report	Flemmings 39'

Dr. Ir. Franklin Essed Stadion, Paramaribo

Attendance: 3,032

Referee: Selvin Brown (Honduras)

7 June 2022

21:00 (20:00 UTC−5)

Jamaica	3–1	Suriname
Morrison 16' Flemmings 43' J. Lowe 70'	Report	Wildschut 21'

National Stadium, Kingston

Referee: Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica)^{[note 1]}

11 June 2022

22:00 (21:00 UTC−5)

Mexico	3–0	Suriname
Reyes 4' Martín 40' (pen.) Sánchez 90+4'	Report

Estadio Corona, Torreón

Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)

14 June 2022

20:00 (19:00 UTC−5)

Jamaica	1–1	Mexico
Bailey 4'	Report	Romo 45+3'

National Stadium, Kingston

Referee: Bryan López (Guatemala)

23 March 2023

20:00 (21:00 UTC−3)

Suriname	0–2	Mexico
	Report	Vásquez 64' Dankerlui 82' (o.g.)

Dr. Ir. Franklin Essed Stadion, Paramaribo

Referee: Saíd Martínez (Honduras)

26 March 2023

20:00 (18:00 UTC−6)

Mexico	2–2	Jamaica
Pineda 17' Lozano 45+2' (pen.)	Report	Decordova-Reid 8' Álvarez 33' (o.g.)

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

2 June 2022

19:30 (18:30 UTC−5)

Panama	2–0	Costa Rica
Díaz 52' Waterman 75'	Report

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Referee: Fernando Hernández (Mexico)

5 June 2022

13:00 (11:00 UTC−6)

Costa Rica	2–0	Martinique
Campbell 28' Calvo 88'	Report

Estadio Nacional, San José

Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

9 June 2022

20:00 (19:00 UTC−5)

Panama	5–0	Martinique
Torres 6' Vitulin 15' (o.g.) Escobar 56' Bárcenas 85', 90+3'	Report

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)

12 June 2022

18:00

Martinique	0–0	Panama
	Report

Stade Pierre-Aliker, Fort-de-France

Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)

25 March 2023

19:00

Martinique	1–2	Costa Rica
Biron 18'	Report	Suárez 88' Contreras 90+2'

Stade Pierre-Aliker, Fort-de-France

Attendance: 6,249

Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)

28 March 2023

22:00 (20:00 UTC−6)

Costa Rica	0–1	Panama
	Report	Fajardo 77'

Estadio Nacional, San José

Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	4	3	1	11	3	+8	9	Qualification for Finals and Gold Cup	—	4–1	4–0
2	Honduras	4	2	2	5	7	−2	6	Qualification for Gold Cup	2–1	—	1–2
3	Curaçao	4	1	3	2	8	−6	3	Advance to Gold Cup prelims	0–2	0–1	—

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

3 June 2022

20:00

Curaçao	0–1	Honduras
	Report	Pinto 23'

Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)

6 June 2022

22:00 (20:00 UTC−6)

Honduras	1–2	Curaçao
Quioto 90+4'	Report	L. Bacuna 34' Van den Hurk 82'

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Attendance: 8,347

Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)

9 June 2022

22:30 (19:30 UTC−7)

Canada	4–0	Curaçao
Davies 27' (pen.), 71' Vitória 42' Cavallini 85'	Report

BC Place, Vancouver

Attendance: 17,216

Referee: Nima Saghafi (United States)

13 June 2022

22:00 (20:00 UTC−6)

Honduras	2–1	Canada
K. López 13' Arriaga 78'	Report	David 86'

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

25 March 2023

21:00

Curaçao	0–2	Canada
	Report	David 23' Larin 43'

Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad

Attendance: 7,800

Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)

28 March 2023

20:00

Canada	4–1	Honduras
Larin 9', 12' David 50' Osorio 80'	Report	Benguché 73'

BMO Field, Toronto

Attendance: 13,626

Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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

4 June 2022

22:00 (20:00 UTC−6)

