2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League A

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name = CONCACAF Nations League A

| year = 2022–23

| dates = Group phase:
{{nowrap|2 June 2022 – 28 March 2023}}
Nations League Finals:
15–18 June 2023

| num_teams = 12

| champion = USA

| count = 2

| second = CAN

| third = MEX

| fourth = PAN

| relegated =

| matches = 28

| goals = 80

| attendance =

| top_scorer = {{fbicon|CAN}} Jonathan David
{{fbicon|USA}} Jesús Ferreira
{{fbicon|USA}} Ricardo Pepi
(4 goals each)

| prevseason = 2019–20

| nextseason = 2023–24

}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://mcusercontent.com/78d3589fb61466b549ff752e5/files/d57aca81-b767-6afa-8a4c-43bb625f9de4/21_CNL_Schedule_V2.pdf|title=CONCACAF Nations League 2022-2023 MATCH SCHEDULE|publisher=CONCACAF|format=PDF|date=6 April 2022|access-date=6 April 2022}}

League A culminated with the 2023 CONCACAF Nations League Finals in June 2023 to crown the champions of the CONCACAF Nations League.{{cite news|title=New Concacaf Qualifiers announced for regional qualification to FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022|url=https://www.concacaf.com/en/article/new-concacaf-qualifiers-announced-for-regional-qualification-to-fifa-world-cup-qatar-2022|work=CONCACAF|access-date=27 July 2020}} These matches were played at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada, United States.{{cite web |title=Las Vegas to host 2022/23 Concacaf Nations League Finals presented by Qatar Airways in June |url=https://www.concacaf.com/nations-league/news/las-vegas-to-host-2022-23-concacaf-nations-league-finals-presented-by-qatar-airways-in-june/ |website=CONCACAF |access-date=20 March 2023 |date=20 March 2023}}

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.{{cite news |url=https://www.concacaf.com/news/concacaf-announces-formats-for-men-s-national-team-competitions-for-the-2023-2026-cycle/ |title=CONCACAF announces formats for men's national team competitions for the 2023–2026 cycle |publisher=CONCACAF |date=28 February 2023 |access-date=28 February 2023}}

=Team changes=

The following were the team changes of League A from the 2019–20 season:

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|

{| class="wikitable" style="width:200px"

|+ Incoming

Promoted from
Nations League B
{{Plainlist|

  • {{fb|SLV}}
  • {{fb|GRN}}
  • {{fb|JAM}}
  • {{fb|SUR}}

}}

|

class="wikitable" style="width:200px"

|+ Outgoing

Relegated to
Nations League B
{{Plainlist|

  • {{fb|BER}}
  • {{fb|CUB}}
  • {{fb|HAI}}
  • {{fb|TRI}}

}}

|}

=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.{{cite web |title=Concacaf announces details for 2022/23 Concacaf Nations League |url=https://www.concacaf.com/nations-league/news/concacaf-announces-details-for-2022-23-concacaf-nations-league-presented-by-qatar-airways/ |work=CONCACAF |access-date=4 February 2022 |date=3 February 2022}}{{cite news|title=Concacaf confirms procedures for 2022/23 Concacaf Nations League presented by Qatar Airways draw|url=https://www.concacaf.com/nations-league/news/concacaf-confirms-procedures-for-2022-23-concacaf-nations-league-presented-by-qatar-airways-draw/|work=CONCACAF|date=3 April 2022|access-date=3 April 2022}}

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|

{| class="wikitable"

