SANTA CLARA, Calif. – The 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup Semifinals saw defending champions Mexico win 1-nil against Honduras on Wednesday at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, USA.
Anthony Lozano had an early chance for Honduras in the 6’, with a left-footed hit from outside the box that was just wide of the right post.
Johan Vásquez nearly opened the scoring to put Mexico in the lead in the 37’, but his attempt was met by a key defensive block the Honduras backline.
Honduras goalkeeper Edrick Menjívar delivered an important save in the 42’ to keep the match scoreless, saving a shot from Marcel Ruíz at the right bottom corner.
Raúl Jiménez notched the winner for Mexico in the 50’, striking with a powerful right-footed finish from the center of the box after being assisted by Gilberto Mora.
Mexico goalkeeper Luis Malagón registered a save en route to a fourth clean sheet in five appearances.
Mexico will play the United States for the trophy on Sunday at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas.
Post-Match Data
Mexico has advanced in 12 of its 15 Concacaf Gold Cup semifinals since 1991, including for the second time against Honduras (2-0 in 2011). El Tri has kept clean sheets in eight of those semifinal matches.
· Mexico have recorded five consecutive clean sheets in Concacaf Gold Cup knockout stage matches (W5), matching their streak from the 1993 to 1998 editions (W5).
· Gilberto Mora assisted Raúl Jiménez for the opening goal of the match, becoming the youngest player to record an assist since at least 2013 in the Concacaf Gold Cup at 16 years and 261 days old.
· Raúl Jiménez scored the lone goal in this match, the sixth time in his Mexico career that he's scored the only goal in a 1-0 victory, including the third in the Gold Cup (2019 vs. Haiti, 2023 vs. Trinidad and Tobago).
· Mexico conceded just 0.10 expected goals to Honduras in the Concacaf Gold Cup semifinal. Mexico has recorded three of the four matches with the lowest expected goals conceded in the tournament—today’s semifinal joins the 0.02 xG allowed against Saudi Arabia and the 0.18 against Suriname.
· Mexico conceded just one shot on target to Honduras. They are averaging only 1.6 shots on target allowed per game in the Concacaf Gold Cup — the lowest mark in the tournament.
· Javier Aguirre (2009, 2025) is the second manager to lead Mexico to a Gold Cup Final multiple times (Gerardo Martino - 2019, 2021).
· Mexico has faced Honduras nine times in the Concacaf Gold Cup (W6 D2 L1) and has kept a clean sheet in seven of those matches. Honduras is the opponent Mexico has shut out the most times in the competition.
