CONCACAF Press Release <\/p>\n\n\n\n
HOUSTON \u2014<\/strong>\u00a0Mexico<\/strong>\u00a0earned a 2-1 victory against the\u00a0United States<\/strong>\u00a0in the\u00a02025 Concacaf Gold Cup<\/strong>\u00a0Final on Sunday at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The conquest marks a tenth Gold Cup trophy for Mexico to extend its record as the all-time winner of the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chris Richards<\/strong> struck the opening goal in the 4\u2019, delivering a header on a free kick service from Sebastian Berhalter,<\/strong> to place the U.S. in the lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ra\u00fal Jim\u00e9nez<\/strong> equalized for Mexico in the 27\u2019 with a left-footed finish inside the box to connect on a through ball from Marcel Ru\u00edz.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Gilberto Mora<\/strong> threatened from long range in the 40\u2019, striking a left-footed shot from outside the box that was saved by Matt Freese.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Mexico withstood back-to-back attempts in first-half stoppage time as the U.S. threatened with a header from Alexander Freeman<\/strong> in the 45\u2019+1\u2019 that was saved by Luis \u00c1ngel Malag\u00f3n. Diego Luna<\/strong> missed from close range seconds later as the two sides went tied into halftime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Roberto Alvarado<\/strong> had a close encounter for Mexico in the 51\u2019, sending a left-footed shot from outside the box just to the outside of the left post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Max Arfsten<\/strong> had a shot of his own from outside the box in the 54\u2019 that was just wide of the top post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Edson \u00c1lvarez<\/strong> struck a header into the net in the 77\u2019 to capitalize on a free-kick opportunity and strike the match-winning goal for Mexico. Johan V\u00e1squez<\/strong> aided the delivery to further the set piece service from Alexis Vega.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Mexico won the Gold Cup in consecutive editions for a successful title defense. The win also marks the second Gold Cup conquest for Mexico under Manager Javier Aguirre<\/strong>, who headed the 2009 title run. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" CONCACAF Press Release HOUSTON \u2014\u00a0Mexico\u00a0earned a 2-1 victory against the\u00a0United States\u00a0in the\u00a02025 Concacaf Gold Cup\u00a0Final on Sunday at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, USA. The conquest marks a tenth Gold Cup trophy for Mexico to extend its record as the all-time winner of the competition. Chris Richards struck the opening goal in the 4\u2019, delivering a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[24],"class_list":["post-2336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noticias","tag-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaworkroom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaworkroom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaworkroom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaworkroom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaworkroom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2336"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mediaworkroom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2338,"href":"https:\/\/mediaworkroom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336\/revisions\/2338"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaworkroom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaworkroom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaworkroom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaworkroom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}