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2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup
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The 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup was the 60th season of the CONCACAF Champions Cup, the premier club association football tournament for North, Central America, and the Caribbean's organized by CONCACAF. It was a five-round knockout tournament, with 27 teams that qualified based on their national and zonal league and cup competitions; the first four rounds were played as a two-legged series at the home stadiums of the respective teams.[2]

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Cruz Azul won their record-tying seventh title, defeating Vancouver Whitecaps of MLS in the final 5–0. As winners, they qualified for the 2029 FIFA Club World Cup and the 2025 FIFA Intercontinental Cup.[3]

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Qualification

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Twenty-seven teams qualified for the tournament, with five qualifying directly to the round of 16. The remaining 22 teams entered in round one.[2]

In addition to national league competitions in the United States, Mexico, and Canada, 12 of 27 berths were determined by international competitions, including the revamped North American zonal competition, the 2024 Leagues Cup (three), and the existing regional or zonal championships in the Caribbean and Central America, the CONCACAF Caribbean Cup (three) and CONCACAF Central American Cup (six), respectively.[4]

Two Canadian Premier League teams qualified automatically, while the United States-only 2024 U.S. Open Cup knockout competition and the Canada-only equivalent, the 2024 Canadian Championship, provided one berth each.

The winners of the three zonal championships, along with the winner of MLS Cup 2024 and the champion of the 2023–24 Liga MX season, received the five byes into the round of 16.[4][5][6]

Location of teams of the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup
North American Zone Central American Zone Caribbean Zone

Distribution

A total of 27 teams (from 10 associations) qualified for the tournament.[7]

Five teams received a bye into the round of 16.

  • The champion of the regional competitions for each of CONCACAF's constituent zones; North American, Central American, and Caribbean
  • The champions of Liga MX of Mexico and Major League Soccer of the United States and Canada (Liga MX had a split Clausura and Apertura system, so the champion team with the higher aggregate points took this place. If a team won both Apertura and Clausura, they took this place.)

The remaining 22 teams entered in round one.

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Teams

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The following table includes the number of appearances, last appearance, and previous best from the CONCACAF Champions Cup tournament.

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  1. ^
    Mexico (MEX): Since América won both the Liga MX, Apertura and Clausura, a spot was passed to the third-best team in the aggregate table not already qualified, UNAM.
  2. ^
    United States (USA): As the Columbus Crew, Los Angeles FC, and LA Galaxy already qualified based on their performances in other competitions, these berths were awarded to teams that finished 5th, 6th, and 7th in the overall standings.[8]
  3. ^
    United States (USA2): Sporting Kansas City qualified as 2024 U.S. Open Cup runners-up as the champions Los Angeles FC already qualified via the 2024 Leagues Cup.[9]
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Draw

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The draw for the tournament took place on 10 December 2024 in Miami. The ceremony was streamed on CONCACAF's YouTube channel and broadcast live on Fox Sports in the United States and Mexico and ESPN in most of the Americas.[2] Teams were seeded and placed in draw pots based on their CONCACAF club ranking as of 9 December 2024.[10]

The champions of CONCACAF's three regional cup competitions, as well as the Liga MX winners with the most accumulated points and the MLS Cup winners, received a bye to the round of 16. The three remaining highest-ranked clubs were pre-seeded into a round one bracket position.

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Round dates

The competition schedule was as follows.[11]

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Times are EST or EDT,[note 1] as listed by CONCACAF (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

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Bracket

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Round oneRound of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                            
 
 
 
 
Dominican Republic Cibao101
 
 
 
Mexico Guadalajara134
 
Mexico Guadalajara101
 
 
Mexico América044
 
 
 
 
 
Mexico América011
 
 
 
Mexico Cruz Azul022
 
Guatemala Antigua112
 
 
 
United States Seattle Sounders FC336
 
United States Seattle Sounders FC011
 
 
 
Mexico Cruz Azul044
 
Haiti Real Hope000
 
 
 
Mexico Cruz Azul257
 
Mexico Cruz Azul112
 
 
Mexico UANL101
 
 
 
 
 
Costa Rica Herediano112
 
 
 
United States LA Galaxy044
 
Costa Rica Herediano022
 
 
 
United States Real Salt Lake011
 
United States LA Galaxy022
 
 
 
