| Tourney Name: | CONCACAF Nations League Finals |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Country: | United States |
| Dates: | June 15–18 |
| Num Teams: | 4 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Champion: | USA |
| Count: | 2 |
| Second: | CAN |
| Third: | MEX |
| Fourth: | PAN |
| Matches: | 4 |
| Goals: | 8 |
| Prevseason: | 2021 |
| Nextseason: | 2024 |
The 2023 CONCACAF Nations League Finals was the final tournament 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 event was held from June 15 to 18, 2023 at the Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada, United States, and was contested by the four group winners of Nations League A.
The United States defeated Canada 2–0 in the final to secure a second consecutive CONCACAF Nations League title.[1]
The Nations League Finals took place in June 2023 and was contested by the four group winners of League A. The tournament took place over four days and was played in single-leg knockout matches, consisting of two semi-finals on June 15, and a third place play-off and final three days after the second semi-final on June 18, 2023.
In the Nations League Finals, if the scores were level at the end of normal time:[2]
The four group winners of League A qualified for the Nations League Finals.
| Group | Winners | Date of qualification | CONCACAF Rankings May 2023 | FIFA Rankings April 2023 | |
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| A | 1 | 15 | |||
| B | 5 | 58 | |||
| C | 4 | 47 | |||
| D | (host) | 2 | 13 |
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.[3]
The Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada, within the Las Vegas area, was announced as the venue for the event on March 20, 2023.[4] [5]
| Paradise, NV (Las Vegas Area) | |
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| Allegiant Stadium | |
| Capacity: 61,000 | |
See main article: 2023 CONCACAF Nations League Finals squads.
Each national team had to submit a squad of 23 players, three of whom had to be goalkeepers, at least ten days before the opening match of the tournament. If a player became injured or ill severely enough to prevent his participation from the tournament before his team's first match, he could be replaced by another player.[2]
All times are local, PDT (UTC−7).
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| Man of the Match: Jonathan David (Canada)[6] [7]
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See also: Mexico–United States soccer rivalry. The match was temporarily stopped by the referee in the 90th minute due to homophobic chants from the Mexico fans. The referee initially allotted 12 minutes of stoppage time at the end of regulation, but he halted the match in the eighth minute of stoppage time amid more chants (though CONCACAF claimed the match was halted at the referee's discretion).[8] [9] [10]
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| Man of the Match: Christian Pulisic (United States)[11]
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| Man of the Match: Jesús Gallardo (Mexico)[12]
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See main article: 2023 CONCACAF Nations League final.
CONCACAF announced the following squad as the best eleven of the finals after the conclusion of the tournament.[13]
Christian Pulisic was named MVP of the tournament, having scored a total of three goals in league and tournament play. Matt Turner was named best goalkeeper.[14]