A total of 41 teams enter the CONCACAF Nations League, and only two of them make it to the final. This time it is the USA and Canada who will be competing in the last lap of the league. The USA are the current champions with their first title on their hands. Canada has a tough fight to face on June 19, 2023, at Allegiant Stadium after Panama and Mexico are done with the battle for the third spot.
The most recent fixture for both finalists has come comfortably. Making this evident is the fact that they did not let their opponent score a single goal throughout the 90-minute run. The US clinched victory by 3-0, while Canada made it to the top by 2-0 versus Panama. The semi-Finalists scored a total of 5 goals to win, as the other sides were left with nothing on the register.
Panama did land something, a red card in the 89th minute against Eric Davis. Jonathan David and Alphonso Davies found the net one time each. That was in the first half and the second half. Jonathan brought up the opener in the 25th minute. Davies added the edge in the 69th minute. Mosquera was left clueless when attackers took the shot. Their circumventing the keeper’s defense was a shock only to them.
From the latest online sports betting news, Canada had it all planned out during the key discussions with Herdman. Christiansen has something to introspect about, and that is how differently they could have defended against the Canadian attack.
It was a 4-4-2 versus 3-4-2-1 line-up. Panama did have an additional layer of defense for Larin and Buchana, but all of it was in vain.
Christian Pulisic led the charge for the US with a double within 10 minutes of the game. Only lying free on the ground was the half-time between his goals. The opener by him was scored in the 27th minute. Another one went inside in the 46th minute. Just when things looked to be inclined toward Mexico per soccer betting sites, Ricardo Pepi came up with the third blow in the 78th minute. Drawn was only the number of players taking red cards on the register. Two on both sides under Weston & Sergio and Cesar & Gerardo.
Ochoa may stand up the line-up of 3-5-2, asking for another security layer. The US did that with a 4-2-3-1 approach where Balogun was at the front of the line. Turner held one targeted shot out of five in the nearby direction. Possession-wise, points to Mexico, for they held the ball 54% of the time. This comes to light with 400 passes.
The US stuck to being conservative in that sense and only passed 353 numbers around. They were able to strike more to hit five targeted shots out of 11. Canada and the US now meet in the final on June 19, 2023, at Allegiant Stadium, Nevada.
