Everything is connected in Concacaf.
The Concacaf Nations League, set to kick off Thursday, will serve as qualification for 2021 Gold Cup, the confederation announced Wednesday.
Nations League is set up with three leagues. The top two teams in each League A group will secure automatic qualification to the continental championship. So too will the winners for the four League B groups.
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The second-place teams in League B, along with the winners of the four League C groups will go into a qualification round for the Gold Cup with the winners of those games moving on to play the third-place teams from each League A group (who also will be relegated from the marquee league).