Mexico UANL033
 
Honduras Motagua112
 
 
 
United States FC Cincinnati415
 
United States FC Cincinnati112
 
 
 
Mexico UANL134
 
Nicaragua Real Estelí101
 
1 June – Mexico City
 
Mexico UANL033
 
Mexico Cruz Azul5
 
 
 
Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC0
 
United States Colorado Rapids202
 
 
 
United States Los Angeles FC (a)112
 
United States Los Angeles FC314
 
 
United States Columbus Crew022
 
 
 
 
 
United States Los Angeles FC112
 
 
 
United States Inter Miami CF033
 
United States Sporting Kansas City011
 
 
 
United States Inter Miami CF134
 
United States Inter Miami CF224
 
 
Jamaica Cavalier000
 
 
 
 
 
United States Inter Miami CF011
 
 
 
Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC235
 
Costa Rica Saprissa202
 
 
 
Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC123
 
Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC (a)123
 
 
 
Mexico Monterrey123
 
Canada Forge FC000
 
 
 
Mexico Monterrey235
 
Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC (a)123
 
 
Mexico UNAM123
 
 
 
 
 
Mexico UNAM213
 
 
 
Costa Rica Alajuelense011
 
Canada Cavalry FC202
 
 
Mexico UNAM123
 


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Round one

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Summary

Round one was played during four weekly windows: on 4–6 February; 11–13 February; 18–20 February; and 25–27 February.[12]

Matches

More information Colorado Rapids, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 1,811[13]
Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)
More information Los Angeles FC, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 11,200[14]
Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere (Canada)

2–2 on aggregate. Los Angeles FC won on away goals.


More information Sporting Kansas City, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 15,178[16]
Referee: Marco Ortíz (Mexico)
More information Inter Miami CF, 3–1 ...
Attendance: 18,280[17]
Referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)

Inter Miami CF won 4–1 on aggregate.


More information Forge FC, 0–2 ...
Attendance: 5,413[18]
Referee: Lukasz Szpala (United States)
More information Monterrey, 3–0 ...
Attendance: 24,630[19]

Monterrey won 5–0 on aggregate.


More information Saprissa, 2–1 ...
More information Vancouver Whitecaps FC, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 14,059[21]
Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Mexico)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC won 3–2 on aggregate.


More information Cavalry FC, 2–1 ...
More information UNAM, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 8,778[24]
Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)

UNAM won 3–2 on aggregate.


More information Cibao, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 3,008[25]
Referee: Kwinsi Williams (Trinidad and Tobago)
More information Guadalajara, 3–0 ...
Attendance: 14,939[26]
Referee: Joe Dickerson (United States)

Guadalajara won 4–1 on aggregate.


More information Real Hope, 0–2 ...
Attendance: 1,017[27]
More information Cruz Azul, 5–0 ...
Attendance: 4,293[28]
Referee: Julio Luna (Guatemala)

Cruz Azul won 7–0 on aggregate.


More information Antigua, 1–3 ...
Attendance: 2,200[29]
Referee: Katia García (Mexico)
More information Seattle Sounders FC, 3–1 ...
Attendance: 24,714[30]
Referee: Selvin Brown (Honduras)

Seattle Sounders FC won 6–2 on aggregate.


More information Real Estelí, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 3,771[31]
Referee: Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica)
More information UANL, 3–0 ...

UANL won 3–1 on aggregate.


More information Motagua, 1–4 ...
Attendance: 2,917[33]
Referee: Bryan López (Guatemala)
More information FC Cincinnati, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 21,280[34]
Referee: Víctor Cáceres Hernández (Mexico)

FC Cincinnati won 5–2 on aggregate.


More information Herediano, 0–0 ...
More information Real Salt Lake, 1–2 ...
Attendance: 9,000[36]
Referee: Fernando Hernández (Mexico)

Herediano won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Round of 16

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Summary

The first legs were played on 4–6 March, and the second legs were played on 11–13 March 2025.[12][37]

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Matches

More information Los Angeles FC, 3–0 ...
Attendance: 7,285[38]
Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)
More information Columbus Crew, 2–1 ...

Los Angeles FC won 4–2 on aggregate.


More information Inter Miami CF, 2–0 ...
More information Cavalier, 0–2 ...
Attendance: 35,000[41]
Referee: Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica)

Inter Miami CF won 4–0 on aggregate.


