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2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup

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2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup
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The 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the 18th edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the biennial international men's soccer championship of the North, Central American and Caribbean region organized by CONCACAF. Canada and the United States hosted the tournament, which began on June 14, 2025.

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The final was played on July 6, 2025, at NRG Stadium in Houston, where defending champion Mexico won its record-extending tenth title after defeating the United States 2–1.[1][2]

The majority of the tournament's venues were in the Western United States to avoid scheduling conflicts with the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, which was held at the same time primarily on the East Coast.

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Venues

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14 St. Louis
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13 Santa Clara
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12 San Jose
12 San Jose
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11 San Diego
11 San Diego
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10 Paradise
10 Paradise
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9 Minneapolis
9 Minneapolis
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8 Inglewood
8 Inglewood
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7 Houston
7 Houston
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6 Houston
6 Houston
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5 Glendale
5 Glendale
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4 Carson
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3 Austin
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2 Arlington
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1 Vancouver
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Location of the host cities of the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

CONCACAF announced the 14 host venues for the 2025 Gold Cup on September 25, 2024.[3] They included a mix of soccer-specific stadiums primarily occupied by Major League Soccer teams and larger gridiron football stadiums.[citation needed] BC Place in Vancouver was the sole venue outside of the United States.[3] The venues were mostly limited to the Western United States to avoid conflicts with the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup happening mostly on the East Coast at the same time.[4][5] CONCACAF announced that it had awarded the tournament final to NRG Stadium in Houston on October 30, 2024.[1]

A double-dagger () denotes an indoor stadium with a fixed or retractable roof with interior climate control.
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Teams

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Qualification

In February 2023, CONCACAF announced that the 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League would serve as qualification for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[6][7] All 41 member associations of CONCACAF participated in the Nations League, which was divided into three tiers. The four quarterfinal winners of Nations League A and the four group winners of Nations League B qualified directly for the Gold Cup. A Gold Cup preliminary round was held in March 2025, where seven additional teams qualified for the main tournament. A total of 16 teams competed in the main tournament.[8]

On December 19, 2024, CONCACAF announced that Saudi Arabia would be invited as a guest team for the 2025 and 2027 tournaments.[9] A potential expansion to 24 teams for the 2025 Gold Cup—with 16 CONCACAF teams and 8 invited guests—was previously reported by media outlets but did not materialize. It would have provided increased levels of competition for Mexico, Canada, and the United States, who would not play in the World Cup qualifying cycle due to their automatic qualification as hosts of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.[10]

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Notes

  1. Bold indicates that the corresponding team was hosting or co-hosting the event.

Squads

Before submitting their final squad for the tournament, teams named a provisional squad of up to 60 players.

Draw

The final draw was held on April 10, 2025.[12] The teams were split into four pots based on the CONCACAF Rankings of March 26, 2025.[13][14] The four teams of Pot 1 were designated for the reigning Gold Cup champion, Mexico, and the three highest-ranked teams Canada, Panama, and the United States, with Mexico assigned to Group A, Canada assigned to Group B, Panama assigned to Group C, and the United States assigned to Group D respectively. Pot 4 contained the three lowest ranked national teams and guests Saudi Arabia. Pots 5 to 8 contained the Group A, B, C, and D positions.[14]

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Match officials

Referees
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  • Canada Pierre-Luc Lauziere
  • Dominican Republic Adonis Carrasco
  • Grenada Reon Radix
  • Guatemala Bryan López
  • Guatemala Julio Luna
  • Jamaica Steffon Dewar
  • Puerto Rico José Torres
  • United States Katja Koroleva
Assistant referees
  • Costa Rica William Arrieta
  • Costa Rica William Chow
  • Costa Rica Juan Mora
  • Costa Rica Víctor Ramírez
  • Dominican Republic Raymundo Feliz
  • Honduras Gerson Orellana
  • Honduras Rony Salinas
  • Guatemala Humberto Panjoj
  • Guatemala Luis Ventura
  • Jamaica Ojay Duhaney
  • Mexico Leonardo Castillo
  • Mexico Karen Díaz
  • Mexico Michel Espinoza
  • Mexico Michel Morales
  • Mexico Sandra Ramírez
  • Mexico Jorge Sánchez
  • Nicaragua Keytzel Corrales
  • El Salvador Geovany Garcia
  • El Salvador Juan Zumba
  • Suriname Zachari Zeegelaar
  • Trinidad and Tobago Ainsley Rochard
  • Trinidad and Tobago Caleb Wales
  • United States Cameron Blanchard
  • United States Logan Brown
  • United States Cory Richardson
  • United States Nick Uranga
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Schedule

