2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League A

2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League ATournament 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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International football competition

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

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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

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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

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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

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Mexico | 2,020  | 1
United States | 1,917  | 2
Canada | 1,821  | 3
Costa Rica | 1,805  | 4
Pot 2  | Team  | Pts | Rank

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Panama | 1,624  | 5
Jamaica | 1,471  | 6
El Salvador | 1,390  | 9
Honduras | 1,350  | 10
Pot 3  | Team  | Pts | Rank

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Martinique | 1,252  | 11
Curaçao | 1,249  | 12
Suriname | 1,089  | 15
Grenada | 834  | 25

## Groups

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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

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Pos | Team

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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification  |  |  |  |

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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 (2022-06-04)

19:00 (20:00 UTC−3)

Suriname | 1–1|  Jamaica

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Knight 84' (o.g.) | Report | Flemmings 39'

Frank Essed Stadion, Paramaribo

Attendance: 3,032

Referee: Selvin Brown (Honduras)

* * *

7 June 2022 (2022-06-07)

21:00 (20:00 UTC−5)

Jamaica | 3–1|  Suriname

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* Morrison 16'
* Flemmings 43'
* J. Lowe 70'

| Report | Wildschut 21'

Independence Park, Kingston

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

* * *

11 June 2022 (2022-06-11)

22:00 (21:00 UTC−5)

Mexico | 3–0|  Suriname

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* Reyes 4'
* Martín 40' (pen.)
* Sánchez 90+4'

| Report |

Estadio Corona, Torreón

Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)

* * *

14 June 2022 (2022-06-14)

20:00 (19:00 UTC−5)

Jamaica | 1–1|  Mexico

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Bailey 4' | Report | Romo 45+3'

Independence Park, Kingston

Referee: Bryan López (Guatemala)

* * *

23 March 2023 (2023-03-23)

20:00 (21:00 UTC−3)

Suriname | 0–2|  Mexico

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| Report |

* Vásquez 64'
* Dankerlui 82' (o.g.)

Frank Essed Stadion, Paramaribo

Referee: Saíd Martínez (Honduras)

* * *

26 March 2023 (2023-03-26)

20:00 (18:00 UTC−6)

Mexico | 2–2|  Jamaica

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* 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

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Pos | Team

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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification  |  |  |  |

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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 (2022-06-02)

19:30 (18:30 UTC−5)

Panama | 2–0|  Costa Rica

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* Díaz 52'
* Waterman 75'

| Report |

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Referee: Fernando Hernández (Mexico)

* * *

5 June 2022 (2022-06-05)

13:00 (11:00 UTC−6)

Costa Rica | 2–0|  Martinique

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* Campbell 28'
* Calvo 88'

| Report |

Estadio Nacional, San José

Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

* * *

9 June 2022 (2022-06-09)

20:00 (19:00 UTC−5)

Panama | 5–0|  Martinique

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* 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 (2022-06-12)

18:00

Martinique | 0–0|  Panama

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| Report |

Stade Pierre-Aliker, Fort-de-France

Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)

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25 March 2023 (2023-03-25)

19:00

Martinique | 1–2|  Costa Rica

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Biron 18' | Report |

* Suárez 88'
* Contreras 90+2'

Stade Pierre-Aliker, Fort-de-France

Attendance: 6,249

Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)

* * *

28 March 2023 (2023-03-28)

22:00 (20:00 UTC−6)

Costa Rica | 0–1|  Panama

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| Report | Fajardo 77'

Estadio Nacional, San José

Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)

### Group C

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Pos | Team

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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification  |  |  |  |

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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

3 June 2022 (2022-06-03)

20:00

Curaçao | 0–1|  Honduras

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| Report | Pinto 23'

Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)

* * *

6 June 2022 (2022-06-06)

22:00 (20:00 UTC−6)

Honduras | 1–2|  Curaçao

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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 (2022-06-09)

22:30 (19:30 UTC−7)

Canada | 4–0|  Curaçao

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* Davies 27' (pen.), 71'
* Vitória 42'
* Cavallini 85'

| Report |

BC Place, Vancouver

Attendance: 17,216

Referee: Nima Saghafi (United States)

* * *

13 June 2022 (2022-06-13)

22:00 (20:00 UTC−6)

Honduras | 2–1|  Canada

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* K. López 13'
* Arriaga 78'

| Report | David 86'

