Haiti 1 Trinidad and Tobago 1
June 19 – Haiti and Trinidad and Tobago delivered 90 minutes of full-blooded football on a steaming hot, late afternoon in Houston at the Shell Energy Stadium battling to a draw that keeps them both in with a chance of making it into the knockout round.
Mexico 2-0 Suriname:
June 18 – The Mexican national team is perhaps the only country in world football that plays home matches in two countries. The Azteca Stadium in Mexico City is, of course, their spiritual home; however, in Los Angeles – where they roared to victory over the Dominican Republic – and tonight in the heart of Texas at AT&T Stadium in Arlington versus Suriname, the team is welcomed by partisan support and rapturous anticipation.
Costa Rica 2 Dominican Republic 1
June 28 – Picture this: AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas, a gleaming, cavernous, colossus of modern architecture, standing like a metallic monument to American excess. With its 80,000-seat capacity echoing like a vast, empty cathedral, barely 3,000 souls scattered across its bowels at kickoff. It didn’t matter.
June 18 – Having thumped Honduras 6-0 last night in Vancouver and riding the high of becoming one of the favourites for the Gold Cup, today the Canadians are facing the low further disciplinary sanctions against their coach Jesse Marsch.
Canada 5 Honduras 0
June 17 – Canada over the past six years have forced their way into Concacaf’s elite but have so often flattered to deceive. They are the team everyone quite likes but have never delivered the championship title their talent screams for. Re-adjust everyone.
Curaçao 0 El Salvador 0
June 17 – The “Little General” – aka the Dutch master Dick Advocaat – has coached some of the biggest teams in world football, so Curaçao versus El Salvador in the Group B Concacaf Gold Cup opener at PayPal Park should be a walk in the park, right?
June 18 – Three Qatari FA execs are currently working the 2025 Gold Cup circuit as part of the collaboration between Concacaf and the hosts of the 2022 World Cup that has provided an on-going legacy and international knowledge exchange programme.
Jamaica 0 Guatemala 1
June 16 – It has been 12 years since Guatemala have beaten Jamaica. Six days ago they lost 3-0 to the Jamaicans in World Cup 2026 qualifying. On the opening night of their Gold Cup campaign they turned the form book on its head.
June 16 – After taking Mexico to the edge in the Concacaf Nations League final in March, Panama is more than ready to make a deep run in the Gold Cup behind the man-management of Thomas Christiansen as he squeezes one more tournament out of his aging squad.
Costa Rica 4 Suriname 3
June 15 – With the baking sun of a sweltering San Diego day in Southern California giving way to a cool evening, Costa Rica went from red hot to freezing cold as they threw away their lead and had to battle back to win with 10 men and a penalty more than 10 minutes into added time.
USA 5 Trinidad and Tobago 0
June 15 – United States Men’s National Team (USMNT) coach Mauricio Pochettino rolled the dice at PayPal Park in San Jose during the Gold Cup Group D opener against Trinidad and Tobago.
Haiti 0 Saudi Arabia 1
June 15 – Saudi Arabia opened their second appearance at Concacaf’s Gold Cup with a 1-0 win over Haiti on a baking hot San Diego early evening. It was a result that was against the run of play but not undeserved.
Mexico 3 Dominican Republic 2
June 14 – In a city that saw tens of thousands on the street during the day protesting the mass deportations of immigrants by Donald Trump’s administration, the Gold Cup kicked off in an eery atmosphere of uncertainty at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood.
June 13 – Mexico approach the 2025 Gold Cup with typical confidence, having secured early silverware through March’s Concacaf Nations League triumph – a psychological boost that sets them up beautifully for the right to be called Kings of the Region.
June 13 – With the fear of ICE agents roaming around Los Angeles and spiriting illegal and legal immigrants away, supporter groups of the Mexican national team are rightly concerned ahead of the opening game of the 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup between El Tri and the Dominican Republic.