2024 Copa América qualifying play-offs

2024 Copa América qualifying play-offs
Tournament details
The Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas hosted the matches
Host country	United States
Dates	23 March 2024
Teams	4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	2
Goals scored	6 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Six players (1 goal each)
← 2016

International football competition

The 2024 Copa América qualifying play-offs or play-in round were contested by four CONCACAF teams to earn the final two places in the 2024 Copa América. It was the second time that a qualifying tournament was organized for CONCACAF teams to enter into the Copa América. Both play-off matches were held at the Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas.

Background

Following the signing of a strategic collaboration agreement between CONCACAF and CONMEBOL in January 2023, six CONCACAF teams were permitted to join the ten member nations of CONMEBOL in the 2024 Copa America. The four winners of the two-legged 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League quarter-finals qualified for the Copa América, while the losing quarter-finalists were then paired to play in two single-legged qualifying play-off matches for final qualification into the tournament.

Qualification via CONCACAF Nations League

Main article: 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League A

League phase

Group A
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Panama	4	10
2	Trinidad and Tobago	4	9
3	Martinique	4	7
4	Guatemala	4	4
5	Curaçao (R)	4	3
6	El Salvador (R)	4	1

Source: CONCACAF
(R) Relegated

Group B
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Jamaica	4	10
2	Honduras	4	7
3	Suriname	4	5
4	Cuba	4	5
5	Haiti (R)	4	3
6	Grenada (R)	4	1

Source: CONCACAF
(R) Relegated

Byes
Pos	Team	Rank	Pts
1	Mexico	1	1,967
2	United States	2	1,909
3	Canada	4	1,729
4	Costa Rica	5	1,676

CONCACAF rankings (as of October 18, 2023)

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played from 16 to 18 November, and the second legs were played on 20 and 21 November 2023.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Costa Rica	1–6	Panama	0–3	1–3
Jamaica	4–4 (a)	Canada	1–2	3–2
United States	4–2	Trinidad and Tobago	3–0	1–2
Honduras	2–2 (2–4 p)	Mexico	2–0	0–2 (a.e.t.)

Seeding

The play-off pairings were determined based on the CONCACAF Rankings published after November 2023 FIFA Match Window.

Pos	Team	Rank	Pts
1	Canada	4	1,710
2	Costa Rica	5	1,617
3	Honduras	7	1,454
4	Trinidad and Tobago	10	1,375

CONCACAF rankings (as of November 22, 2023)

The match-ups were as follows:

First-ranked team vs. fourth-ranked team
Second-ranked team vs. third-ranked team

Play-off matches

The fixture list was confirmed by CONCACAF on November 22, 2023. All match times are in EDT (UTC−4) as listed by CONCACAF (local times are in parentheses).

Canada vs Trinidad and Tobago

23 March 202416:00 (15:00 UTC−5)

Canada	2–0	Trinidad and Tobago
Larin 61' Shaffelburg 90+1'	Report

Toyota Stadium, Frisco, TexasReferee: Marco Ortiz (Mexico)

Canada qualified for Group A of the 2024 Copa América.

Canada

Trinidad and Tobago


GK	16	Maxime Crépeau
RB	2	Alistair Johnston	45+1'
CB	5	Joel Waterman
CB	4	Kamal Miller
LB	19	Alphonso Davies
RM	17	Tajon Buchanan	42'	80'
CM	8	Ismaël Koné		90+3'
CM	7	Stephen Eustáquio (c)		90+4'
LM	12	Iké Ugbo		70'
CF	10	Jonathan David
CF	9	Cyle Larin		80'
Substitutes:
GK	1	Dayne St. Clair
GK	18	Jonathan Sirois
DF	3	Luc de Fougerolles		90+3'
DF	13	Derek Cornelius
DF	20	Moïse Bombito
MF	6	Samuel Piette		90+4'
MF	15	Mathieu Choinière		80'
MF	21	Liam Fraser
FW	11	Theo Bair
FW	14	Jacob Shaffelburg		70'
FW	22	Jacen Russell-Rowe		80'
FW	23	Liam Millar
Interim coach:
Mauro Biello


