2023 in American soccer

Soccer in the United States
Season	2023
Men's soccer
Supporters' Shield	FC Cincinnati
USL Championship	Phoenix Rising FC
USL League One	North Carolina FC
NISA	Flower City Union
MLS Next Pro	Austin FC II
NPSL	Tulsa Athletic
USL League Two	Ballard FC
US Open Cup	Houston Dynamo FC
MLS Cup	Columbus Crew
Women's soccer
NWSL	NJ/NY Gotham FC
NWSL Shield	San Diego Wave FC
WPSL	Charlotte Eagles
UWS	Michigan Jaguars FC
NWSL Challenge Cup	North Carolina Courage

The 2023 season was the 111th year of organized competitive soccer in the United States. The season began with friendlies for the men's national team (USMNT) and women's national team (USWNT) in January.^[1]^[2]

National teams

Men's

Senior

As of November 20, 2023.

Wins	Losses	Draws
10	3	5

Friendlies

January 25	United States	1–2	Serbia	Los Angeles, California
22:00 ET	Vazquez 29'	Report	Ilić 43' Simić 46'	Stadium: BMO Stadium Attendance: 11,475 Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)

January 28	United States	0–0	Colombia	Carson, California
19:30 ET		Report		Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Saíd Martínez (Honduras)

September 9	United States	3–0	Uzbekistan	St. Louis, Missouri
17:30 ET	Weah 4' Pepi 90+1' Pulisic 90+5' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: CityPark Attendance: 15,569 Referee: Nelson Salgado (Honduras)

September 12	United States	4–0	Oman	Saint Paul, Minnesota
20:30 ET	Balogun 13' Aaronson 60' Pepi 79' Al-Braiki 81' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Allianz Field Attendance: 13,665 Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

October 14	United States	1–3	Germany	East Hartford, Connecticut
15:00 ET	Pulisic 27'	Report	Gündoğan 39' Füllkrug 58' Musiala 61'	Stadium: Pratt & Whitney Stadium Attendance: 37,743 Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)

October 17	United States	4–0	Ghana	Nashville, Tennessee
20:30 ET	Reyna 10', 39' Pulisic 19' (pen.) Balogun 22'	Report		Stadium: Geodis Park Attendance: 18,468 Referee: Marco Ortiz (Mexico)

2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	4	3	1	0	14	2	+12	10	Qualification for Finals and Gold Cup	—	1–0	5–0
2	El Salvador	4	1	2	1	6	5	+1	5	Qualification for Gold Cup	1–1	—	3–1
3	Grenada	4	0	1	3	4	17	−13	1	Advance to Gold Cup prelims	1–7	2–2	—

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

March 24	Grenada	1–7	United States	St. George's, Grenada
20:00 ET	Hippolyte 32'	Report	Pepi 4', 53' Aaronson 20' McKennie 31', 34' Pulisic 49' Zendejas 72'	Stadium: Kirani James Athletic Stadium Attendance: 7,032 Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)

March 27	United States	1–0	El Salvador	Orlando, Florida
19:30 ET	Pepi 62'	Report		Stadium: Exploria Stadium Attendance: 18,947 Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

Finals

June 15 SF	United States	3–0	Mexico	Paradise, Nevada
22:00 ET	Pulisic 37', 43' Pepi 79'	Report		Stadium: Allegiant Stadium Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)

June 18 F	Canada	0–2	United States	Paradise, Nevada
20:30 ET		Report	Richards 12' Balogun 34'	Stadium: Allegiant Stadium Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Saíd Martínez (Honduras)

2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League

Knockout rounds

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
United States	4–2	Trinidad and Tobago	3–0	1–2

November 16 1st Leg QF	United States	3–0	Trinidad and Tobago	Austin, Texas
21:00 ET	Pepi 82' Robinson 86' Reyna 89'	Report		Stadium: Q2 Stadium Attendance: 19,850 Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)

November 20 2nd Leg QF	Trinidad and Tobago	2–1 (2–4 agg.)	United States	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
19:00 ET	Moore 43' Jones 57'	Report	Robinson 25'	Stadium: Hasely Crawford Stadium Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)
Note: United States won 4–2 on aggregate and qualified to the 2024 Copa América.