El Salvador	3–1	Grenada
Bonilla 2', 43' Paterson 55' (o.g.)	Report	McQueen 4'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Attendance: 2,611

Referee: Luis Enrique Santander (Mexico)

7 June 2022

19:00

Grenada	2–2	El Salvador
Berkeley-Agyepong 29' Charles 54'	Report	Larín 35' (pen.) Gil 88'

Kirani James Athletic Stadium, St. George's

Attendance: 820

Referee: José Torres (Puerto Rico)^{[note 2]}

10 June 2022

22:00 (21:00 UTC−5)

United States	5–0	Grenada
Ferreira 43', 54', 56', 78' Arriola 62'	Report

Q2 Stadium, Austin

Attendance: 20,500

Referee: Saíd Martínez (Honduras)

14 June 2022

22:00 (20:00 UTC−6)

El Salvador	1–1	United States
Larín 35'	Report	Morris 90+1'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Attendance: 6,313

Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)

24 March 2023

20:00

Grenada	1–7	United States
Hippolyte 32'	Report	Pepi 4', 53' Aaronson 20' McKennie 31', 34' Pulisic 49' Zendejas 72'

Kirani James Athletic Stadium, St. George's

Attendance: 7,032

Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)

27 March 2023

19:30

United States	1–0	El Salvador
Pepi 62'	Report

Exploria Stadium, Orlando

Attendance: 18,947

Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

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-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

15 June 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)

15 June 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)

Third place play-off

18 June 2023

15:00

Panama	0–1	Mexico
	Report	Gallardo 4'

Allegiant Stadium, Paradise, Nevada

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)

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)

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

A. J. Paterson (against El Salvador)
Amal Knight (against Suriname)
Karl Vitulin (against Panama)
Edson Álvarez (against Jamaica)
Damil Dankerlui (against Mexico)

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
Yannis Clementia	Bryan Tamacas Fidel Escobar Auston Trusty	Christian Pulisic Jonathan Osorio Adalberto Carrasquilla Ismaël Koné	Cyle Larin Bobby Decordova-Reid Ricardo Pepi

Notes

^ 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]
^ 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

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

External links

Official website

[15] 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]

[16] 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.

[schedule-1] "CONCACAF Nations League 2022-2023 MATCH SCHEDULE" (PDF). CONCACAF. 6 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.

[jul27-2020-2] "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.

[CONCACAF-4] "CONCACAF announces formats for men's national team competitions for the 2023–2026 cycle". CONCACAF. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.

[details-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.

[schedule_March_pdf-11] "2022-2023 MATCH SCHEDULE – MARCH 2023" (PDF). CONCACAF. 23 March 2023.

[Referees_1st_week-12] "2022/23 CNL Referee Appointments – Match Days 1-6". CONCACAF. 31 May 2022.

[Referees_1st_week_pdf-13] Urrutia, Alvaro (1 June 2022). "2022/23 Concacaf Nations League Referee Appointments" (PDF). CONCACAF.

[Referees_1st_week_updated-14] Urrutia, Alvaro (6 June 2022). "2022/23 Concacaf Nations League Referee Appointments" (PDF). CONCACAF.

[Finals_schedule-17] "Semifinal matchups and schedule confirmed for 2022/23 CNL Finals in Las Vegas". CONCACAF. 29 March 2023.

[18] "Tamacas, Pepi, Reid and Larin headline CNL League A Best XI". CONCACAF. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2023.

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v t e 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Stages	Qualification Group stage Group A Group B Group C Group D Knockout stage Final
General information	Broadcasting Official song Squads Statistics
Qualification	CONCACAF Nations League League A League B League C Qualifying play-offs
Category

Tournament details
Dates	Group phase: 2 June 2022 – 28 March 2023 Nations League Finals: 15–18 June 2023
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	United States (2nd title)
Runners-up	Canada
Third place	Mexico
Fourth place	Panama
Tournament statistics
Matches played	28
Goals scored	80 (2.86 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jonathan David Jesús Ferreira Ricardo Pepi (4 goals each)
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