# 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League A

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.
League A culminated with the 2023 CONCACAF Nations League Finals in June 2023 to crown the champions of the CONCACAF Nations League. These matches were played at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada, United States.
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.

### Team changes

The following were the team changes of League A from the 2019–20 season:
Incoming :
* Promoted from Nations League B
* El Salvador
* Grenada
* Jamaica
* Suriname
Outgoing :
* Relegated to Nations League B
* Bermuda
* Cuba
* Haiti
* Trinidad and Tobago

### 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.
Pot 1 :
| Pot 1 Team Pts Rank  Mexico 2,020 1  United States 1,917 2  Canada 1,821 3  Costa Rica 1,805 4 | Pot 2 Team Pts Rank  Panama 1,624 5  Jamaica 1,471 6  El Salvador 1,390 9  Honduras 1,350 10 | Pot 3 Team Pts Rank  Martinique 1,252 11  Curaçao 1,249 12  Suriname 1,089 15  Grenada 834 25 |

## Groups

The fixture list was confirmed by CONCACAF on 6 April 2022.
All match times are in EDT (UTC−4) as listed by CONCACAF (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | |
| 1 | Mexico | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 8 | Qualification for Finals and Gold Cup | — | 2–2 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Jamaica | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 | Qualification for Gold Cup | 1–1 | — | 3–1 |
| 3 | Suriname | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 1 | Advance to Gold Cup prelims | 0–2 | 1–1 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | |
| 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 | — |

### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | |
| 1 | Canada | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 9 | Qualification for Finals and Gold Cup | — | 4–1 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Honduras | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 6 | Qualification for Gold Cup | 2–1 | — | 1–2 |
| 3 | Curaçao | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 3 | Advance to Gold Cup prelims | 0–2 | 0–1 | — |

### Group D

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | |
| 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 | — |

## 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.
| Seed | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | D | United States (H) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 10 |
| 2 | B | Panama | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 10 |
| 3 | C | Canada | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 9 |
| 4 | A | Mexico | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 8 |

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| June 15 (15-06) – Paradise, NV | June 15 (15-06) – Paradise, NV |
| Panama | 0 |
| Panama | 0 | June 18 (18-06) – Paradise, NV | June 18 (18-06) – Paradise, NV |
| Canada | 2 | June 18 (18-06) – Paradise, NV | June 18 (18-06) – Paradise, NV |
| Canada | 2 | Canada | 0 |
| June 15 (15-06) – Paradise, NV | June 15 (15-06) – Paradise, NV | | Canada | 0 |
| June 15 (15-06) – Paradise, NV | June 15 (15-06) – Paradise, NV | United States | 2 |
| United States | 3 | United States | 2 |
| Mexico | 0 | | |
| Mexico | 0 | Third place play-off | Third place play-off |
| | | June 18 (18-06) – Paradise, NV | June 18 (18-06) – Paradise, NV |
| | | Panama | 0 |
| | | Mexico | 1 |
All times are local, PDT (UTC−7).

### Final
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

There were 80 goals scored in 28 matches, for an average of 2.86 goals per match.
4 goals
* Jonathan David
* Jesús Ferreira
* Ricardo Pepi
3 goals
* Alphonso Davies
* Cyle Larin
* Christian Pulisic
2 goals
* Nelson Bonilla
* Alexander Larín
* Junior Flemmings
* Yoel Bárcenas
* Weston McKennie
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 Decordova-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.
| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
| Yannis Clementia | Bryan Tamacas Fidel Escobar Auston Trusty | Christian Pulisic Jonathan Osorio Adalberto Carrasquilla Ismaël Koné | Cyle Larin Bobby Decordova-Reid Ricardo Pepi |