+ Pot 1
width="190" | Team

! {{Tooltip|Pts|Points in CONCACAF Ranking Index (as of April 2022)}}

! {{Tooltip|Rank|Ranking (all CONCACAF teams)}}

{{fb|MEX}}

| align="right" | 2,020

| align="center" | 1

{{fb|USA}}

| align="right" | 1,917

| align="center" | 2

{{fb|CAN}}

| align="right" | 1,821

| align="center" | 3

{{fb|CRC}}

| align="right" | 1,805

| align="center" | 4

|

class="wikitable"
+ Pot 2
width="190" | Team

! {{Tooltip|Pts|Points in CONCACAF Ranking Index (as of April 2022)}}

! {{Tooltip|Rank|Ranking (all CONCACAF teams)}}

{{fb|PAN}}

| align="right" | 1,624

| align="center" | 5

{{fb|JAM}}

| align="right" | 1,471

| align="center" | 6

{{fb|SLV}}

| align="right" | 1,390

| align="center" | 9

{{fb|HON}}

| align="right" | 1,350

| align="center" | 10

|

class="wikitable"
+ Pot 3
width="190" | Team

! {{Tooltip|Pts|Points in CONCACAF Ranking Index (as of April 2022)}}

! {{Tooltip|Rank|Ranking (all CONCACAF teams)}}

{{fb|MTQ|football-old}}

| align="right" | 1,252

| align="center" | 11

{{fb|CUW}}

| align="right" | 1,249

| align="center" | 12

{{fb|SUR}}

| align="right" | 1,089

| align="center" | 15

{{fb|GRN}}

| align="right" | 834

| align="center" | 25

|}

Groups

The fixture list was confirmed by CONCACAF on 6 April 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.concacaf.com/nations-league/news/concacaf-announces-schedule-for-2022-23-concacaf-nations-league-presented-by-qatar-airways/|title=Concacaf announces schedule for 2022/23 Concacaf Nations League presented by Qatar Airways|publisher=CONCACAF|date=6 April 2022|access-date=6 April 2022|location=Miami}}

All match times are in EDT (UTC−4) as listed by CONCACAF (local times, if different, are in parentheses).{{cite web|url=https://www.concacaf.com/nations-league/news/june-2022-match-schedule-confirmed-for-2022-23-concacaf-nations-league-presented-by-qatar-airways/|title=June 2022 match schedule confirmed for 2022/23 Concacaf Nations League presented by Qatar Airways|publisher=CONCACAF|date=9 May 2022|access-date=10 May 2022|location=Miami}}{{cite web|url=https://mcusercontent.com/78d3589fb61466b549ff752e5/files/bec7630d-d15c-2284-d728-72bf06887e35/CNL_Schedule_V3.pdf|title=2022-2023 MATCH SCHEDULE – JUNE 2022|publisher=CONCACAF|date=6 May 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.concacaf.com/nations-league/news/schedule-set-for-2022-23-cnl-group-stage-matches-in-march/|title=Schedule set for 2022-23 CNL Group Stage matches in March|publisher=CONCACAF|date=1 March 2023|access-date=23 March 2023|location=Miami}}{{cite web|url=https://stconcacafwp001.blob.core.windows.net/media/4hwfryda/cnl-march-2023-v5.pdf|title=2022-2023 MATCH SCHEDULE – MARCH 2023|publisher=CONCACAF|date=23 March 2023}}

=Group A=

{{2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League A group tables|Group A|show_matches=yes}}

{{Football box

|id=Suriname v Jamaica

|date={{Start date|2022|6|4|df=y}}

|time=19:00 (20:00 UTC−3)

|team1={{fb-rt|SUR}}

|score=1–1

|team2={{fb|JAM}}

|goals1=Knight {{goal|84|o.g.}}

|goals2=Flemmings {{goal|39}}

|stadium=Dr. Ir. Franklin Essed Stadion, Paramaribo

|attendance= 3,032

|referee=Selvin Brown (Honduras)

|report= https://www.concacaf.com/en/nations-league/game-details?matchid=626296

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Jamaica v Suriname

|date={{Start date|2022|6|7|df=y}}

|time=21:00 (20:00 UTC−5)

|team1={{fb-rt|JAM}}

|score=3–1

|team2={{fb|SUR}}

|goals1=

|goals2=Wildschut {{goal|21}}

|stadium=National Stadium, Kingston

|attendance=

|referee=Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica){{refn|group=note|Referee Ismail Elfath from the United States, who was originally assigned to the Jamaica v Suriname match,{{cite web|url=https://www.concacaf.com/nations-league/news/2022-23-cnl-referee-appointments-match-days-1-6/|title=2022/23 CNL Referee Appointments – Match Days 1-6|publisher=CONCACAF|date=31 May 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://stconcacafwp001.blob.core.windows.net/media/fybcjorg/updated-cnl-officials.pdf|title=2022/23 Concacaf Nations League Referee Appointments|publisher=CONCACAF|first=Alvaro|last=Urrutia|date=1 June 2022}} was replaced by Keylor Herrera from Costa Rica.{{cite web|url=https://stconcacafwp001.blob.core.windows.net/media/huedpvkd/actualizados-arbitros4.pdf|title=2022/23 Concacaf Nations League Referee Appointments|publisher=CONCACAF|first=Alvaro|last=Urrutia|date=6 June 2022}}}}