Continental Clásico

April 19	United States	1–1	Mexico	Glendale, Arizona
22:22 ET	Ferreira 81'	Report	Antuna 55'	Stadium: State Farm Stadium Attendance: 55,730 Referee: Bryan López (Guatemala)

CONCACAF Gold Cup

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States (H)	3	2	1	0	13	1	+12	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Jamaica	3	2	1	0	10	2	+8	7	Advance to knockout stage
3	Trinidad and Tobago	3	1	0	2	4	10	−6	3
4	Saint Kitts and Nevis	3	0	0	3	0	14	−14	0

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Co-host

June 24	United States	1–1	Jamaica	Chicago, Illinois
22:00 ET	Vázquez 88'	Report	Lowe 13'	Stadium: Soldier Field Attendance: 36,666 Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)

June 28	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0–6	United States	St. Louis, Missouri
22:00 ET		Report	Mihailovic 12', 79' Reynolds 14' Ferreira 16', 25', 50'	Stadium: CityPark Attendance: 21,216 Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)

July 2	United States	6–0	Trinidad and Tobago	Charlotte, North Carolina
19:00 ET	Ferreira 14', 38', 45+3' (pen.) Cowell 65' Busio 79' Vázquez 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Bank of America Stadium Attendance: 40,243 Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

Knock out

July 9 QF	United States	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	Canada	Cincinnati, Ohio
19:30 ET	Vázquez 88' Kennedy 115' (o.g.)	Report	Vitória 90+3' (pen.) Shaffelburg 109'	Stadium: TQL Stadium Attendance: 24,979 Referee: Marco Ortiz (Mexico)
	Penalties
	Vázquez Cowell Busio Ferreira		Vitória Fraser Miller Russell-Rowe Brym

July 12 SF	United States	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Panama	San Diego, California
19:30 ET	Ferreira 105'	Report	I. Anderson 99'	Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium Attendance: 31,690 Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)
	Penalties
	Ferreira Mihailovic Morris Gressel Miazga Roldan		Escobar Díaz Martínez Bárcenas Waterman Carrasquilla

Goalscorers

Goals are current as of November 20, 2023, after the match against Trinidad and Tobago.

Player	Goals
Jesús Ferreira	8
Ricardo Pepi	7
Christian Pulisic	6
Brandon Vazquez	4
Folarin Balogun	3
Giovanni Reyna	3
Brenden Aaronson	2
Weston McKennie
Djordje Mihailovic
Antonee Robinson
Gianluca Busio	1
Cade Cowell
Bryan Reynolds
Chris Richards
Timothy Weah
Alejandro Zendejas
own goal	2

U–23

Friendlies

October 11	United States	2–1	Mexico	Phoenix, Arizona
10:00 ET	Bajraktarevic 45+1' Vargas 90'	Report	Brigido 90+3'	Stadium: Phoenix Rising Soccer Stadium

October 17	United States	4–1	Japan	Phoenix, Arizona
10:30 ET	Gomez 5' Aaronson 45' Morris 57' McGuire 73'	Report	Matsuki 35'	Stadium: Phoenix Rising Soccer Stadium

Pan American Games

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	3	3	0	6	0	+6	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	United States	3	2	1	4	2	+2	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Colombia	3	1	2	2	4	−2	3
4	Honduras	3	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Source: Santiago2023

October 23	Brazil	1–0	United States	Viña del Mar, Chile
17:00 ET		Report	Miranda 86'	Stadium: Estadio Sausalito Referee: José Matos Uzcategui (Venezuela)

October 26	United States	2–1	Honduras	Valparaíso, Chile
14:00 ET	Leyva 72' Ku-DiPietro 90'	Report	García 19'	Stadium: Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander Referee: Manuel Vergara (Chile)

October 29	Colombia	0–2	United States	Viña del Mar, Chile
17:00 ET		Report	Ikoba 63' Neri 76'	Stadium: Estadio Sausalito Referee: Fernando Véjar Diaz (Chile)

Knock out

November 1 SF	Chile	1–0	United States	Valparaíso, Chile
		Report		Stadium: Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander Referee: Juan López (Paraguay)

November 4 3rd	United States	1–4	Mexico	Viña del Mar, Chile
	Ikoba 20'	Report	Carrillo 42', 78' Fulgencio 50' Ávila 88'	Stadium: Estadio Sausalito Referee: Fernando Véjar Diaz (Chile)

U–20

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	6	0	+6	9	Knockout stage
2	Ecuador	3	2	1	11	2	+9	6
3	Slovakia	3	1	2	5	4	+1	3
4	Fiji	3	0	3	0	16	−16	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

May 20	United States	1–0	Ecuador	San Juan, Argentina
	Gómez 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario Attendance: 14,865 Referee: Salman Falahi (Qatar)

May 23	United States	3–0	Fiji	San Juan, Argentina
	Luna 66' Cowell 88' Wiley 90+9'	Report		Stadium: Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario Attendance: 8,017 Referee: Mohamed Marouf (Egypt)

