2024 CONCACAF Nations League Finals

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 CONCACAF Nations League Finals, if the scores were level at the end of normal time:^[4]

• 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.

AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, within the Dallas-Fort Worth Area, was announced as the venue for the event on November 13, 2023.^[2]

900km
559miles

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Location of the host city of the 2024 CONCACAF Nations League Finals.

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City	Stadium
Arlington (Dallas–Fort Worth Area)	AT&T Stadium
Capacity: 80,000

The four quarter-finals winners of League A qualified for the Nations League Finals.

Match	Winners	Date of qualification	Appearances		Previous best CNL Finals performance	Rankings
			Total	Last		CONCACAF Feb. 2024[5]	FIFA Feb. 2024[6]
QF1	Panama	November 20, 2023	2nd	2023	Fourth place (2023)	3	44
QF2	Jamaica	November 21, 2023	1st	None	Debut	6	57
QF3	United States (host)	November 20, 2023	3rd	2023	Champions (2021, 2023)	2	13
QF4	Mexico	November 21, 2023	3rd	2023	Runners-up (2021)	1	15

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.^[7]

Seed	QF	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	1	Panama	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	6
2	3	United States	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	3
3	2	Jamaica	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	3
4	4	Mexico	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3

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.^[4]

	Semi-finals				Final
	March 21 – Arlington
	Panama	0
					March 24 – Arlington
	Mexico	3
					Mexico	0
	March 21 – Arlington
					United States	2
	United States (a.e.t.)	3
	Jamaica	1
					Third place play-off
					March 24 – Arlington
					Panama	0
					Jamaica	1

All match times are in EDT (UTC−4) as listed by CONCACAF (local times are in parentheses).^[8]

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.^[9][10]

March 21, 2024 (2024-03-21)

19:00 (18:00 UTC−5)

United States	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Jamaica
Burke 90+6' (o.g.) Wright 96', 109'	Report	Leigh 1'

AT&T Stadium, Arlington

Attendance: 40,926^[11]

Referee: Selvin Brown (Honduras)

United States

Jamaica

GK 1 Matt Turner RB 19 Joe Scally  12'  46' CB 12 Miles Robinson CB 3 Chris Richards LB 5 Antonee Robinson DM 6 Yunus Musah CM 17 Malik Tillman  76' CM 8 Weston McKennie RF 21 Timothy Weah  63' CF 20 Folarin Balogun  63' LF 10 Christian Pulisic (c) Substitutions: MF 7 Giovanni Reyna  46' FW 14 Haji Wright  63' FW 9 Ricardo Pepi  63' MF 4 Tyler Adams  63'  100' FW 11 Brenden Aaronson  76' MF 15 Johnny Cardoso  100' Manager: Gregg Berhalter

GK 1 Andre Blake (c) CB 6 Di'Shon Bernard CB 3 Michael Hector CB 15 Joel Latibeaudiere RWB 2 Dexter Lembikisa  51' LWB 22 Greg Leigh  102' RM 10 Bobby Decordova-Reid  90+2' CM 14 Kasey Palmer  53'  74' CM 17 Damion Lowe LM 20 Renaldo Cephas  73' CF 19 Jamal Lowe  69'  65' Substitutions: MF 8 Daniel Johnson  65' FW 9 Cory Burke  73'  102' MF 16 Karoy Anderson  74' DF 4 Tayvon Gray  90+2' FW 18 Romario Williams  102' FW 7 Kaheim Dixon  102' Manager: Heimir Hallgrímsson

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.^[14][15] Their most recent meeting was in the final of the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup, which was won 1–0 by Mexico.

March 21, 2024 (2024-03-21)

22:15 (21:15 UTC−5)

Panama	0–3	Mexico
	Report	Álvarez 40' Quiñones 43' Pineda 67'

AT&T Stadium, Arlington

Attendance: 40,926^[16]

Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

Panama

Mexico

GK 22 Orlando Mosquera CB 4 Fidel Escobar CB 3 José Córdoba  79' CB 16 Andrés Andrade RWB 2 César Blackman  79' LWB 10 Yoel Bárcenas  17' RM 17 José Fajardo CM 8 Adalberto Carrasquilla  85' CM 20 Aníbal Godoy (c)  68' LM 7 José Luis Rodríguez CF 11 Ismael Díaz  68' Substitutions: DF 15 Eric Davis  17' FW 18 Cecilio Waterman  68' MF 6 Cristian Martínez  68' DF 23 Iván Anderson  79' MF 21 Kahiser Lenis  79' Manager: Thomas Christiansen

GK 13 Guillermo Ochoa (c) RB 2 Julián Araujo  58' CB 3 César Montes CB 5 Johan Vásquez  79' LB 23 Jesús Gallardo DM 4 Edson Álvarez  77' CM 18 Luis Chávez  52' CM 14 Érick Sánchez  59' RF 15 Uriel Antuna CF 20 Henry Martín LF 9 Julián Quiñones  59' Substitutions: MF 21 Érick Aguirre  58' MF 17 Orbelín Pineda  59' FW 22 Hirving Lozano  59' MF 7 Luis Romo  77' DF 16 Jesús Orozco  79' Manager: Jaime Lozano

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.^[18][19]

March 24, 2024 (2024-03-24)

18:00 (17:00 UTC−5)

Panama	0–1	Jamaica
	Report	Lembikisa 42'

AT&T Stadium, Arlington

Referee: Tori Penso (United States)

Panama

Jamaica

GK 22 Orlando Mosquera CB 13 Jiovany Ramos CB 3 José Córdoba CB 14 Roderick Miller  68' RM 23 Iván Anderson CM 20 Aníbal Godoy (c)  68' CM 8 Adalberto Carrasquilla LM 16 Andrés Andrade AM 7 José Luis Rodríguez  78' CF 17 José Fajardo  78' CF 18 Cecilio Waterman  86' Substitutions: MF 6 Cristian Martínez  68' MF 5 Abdiel Ayarza  68' FW 11 Ismael Díaz  78' MF 21 Kahiser Lenis  78' FW 9 Alfredo Stephens  86' Manager: Thomas Christiansen

GK 1 Andre Blake (c) CB 6 Di'Shon Bernard CB 3 Michael Hector CB 15 Joel Latibeaudiere  69' RWB 2 Dexter Lembikisa  90+6' LWB 22 Greg Leigh  90+1' RM 10 Bobby Decordova-Reid CM 17 Damion Lowe CM 14 Kasey Palmer  44'  81' LM 12 Demarai Gray  81' CF 11 Shamar Nicholson  89' Substitutions: MF 16 Karoy Anderson  81' MF 20 Renaldo Cephas  81' DF 5 Richard King  89' DF 4 Tayvon Gray  90+1'   Manager: Heimir Hallgrímsson

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

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal