# 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League A

The 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League A is the top division of the 2024–25 edition of the CONCACAF Nations League, the fourth season of the international football competition involving the men's national teams of the 41 member associations of CONCACAF. The initial group stage was held from 5 September to 15 October 2024.
League A will culminate with the Nations League Finals in March 2025 to crown the champions of the CONCACAF Nations League.
This edition of the CONCACAF Nations League A will serve to determine the four teams that qualify directly for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup in the United States. The top four teams will qualify for the final tournament while the remaining League A teams can still qualify via the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification tournament.

## Format

League A maintains the same format introduced for the 2023–24 season, consisting of a group stage, a quarter-finals round and the finals. The 16 involved teams entering the competition in the group stage or directly into the quarter-finals according to their position in the CONCACAF Rankings (as of 31 March 2024), with the 12 lowest-ranked teams entering the group stage and the top 4 ranked teams receiving a direct pass to the quarter-final round.
The group stage consisted of two groups of six teams, with each team playing four matches against opponents of its group (two at home and two away) on a Swiss-system basis. The top two teams from each group advanced to the quarter-finals where they will join the four teams that qualified directly to this round. The bottom two teams from each group were relegated to the 2026–27 CONCACAF Nations League B, but also advanced to the play-in round, in which they will join four teams from League C in order to compete to qualify for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification tournament.
The quarter-finals will be played on a two-legged home-and-away basis, with the four winners advancing to the Nations League Finals and qualifying directly to the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup. The Nations League Finals, consisting of a semi-final round, third place play-off and the final match, will be played in March 2025 at a centralised venue in Inglewood, California.

### 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification

As announced by CONCACAF in February 2023, the 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League will serve as a qualifier for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup. League A teams will qualify for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup final tournament or the Gold Cup qualification tournament (also called CONCACAF Gold Cup prelims) or advance to the play-in round based on their performance in the group stage and quarter-finals round, as follows:
* The four quarter-finals winners (i.e., the 4 teams involved in the finals) will qualify directly for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
* The four quarter-finals losers will qualify for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification.
* The third and fourth placed teams of each group also qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification.
* The fifth and sixth placed teams of each group advanced to the play-in round, where they will face the top four teams in the League C for the last four slots in the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification.

## Teams

A total of sixteen national teams contest the League A, including the top twelve sides from the 2023–24 season and four promoted from the 2023–24 League B.

### Team changes

The following were the team changes in League A regarding the 2023–24 season:
Incoming :
* Promoted from Nations League B
* French Guiana
* Guadeloupe
* Guyana
* Nicaragua
Outgoing :
* Relegated to Nations League B
* Curaçao
* El Salvador
* Grenada
* Haiti

#### Teams promoted from League B

French Guiana, Guadeloupe and Guyana reached the top flight of the CONCACAF Nations League for the first time, with French Guaiana and Guyana spending the first three seasons in League B while Guadeloupe started in League C in the inaugural edition before spending two seasons in League B. Nicaragua had already been promoted to the League A in the previous season but were disqualified for regulatory reasons before the start of the season, so this was their first appearance in CONCACAF Nations League A.

### Seeding

The pots were confirmed on 19 April 2024, with the lowest twelve League A ranked teams, based on the CONCACAF Rankings as of 31 March 2024, being split into six pots of two teams. The top four ranked teams (Mexico, the United States, Panama and Canada) were directly seeded in the quarter-finals.
| Pot | Team | Rank | Pts |
| 1 | Jamaica | 5 | 1,677 |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 6 | 1,621 |
| 2 | Honduras | 7 | 1,431 |
| 2 | Guatemala | 9 | 1,395 |
| 3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 10 | 1,344 |
| 3 | Martinique | 11 | 1,322 |
| 4 | Cuba | 13 | 1,158 |
| 4 | Guadeloupe | 15 | 1,119 |
| 5 | Nicaragua | 16 | 1,112 |
| 5 | Suriname | 17 | 1,070 |
| 6 | French Guiana | 18 | 1,058 |
| 6 | Guyana | 19 | 1,054 |