May 26	Slovakia	0–2	United States	San Juan, Argentina
		Report	Cowell 38' Tsakiris 90+6'	Stadium: Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario Attendance: 15,059 Referee: Ramon Abatti (Brazil)

Knockout Stage

May 30 R16	United States	4–0	New Zealand	Mendoza, Argentina
	Wolff 14' Cowell 61' Che 75' Pukstas 82'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Malvinas Argentinas Attendance: 7,848 Referee: Mohamed Marouf (Egypt)

June 4 QF	United States	0–2	Uruguay	Santiago del Estero, Argentina
		Report	Duarte 21' Wynder 56' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades Attendance: 18,474 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

U–19

U–17

CONCACAF U-17 Championship

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	9	Round of 16
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
3	Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	1	2	4	7	−3	1
4	Barbados	3	0	1	2	1	8	−7	1

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tie-breakers

February 11	United States	5–0	Barbados	Antigua, Guatemala
	Medina 25', 43', 90+3' Figueroa 86' Habroune 89'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Pensativo Referee: Okeito Nicholson (Jamaica)

February 13	Trinidad and Tobago	1–3	United States	Antigua, Guatemala
	Garcia 78'	Report	Burton 11' Rudisill 14' Habourne 24'	Stadium: Estadio Pensativo Referee: Víctor Cáceres (Mexico)

February 15	United States	1–0	Canada	Antigua, Guatemala
	Figueroa 64'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Pensativo Referee: Fernando Morón (Panama)

Knockout stage

February 18 R16	United States	7–0	Dominican Republic	Antigua, Guatemala
	Aquino 22', 30' Figueroa 45+2', 57' Burton 62' Soto 83', 90'	Report	Reyes 26' Mena 38' Cruz 44' Peña 79'	Stadium: Estadio Pensativo Referee: Daniel Quintero (Mexico)

February 21 QF	Guatemala	3–5	United States	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Illescas 38' Escobar 45' (pen.) Vásquez 52' Aguilar 74'	Report	Romero 7' Figueroa 28', 53' Harangi 51' Díaz 73' Habroune 83' Ferree 88' Burton 90'	Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores Referee: Víctor Cáceres (Mexico)

February 24 SF	Canada	0–2	United States	Guatemala City, Guatemala
		Report	Burton 36' Figueroa 90+4'	Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores Referee: Christopher Mason (Jamaica)

February 26 F	Mexico	3–1	United States	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Carrillo 10' Navarrete 51' Martínez 90+2'	Report	Soma 69'	Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores Referee: Filiberto Martínez (El Salvador)

FIFA U-17 World Cup

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	7	0	+7	9	Knockout stage
2	United States	3	2	1	5	5	0	6	Knockout stage
3	Burkina Faso	3	1	2	3	6	−3	3
4	South Korea	3	0	3	2	6	−4	0

Source: FIFA

November 12	South Korea	1–3	United States	Jakarta, Indonesia
07:00 ET	Kim Myeong-jun 35'	Report	Berchimas 7', 73' Medina 49'	Stadium: Jakarta International Stadium Attendance: 4,317 Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)

November 15	United States	2–1	Burkina Faso	Jakarta, Indonesia
07:00 ET	Figueroa 45' Berchimas 45+6'	Report	Diarra 89'	Stadium: Jakarta International Stadium Attendance: 3,235 Referee: Roberto Pérez (Peru)

November 18	United States	0–3	France	Jakarta, Indonesia
07:00 ET		Report	Tincres 45+2', 82' Meupiyou 86'	Stadium: Jakarta International Stadium Referee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania)

Knock-out

November 21 R16	Germany	3–2	United States	Bandung, Indonesia
	Herrmann 14' Moerstedt 34' Yalcinkaya 87'	Report	Habroune 24' Vazquez 80'	Stadium: Si Jalak Harupat Stadium Referee: Fu Ming (China)

U-15

CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	17	2	+15	9	Advance to Quarter-finals
2	Haiti	3	2	1	4	4	0	6	Advance to Quarter-finals
3	Cuba	3	1	2	2	14	−12	3	Advance to Play-offs round
4	Qatar (G)	3	0	3	2	5	−3	0	Advance to Play-offs round

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(G) Guests

6 August 2023 (2023-08-06)	United States	3–2	Qatar	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
20:00	Cavan Sullivan 3' Chase Adams 19' Julian Hall 38'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Panamericano

