Champion of the first edition of Nations League concacaf in 2021, UNITED STATES i will try revalidate the title of this tournament this Sunday in a final where they will face Canadawhich in recent years has threatened the traditional regional superiority of Americans and Mexicans.

He Las Vegas Allegiant Stadium hosts the Concacaf Nations League final this Sunday from 06:55.

The United States and Canada dominated their respective semifinals on Thursday in very different ways.

Thus, the Canadian team defeated Panama 0-2, quite comfortably and without forcing the machine, thanks to goals from Jonathan David and Alphonso Davies.

Against the relative calm of Canada, the USA, who crushed Mexico 3-0, had a very eventful and tense match which ended in two expulsions for each team after many fights and which was also suspended a few minutes from the end of the discount. of the second half because of the homophobic cries in Spanish which were constantly heard from the stands.

Christian Pulisic, with a brace, and Ricardo Pepi scored for the stars and stripes team.

Red card dispatches for Weston McKennie and Sergiño Dest against Mexico will force the United States to change their starting XI with Joe Scally and Luca de la Torre as likely replacements.

USA have been making headlines these days on and off the pitch as it was announced on Friday that Gregg Berhalter would return as coach.

However, BJ Callaghan, the team’s interim coach at the moment, will not only lead the United States in the Nations League final but will also be the benchmark for the team in the impending Gold Cup. which will be played this summer.

As for Canada, the team coached by John Herdman will look to consolidate their growth over the past few years and will play in their first CONCACAF tournament final since winning the Gold Cup in 2000.

Its main character, Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich), did not start against Panama because he had embarrassing problems and only played the last third of the match – in which he scored a goal – but he should start against the United States. UNITED STATES

Team USA tops the all-time record with 17 wins 11 losses and 12 draws, but Canada won the last match against USA 2-0 in January 2022.

Probable compositions:

Canada: Milan Borjan; Alistair Johnston, Kamal Miller, Steven Vitoria; Tajon Buchanan, Stephen Eustaquio, Ismael Koné, Richie Laryea, Alphonso Davies; Jonathan David, Cyle Larin. Coach: John Herdman

UNITED STATES: Matt Turner; Joe Scally, Chris Richards, Miles Robinson, Antonee Robinson; Yunus Musah, Luca de la Torre; Christian Pulisic, Gio Reyna, Tim Weah; Folarin Balogun. Coach: BJ Callaghan.

With information from EFE