### Draw

The group stage draw was held on 6 May 2024, 19:00 EDT (UTC−4), in Miami, Florida, United States, where the twelve involved teams were drawn into two groups of six. The draw began by randomly selecting a team from Pot 1 and placing them into Group A and then selecting the remaining team from Pot 1 and placing them into Group B. The draw continued with the same procedure done for the remaining pots.
The draw resulted in the following groups:
Group A :
| Group A PosTeam A1 Costa Rica A2 Guatemala A3 Martinique A4 Guadeloupe A5 Suriname A6 Guyana | Group B PosTeam B1 Jamaica B2 Honduras B3 Trinidad and Tobago B4 Cuba B5 Nicaragua B6 French Guiana |

## Group stage

The fixture list was confirmed by CONCACAF on 23 May 2024. 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 or relegation | | | | | | |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 8 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | — | 3–0 | — | 3–0 | — |
| 2 | Suriname | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 7 | Advance to quarter-finals | 1–1 | — | — | — | — | 5–1 |
| 3 | Guatemala | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 | Qualification for Gold Cup prelims | 0–0 | — | — | 3–1 | — | — |
| 4 | Martinique | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 5 | Qualification for Gold Cup prelims | — | — | — | — | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| 5 | Guadeloupe (R) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 4 | Advance to play-in and relegation to League B | — | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | — | — |
| 6 | Guyana (R) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 1 | Advance to play-in and relegation to League B | — | 1–3 | 1–3 | — | — | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation | | | | | | |
| 1 | Jamaica | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 8 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 0–0 | — | — | 0–0 | — |
| 2 | Honduras | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 | Advance to quarter-finals | 1–2 | — | — | 4–0 | — | — |
| 3 | Nicaragua | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 | Qualification for Gold Cup prelims | 0–2 | — | — | — | — | 3–2 |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 5 | Qualification for Gold Cup prelims | — | — | — | — | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| 5 | Cuba (R) | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | Advance to play-in and relegation to League B | — | — | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | — |
| 6 | French Guiana (R) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 1 | Advance to play-in and relegation to League B | — | 2–3 | 0–1 | — | — | — |

## Quarter-finals

The quarter-finals pairings were determined based on the CONCACAF Rankings published after the October 2024 FIFA Match Window for the four pre-seeded teams and the group stage results for the winners and runners-up of each group.
Seeded teams :
| Pos | Team | Rank | Pts |
| 1 | Mexico | 1 | 1,900 |
| 2 | Canada | 2 | 1,807 |
| 3 | United States | 3 | 1,776 |
| 4 | Panama | 4 | 1,730 |
Group stage winners and runners-up :
| Rank | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | A | Costa Rica | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 8 |
| 2 | B | Jamaica | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 8 |
| 3 | A | Suriname | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 7 |
| 4 | B | Honduras | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 |
The match-ups were as follows:
* Quarter-final 1 (QF1): Fourth-ranked pre-seeded team vs Best ranked group winner
* Quarter-final 2 (QF2): Third-ranked pre-seeded team vs Worst ranked group winner
* Quarter-final 3 (QF3): Second-ranked pre-seeded team vs Best ranked group runner-up
* Quarter-final 4 (QF4): First-ranked pre-seeded team vs Worst ranked group runner-up
Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the order of legs being decided by the four pre-seeded teams that received a direct bye to the quarter-finals (Canada, Mexico, Panama and the United States). If the aggregate score was level at the end of the second leg the away goals rule was applied. If away goals were also equal, then 30 minutes of extra time was played without taking into account the away goals rule during this time. If still tied after extra time, the tie was decided by a penalty shoot-out.
Winners advanced to the Nations League Finals and qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup, while losers qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification.