More information Vancouver Whitecaps FC, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 9,613[42]
Referee: Kwinsi Williams (Trinidad and Tobago)
More information Monterrey, 2–2 ...
Attendance: 10,420[44]
Referee: Selvin Brown (Honduras)

3–3 on aggregate. Vancouver Whitecaps FC won on away goals.


More information UNAM, 2–0 ...
More information Alajuelense, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 12,052[46]
Referee: Lukasz Szpala (United States)

UNAM won 3–1 on aggregate.


More information Guadalajara, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 41,695[47]
Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)
More information América, 4–0 ...

América won 4–1 on aggregate.


More information Seattle Sounders FC, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 27,844[49]
Referee: Julio Luna (Guatemala)
More information Cruz Azul, 4–1 ...
Attendance: 7,473[50]
Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)

Cruz Azul won 4–1 on aggregate.


More information FC Cincinnati, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 14,298[51]
Referee: Bryan López (Guatemala)
More information UANL, 3–1 ...

UANL won 4–2 on aggregate.


More information Herediano, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 7,773[53]
Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Mexico)
More information LA Galaxy, 4–1 ...
Attendance: 9,011[54]
Referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)

LA Galaxy won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Quarter-finals

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Within each matchup, the team which had the better performance in the round of 16 hosted the second leg.

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Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Wins; 6) Away wins; 7) Disciplinary points; 8) Drawing of lots (Regulations Article 12.9.5).

Summary

The first legs were played on 1 and 2 April, and the second legs were played on 8 and 9 April 2025.[55]

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Matches

More information América, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 19,720[56]
Referee: Joe Dickerson (United States)
More information Cruz Azul, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 27,923[57]
Referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)

Cruz Azul won 2–1 on aggregate.


More information LA Galaxy, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 13,434[58]
Referee: Kwinsi Williams (Trinidad and Tobago)
More information UANL, 3–2 ...
Attendance: 34,435[59]
Referee: Selvin Brown (Honduras)

UANL won 3–2 on aggregate.


More information Los Angeles FC, 1–0 ...
Attendance: 22,207[60]
Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)
More information Inter Miami CF, 3–1 ...

Inter Miami CF won 3–2 on aggregate.


More information Vancouver Whitecaps FC, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 12,356[62]
Referee: Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica)
More information UNAM, 2–2 ...

3–3 on aggregate. Vancouver Whitecaps FC won on away goals.

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Semi-finals

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In the semi-finals, the matchups were determined as follows:

  • SF1: Winner QF1 vs. Winner QF2
  • SF2: Winner QF3 vs. Winner QF4

The semi-finalists in each tie which had the better performance in previous rounds (excluding round one) hosted the second leg.

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Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Wins; 6) Away wins; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for yellow card, 3 points for indirect red card, 4 points for direct red card, 5 points for yellow card and direct red card); 8) Drawing of lots (Regulations Article 12.9.5).

Summary

The first legs were played on 23 and 24 April, and the second legs were played on 30 April and 1 May 2025.[64]

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Matches

More information Vancouver Whitecaps FC, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 53,837[65]
More information Inter Miami CF, 1–3 ...

Vancouver Whitecaps FC won 5–1 on aggregate.


More information UANL, 1–1 ...
More information Cruz Azul, 1–0 ...

Cruz Azul won 2–1 on aggregate.

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Final

The finalist with the better record during the competition's earlier stages (excluding round one), Cruz Azul, hosted the match at Estadio Olímpico Universitario in Mexico City.[69]

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Wins; 6) Away wins; 7) Disciplinary points; 8) Drawing of lots.
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Match

More information Cruz Azul, 5–0 ...
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Statistics

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Top goalscorers

Best XI

CONCACAF selected the following players as the team of the tournament.[71]

Awards

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Notes

  1. EST (UTC−5) for dates up to 8 March 2024 (Round one and first legs of Round of 16), and EDT (UTC−4) for dates thereafter.
  2. Due to expected winter weather issues in the Kansas City metropolitan area, the game was pushed back a day.[15]
  3. Due to expected winter weather issues in Calgary, Cavalry FC played their first round match in Langford, British Columbia.[22]
  4. Due to a Shakira concert at Estadio BBVA, Monterrey played their home round of 16 match in Torreón.[43]

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