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2024 CONCACAF Nations League Finals

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	March 21 – 24
Teams	4
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	United States (3rd title)
Runners-up	Mexico
Third place	Jamaica
Fourth place	Panama
Tournament statistics
Matches played	4
Goals scored	10 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Haji Wright (2 goals)
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The 2024 CONCACAF Nations League Finals was the final tournament of the 2023–24 edition of the CONCACAF Nations League, the third season of the international football competition involving the men's national teams of the 41 member associations of CONCACAF. It was held from March 21 to 24, 2024 at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, United States.

The United States defeated Mexico 2–0 in the final to secure a third consecutive CONCACAF Nations League title.

Format

The CONCACAF 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:

• 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.

Qualified teams

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

Match	Winners	Date of qualification	Appearances		Previous best CNL Finals performance	Rankings
			Total	Last		CONCACAF Feb. 2024	FIFA Nov. 2023
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

Venue

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

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

Seeding

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.

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

Squads

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.

Bracket

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

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

Semi-finals

United States v Jamaica

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.

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

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

Panama v Mexico

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

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

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

Third place play-off

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.

Panama	0–1	Jamaica
	Report	Lembikisa 42'

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

Final

Mexico	0–2	United States
	Report	Adams 45' Reyna 63'

Mexico

United States

GK 13 Guillermo Ochoa (c) RB 19 Jorge Sánchez CB 3 César Montes CB 5 Johan Vásquez  55' LB 23 Jesús Gallardo  90+2' DM 4 Edson Álvarez  58' CM 14 Érick Sánchez  65' CM 18 Luis Chávez  80' RF 15 Uriel Antuna  63'  65' CF 20 Henry Martín LF 22 Hirving Lozano Substitutions: MF 17 Orbelín Pineda  65' FW 11 Santiago Giménez  74'  65' MF 7 Luis Romo  80' DF 6 Gerardo Arteaga  90+2' Manager: Jaime Lozano

GK 1 Matt Turner RB 2 Sergiño Dest CB 3 Chris Richards CB 13 Tim Ream LB 5 Antonee Robinson DM 4 Tyler Adams  46' CM 8 Weston McKennie  27' CM 7 Giovanni Reyna  79' RF 21 Timothy Weah  90+2' CF 14 Haji Wright  66' LF 10 Christian Pulisic (c)  90+2' Substitutions: MF 15 Johnny Cardoso  46' FW 20 Folarin Balogun  66' MF 6 Yunus Musah  79' FW 17 Malik Tillman  90+2' FW 11 Brenden Aaronson  90+2' Manager: Gregg Berhalter

Statistics

Goalscorers

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

2 goals

• Haji Wright

1 goal

• Greg Leigh
• Dexter Lembikisa
• Edson Álvarez
• Orbelín Pineda
• Julián Quiñones
• Tyler Adams
• Giovanni Reyna

1 own goal

• Cory Burke (against United States)

Awards

CONCACAF announced the following squad as the best eleven of the finals after the conclusion of the tournament.

Giovanni Reyna was named best player of the tournament, having recorded a total of two goals and two assists in league and tournament play. Matt Turner was named best goalkeeper for a second consecutive edition.

Best XI

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Matt Turner	Antonee Robinson Michael Hector César Montes Dexter Lembikisa	Edson Álvarez Tyler Adams Weston McKennie	Christian Pulisic Giovanni Reyna Haji Wright

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External links

• Official website

• 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League
• CONCACAF Nations League Finals