2021 CONCACAF Nations League final
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2021 CONCACAF Nations League final

The 2021 CONCACAF Nations League final was a soccer match that determined the winners of the final tournament of the 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League. It was the inaugural final of the CONCACAF Nations League, an international soccer competition involving the men's national teams of the member associations of CONCACAF.

The United States won the final 3–2 after extra time to become the first champions of the CONCACAF Nations League.

The match was originally scheduled to be held on June 7, 2020, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, United States. On April 3, 2020, the final tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

On July 27, 2020, CONCACAF announced that the Nations League Finals would be held in March 2021, though on September 22, 2020, CONCACAF announced that the event was again rescheduled until June 2021.

The final was played at Empower Field at Mile High, an American football venue in Denver, Colorado. The venue seats 76,125 spectators, although COVID-19 regulations at the time of the match artificially reduced capacity by 50%. It is primarily used by the Denver Broncos of the National Football League, but had previously hosted the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer. Empower Field at Mile High had also hosted two matches of the Gold Cup group stage in 2013, 2015, and 2019. CONCACAF announced its selection of Empower Field at Mile High as the venue for the CONCACAF Nations League Finals on April 15, 2021.

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

The Nations League Final was broadcast in the United States on the CBS Sports Network and Paramount+ in English and on Univision in Spanish. The Univision broadcast drew a 0.8 Nielsen rating, peaking at approximately 1.96 million viewers and tying a Celebrity Family Feud broadcast for the most-watched primetime broadcast of the day. The match was broadcast in Mexico by Televisa and in Canada by OneSoccer.

Mexico wasted little time opening the scoring, as forward Jesús Corona intercepted a poor pass by US defender Mark McKenzie in the attacking third and fired a shot past goalkeeper Zack Steffen into the back of the net just over a minute into the contest. Mexico continued to apply pressure and appeared to double their lead when Héctor Moreno headed the ball into the back of the net off a free kick, but the VAR judged Moreno to be offside, and the goal was disallowed.

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