The “American Championship” is a merger of the CONCACAF Gold Cup and the Copa América. An exception was made in the 2022-23 season when the league phase was played from June 2022 to March 2023, due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup played in Qatar at the end of the year. As with all Europa League knockout rounds, soccer kits the play-offs are played over two legs with each team playing once at their home ground and there is no away goal rule enforced. The competition is intended to provide more national team matches for all CONCACAF member associations. It was announced in December 2020, initially unnamed though referred to as a “Women’s CONCACAF Nations League”.