|report=https://www.concacaf.com/en/nations-league/game-details?matchid=626313

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Mexico v Suriname

|date={{Start date|2022|6|11|df=y}}

|time=22:00 (21:00 UTC−5)

|team1={{fb-rt|MEX}}

|score=3–0

|team2={{fb|SUR}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Estadio Corona, Torreón

|attendance=

|referee=Iván Barton (El Salvador)

|report= https://www.concacaf.com/en/nations-league/game-details?matchid=626328

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Jamaica v Mexico

|date={{Start date|2022|6|14|df=y}}

|time=20:00 (19:00 UTC−5)

|team1={{fb-rt|JAM}}

|score=1–1

|team2={{fb|MEX}}

|goals1=Bailey {{goal|4}}

|goals2=Romo {{goal|45+3}}

|stadium=National Stadium, Kingston

|attendance=

|referee=Bryan López (Guatemala)

|report=https://www.concacaf.com/en/nations-league/game-details?matchid=626345

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Suriname v Mexico

|date={{Start date|2023|3|23|df=y}}

|time=20:00 (21:00 UTC−3)

|team1={{fb-rt|SUR}}

|score=0–2

|team2={{fb|MEX}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Dr. Ir. Franklin Essed Stadion, Paramaribo

|attendance=

|referee=Saíd Martínez (Honduras)

|report= https://www.concacaf.com/en/nations-league/game-details?matchid=626351

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Mexico v Jamaica

|date={{Start date|2023|3|26|df=y}}

|time= 20:00 (18:00 UTC−6)

|team1={{fb-rt|MEX}}

|score=2–2

|team2={{fb|JAM}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium= Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

|attendance=

|referee=Ismail Elfath (United States)

|report=https://www.concacaf.com/en/nations-league/game-details?matchid=626368

}}

=Group B=

{{2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League A group tables|Group B|show_matches=yes}}

{{Football box

|id=Panama v Costa Rica

|date={{Start date|2022|6|2|df=y}}

|time=19:30 (18:30 UTC−5)

|team1={{fb-rt|PAN}}

|score=2–0

|team2={{fb|CRC}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

|attendance=

|referee=Fernando Hernández (Mexico)

|report=https://www.concacaf.com/en/nations-league/game-details?matchid=626295

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Costa Rica v Martinique

|date={{Start date|2022|6|5|df=y}}

|time=13:00 (11:00 UTC−6)

|team1={{fb-rt|CRC}}

|score=2–0

|team2={{fb|MTQ|football-old}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Estadio Nacional, San José

|attendance=

|referee=Walter López (Guatemala)

|report=https://www.concacaf.com/en/nations-league/game-details?matchid=626312

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Panama v Martinique

|date={{Start date|2022|6|9|df=y}}

|time=20:00 (19:00 UTC−5)

|team1={{fb-rt|PAN}}

|score=5–0

|team2={{fb|MTQ|football-old}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

|attendance=

|referee=Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)

|report= https://www.concacaf.com/en/nations-league/game-details?matchid=626329

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Martinique v Panama

|date={{Start date|2022|6|12|df=y}}

|time=18:00

|team1={{fb-rt|MTQ|football-old}}

|score=0–0

|team2={{fb|PAN}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium= Stade Pierre-Aliker, Fort-de-France

|attendance=

|referee=Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)

|report= https://www.concacaf.com/en/nations-league/game-details?matchid=626346

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Martinique v Costa Rica

|date={{Start date|2023|3|25|df=y}}

|time= 19:00

|team1={{fb-rt|MTQ}}

|score=1–2

|team2={{fb|CRC}}

|goals1=Biron {{goal|18}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Stade Pierre-Aliker, Fort-de-France

