CONCACAF Nations League draw and the US Implications

ORLANDO, FL - MARCH 27: Nations League before a Concacaf Nations League game between El Salvador and USMNT at Exploria Stadium on March 27, 2023 in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by John Dorton/ISI Photos/Getty Images)
ORLANDO, FL - MARCH 27: Nations League before a Concacaf Nations League game between El Salvador and USMNT at Exploria Stadium on March 27, 2023 in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by John Dorton/ISI Photos/Getty Images) /
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League B

League B didn’t get that much change as the main structure of it was kept the same. The format is the normal four groups of four which would play each other twice, once at home and once away. The four teams are composed like this:
Group A: Guadeloupe, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Sint Maarten

Group B: Trinidad and Tobago, Dominican Republic, Monserrat, Barbados

Group C: French Guiana, Bermuda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize

Group D: Guyana, Antigua and Barbuda, Puerto Rico, Bahamas

These groups are easier to determine who’s going to League A and League C. All the teams in the first pot except maybe Trinidad and Tobago in my mind have a 89% chance of moving up because of the way that the other three teams in each group operate. In Group A, there are two teams that played in League C in the last iteration and the other narrowly escaped relegation. Group C the only team that did somewhat well in League B aside from French Guiana was Bermuda, in Group D it has the same storyline as in Group A. Group B is somewhat the group of death because I could see either Trinidad and Tobago or the Dominican Republic or even Monserrat get promoted and not be that surprised. Trinidad and Tobago and the Dominican Republic had chances of getting promoted in the last match day and had there been two different actions they would’ve been in League A.

League C

This league has some changes that instead of having a group of four and two of three, it’s now more even. There are three groups of three with no clear favorites for promotion as they are all the same soccer level.

Group A: Bonaire, Saint Martin, Anguilla

Group B: Aruba, Cayman Islands, US Virgin Islands

Group C: Dominica, Turks and Caicos Islands, British Virgin Islands

Based on the last edition, maybe I can see Bonaire get promoted because they were one point away from having that but aside from that it’s a total crapshoot.