2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup
18th edition of the 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.
United States
| Copa Oro CONCACAF 2025 (Spanish) | |
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This Is Ours Spanish: Esto Es Nuestro | |
| Tournament details | |
| Host countries | Canada United States |
| Dates | June 14 – July 6 |
| Teams | 16 (from 2 confederations) |
| Venue | 14 (in 13 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Mexico (10th title) |
| Runners-up |  United States |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 31 |
| Goals scored | 85 (2.74 per match) |
| Attendance | 779,014 (25,129 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Ismael Díaz(6 goals) |
| Best player | Edson Álvarez |
| Best young player |  Olger Escobar |
| Best goalkeeper | Luis Malagón |
| Fair play award | United States |
← 2023 2027 → | |
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.
Venues
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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.
| City | Stadium | Capacity | Image |
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| Arlington, Texas (Dallas/Fort Worth Area) |
AT&T Stadium‡ | 80,000 |  |
| Houston, Texas | NRG Stadium‡ | 72,220 |  |
| Shell Energy Stadium | 22,039 |  | |
| Inglewood, California (Los Angeles Area) |
SoFi Stadium | 70,240 |  |
| Santa Clara, California (San Francisco Bay Area) |
Levi's Stadium | 68,500 |  |
| Minneapolis, Minnesota | U.S. Bank Stadium‡ | 66,860 | .jpg) |
| Glendale, Arizona (Phoenix Area) |
State Farm Stadium‡ | 63,400 |  |
| Paradise, Nevada (Las Vegas Area) |
Allegiant Stadium‡ | 61,000 | .jpg) |
| Vancouver, British Columbia | BC Place‡ | 54,500 |  |
| San Diego, California | Snapdragon Stadium | 35,000 |  |
| Carson, California (Los Angeles Area) |
Dignity Health Sports Park | 30,510 |  |
| St. Louis, Missouri | Energizer Park | 22,500 | .jpg) |
| Austin, Texas | Q2 Stadium | 20,730 | .jpg) |
| San Jose, California (San Francisco Bay Area) |
PayPal Park | 18,000 | .jpg) |
Teams
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]
| Team | Qualification | Date of qualification |
Gold Cup appearances (+ CONCACAF Championship) |
Last appearance |
Previous best Gold Cup performance[A] (+ CONCACAF Championship) |
Rankings at start of event | |
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 Haiti |
CNL League B Group C winners |
November 15, 2024 | 10th (17th) | 2023 | Semifinals (2019) Champions (1973) |
83 | 8 |
 El Salvador |
CNL League B Group A winners |
November 17, 2024 | 14th (20th) | 2023 | Quarterfinals (2002, 2003, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2021) Runners-up (1963, 1981) |
81 | 11 |
 Curaçao |
CNL League B Group B winners |
November 18, 2024 | 3rd (7th) | 2019 | Quarterfinals (2019) Third place (1963, 1969) |
90 | 15 |
| United States (co-hosts) |
CNL League A quarter-final winners |
November 18, 2024 | 18th (20th) | 2023 | Champions (1991, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2017, 2021) Runners-up (1989) |
16 | 4 |
| Panama |
CNL League A quarter-final winners |
November 18, 2024 | 12th (13th) | 2023 | Runners-up (2005, 2013, 2023) | 33 | 3 |
 Dominican Republic |
CNL League B Group D winners |
November 19, 2024 | 1st | N/A | Debut | 139 | 19 |
 Canada(co-hosts) |
CNL League A quarter-final winners |
November 19, 2024 | 17th (20th) | 2023 | Champions (2000) Champions (1985) |
30 | 2 |
| Mexico (title holders) |
CNL League A quarter-final winners |
November 19, 2024 | 18th (26th) | 2023 | Champions (1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023) Champions (1965, 1971, 1977) |
17 | 1 |
 Saudi Arabia |
Invited guests | December 19, 2024 | 1st | N/A | Debut | 58 | N/A |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
Preliminary round winners | March 25, 2025 | 13th (19th) | 2023 | Semifinals (2000) Runners-up (1973) |
100 | 10 |
 Suriname |
Preliminary round winners | March 25, 2025 | 2nd (4th) | 2021 | Group stage (2021) 6th place (1977) |
137 | 12 |
 Jamaica |
Preliminary round winners | March 25, 2025 | 14th (16th) | 2023 | Runners-up (2015, 2017) | 63 | 6 |
 Guadeloupe |
