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CONCACAF Gold Cup 2025 Schedule, Format, Key Match-Ups and More

The 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup will begin with a group stage, featuring four groups of four teams each.

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The 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup is set to captivate the attention of soccer fans across North America from June 14 to July 6. This 18th edition of the tournament will feature 16 teams, including 15 from the Concacaf region and guest nation Saudi Arabia. Mexico enter the 2025 Gold Cup as the defending champions and the most decorated team in the competition’s history, boasting nine titles. The United States follows closely with seven Gold Cup wins, while Canada has lifted the trophy just once.

The opening match will take place at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, CA, while the 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup Final will be held at NRG Stadium.

Concacaf Gold Cup 2025 Format

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The 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup will begin with a group stage, featuring four groups of four teams each. Each team will play three group-stage matches in a round-robin format. The top two teams from each group will advance to the knockout stage, which includes the quarterfinals, semifinals, and the final. The knockout rounds are single-elimination matches, with extra time and penalty shootouts used to determine winners if necessary.

Group A:

Mexico
Costa Rica
Suriname
Dominican Republic

Group B:

Canada
Honduras
El Salvador
Curaçao

Group C:

Panama
Jamaica
Guatemala
Guadeloupe

Group D:

United States
Haiti
Trinidad and Tobago
Saudi Arabia

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Concacaf Gold Cup 2025 Schedule

The Knockout Stage will start with the Quarterfinals on June 28 and 29. In accordance with the tournament regulations, the matchups for the Quarterfinals will be as follows:

Quarterfinal #1: 1D vs 2A
Quarterfinal #2: 1A vs 2D
Quarterfinal #3: 1C vs 2B
Quarterfinal #4: 1B vs 2C

The Quarterfinals will be followed by the Semifinals on July 2 and the Final on Sunday, July 6, with matchups determined for the two final rounds as follows:

Semifinal #1: Winner Quarterfinal #1 vs Winner Quarterfinal #4
Semifinal #2: Winner Quarterfinal #2 vs Winner Quarterfinal #3

Final: Winner Semifinal #1 vs Winner Semifinal #2

Key Match-Ups to Watch

Canada vs. Honduras: In Group B, Canada faces a formidable opponent in Honduras, setting the stage for a competitive clash. Notably, Honduras, at 75th, are Canada’s highest-ranked opponents by FIFA. Canada are currently ranked 30th, the highest ranking in their history.

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United States vs. Saudi Arabia: This Group D encounter is particularly intriguing as it pits the USMNT against guest nation Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia has been the USA’s opponent seven times overall, and twice in international competition. Saudi Arabia defeated the USMNT 3-0 in the 1992 King Fahd Cup in Riyadh – the tournament which became the FIFA Confederations Cup – and again in the 1999 Confederations Cup, this time a 2-0 defeat for the United States.

Mexico vs. Costa Rica: A classic Concacaf rivalry takes center stage in Group A. The match against Costa Rica will carry extra significance for Mexico as they will face a Costa Rica team managed by Miguel Herrera. Notably, Herrera was the manager of Mexico during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

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Abhinav Goel

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