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, and was contested by two rival, neighboring teams of the United States and Mexico.
Mexico won the match 2–1, securing a second consecutive and record tenth Gold Cup title overall.
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. 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). TeamPrevious final appearances (bold indicates winners)12 (1991, 1993, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2021)11 (1993, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2023)
Venue
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. 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. 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 5–0 1–0 2–1 2–2 2–1
Mexico + Mexico's route to the final Round Opponent Result 3–2 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–0
Match
Details
GK 25Matt FreeseRB 16Alex FreemanCB 3 Chris RichardsCB 13Tim Ream (c)LB 18Maximilian Arfsten RM 8 Sebastian BerhalterCM 4 Tyler Adams CM 10Diego Luna LM 14Luca de la Torre CF 17Malik TillmanCF 24Patrick AgyemangSubstitutions:FW 9 Damion Downs MF 6 Jack McGlynn MF 11Brenden Aaronson DF 2 John Tolkin Manager: Mauricio Pochettino GK 1 Luis MalagónRB 2 Jorge Sánchez CB 3 César Montes CB 5 Johan VásquezLB 23Jesús GallardoDM 4 Edson Álvarez (c)CM 7 Gilberto Mora CM 14Marcel RuizRF 25Roberto Alvarado CF 9 Raúl Jiménez LF 10Alexis VegaSubstitutions:MF 17Orbelín Pineda FW 11Santiago Giménez DF 15Israel Reyes FW 21César Huerta Manager:Javier Aguirre Player of the Match: Raúl Jiménez (Mexico)
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)
References
External links CONCACAF Gold Cup Official Website