7 August 2023 (2023-08-07)	Cuba	0–11	United States	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
18:00		Report	Jamir Johnson (x3) Tanner Rosborough (x2) Omar Marquez (x2) Luca Moisa (x2) Julian Hall Cavan Sullivan	Stadium: Estadio Panamericano

8 August 2023 (2023-08-08)	United States	3–0	Haiti	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
20:00	Jude Terry Tanner Rosborough Chase Adams	Report		Stadium: Estadio Panamericano

Knockout stage

10 August 2023 (2023-08-10) QF	United States	4–1	Guatemala	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
8:00 PM EST	Tortola Sullivan pen.' Sanders Adams pen.'	Report	Ávila 50'	Stadium: Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium

11 August 2023 (2023-08-11) SF	Haiti	0–1	United States	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
8:00 PM EST		Report	Chavez 41'	Stadium: Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium

13 August 2023 (2023-08-13) F	Mexico	2–4	United States	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
8:00 PM EST		Report	Adams , Johnson Hall	Stadium: Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium

Women's

Senior

As of December 31, 2023.

Wins	Losses	Draws
14	0	4

Friendlies

January 17	New Zealand	0–4	United States	Wellington, New Zealand
22:00 ET		Report	Swanson 52', 63' Morgan 60' Williams 74'	Stadium: Sky Stadium Attendance: 12,508 Referee: Kate Jacewicz (Australia)

January 20	New Zealand	0–5	United States	Auckland, New Zealand
22:00 ET		Report	Hatch 22' Lavelle 39', 74' Swanson 53' Kornieck 80'	Stadium: Eden Park Attendance: 12,721 Referee: Lara Lee (Australia)

April 8	United States	2–0	Republic of Ireland	Austin, Texas
14:30 ET	Fox 37' Horan 80' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Q2 Stadium

April 11	United States	1–0	Republic of Ireland	St. Louis, Missouri
19:30 ET	Cook 43'	Report		Stadium: Citypark Attendance: 22,294 Referee: Crystal Sobers (Trinidad and Tobago)

July 9	United States	2–0	Wales	San Jose, California
16:00 ET	Rodman 76', 87'	Report		Stadium: PayPal Park Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Karen Hernandez (Mexico)

September 21	United States	3–0	South Africa	Cincinnati, Ohio
19:30 ET	Williams 32', 41' Rodman 34'	Report		Stadium: TQL Stadium Referee: Katia Garcia (Mexico)

September 24	United States	2–0	South Africa	Chicago, Illinois
17:30 ET	Rodman 18' Sonnett 49'	Report		Stadium: Soldier Field Attendance: 25,622 Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren (Canada)

October 26	United States	0–0	Colombia	Sandy, Utah
21:00 ET		Report		Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 13,058 Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)

October 29	United States	3–0	Colombia	San Diego, California
17:30 ET	Fishel 56' Horan 62' Shaw 83'	Report		Stadium: Snapdragon Stadium Attendance: 16,202 Referee: Odette Hamilton (Jamaica)

December 2	United States	3–0	China	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
18:00 ET	Smith 8' Horan 52' Rodman 77'	Report		Stadium: DRV PNK Stadium Attendance: 8,768 Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (Canada)

December 5	United States	2–1	China	Frisco, Texas
20:00 ET	Coffey 62' Shaw 79'	Report	Shen 45+1'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 11,024 Referee: Lizzet Garcia (Mexico)

SheBelieves Cup

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	United States (H, C)	3	3	0	5	1	+4	9
2	Japan	3	1	2	3	2	+1	3
3	Brazil	3	1	2	2	4	−2	3
4	Canada	3	1	2	2	5	−3	3

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result; 5) fair play ranking.
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts

February 16	United States	2–0	Canada	Orlando, Florida
19:00 ET	Swanson 7', 34'	Report		Stadium: Exploria Stadium Attendance: 14,697 Referee: Katia Garcia (Mexico)

February 19	United States	1–0	Japan	Nashville, Tennessee
15:30 ET	Swanson 45'	Report		Stadium: Geodis Park Attendance: 25,471 Referee: Myriam Marcotte (Canada)

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2023 in American soccer

National teams

Men's

Senior

Friendlies

2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League

Group D

Finals

2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League

Knockout rounds

Continental Clásico

CONCACAF Gold Cup

Group A

Knock out

Goalscorers

U–23

Friendlies

Pan American Games

Group B

Knock out

U–20

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Group B

Knockout Stage

U–19

U–17

CONCACAF U-17 Championship

Group F

Knockout stage

FIFA U-17 World Cup

Group E

Knock-out

U-15

CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship

Group B

Knockout stage

Women's

Senior

Friendlies

SheBelieves Cup

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