The competition schedule was released on September 25, 2024.[15]

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Opening ceremony

Dancers and performers from across Latin America headlined the opening ceremony, which took place at Inglewood's SoFi Stadium before the opening match between Mexico and the Dominican Republic. CONCACAF partnered with Balich Wonder Studio to produce the ceremony. The dancers performed to Luis Fonsi's "Tocando el Cielo", the tournament's official anthem, however the Puerto Rican singer was nowhere to be found. The organizers later stated that he did not perform due to "personal" reasons.[16][17]

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Group stage

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Group A

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Source: CONCACAF
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Attendance: 54,309[19]
Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)
More information Costa Rica, 4–3 ...
Attendance: 7,736
Referee: Joe Dickerson (United States)

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Attendance: 34,015
Referee: Lukasz Szpala (United States)
More information Suriname, 0–2 ...
Attendance: 34,015
Referee: Selvin Brown (Honduras)

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Attendance: 35,000
More information Dominican Republic, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 20,918
Referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)

Group B

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Source: CONCACAF
(H) Co-host
More information Curaçao, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 13,042
More information Canada, 6–0 ...
Attendance: 24,286

More information Curaçao, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 20,536
Referee: Juan Calderón (Costa Rica)
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Attendance: 10,935[20]
Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)
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Attendance: 19,417[21]
Referee: Joe Dickerson (United States)

Group C

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More information Panama, 5–2 ...
Attendance: 18,262
Referee: Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica)
More information Jamaica, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 18,262
Referee: Juan Calderón (Costa Rica)

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Attendance: 2,405
Referee: Kwinsi Williams (Trinidad and Tobago)
More information Guatemala, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 12,829
Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Mexico)

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Attendance: 3,283[22]
Referee: Selvin Brown (Honduras)
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Attendance: 19,417[23]
Referee: Marco Ortíz (Mexico)

Group D

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Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Co-host
More information United States, 5–0 ...
Attendance: 12,610[24]
Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Mexico)
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More information Trinidad and Tobago, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 2,409
Referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)
More information Saudi Arabia, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 11,727
Referee: Marco Ortíz (Mexico)

More information Saudi Arabia, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica)
More information United States, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 20,918
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Knockout stage

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In the knockout stage, if the scores were equal when normal playing time expired, a penalty shoot-out was played to determine the winners, except in the final, in which 30 minutes of extra time would have been played first before proceeding to penalties if needed.[25]

As with every tournament since 2005 (save for 2015), there was no third place playoff.

Bracket

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
June 29 – Minneapolis
 
 
 United States (p)2 (4)
 
July 2 – St. Louis
 
 Costa Rica2 (3)
 
 United States2
 
June 29 – Minneapolis
 
 Guatemala1
 
 Canada1 (5)
 
July 6 – Houston
 
 Guatemala (p)1 (6)
 
 United States1
 
June 28 – Glendale
 
 Mexico2
 
 Mexico2
 
July 2 – Santa Clara
 
 Saudi Arabia0
 
 Mexico1
 
June 28 – Glendale
 
 Honduras0
 
 Panama1 (4)
 
 
 Honduras (p)1 (5)
 

Quarterfinals

Attendance: 45,255

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Attendance: 45,255
Referee: Lukasz Szpala (United States)

Attendance: 32,289
Referee: Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica)

Semifinals

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Attendance: 22,423
Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)

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Attendance: 70,975
Referee: Juan Calderón (Costa Rica)

Final

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Attendance: 70,925
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Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 85 goals scored in 31 matches, for an average of 2.74 goals per match.

6 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: CONCACAF

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Awards

The following Gold Cup awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament: the Golden Ball (best overall player), Golden Boot (top scorer), Golden Glove (best goalkeeper), Young Player Award (best young player) and Fair Play Trophy (most disciplined team).

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Best XI

The following players were chosen as the tournament's best eleven.[27]

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Marketing

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Sponsorship

The following were announced as global sponsors of the tournament:[32]

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Symbols

Mascot

On March 10, 2025, CONCACAF announced that their new mascot Volar would be the mascot not only of the tournament, but also for the confederation.[34]

Match ball

Vantaggio Gold 5000 by Molten served as the tournament's official match ball.[35]

Music

"Tocando El Cielo" by Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi served as the official song of the tournament.[36]

References

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