### Summary

The first legs were played on 14 and 15 November, and the second legs were played on 18 and 19 November 2024.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Costa Rica | 2–3 | Panama | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| Jamaica | 2–5 | United States | 0–1 | 2–4 |
| Suriname | 0–4 | Canada | 0–1 | 0–3 |
| Honduras | 2–4 | Mexico | 2–0 | 0–4 |

### Matches

The fixture list was confirmed by CONCACAF on 23 May 2024, with the matchups being confirmed on 16 October 2024. All match times are in EST (UTC−5) as listed by CONCACAF (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
Panama won 3–2 on aggregate, advanced to the Finals and qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Costa Rica qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification.
The United States won 5–2 on aggregate, advanced to the Finals and qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Jamaica qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification.
Canada won 4–0 on aggregate, advanced to the Finals and qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Suriname qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification.
Mexico won 4–2 on aggregate, advanced to the Finals and qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Honduras qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup qualification.

## Nations League Finals
### Seeding

The four teams were ranked based on their results in the two quarter-finals legs to determine the semi-final matchups. The first seed will play the fourth seed and the second seed will play the third seed.
| Seed | QF | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | QF3 | Canada | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 6 |
| 2 | QF2 | United States | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 |
| 3 | QF1 | Panama | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 |
| 4 | QF4 | Mexico | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 |

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 20 March – Inglewood, CA | 20 March – Inglewood, CA |
| United States | |
| United States | | 23 March – Inglewood, CA | 23 March – Inglewood, CA |
| Panama | | 23 March – Inglewood, CA | 23 March – Inglewood, CA |
| Panama | | Winner Match 1 | |
| 20 March – Inglewood, CA | 20 March – Inglewood, CA | | Winner Match 1 |
| 20 March – Inglewood, CA | 20 March – Inglewood, CA | Winner Match 2 | |
| Canada | | Winner Match 2 | |
| Mexico | | | |
| Mexico | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off |
| | | 23 March – Inglewood, CA | 23 March – Inglewood, CA |
| | | Loser Match 1 | |
| | | Loser Match 2 | |

### Final
## Goalscorers

There have been 84 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 2.62 goals per match (as of 19 November 2024). Players highlighted in bold are still active in the competition.
2 goals
* Jacob Shaffelburg
* Francisco Calvo
* Warren Madrigal
* Jules Haabo
* Oscar Santis
* Isaiah Jones
* Luis Palma
* David Ruiz
* Demarai Gray
* Brighton Labeau
* Henry Martín
* Sheraldo Becker
* Virgil Misidjan
* Joevin Jones
* Ricardo Pepi
1 goal
* Jonathan David
* Junior Hoilett
* Josimar Alcócer
* Alejandro Bran
* Ariel Lassiter
* Alonso Martínez
* Kenneth Vargas
* Aniel Casanova
* Karel Espino
* Yasnier Matos
* Rey Ángel Rodríguez
* Jordan Leborgne
* Óscar Castellanos
* José Carlos Martínez
* José Carlos Pinto
* Rubio Rubín
* Ludovic Baal
* Raphaël Galas
* Stephen Duke-McKenna
* Omari Glasgow
* Jalen Jones
* Kervin Arriaga
* Jorge Benguché
* Deybi Flores
* Alexander López
* Anthony Lozano
* Edwin Rodríguez
* Romario Williams
* Michail Antonio
* Kevin Appin
* Rudy Varane
* Raúl Jiménez
* Jorge Sánchez
* Juan Barrera
* Marvin Fletes
* Harold Medina
* Jaime Moreno
* Widman Talavera
* César Blackman
* José Fajardo
* José Rodríguez
* Djevencio van der Kust
* Ridgeciano Haps
* Denzel Jubitana
* Jaden Montnor
* Gleofilo Vlijter
* Sheldon Bateau
* Dantaye Gilbert
* Real Gill
* Christian Pulisic
* Tim Weah
1 own goal
* Denil Maldonado (against Jamaica)
* Di'Shon Bernard (against United States)
* Josué Quijano (against Jamaica)