CONCACAF Gold Cup 2025: the road to houston is paved with ... asphalt?
(the final is in houston, in case you were wondering what the hell the title was aboot)
that's right folks, it's time once again to compete for the highest honour in all the land, the CONCACAF Gold Cup! open wide
note: not featuring portugal
The majority of the tournament's venues are in the Western United States to avoid scheduling conflicts with the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, which will be held around the same time primarily on the East Coast.
group a:
mexico - 9 time champions
costa rica - 3 time champions
suriname
dominican republic - making their gold cup debut
group b:
canada - 2000 champions
honduras - 1981 champions
el salvador
curaçao
group c:
panama
jamaica
guatemala - 1967 champions
guadeloupe
group d:
usa - 7 time champions
haiti - 1973 champions
trinidad and tobago
saudi arabia - making their gold cup debut, for some reason ... usa, gold ..... take a wild guess
Tie-breakers:
1. Points obtained in all group matches;
2. Goal difference in all group matches;
3. Number of goals scored in all group matches;
4. Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
5. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
6. Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
7. Fair play points;
8. Drawing of lots.
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.
Match ball
Vantaggio Gold 5000 by Molten serves as the tournament's official match ball.
Music
"Tocando El Cielo" by Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi serves as the official song of the tournament.
sick.
ok, lfffggg
kicks off tonight with
mexico - 9 time champions
vs
dominican republic - making their gold cup debut
yo el tri, sé jodidamente amable!
(did google translate actually work for once?)
damn, dr gave em a run, but not enough. 3-2
tomorrow:
USA v Trinidad & Tobago
Haiti v Saudi Arabia
Costa Rica v Suriname
usa#1's big win will get all the headlines...
16' Tillman M. (McGlynn J.) [USA]
42' Tillman M. (Luna D.) [USA]
44' Agyemang P. (Luna D.) [USA]
82' Aaronson B. (Arfsten M.) [USA]
84' Wright H. (Arfsten M.) [USA]
...but i'm more interested in costa rica's winning goal
90+13' Ugalde M. (Penalty) [COS]
seems like peak concacaf
20 Ahmed A.
17 Buchanan T.
6 Choiniere M.
10 David J.
15 De Fougerolles L.
22 Laryea R.
12 Oluwaseyi T.
19 Saliba N.
23 Sigur N.
1 St.Clair D. (G)
5 Waterman J.
obv phonzie is injured, but i guess bombito is too? and where's eustáquio & alistair?
this is not good for business...
meh, no one cares anymore. their complete sh**tyness the last few years has generated a lot of apathy.
canada seem to be the new kings of concacaf (except for the WC matches)
yeah, looks like usa#1 brought their b, or c, or d, or... team
but our team doesn't look that strong either
i'd still probably bet on a mexico > usa final
though i have no idea on the quality of the mexico team here
their 1st game wasn't awe inspiring, so maybe this thing is wide open idk
started from the bottom (losing 8-1 to honduras)
27' Sigur N. (David J.) [CAN]
45+2' Oluwaseyi T. (Laryea R.) [CAN]
48' Buchanan T. (Oluwaseyi T.) [CAN]
65' Buchanan T. [CAN]
75' David P. (Ahmed A.) [CAN]
90' Saliba N. [CAN]
now we here (bringing promise david and cyle larin off the bench)
3 Bassong Z.
10 David J.
8 Kone I.
4 Miller K.
25 Nelson J.
12 Oluwaseyi T.
19 Saliba N.
14 Shaffelburg J.
23 Sigur N.
1 St.Clair D. (G)
5 Waterman J.
the gang pad their $tat$ on guaranteed win night vs curaçao. or choke horribly, who's to say
Huge crowd for the highly anticipated matchup of CONCACAF powerhouses USAd vs Saudi Arabia
i heard the ticket prices for this thing are insane, which might help explain that. in addition to the weak squad, etc
no idea how we got saliba to switch and play for us, but i approve
2 goals in his last 10 minutes of play. not bad
absolutely dreadful game, our worst since i don't even know when. read em the riot act or whatever
absolutely dreadful game, our worst since i don't even know when. read em the riot act or whatever
Yeah that was Horrible. Thought it was funny how the place weas starting to fill for the next game
4 games today, wrapping up groups a & d:
usa v haiti
saudi arabia v trinidad & tobago
mexico v costa rica
dominican republic v suriname
halftime:
USA 1-1 Haiti
Saudi Arabia 0-1 Trinidad & Tobago
the us game doesn't really matter, but saudi are going home if the other score holds lol
quarterfinals:
jun 28
panama v honduras
mexico v saudi arabia
both games in glendale, arizona
jun 29
canada v guatemala
usa v costa rica
both games in minneapolis, minnesota
yeah that was pretty funny. felt a little bad for the guy who got kicked in the head, but whatever. dem boys were def looking to fight, wildling out big time
quarterfinals:
jun 28
panama v honduras
mexico v saudi arabia
both games in glendale, arizona
iiiiit's time!
panama have looked pretty strong lately, so lets see how that goes
i jinxed them ... knew that would happen. everything coming up mexico! maybe. we shall see...
i would say that this ref is on the take, but i wouldn't think that guatemala can afford that, so idk whats going on here. maybe the yanks are terrified of our b-team ??
i would say that this ref is on the take, but i wouldn't think that guatemala can afford that, so idk whats going on here. maybe the yanks are terrified of our b-team ??
It was a rough game but the red card was justified
Plus keeper shiulda stopped that header
