Gold Cup final: Mexico storms back to beat USMNT, win 10th CONCACAF title
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on July 7, 2025
HOUSTON — For 23 fleeting minutes here at NRG Stadium on Sunday night, the U.S. men's national team was back atop CONCACAF. It was beating Mexico, 1-0, in the Gold Cup final, and rising past expectations, toward a regional summit. But in the end, it succumbed to a better team — El Tri, which came back to win 2-1 and claim Mexico's 10th Gold Cup title.
Edson Álvarez's 77th-minute goal, awarded after a dramatic VAR review, was the difference.
An hour and a half earlier, before some of . . .