|attendance=6,249

|referee=Drew Fischer (Canada)

|report= https://www.concacaf.com/en/nations-league/game-details?matchid=626352

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Costa Rica v Panama

|date={{Start date|2023|3|28|df=y}}

|time=22:00 (20:00 UTC−6)

|team1={{fb-rt|CRC}}

|score=0–1

|team2={{fb|PAN}}

|goals1=

|goals2=Fajardo {{goal|77}}

|stadium=Estadio Nacional, San José

|attendance=

|referee=César Ramos (Mexico)

|report= https://www.concacaf.com/en/nations-league/game-details?matchid=626369

}}

=Group C=

{{2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League A group tables|Group C|show_matches=yes}}

{{Football box

|id=Curaçao v Honduras

|date={{Start date|2022|6|3|df=y}}

|time=20:00

|team1={{fb-rt|CUW}}

|score=0–1

|team2={{fb|HON}}

|goals1=

|goals2=Pinto {{goal|23}}

|stadium= Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad

|attendance=7,000

|referee=Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)

|report= https://www.concacaf.com/en/nations-league/game-details?matchid=626289

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Honduras v Curaçao

|date={{Start date|2022|6|6|df=y}}

|time=22:00 (20:00 UTC−6)

|team1={{fb-rt|HON}}

|score=1–2

|team2={{fb|CUW}}

|goals1=Quioto {{goal|90+4}}

|goals2=

|stadium=Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

|attendance=8,347

|referee=Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)

|report=https://www.concacaf.com/en/nations-league/game-details?matchid=626306

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Canada v Curaçao

|date={{Start date|2022|6|9|df=y}}

|time=22:30 (19:30 UTC−7)

|team1={{fb-rt|CAN}}

|score=4–0

|team2={{fb|CUW}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium= BC Place, Vancouver

|attendance=17,216

|referee=Nima Saghafi (United States)

|report= https://www.concacaf.com/en/nations-league/game-details?matchid=626317

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Honduras v Canada

|date={{Start date|2022|6|13|df=y}}

|time=22:00 (20:00 UTC−6)

|team1={{fb-rt|HON}}

|score=2–1

|team2={{fb|CAN}}

|goals1=

|goals2=David {{goal|86}}

|stadium= Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

|attendance=

|referee=Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

|report= https://www.concacaf.com/en/nations-league/game-details?matchid=626335

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Curaçao v Canada

|date={{Start date|2023|3|25|df=y}}

|time=21:00

|team1={{fb-rt|CUW}}

|score=0–2

|team2={{fb|CAN}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium= Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad

|attendance=7,800

|referee=Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)

|report= https://www.concacaf.com/en/nations-league/game-details?matchid=626362

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Canada v Honduras

|date={{Start date|2023|3|28|df=y}}

|time=20:00

|team1={{fb-rt|CAN}}

|score=4–1

|team2={{fb|HON}}

|goals1=

|goals2=Benguché {{goal|73}}

|stadium=BMO Field, Toronto

|attendance=13,626

|referee=Iván Barton (El Salvador)

|report=https://www.concacaf.com/en/nations-league/game-details?matchid=626379

}}

=Group D=

{{2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League A group tables|Group D|show_matches=yes}}

{{Football box

|id=Grenada v El Salvador

|date={{Start date|2022|6|4|df=y}}

|time=22:00 (20:00 UTC−6)

|team1={{fb-rt|SLV}}

|score=3–1

|team2={{fb|GRN}}

|goals1=

|goals2=McQueen {{goal|4}}

|stadium=Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

|attendance=2,611

|referee=Luis Enrique Santander (Mexico)

|report=https://www.concacaf.com/en/nations-league/game-details?matchid=626283

}}

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{{Football box

|id=El Salvador v Grenada

|date={{Start date|2022|6|7|df=y}}

|time=19:00

|team1={{fb-rt|GRN}}

|score=2–2

|team2={{fb|SLV}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium= Kirani James Athletic Stadium, St. George's

|attendance=820

|referee=José Torres (Puerto Rico){{refn|group=note|Referee Francia González from Mexico, who was originally assigned to the El Salvador v Grenada match, was replaced by José Torres from Puerto Rico.}}