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

* * *

25 March 2023 (2023-03-25)

21:00

Curaçao | 0–2|  Canada

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| Report |

* David 23'
* Larin 43'

Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad

Attendance: 7,800

Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)

* * *

28 March 2023 (2023-03-28)

20:00

Canada | 4–1|  Honduras

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* Larin 9', 12'
* David 50'
* Osorio 80'

| Report | Benguché 73'

BMO Field, Toronto

Attendance: 13,626

Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)

### Group D

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Pos | Team

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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification  |  |  |  |

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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 (2022-06-04)

22:00 (20:00 UTC−6)

El Salvador | 3–1|  Grenada

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* 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 (2022-06-07)

19:00

Grenada | 2–2|  El Salvador

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* 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 (2022-06-10)

22:00 (21:00 UTC−5)

United States | 5–0|  Grenada

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* Ferreira 43', 54', 56', 78'
* Arriola 62'

| Report |

Q2 Stadium, Austin

Attendance: 20,500

Referee: Saíd Martínez (Honduras)

* * *

14 June 2022 (2022-06-14)

22:00 (20:00 UTC−6)

El Salvador | 1–1|  United States

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Larín 35' | Report | Morris 90+1'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Attendance: 6,313

Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)

* * *

24 March 2023 (2023-03-24)

20:00

Grenada | 1–7|  United States

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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 (2023-03-27)

19:30

United States | 1–0|  El Salvador

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Pepi 62' | Report |

Exploria Stadium, Orlando

Attendance: 18,947

Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

## Nations League Finals

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Main article: 2023 CONCACAF Nations League Finals

### Seeding

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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

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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

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| Semi-finals| | Final

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| 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

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15 June 2023 (2023-06-15)

16:00

Panama | 0–2|  Canada

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| Report |

* David 25'
* Davies 70'

Allegiant Stadium, Paradise, Nevada

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)

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15 June 2023 (2023-06-15)

19:00

United States | 3–0|  Mexico

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* Pulisic 37', 46'
* Pepi 79'

| Report |

Allegiant Stadium, Paradise, Nevada

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)

### Third place play-off

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18 June 2023 (2023-06-18)

15:00

Panama | 0–1|  Mexico

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| Report |

* Gallardo 4'

Allegiant Stadium, Paradise, Nevada

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)

### Final

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Main article: 2023 CONCACAF Nations League final

18 June 2023 (2023-06-18)

18:00

Canada | 0–2|  United States

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| Report |

* Richards 12'
* Balogun 34'

Allegiant Stadium, Paradise, Nevada

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Saíd Martínez (Honduras)

## Statistics

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### Goalscorers

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

4 goals

* Jonathan David
* Jesús Ferreira
* Ricardo Pepi

3 goals

* Alphonso Davies
* Cyle Larin
* Christian Pulisic

2 goals

* Nelson Bonilla
* Alexander Larín
* Junior Flemmings
* Yoel Bárcenas
* Weston McKennie

1 goal

* Lucas Cavallini
* Jonathan Osorio
* Steven Vitória
* Francisco Calvo
* Joel Campbell
* Anthony Contreras
* Aarón Suárez
* Leandro Bacuna
* Anthony van den Hurk
* Cristian Gil
* Jacob Berkeley-Agyepong
* Jamal Charles
* Myles Hippolyte
* Alexander McQueen
* Kervin Arriaga
* Jorge Benguché
* Kevin López
* José Pinto
* Romell Quioto
* Leon Bailey
* Bobby Decordova-Reid
* Jamal Lowe
* Ravel Morrison
* Mickaël Biron
* Jesús Gallardo
* Hirving Lozano
* Henry Martín
* Orbelín Pineda
* Israel Reyes
* Luis Romo
* Érick Sánchez
* Johan Vásquez
* Ismael Díaz
* Fidel Escobar
* José Fajardo
* Gabriel Torres
* Cecilio Waterman
* Yanic Wildschut
* Brenden Aaronson
* Paul Arriola
* Folarin Balogun
* Jordan Morris
* Chris Richards
* Alejandro Zendejas

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

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

Goalkeeper  | Defenders  | Midfielders  | Forwards

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

## Notes

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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

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1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "2022/23 CNL Referee Appointments – Match Days 1-6". CONCACAF. 31 May 2022.
13. ^ a b 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.

## External links

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* Official website

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