Concacaf Hosts 2025 Gold Cup Coaches’ Forum, Highlighting Data, Development, and Collaboration
MIAMI — Football leaders from across the region gathered for the 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup Coaches’ Forum , exchanging perspectives and reflecting on key takeaways from the Confederation’s flagship men’s national team tournament, on Oct. 16 in Miami, FL.
The forum centered on sharing the results and findings from data collection and analysis conducted by the Concacaf Development Team, in collaboration with FIFA, during the 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup and previous editions of the tournament.
“We're using this as an opportunity to go over the data and analysis that we've collated over the last three Gold Cups, and it's really given us a picture of what Concacaf football looks like in this area,” said Jason Roberts , Chief Football Development Officer at Concacaf. “This open forum – where we're able to discuss in such detail with some of the best coaching minds in the world, and certainly within Concacaf – is a wonderful experience for everybody involved.”
The forum featured the participation of national team coaches including Jesse Marsch (Canada), Miguel Herrera (Costa Rica), Marcelo Neveleff (Dominican Republic), Jocelyn Angloma (Guadeloupe), Steve McClaren (Jamaica), Stanley Menzo (Suriname), and Dwight Yorke (Trinidad and Tobago) . Representatives of El Salvador and Mexico also participated.
The representatives were invited to share their insights on the key statistical trends and patterns that characterized the 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup. Additionally, participants were encouraged to discuss how statistical analysis helped their teams with preparation, strategy, and performance during the tournament.
“It's always nice to actually get to know the coaches and hear about what they're going through,” said Canada Head Coach Jesse Marsch . “I think there's a lot of learnings about what we're all going through in our different nations with the development of the sport.”
“It is part of what we want in this tournament that is so important for our area, which is Concacaf,” said Costa Rica Head Coach Miguel Herrera . “We want to improve it every day, and Concacaf is very willing to listen to those of us who are more involved, and who live the tournament day-to-day.”
“When you have a tournament like we have in the Gold Cup, it's good to not just pick the brains of other coaches, but to see how the tournament can be improved,” said Trinidad and Tobago Head Coach Dwight Yorke . “I think we all want the best for the tournament, and it's good when managers see it from the manager's point of view and hear different views among ourselves.”
Member Associations were also invited to provide feedback on how to further improve data collection and report distribution processes in future tournaments, at both the senior and youth levels.
Finally, participants were granted the opportunity to provide feedback on the tournament structure, the competition format, refereeing matters throughout the tournament, as well as the level of quality and service provided by Concacaf.
“Fundamentally, we want to make the game as exciting as possible,” said Arron Ackerman , Team Lead for Performance Analysis within FIFA’s Football Performance Insights team. “That's created by two sets of people, the players and the coaches. What this allows us to do is really get an insight of what they're trying to do, what they need, and make sure that we can support them to make sure we create the most exciting game in the world.”