|report= https://www.concacaf.com/en/nations-league/game-details?matchid=626300

}}

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{{Football box

|id=United States v Grenada

|date={{Start date|2022|6|10|df=y}}

|time=22:00 (21:00 UTC−5)

|team1={{fb-rt|USA}}

|score=5–0

|team2={{fb|GRN}}

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium= Q2 Stadium, Austin

|attendance= 20,500

|referee=Saíd Martínez (Honduras)

|report= https://www.concacaf.com/en/nations-league/game-details?matchid=626318

}}

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{{Football box

|id=El Salvador v United States

|date={{Start date|2022|6|14|df=y}}

|time=22:00 (20:00 UTC−6)

|team1={{fb-rt|SLV}}

|score=1–1

|team2={{fb|USA}}

|goals1=Larín {{goal|35}}

|goals2=Morris {{goal|90+1}}

|stadium= Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

|attendance= 6,313

|referee=César Ramos (Mexico)

|report= https://www.concacaf.com/en/nations-league/game-details?matchid=626334

}}

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{{Football box

|id=Grenada v United States

|date={{Start date|2023|3|24|df=y}}

|time=20:00

|team1={{fb-rt|GRN}}

|score=1–7

|team2={{fb|USA}}

|goals1=Hippolyte {{goal|32}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Kirani James Athletic Stadium, St. George's

|attendance= 7,032

|referee=Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)

|report= https://www.concacaf.com/en/nations-league/game-details?matchid=626363

}}

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{{Football box

|id=United States v El Salvador

|date={{Start date|2023|3|27|df=y}}

|time=19:30

|team1={{fb-rt|USA}}

|score=1–0

|team2={{fb|SLV}}

|goals1=Pepi {{goal|62}}

|goals2=

|stadium= Exploria Stadium, Orlando

|attendance=18,947

|referee=Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

|report= https://www.concacaf.com/en/nations-league/game-details?matchid=626380

}}

Nations League Finals

{{Main|2023 CONCACAF Nations League Finals}}

=Seeding=

{{P1|1={{#section-h:2023 CONCACAF Nations League Finals|Seeding}}}}

=Bracket=

{{#lst:2023 CONCACAF Nations League Finals|Bracket}}

All times are local, PDT (UTC−7).

=Semi-finals=

{{#lst:2023 CONCACAF Nations League Finals|Semi-final 1}}

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{{#lst:2023 CONCACAF Nations League Finals|Semi-final 2}}

=Third place play-off=

{{#lst:2023 CONCACAF Nations League Finals|Third place play-off}}

=Final=

{{Main|2023 CONCACAF Nations League final}}

{{#lst:2023 CONCACAF Nations League final|Final}}

Statistics

=Goalscorers=

{{Goalscorers

|goals=80 |matches=28

|ongoing= |bold=

|updated=

|4 goals=

|3 goals=

|2 goals=

|1 goal=

|1 own goal=

}}

=Best XI=

CONCACAF announced the following squad as the best eleven of League A after the conclusion of the group stage.{{cite news|url=https://www.concacaf.com/nations-league/news/tamacas-pepi-reid-and-larin-headline-cnl-league-a-best-xi/|title=Tamacas, Pepi, Reid and Larin headline CNL League A Best XI|publisher=CONCACAF|date=30 March 2023|access-date=1 April 2023}}

class="wikitable"
style="width:25%;" | Goalkeeper

! style="width:25%;" | Defenders

! style="width:25%;" | Midfielders

! style="width:25%;" | Forwards

style="vertical-align:top;"

| {{fbicon|MTQ}} Yannis Clementia

| {{fbicon|SLV}} Bryan Tamacas
{{fbicon|PAN}} Fidel Escobar
{{fbicon|USA}} Auston Trusty

| {{fbicon|USA}} Christian Pulisic
{{fbicon|CAN}} Jonathan Osorio
{{fbicon|PAN}} Adalberto Carrasquilla
{{fbicon|CAN}} Ismaël Koné

| {{fbicon|CAN}} Cyle Larin
{{fbicon|JAM}} Bobby Decordova-Reid
{{fbicon|USA}} Ricardo Pepi

Notes

{{reflist|group=note}}

References

{{Reflist}}