GK	22	Denzil Smith
CB	2	Aubrey David (c)	5'
CB	15	Neveal Hackshaw		71'
CB	17	Justin Garcia
RWB	16	Alvin Jones
LWB	6	André Raymond
DM	8	Daniel Phillips	45+1'
CM	18	Andre Rampersad		56'
CM	19	Ajani Fortune		81'
SS	14	Shannon Gomez		81'
CF	11	Levi García
Substitutes:
GK	1	Christopher Biggette
GK	21	Adrian Foncette
DF	3	Ross Russell
DF	4	Jesse Williams
DF	5	Robert Primus
DF	7	Noah Powder		71'
MF	9	Nathaniel James
MF	10	Real Gill		81'
MF	12	Kevon Goddard
FW	13	Reon Moore		56'
FW	20	Kaile Auvray		81'
FW	23	Judah García
Manager:
Angus Eve

Man of the Match:
Cyle Larin (Canada)

Assistant referees:
Christian Espinosa (Mexico)
Jorge Sánchez (Mexico)
Fourth official:
Víctor Cáceres (Mexico)
Video assistant referee:
Erick Miranda (Mexico)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Guillermo Pacheco (Mexico)

Costa Rica vs Honduras

23 March 202419:15 (18:15 UTC−5)

Costa Rica	3–1	Honduras
Galo 12' Madrigal 56' Brenes 62'	Report	Chirinos 10'

Toyota Stadium, Frisco, TexasAttendance: 15,299Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)

Costa Rica qualified for Group D of the 2024 Copa América.

Costa Rica

Honduras


GK	1	Keylor Navas (c)
CB	6	Julio Cascante
CB	3	Pablo Arboine
CB	15	Francisco Calvo
RWB	2	Gerald Taylor		69'
LWB	8	Joseph Mora		90+2'
RM	17	Warren Madrigal		87'
CM	14	Orlando Galo
CM	13	Jefferson Brenes
LM	21	Álvaro Zamora	45+2'	69'
CF	9	Manfred Ugalde		87'
Substitutes:
GK	1	Kevin Chamorro
GK	23	Patrick Sequeira
DF	4	Juan Pablo Vargas		90+2'
DF	5	Fernán Faerrón
DF	22	Haxzel Quirós		69'
MF	10	Elías Aguilar
MF	11	Ariel Lassiter
MF	12	Joel Campbell		69'
MF	16	Alejandro Bran
MF	20	Brandon Aguilera
FW	7	Anthony Contreras		87'
FW	19	Kenneth Vargas		87'
Manager:
Gustavo Alfaro


GK	18	Jonathan Rougier
RB	14	Andy Najar (c)
CB	3	Raúl Santos
CB	4	Luis Vega
LB	2	Wesly Decas
RM	7	Rigoberto Rivas		83'
CM	20	Deybi Flores	30'
CM	23	Jorge Álvarez		65'
LM	8	Michaell Chirinos		84'
SS	16	Edwin Rodríguez
CF	11	Jerry Bengtson		65'
Substitutes:
GK	1	Harold Fonseca
GK	23	Alex Güity
DF	5	Carlos Meléndez
DF	6	Javier Arriaga
DF	15	Julián Martínez
MF	10	Alexander López
MF	12	David Ruiz		65'
MF	14	Carlos Argueta
MF	19	Carlos Pineda
FW	9	Douglas Martínez		84'
FW	13	Darixon Vuelto		83'
FW	21	Bryan Róchez		65'
Manager:
Reinaldo Rueda

Man of the Match:
Orlando Galo (Costa Rica)

Assistant referees:
Corey Parker (United States)
Kyle Atkins (United States)
Fourth official:
Armando Villarreal (United States)
Video assistant referee:
Allen Chapman (United States)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Chris Penso (United States)

Qualified teams for 2024 Copa América

The following six CONCACAF teams qualified as guests for the 2024 Copa América held in the United States.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in Copa América
United States	20 November 2023	4 (1993, 1995, 2007, 2016)
Panama	20 November 2023	1 (2016)
Jamaica	21 November 2023	2 (2015, 2016)
Mexico	21 November 2023	10 (1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2016)
Canada	23 March 2024	0 (Debut)
Costa Rica	23 March 2024	5 (1997, 2001, 2004, 2011, 2016)

Italic indicates hosts for that year.

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External links

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