2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League A
International football competition
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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]
2 June 2022 – 28 March 2023
Nations League Finals:
15–18 June 2023
United States (2nd title)
Canada| Tournament details | |
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| 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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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:
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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]
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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
Group B
| Pos | Team | 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 | — |
| Panama | 2–0 | Costa Rica |
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| Report |
Martinique  | 0–0 | Panama |
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| Report |
| Martinique | 1–2 | Costa Rica |
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Biron  18' |
Report |
| Costa Rica | 0–1 | Panama |
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| Report | Fajardo 77' |
Group C
Group D
| Pos | Team | 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 | — |
| Grenada | 2–2 | El Salvador |
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Report |
| El Salvador | 1–1 | United States |
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| Larín 35' |
Report | Morris 90+1' |
| United States | 1–0 | El Salvador |
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| Pepi 62' |
Report |
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]
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 15 June – Paradise | ||||||
| Panama | 0 | |||||
| 18 June – Paradise | ||||||
| Canada | 2 | |||||
| Canada | 0 | |||||
| 15 June – Paradise | ||||||
| United States | 2 | |||||
| United States | 3 | |||||
| Mexico | 0 | |||||
| Third place play-off | ||||||
| 18 June – Paradise | ||||||
| Panama | 0 | |||||
| Mexico | 1 | |||||
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
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
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 De Cordova-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
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
- 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]