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2025 CONCACAF Nations League Finals

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2025 CONCACAF Nations League Finals
Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
DatesMarch 20–23
Teams4
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
2024
2027

The 2025 CONCACAF Nations League Finals will be the final tournament 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. It will be held from March 20 to 23, 2025 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, United States.[1]

The United States are the three-time defending champions.

Format

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The Nations League Finals will be contested by the four quarter-finals winners of League A. The tournament will take place over four days and will be played in single-leg knockout matches, consisting of two semi-finals on March 20, and a third place play-off and final three days after on March 23, 2025.[citation needed]

In the CONCACAF Nations League Finals, if the scores are level at the end of normal time:[2]

  • In the semi-finals and final, 30 minutes of extra time will be played. If the score is still level after extra time, the winner will be determined by a penalty shoot-out.
  • In the third place play-off, extra time will not be played, and the winner will be determined by a penalty shoot-out.

Venue

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Location of the Host city of the 2025 CONCACAF Nations League Finals.

SoFi Stadium, located in the Hollywood Park neighborhood in Inglewood, California and part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area, was announced as the venue for the 2025 and 2027 CONCACAF Nations League Finals on October 9, 2024.[1][3]

Los Angeles
(Inglewood, California)
SoFi Stadium
Capacity: 70,240

Qualified teams

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The four quarter-finals winners of League A qualified for the Nations League Finals.

Match Winners Date of
qualification
CONCACAF Rankings
February 2025
FIFA Rankings
November 2024
QF1  Panama November 18, 2024
QF2  United States November 18, 2024
QF3  Canada November 19, 2024
QF4  Mexico November 19, 2024

Seeding

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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
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Squads

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Each national team has to submit a final squad of 23 players, three of whom must be goalkeepers, no later than ten days before the opening match of the tournament. If a player presents medical reasons or becomes injured severely enough to prevent his participation from the tournament before his team's first match, he can be replaced by another player.[2]

Bracket

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

All match times are in EDT (UTC−4) as listed by CONCACAF (local times are in parentheses).[4]

Semi-finals

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United States Match 1 Panama

Canada Match 2 Mexico

Third place play-off

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Loser Match 1Match 3Loser Match 2

Final

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Winner Match 1Match 4Winner Match 2

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Hollywood Park and SoFi Stadium awarded 2025 and 2027 Concacaf Nations League Finals". Miami, FL: CONCACAF. October 9, 2024. Retrieved October 11, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "CONCACAF Nations League Regulations 2024" (PDF). CONCACAF. April 17, 2024 [Approved on March 2024]. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
  3. ^ Calhoun, Damian (October 10, 2024). "SoFi Stadium to host 2025 and 2027 CONCACAF Nations League Finals". www.dailynews.com. Los Angeles Daily News. Retrieved October 11, 2024.
  4. ^ "Concacaf confirms Nations League Semifinals matchups and schedule". Miami, FL: CONCACAF. November 20, 2024. Retrieved November 20, 2024.
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