July 10 – The 2025 Gold Cup will go down as one of the most competitive and evenly matched finals tournaments in Gold Cup history. Of the 31 matches played, 24 were decided by single goal.
Nine matches finished as a draw. In the quarter finals three of the four match-ups were decided by a penalty shoot-out.
The increase in playing standards across the region has been attributed to the increased number of competitive international players nations play in the Concacaf Nations League. That has meant more technically proficient teams who have developed together into more effective teams over the full 90 minutes.
Defensive set up is the most obvious are of improvement. The 2025 Gold Cup had the least number of goals scored than any of the three 15-team finals that preceded it. 2025 also had the highest number of drawn matches.
The 2025 Gold Cup saw 85 goals scored in total, 43 goals in the first half, 42 goals in the second half.
The 43 first half goals is the highest number of goals to have been scored in the first half in any of the last 4 editions (16 teams format). The 2023 Gold Cup saw 42 goals scored in the first half.
The 2025 Gold Cup, is the first edition that not a single goal was scored from a free kick comparing to the last 4 editions (16 teams format).
- Tomas Rodriguez of Panama is the FIRST player to have scored goals in all of the 3 group stage matches since Marco Fabian of Mexico in Gold Cup 2013 when the Mexican scored for his country goals in the 3 Group Stage matches.
- Tomas Rodriguez has become the FIFTH player to have scored at least a goal in each of the three group stage matches in the history of the tournament.
- Olger Escobar of Guatemala scored his country’s goal against the US to become the YOUNGEST player to have scored a goal (18Y 9M 22D) in 2025 Gold Cup.
- Raul Jimenez of Mexico scored for his country against the US to become the OLDEST player to have scored a goal (34Y 2M 2D) in 2025 Gold Cup.
- BOTH the youngest and the oldest goal scorer in the 2025 Gold Cup scored against the US.
- Gilberto Mora of Mexico is the YOUNGEST player to have featured in the 2025 Gold Cup tournament (16Y 8M 15D) when he played against Saudi Arabia.
- Marvin Phillip, GK of Trinidad & Tobago is OLDEST player to have featured in the 2025 Gold Cup tournament (40Y 10M 15D).
- TRIVIA – Players wearing the No 10 shirt scored the most goals in the Gold Cup 2025: 6 players wearing No 10 scored 16 goals; 8 players wearing No 9 scored 13 goals.
- TRIVIA – 334 players played in the Gold Cup 2025, of them only (one) player, Jack McGlyn, featured on his BIRTHDAY. The US midfielder, who was born on 7 July 2003, came from the bench to play against Mexico on the Final on 7 July 2025.
Stats provided by Mondial 11, data partner of Insideworldfootball.
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