2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup final

The 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup final was a soccer match to determine the winner of the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup. The match was the 18th final of the Gold Cup, a biennial tournament contested by the men's national teams representing the member associations of CONCACAF and an invited guest to decide the champion of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. The match was held at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, United States, on July 6, 2025,^[3] and was contested by two rival, neighboring teams of the United States and Mexico.

2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup final

Aerial view of NRG Stadium, the host venue for the match
Event	2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup
United States Mexico 1 2
Date	July 6, 2025 (2025-07-06)
Venue	NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas
Man of the Match	Raúl Jiménez (Mexico)[1]
Referee	Mario Escobar (Guatemala)
Attendance	70,925
Weather	Cloudy 82 °F (28 °C) 69% humidity[2]
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Mexico won the match 2–1, securing a second consecutive and record tenth Gold Cup title overall.^[4]

Background

After being eliminated in the group stage of the 2024 Copa América, US men's coach Gregg Berhalter was relieved of his duties and replaced by Argentine coach Mauricio Pochettino in September of that same year.^[5] Under Pochettino's management, the United States, who were three-time defending champions in the tournament, finished fourth place in the 2024–25 CONCACAF Nations League after being eliminated 0–1 against Panama in the semi-finals and losing 2–1 in the third-place play-off against Canada.

Mexico was the defending champion, having won its record-extending ninth title in the 2023 edition, as well as the holder of the CONCACAF Nations League, with both wins coming against Panama.

This was the eighth CONCACAF Gold Cup final to feature Mexico and the United States; Mexico triumphed in 1993, 1998, 2009, 2011, and 2019, while the US prevailed in 2007 and 2021.

Previous finals

Only counting CONCACAF Gold Cup era (1991 onwards).

Team	Previous final appearances (bold indicates winners)
United States	12 (1991, 1993, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Mexico	11 (1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2023)

Venue

Main article: NRG Stadium

The final was held at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, United States. It was the first final to be played at the venue, which was built for the Houston Texans of the National Football League.^[3] This was the first final played in the Houston area. On October 30, 2024, CONCACAF announced that NRG Stadium would be the host venue for the final.^[3] The venue would also host matches during the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Prior to this final, the two teams had met in friendly matches at NRG in May 2003 and in February 2008, both of which ended in 0–0 and 2–2 draws.

Route to the final

United States

United States' route to the final

Round	Opponent	Result
1	Trinidad and Tobago	5–0
2	Saudi Arabia	1–0
3	Haiti	2–1
QF	Costa Rica	2–2 (4–3 p)
SF	Guatemala	2–1

Mexico

Mexico's route to the final

Round	Opponent	Result
1	Dominican Republic	3–2
2	Suriname	2–0
3	Costa Rica	0–0
QF	Saudi Arabia	2–0
SF	Honduras	1–0

Match

Details

United States	1–2	Mexico
Richards 4'	Report	Jiménez 27' Ed. Álvarez 77'

July 6, 2025 (2025-07-06)

19:00 (18:00 UTC−5)

NRG Stadium, Houston

Attendance: 70,925

Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

United States

Mexico

GK 25 Matt Freese RB 16 Alex Freeman CB 3 Chris Richards CB 13 Tim Ream (c) LB 18 Maximilian Arfsten  86' CM 4 Tyler Adams  63'  82' CM 14 Luca de la Torre  69' RW 8 Sebastian Berhalter AM 17 Malik Tillman LW 10 Diego Luna  86' CF 24 Patrick Agyemang Substitutions: FW 9 Damion Downs  69' MF 6 Jack McGlynn  82' MF 11 Brenden Aaronson  86' DF 2 John Tolkin  86' Manager: Mauricio Pochettino

GK 1 Luis Malagón RB 2 Jorge Sánchez  86' CB 3 César Montes  44' CB 5 Johan Vásquez LB 23 Jesús Gallardo CM 7 Gilberto Mora  75' CM 4 Edson Álvarez (c) CM 14 Marcel Ruiz RF 25 Roberto Alvarado  87' CF 9 Raúl Jiménez  85'  86' LF 10 Alexis Vega Substitutions: MF 17 Orbelín Pineda  75' FW 11 Santiago Giménez  86' DF 15 Israel Reyes  86' FW 21 César Huerta  87' Manager: Javier Aguirre

Player of the Match: Raúl Jiménez (Mexico)[1] Assistant referees: Luis Ventura (Guatemala) Humberto Panjoj (Guatemala) Fourth official: Walter López (Guatemala) Reserve assistant referee: Keytzel Corrales (Nicaragua) Video assistant referee: Benjamín Pineda (Costa Rica) Assistant video assistant referee: Yasith Monge (Costa Rica)