Santiago Gimenez #11 of Team Mexico shoots and scores past the defense of Harold Cummings #3 and Fidel Escobar #4 of Team Panama during the second half of the Concacaf Gold Cup final match at SoFi Stadium on July 16, 2023 in Inglewood, California.
With less than a week to go before the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup kicks off, the preliminary rosters for the national teams have finally been announced.
The 18th edition of the Confederation’s men’s national teams tournament will take place from June 14 to July 6, across 14 stadiums and 11 metropolitan areas in the United States and Canada.
The tournament will feature a total of 16 national teams that will be made up from the CONCACAF region, the CONCACAF Nations League and the 2025 Gold Cup Prelims, along with one invited guest team from Saudi Arabia.
Starting Wednesday, each of the national teams participating in this year's CONCACAF must submit a final roster that can only include 23-26 players and at least three goalkeepers.
The 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup will open in grand fashion at Los Angeles’ iconic SoFi Stadium, as Mexico takes on the Dominican Republic in the first match. The quarter finals stage will take qualifying teams to State Farm Stadium in Phoenix, and U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis at the end of the month. The tournament ends at Houston’s NRG Stadium, where the Gold Cup final will be held in Texas for the very first time in its 34-year history.
Team Mexico celebrates after defeating Panama 1-0 in the Concacaf Gold Cup final match between Mexico and Panama at SoFi Stadium on July 16, 2023 in Inglewood, California.
The tournament will kick off with a group stage, featuring round-robin play from June 14 to 24. Following this phase, the four group winners and the four runners-up will advance to the knockout stage.
The groups are as follows:
- Group A: Mexico, Costa Rica, Suriname, Dominican Republic
- Group B: Canada, Honduras, El Salvador, Curacao
- Group C: Panama, Jamaica, Guatemala, Guadeloupe
- Group D: United States, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, Saudi Arabia
Only Mexico and the United States teams have been crowned champions, with one exception in 2000 when Canada took the title. Mexico won the 2023 title after defeating Panama 1-0.
The 31 matches taking place this summer will be available for sports fanatics across several networks and platforms such as Fox Sports, Tubi, TUDN, ViX, Televisa, TV Azteca, and ESPN+.
Tickets to all CONCACAF Gold Cup matches are available here.
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