# 2024 CONCACAF Nations League Finals

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 AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
The United States defeated Mexico 2–0 in the final to secure a third consecutive CONCACAF Nations League title.

## Format

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:
* 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.

## Venue

AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, within the Dallas-Fort Worth Area, was announced as the venue for the event on November 13, 2023.
| City | Stadium |
| Arlington, Texas (Dallas–Fort Worth Area) | AT&T Stadium |
| Capacity: 80,000 ||

## Qualified teams

The four quarter-finals winners of League A qualified for the Nations League Finals.
| Match | Winners | Date of qualification | Appearances | Appearances | Previous best CNL Finals performance | Rankings | Rankings |
| Match | Winners | Date of qualification | Total | Last | Previous best CNL Finals performance | CONCACAF Feb. 2024 | FIFA Feb. 2024 |
| 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 |

## 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 | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| March 21 – Arlington, TX | March 21 – Arlington, TX |
| Panama | 0 |
| Panama | 0 | March 24 – Arlington, TX | March 24 – Arlington, TX |
| Mexico | 3 | March 24 – Arlington, TX | March 24 – Arlington, TX |
| Mexico | 3 | Mexico | 0 |
| March 21 – Arlington, TX | March 21 – Arlington, TX | | Mexico | 0 |
| March 21 – Arlington, TX | March 21 – Arlington, TX | United States | 2 |
| United States (a.e.t.) | 3 | United States | 2 |
| Jamaica | 1 | | |
| Jamaica | 1 | Third place play-off | Third place play-off |
| | | March 24 – Arlington, TX | 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 | 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 ||
* Man of the Match:
* Haji Wright (United States)
* Assistant referees:
* Gerson Orellana (Honduras)
* Enmanuel Aguirre (Nicaragua)
* Fourth official:
* Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica)
* Video assistant referee:
* Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica)
* Assistant video assistant referee:
* Benjamin Whitty (Cayman Islands)

### 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 | 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 ||
* Man of the Match:
* Edson Álvarez (Mexico)
* Assistant referees:
* Keytzel Corrales (Nicaragua)
* Raymundo Feliz (Dominican Republic)
* Fourth official:
* Julio Luna (Guatemala)
* Video assistant referee:
* Benjamín Pineda (Costa Rica)
* Assistant video assistant referee:
* Tristley Bassue (St. Kitts and Nevis)

## 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 | 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 ||
* Man of the Match:
* Assistant referees:
* Brooke Mayo (United States)
* Kathryn Nesbitt (United States)
* Fourth official:
* Said Martínez (Honduras)
* Video assistant referee:
* Edvin Jurisevic (United States)
* Assistant video assistant referee:
* Erick Miranda (Mexico)

## Final

| 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 ||
* Man of the Match:
* Giovanni Reyna (United States)
* Assistant referees:
* Micheal Barwegen (Canada)
* Lyes Arfa (Canada)
* Fourth official:
* Mario Escobar (Guatemala)
* Video assistant referee:
* Tatiana Guzmán (Nicaragua)
* Assistant video assistant referee:
* Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)

## 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 the league and the finals 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 |