Preliminary round winners | March 25, 2025 | 6th | 2023 | Semifinals (2007) | N/A | 13 |
| Guatemala |
Preliminary round winners | March 25, 2025 | 13th (21st) | 2023 | Fourth place (1996) Champions (1967) |
106 | 9 |
 Costa Rica |
Preliminary round winners | March 25, 2025 | 17th (23rd) | 2023 | Runners-up (2002) Champions (1963, 1969, 1989) |
54 | 5 |
 Honduras |
Preliminary round winners | March 25, 2025 | 17th (23rd) | 2023 | Runners-up (1991) Champions (1981) |
75 | 7 |
Notes
- 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 champions, 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
Juan Calderón- Keylor Herrera
Oshane Nation
Mario Escobar- Walter López
Selvin Brown
Adonai Escobedo- Katia García
- Marco Ortíz
Ismael Cornejo
Kwinsi Williams
Joe Dickerson- Lukasz Szpala
- Support referees
Pierre-Luc Lauziere
Adonis Carrasco
Reon Radix- Bryan López
- Julio Luna
- Steffon Dewar
José Torres- Katja Koroleva
- Assistant referees
- William Arrieta
- William Chow
- Juan Mora
- Víctor Ramírez
- Raymundo Feliz
- Gerson Orellana
- Rony Salinas
- Humberto Panjoj
- Luis Ventura
- Ojay Duhaney
- Leonardo Castillo
- Karen Díaz
- Michel Espinoza
- Michel Morales
- Sandra Ramírez
- Jorge Sánchez
Keytzel Corrales- Geovany Garcia
- Juan Zumba
Zachari Zeegelaar- Ainsley Rochard
- Caleb Wales
- Cameron Blanchard
- Logan Brown
- Cory Richardson
- Nick Uranga
- Video assistant referees
Ben Whitty- Yasith Monge
- Jesús Montero
- Benjamín Pineda
- Dilia Bradley
- Diego Ojer
- Shirley Perello
- Daneon Parchment
- Óscar Macías
- Óscar Mejía
- Luis Enrique Santander
- Allen Chapman
- Edvin Jurisevic
- Chris Penso
Schedule
The competition schedule was released on September 25, 2024.[15]
| Round | Date(s) |
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| Group stage | June 14–24 |
| Quarter-finals | June 28–29 |
| Semi-finals | July 2 |
| Final | July 6 |
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]
Group stage
| Tie-breaking criteria for group stage ranking |
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The ranking of teams in each group is determined by the points obtained in all group matches. If two or more teams are equal on points, the following criteria are used to determine the ranking:[18]
If, after having applied criteria a. to b., teams still had an equal ranking, criteria a. to b. are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams who are still level to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria c. to h. apply.
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Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Mexico |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Costa Rica |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 | |
| 3 | Dominican Republic |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 | |
| 4 | Suriname |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
| Mexico | 3–2 | Dominican Republic |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Canada (H) |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Honduras |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 6 | |
| 3 | Curaçao |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | El Salvador |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 1 |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Panama |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Guatemala |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | |
| 3 | Jamaica |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Guadeloupe |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 0 |
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | United States (H) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Saudi Arabia |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Trinidad and Tobago |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 2 | |
| 4 | Haiti |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 |
| United States | 5–0 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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Report |
Knockout stage
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 (except for 2015), there was no third place playoff.
Bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| June 29 – Minneapolis | ||||||||||
| United States (p) | 2 (4) | |||||||||
| July 2 – St. Louis | ||||||||||
| Costa Rica | 2 (3) | |||||||||
| United States | 2 | |||||||||
| June 29 – Minneapolis | ||||||||||
| Guatemala | 1 | |||||||||
| Canada | 1 (5) | |||||||||
| July 6 – Houston | ||||||||||
| Guatemala (p) | 1 (6) | |||||||||
| United States | 1 | |||||||||
| June 28 – Glendale | ||||||||||
| Mexico | 2 | |||||||||
| Mexico | 2 | |||||||||
| July 2 – Santa Clara | ||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | 0 | |||||||||
| Mexico | 1 | |||||||||
| June 28 – Glendale | ||||||||||
 Honduras | 0 | |||||||||
| Panama | 1 (4) | |||||||||
| Honduras (p) | 1 (5) | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
| United States | 1–2 | Mexico |
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Richards  4' |
Report |
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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
- Promise David
- Tani Oluwaseyi
- Niko Sigur
- Francisco Calvo
Jeremy Antonisse- Edison Azcona
- Peter González
- Joao Urbáez
Thierry Ambrose- Florian David
- Jordan Leborgne
- Matthias Phaëton
- Ange-Freddy Plumain
- José Carlos Pinto
- Óscar Santis
Don Deedson Louicius- Frantzdy Pierrot
- Jorge Álvarez
- Anthony Lozano
- Luis Palma
- Romell Quioto
- Dixon Ramírez
- Leon Bailey
- Amari'i Bell
- Jon Russell
- Alexis Vega
Eduardo Guerrero- Cristian Martínez
Firas Al-Buraikan- Saleh Al-Shehri
- Gyrano Kerk
- Richonell Margaret
- Shaquille Pinas
- Justin Garcia
- Dante Sealy
- Brenden Aaronson
- Maximilian Arfsten
- Haji Wright
1 own goal
- Edrick Menjívar (against Curaçao)
- Abdullah Madu (against Mexico)
Source: CONCACAF
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).
| Golden Ball | ||
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| Edson Álvarez[26] | ||
| Golden Boot | ||
| Ismael Díaz[26] | ||
| 6 goals, 0 assists 328 minutes played | ||
| Golden Glove | ||
| Luis Malagón[26] | ||
| Young Player Award | ||
| Olger Escobar[26] | ||
| Fair Play Trophy | ||
| United States[26] | ||
- Best XI
The following players were chosen as the tournament's best eleven.[27]
| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
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Marketing
Broadcasting rights
Americas
| Territory | Broadcast | Ref. |
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| Canada | OneSoccer | [28] |
| TSN | ||
| RDS | ||
| Univision Canada | ||
| United States | Fox Sports (English) Univision (Spanish) |
[29][30] |
| Mexico | Televisa | [30] |
| Brazil | ESPN | [31] |
| Caribbean | ESPN | [31] |
| Central America | ESPN | [31] |
| Guadeloupe | France TV | [31] |
| South America | ESPN | [31] |
International
| Territory | Broadcast | Ref. |
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| Andorra | GOL PLAY | [31] |
| Australia | ESPN | [31] |
| Austria | Sportdigital | [31] |
| Germany | Sportdigital | [31] |
| Ghana | Sporty TV | [31] |
| Hong Kong | MyTV Super | [31] |
| Ireland | Premier Sports | [31] |
| Israel | Charlton | [31] |
| Kenya | Sporty TV | [31] |
| Liechtenstein | Sportdigital | [31] |
| Luxembourg | Sportdigital | [31] |
| Malaysia | Astro SuperSport | [31] |
| Netherlands | ESPN | [31] |
| New Zealand | ESPN | [31] |
| Nigeria | Sporty TV | [31] |
| Pacific Islands | ESPN | [31] |
| Papua New Guinea | ESPN | [31] |
| Portugal | Sport TV | [31] |
| Saudi Arabia | AlRiyadiyah | [31][32] |
| Singapore | StarHub | [31] |
| South Korea | Sky Sports | [31] |
| Spain | GOL PLAY | [31] |
| South Africa | Sporty TV | [31] |
| Switzerland | Sportdigital | [31] |
| Thailand | BG Sports | [31] |
| Ukraine | Maincast | [31] |
| United Kingdom | Premier Sports | [31] |
| Unsold markets | YouTube & Concacaf GO | [31] |
Sponsorship
The following were announced as global sponsors of the tournament:[33]
- Saudi Aramco
- Caliente.mx
- Degree
- Macron
- Grupo Modelo
- Hilton
- Midea Group
- Molten
- Neau Water
- Public Investment Fund
- Remitly
- Riyadh Air
- Saudi Tourism Authority
- Shriners Hospitals for Children
- Toyota
- Valvoline
- Yerba Madre[34]
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.[35]
Match ball
Vantaggio Gold 5000 by Molten served as the tournament's official match ball.[36]
Music
"Tocando El Cielo" by Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi served as the official song of the tournament.[37]