Group A of the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup consisted of co-host nation the United States, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Nicaragua originally qualified as winners of CONCACAF Nations League B Group C, but were disqualified for fielding ineligible players.
In the quarter-finals: The two teams had met 31 times previously, seven of them in the Gold Cup, including the final won 2–1 by the United States in 2017.
[8] The two teams had met in 13 previous matches, with 12 victories for Trinidad and Tobago and only one for Saint Kitts and Nevis.
This was the first ever Gold Cup match between the two sides as Saint Kitts and Nevis made its debut in the tournament.