U.S. Soccer Selects Austin As Host For USA-Grenada Concacaf Nations League Opener On June 10

CHICAGO (April 22, 2022) – For the U.S. Males’s Nationwide Crew’s first match of the 2022-23 Concacaf Nations League, the U.S. Soccer Federation has chosen Austin because the host of USA-Grenada. The June 10 encounter at Q2 Stadium will kick off the USA’s protection of the CNL title, with kickoff time and broadcast info to be finalized within the close to future.

Together with Grenada, the USMNT was drawn into Group D of the Nations League A with El Salvador. The USA will journey to face La Selecta on June 14 in San Salvador.

“The services in Austin are merely world class,” USMNT head coach Gregg Berhalter mentioned. “We now have had unbelievable experiences there within the Gold Cup and World Cup Qualifying, and we predict it’s the right venue to start the protection of our Nations League title.”

After an exhilarating 3-2 defeat of Mexico in further time of the inaugural championship match, the USMNT opens its title protection through the upcoming June FIFA worldwide window. The USA will host fellow World Cup finalists Morocco on June 1 in Cincinnati, with a second opponent and venue to be introduced within the close to future.

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AT Q2

Q2 Stadium will now have hosted USMNT matches in three totally different official competitions, with the earlier two visits ending in shutout victories in entrance of sold-out crowds. Final July, Gyasi Zardes bagged an 86^th minute winner within the 1-0 win towards Qatar within the semifinal of workforce’s run to the 2021 Gold Cup title. Three months later, eighteen-year-old ahead Ricardo Pepi scored twice to spark the USA to a 2-0 shutout win towards Jamaica in World Cup Qualifying.

AGAINST GRENADA

The CNL opener marks the USA’s fourth all-time assembly with Grenada and first since 2009. The groups first met throughout a two-leg preliminary spherical of qualifying for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in June 2004. Internet hosting the house leg, the USMNT utilized the first-career brace from DaMarcus Beasley, in addition to a late purpose from Greg Vanney to down the Spice Boys 3-0 in Columbus.

Every week later, Beasley tallied what would stand as the sport winner following objectives from Landon Donovan and Josh Wolff because the USA took a 3-2 win in wild and wet affair at Grenada’s Nationwide Stadium in St. George.

The groups final met within the opening recreation of the Concacaf Gold Cup on July 4, 2009 in Seattle.
Following Freddy Adu’s early opener, debutant Stu Holden – who would seem for the USA on the 2010 World Cup lower than a 12 months later – made it 2-0 previous to halftime, earlier than Robbie Rogers and Charlie Davies rounded out the 4-0 win within the second half.

ABOUT THE CONCACAF NATIONS LEAGUE

Created to maximise the standard, amount and frequency of aggressive matches for all of Concacaf’s 41 Member Associations, the 2022/23 CNL Group Stage will proceed to be performed in a 3 League format (A, B, C), with residence and away round-robin play within the FIFA Match Home windows of June 2022 (double window) and March 2023. The Group Stage might be adopted by the Concacaf Nations League Finals in June 2023 and can include semifinals, third place match, and a ultimate.

The League A and B groups which end final of their teams might be relegated to the decrease league, whereas the group winners in Leagues B and C might be promoted to the upper league for the following version of the competitors.

League A

Group A: Mexico, Jamaica, Suriname
Group B: Costa Rica, Panama, Martinique
Group C: Canada, Honduras, Curaçao
Group D: USA, El Salvador, Grenada

Moreover, the event will once more function qualification for the 2023 Concacaf Gold Cup, with the highest two finishers in every League A teams, in addition to the group winners in League B qualifying immediately for subsequent summer time’s confederation championship. Twelve different groups can have a chance to qualify for the event by way of the Gold Cup Prelims.

USA DRAWN INTO GROUP B FOR 2022 WORLD CUP

The U.S. Males’s Nationwide Crew was drawn into Group B together with England, IR Iran and the winner of the UEFA Playoff between Wales, Scotland and Ukraine, through the 2022 FIFA World Cup Last Draw held in Doha, Qatar.

Showing in its eleventh World Cup, the USMNT opens group play towards both Wales, Scotland or Ukraine on Nov. 21. The USA will then meet England on Nov. 25 and end group play with IR Iran on Nov. 29. The total event schedule, which incorporates venues and kickoff occasions, might be confirmed by FIFA at a later time. Because of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, FIFA delayed till June the playoff semifinal between Scotland and Ukraine, in addition to the ultimate, the place the winner will meet Wales.

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