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The united states’ national football teams were able to get started with a hot start, but it was Mexico who got away with the Gold Cup victory, 2-1, Sunday night.
Mexico has now won his 10th gold cup throughout all time and extended their record after defending their title in 2023.
The United States immediately came to the board when midfielder Sebastian Berhalter, the son of former head coach Gregg Berhalter, placed a free kick in the perfect position for Chris Richards to direct the ball from the cross bar and over the finish line to make it 1-0.
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Mexico midfielder Edson Alvarez (4) celebrates after scoring a goal against the United States during the 2025 Gold Cup final at NRG Stadium. (Mark J. Revilas-prescribed images)
These two linked to Saudi Arabia in the group stage, and they did it again in this match to take the lead over the preferred “El Tri.”
But Mexico started getting his momentum back and putting a few shots at Matt Freese before midfielder Marcel Ruiz found Raul Jimenez, who just turned around and fired with his left foot to put the top shelf.
Diego Luna scores twice as usmnt ensures space in the Gold Cup final
It looked like veteran USMNT defender Tim Ream would stop it when the window Jimenez had to shoot was minuscule, but still it went through and Freese had no chance.
United States in America’s defender Chris Richards (3) responds to Mexico during the 2025 Gold Cup final at NRG Stadium. (Maria Lysaker-Preferred Pictures)
In the second half, with the game still tied to a goal, Mexico dominated the ball, and it felt almost like the decisive goal soon.
So did it in the 77th minute when Johan Vasquez put a headline in the penalty area, and Edson Alvarez put Mexico on top when he dyver to divert Vasquez’s original header into the net. One was -repetition confirmed that Alvarez was on site and the goal was.
Now desperately, the United States tried hard to find out that equalization ahead of time expired, and Patrick Agnemang and Alex Freeman had chances. However, both could not handle the ball in the end.
This Mexico team had all their top guys, which is why they were favorites to defend their title under the head coach Javier Aguirre. They did this by becoming the first team that repeated itself since 2011.
Diego Luna No. 10 in the United States during the second half against Mexico during the final of the Concacaf Gold Cup 2025 at NRG Stadium on July 6, 2025 in Houston, Texas. (Aric Becker/ISI -Photos/UssF/Getty Images)
Meanwhile, without some of their top dogs, including Christian Pulisic and Weston McKennie, came, among others. They hoped to give themselves an eighth gold cup, but they will have to wait for the next tournament.
