The 2025 CONCACAF Nations League Finals was the final tournament of the 2024âÂÂ25 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 2âÂÂ1 in the final.
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.
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.
The four quarter-finals winners of League A qualified for the Nations League Finals.
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.
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.
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The teams had faced each other 28 times previously, but this was their first-ever meeting at the CONCACAF Nations League. Their most recent meeting was a friendly game in October 2024, won 2âÂÂ0 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 2âÂÂ1.
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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 2019âÂÂ20 League A and the United States' 2âÂÂ0 triumph in the final of the 2022âÂÂ23 edition. Their most recent meeting was a friendly game won 2âÂÂ1 by Canada in September 2024.
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The teams had met 30 times previously, including four CONCACAF Nations League (CNL) matches, all won by Mexico: 3âÂÂ1 and 3âÂÂ0 in the group stage of the 2019âÂÂ20 League A, 1âÂÂ0 in the third place play-off of the 2023 Finals and a 3âÂÂ0 semi-finals win in the 2024 Finals, with the latter being their most recent encounter.
This was the third CNL final for Mexico, while Panama was the first Central American nation to reach the deciding match of the competition. The match crowned an unprecedented CNL champion after the elimination of the three-time defending champions United States in the semi-finals.
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, making four saves and one clean sheet.
In the 9th minute of the semi-final game between Mexico and Canada, Mexico's Edson ÃÂlvarez kicked Canada's Derek Cornelius on his foot inside Mexico's penalty box, but the referee SaÃÂd MartÃÂnez did not award a penalty kick to Canada. A free kick was given in favor of Mexico instead. The VAR BenjamÃÂn Pineda did not intervene.