The 2025 CONCACAF Nations League Finals was 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 was held from March 20 to 23, 2025 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, United States.
The three-time defending champions United States were eliminated by Panama in the semi-finals.
Mexico secured their first title by defeating Panama 2–1 in the final.
Format The Nations League Finals were contested by the four quarter-finals winners of League A. The tournament took place over four days and was 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.
In the CONCACAF Nations League Finals, if the scores are level at the end of normal time 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.
Venue
SoFi Stadium, located in Inglewood, California, in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, was announced as the venue for the 2025 and 2027 CONCACAF Nations League Finals on October 9, 2024.
CityStadium Inglewood (Los Angeles Area)SoFi Stadium Capacity: 70,240
Qualified teams The four quarter-finals winners of League A qualified for the Nations League Finals. MatchWinnersDate of qualificationAppearancesPrevious best CNL Finals performanceRankingsTotalLastCONCACAFFeb. 2025FIFADec. 2024 QF1 3rd2024 (2023, 2024) QF2 4th2024 (2021, 2023, 2024) QF3 2nd2023 (2023) QF4 4th2024 (2021, 2024)
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 played the fourth seed and the second seed played the third seed.
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
All match times are in EDT (UTC−4) as listed by CONCACAF (local times are in parentheses).
Semi-finals
United States vs Panama The teams had faced each other 28 times previously, but this was their first-ever meeting in the CONCACAF Nations League. Their most recent meeting was a friendly game in October 2024, won 2–0 by the United States, which marked the debut of coach Mauricio Pochettino at the helm of the USMNT. Meanwhile, their most recent competitive meeting was a 2024 Copa América Group C match on June 27, 2024, where Panama won 2–1.
GK 1 Matt TurnerRB 6 Yunus MusahCB 3 Chris Richards CB 13Tim Ream (c)LB 19Joe Scally CM 4 Tyler Adams CM 11Tanner Tessmann RW 8 Weston McKennie AM 10Christian Pulisic LW 21Timothy WeahCF 9 Josh Sargent Substitutions:FW 16Patrick Agyemang FW 12Jack McGlynn DF 20Mark McKenzie Manager: Mauricio Pochettino GK 22Orlando MosqueraCB 16Carlos HarveyCB 5 Edgardo FariñaCB 3 José CórdobaRWB2 César Blackman LWB15Jorge Gutiérrez RM 6 Cristian Martínez CM 8 Adalberto Carrasquilla CM 20Aníbal Godoy (c)LM 7 José Luis Rodríguez CF 17José Fajardo Substitutions:FW 18Cecilio Waterman DF 19Iván Anderson FW 10Ismael Díaz MF 14Janpol Morales Manager: Thomas Christiansen Man of the Match: Cecilio Waterman (Panama)
Assistant referees: Caleb Wales (Trinidad and Tobago) Ojay Duhaney (Jamaica) Fourth official: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador) Fifth official: Karen Díaz (Mexico) Video assistant referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica) Assistant video assistant referee: Benjamin Whitty (Cayman Islands)
Canada vs Mexico
GK 1 Dayne St. ClairRB 2 Alistair Johnston CB 15Moïse Bombito CB 13Derek CorneliusLB 19Alphonso Davies (c) CM 7 Stephen Eustáquio CM 8 Ismaël Koné RW 20Ali Ahmed AM 10Jonathan DavidLW 21Jonathan Osorio CF 9 Cyle Larin Substitutions:MF 14Jacob Shaffelburg MF 17Tajon Buchanan MF 6 Mathieu Choinière FW 12Tani Oluwaseyi FW 11Daniel Jebbison Manager: Jesse Marsch GK 1 Luis MalagónCB 2 Israel Reyes CB 4 Edson Álvarez (c)CB 5 Johan Vásquez RM 22Roberto AlvaradoCM 8 Carlos Rodríguez CM 6 Érik Lira LM 23Jesús GallardoRF 11Santiago Giménez CF 9 Raúl JiménezLF 10Alexis Vega Substitutions:FW 21César Huerta MF 7 Luis Romo FW 16Julián Quiñones MF 18Luis Chávez Manager: Javier Aguirre Man of the Match: Raúl Jiménez (Mexico)
Assistant referees: Walter López (Honduras) Christian Ramírez (Honduras) Fourth official: Selvin Brown (Honduras) Fifth official: Humberto Panjoj (Guatemala) Video assistant referee: Benjamín Pineda (Costa Rica) Assistant video assistant referee: Jesús Montero (Costa Rica)
Third place play-off The teams had met in 43 previous matches, including three times at the CONCACAF Nations League (CNL) with one victory per side in the group stage of the 2019–20 League A and the United States' 2–0 triumph in the final of the 2022–23 edition. Their most recent meeting was a friendly game won 2–1 by Canada in September 2024.
GK 1 Dayne St. ClairRB 2 Alistair JohnstonCB 15Moïse Bombito CB 13Derek CorneliusLB 19Alphonso Davies (c) CM 6 Mathieu Choinière CM 8 Ismaël Koné RW 20Ali Ahmed AM 10Jonathan DavidLW 17Tajon Buchanan CF 12Tani Oluwaseyi Substitutions:MF 23Niko Sigur FW 9 Cyle Larin MF 14Jacob Shaffelburg MF 7 Stephen Eustáquio MF 21Jonathan Osorio Manager: Jesse Marsch GK 1 Matt TurnerRB 5 Maximilian ArfstenCB 20Mark McKenzieCB 2 Cameron Carter-VickersLB 19Joe Scally CM 4 Tyler Adams CM 8 Weston McKennie RW 14Diego Luna AM 10Christian Pulisic (c) LW 21Timothy WeahCF 16Patrick Agyemang Substitutions:DF 17Marlon Fossey MF 11Tanner Tessmann FW 6 Yunus Musah MF 7 Giovanni Reyna FW 23Brian White Manager: Mauricio Pochettino Man of the Match: Jonathan David (Canada)
Assistant referees: Sandra Ramírez (Mexico) Karen Díaz (Mexico) Fourth official: Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica) Fifth official:
Video assistant referee: Guillermo Pacheco (Mexico) Assistant video assistant referee: Jesús Montero (Costa Rica)
Final
The teams had met 30 times previously, including four CONCACAF Nations League (CNL) matches, all won by Mexico: 3–1 and 3–0 in the group stage of the 2019–20 League A, 1–0 in the third place play-off of the 2023 Finals and a 3–0 semi-finals win in the 2024 Finals, with the latter being their most recent encounter.
This was the third Nations League final for Mexico, while Panama was the first Central American nation to reach the deciding match of the competition. The match crowned an unprecedented Nations League winner after the elimination of the three-time defending champions United States in the semi-finals.
Statistics
Goalscorers
Awards CONCACAF announced the following squad as the best eleven of the Finals after the conclusion of the tournament.
Raúl Jiménez was named best player of the tournament, scoring four goals in the Finals. Luis Malagón was named best goalkeeper, with four saves and one clean sheet.
Best XI Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards Luis Malagón Israel Reyes Moïse Bombito Johan Vásquez Tyler Adams Edson Álvarez Aníbal Godoy Adalberto Carrasquilla Jonathan David Cecilio Waterman Raúl Jiménez
Controversy In the 9th minute of the semi-final game between Mexico and Canada, Mexico's Edson Álvarez kicked Canada's Derek Cornelius on his foot inside Mexico's penalty box, but the referee Saíd Martínez did not award a penalty kick to Canada. A free kick was given in favor of Mexico instead. The VAR Benjamín Pineda did not intervene.
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