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2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup

The 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup is the ongoing 60th season of the CONCACAF Champions Cup, the premier club association football tournament for North, Central America, and the Caribbean's organized by CONCACAF. It is a five-round knockout tournament, with 27 teams that qualified based on their national and zonal league and cup competitions; the first four rounds are played as a two-legged series at the home stadiums of the respective teams.[1]

2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup
Tournament details
Dates4 February – 1 June
Teams27 (from 10 associations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
Goals scored71 (2.37 per match)
Attendance347,770 (11,592 per match)
Top scorer(s)Czech Republic Pavel Bucha
Argentina Pedro de la Vega
Mexico Ángel Sepúlveda
(3 goals each)
← 2024
2026 →
All statistics correct as of 6 March 2025.

The final will be a single match played on 1 June 2025.[2] The winners of the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup will qualify for the 2025 FIFA Intercontinental Cup and the 2029 FIFA Club World Cup.

Qualification

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Twenty-seven teams qualified for the tournament, with five qualifying directly to the round of 16. The remaining 22 teams entered in round one.[1]

In addition to national league competitions in the United States, Mexico, and Canada, 12 of 27 berths were determined by international competitions, including the revamped North American zonal competition, the 2024 Leagues Cup (three), and the existing regional or zonal championships in the Caribbean and Central America, the CONCACAF Caribbean Cup (three) and CONCACAF Central American Cup (six), respectively.[3]

Two Canadian Premier League teams qualified automatically, while the United States-only 2024 U.S. Open Cup knockout competition and the Canada-only equivalent, the 2024 Canadian Championship, provided one berth each.

The winners of the three zonal championships, along with the winner of MLS Cup 2024 and the champion of the 2023–24 Liga MX season, received the five byes into the round of 16.[3][4][5]

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Location of teams of the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup
  North American Zone   Central American Zone   Caribbean Zone

Distribution

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A total of 27 teams (from 10 associations) qualified for the tournament.[2]

Five teams received a bye into the round of 16.

  • The champion of the regional competitions for each of CONCACAF's constituent zones; North American, Central American, and Caribbean
  • The champions of Liga MX of Mexico and Major League Soccer of the United States and Canada (Liga MX had a split Clausura and Apertura system, so the champion team with the higher aggregate points took this place. If one team win both Apertura and Clausura, they take this place.)

The remaining 22 teams entered in round one.

Teams

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The following table includes the number of appearances, last appearance, and previous best from the CONCACAF Champions Cup tournament.

Teams entering in round of 16 (5)
Competition Team Qualifying method App. (last) Previous best (last)
Caribbean Cup   Cavalier 2024 Caribbean Cup champions 2nd (2024) First round (2024)
Central American Cup   Alajuelense 2024 Central American Cup champions 28th (2024) Champions (2004)
Leagues Cup   Columbus Crew 2024 Leagues Cup champions 6th (2024) Runners-up (2024)
Liga MX   América 2023–24 Liga MX Apertura and Clausura champions 16th (2024) Champions (2015–16)
Major League Soccer   LA Galaxy MLS Cup 2024 champions 11th (2015–16) Champions (2000)
Teams entering in round one (22)
Competition Team Qualifying method App. (last) Previous best (last)
Canadian Championship
(1 berth) 		  Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2024 Canadian Championship winners 5th (2024) Semi-finals (2016–17)
Canadian Premier League
(2 berths) 		  Cavalry FC 2024 Canadian Premier League champions 2nd (2024) First round (2024)
  Forge FC 2024 CPL Shield winners 3rd (2024) Round of 16 (2022)
Caribbean Cup
(2 berths) 		  Cibao 2024 Caribbean Cup finalists 2nd (2018) Round of 16 (2018)
  Real Hope 2024 Caribbean Cup third place 1st Debut
Central American Cup
(5 berths) 		  Real Estelí 2024 Central American Cup runners-up 13th (2024) Round of 16 (2021)
  Antigua 2024 Central American Cup semi-finalists 2nd (2016–17) Group stage (2016–17)
  Herediano 17th (2024) Semi-finals (2014–15)
  Saprissa 2024 Central American Cup play-in winners 38th (2024) Champions (2005)
  Motagua 21st (2023) Quarter-finals (2023)
Leagues Cup
(2 berths) 		  Los Angeles FC 2024 Leagues Cup runners-up 3rd (2023) Runners-up (2023)
  Colorado Rapids 2024 Leagues Cup third place 4th (2022) Round of 16 (2022)
Liga MX
(5 berths) 		  Cruz Azul 2023–24 Liga MX Clausura runners-up 18th (2022) Champions (2013–14)
  UANL 2023–24 Liga MX Apertura runners-up 12th (2024) Champions (2020)
  Monterrey Next three best clubs in 2023–24 Liga MX aggregate table[Note MEX] 13th (2024) Champions (2021)
  Guadalajara 10th (2024) Champions (2018)
  UNAM 12th (2022) Champions (1989)
Major League Soccer
(4 berths) 		  Inter Miami CF 2024 Major League Soccer Supporters' Shield winners 2nd (2024) Quarter-finals (2024)
  FC Cincinnati Next best clubs in the 2024 Supporters' Shield standings[Note USA] 2nd (2024) Round of 16 (2024)
  Real Salt Lake 4th (2015–16) Runners-up (2010–11)
  Seattle Sounders FC 8th (2022) Champions (2022)
U.S. Open Cup
(1 berth) 		  Sporting Kansas City 2024 U.S. Open Cup runners-up[Note USA2] 7th (2019) Semi-finals (2019)
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    Mexico (MEX): Since América won both the Liga MX, Apertura and Clausura, a spot was passed to the third-best team in the aggregate table not already qualified, UNAM.
  2. ^
    United States (USA): As the Columbus Crew, Los Angeles FC, and LA Galaxy already qualified based on their performances in other competitions, these berths were awarded to teams that finished 5th, 6th, and 7th in the overall standings.[6]
  3. ^
    United States (USA2): Sporting Kansas City qualified as 2024 U.S. Open Cup runners-up as the champions Los Angeles FC already qualified via the 2024 Leagues Cup.[7]

Draw

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The draw for the tournament took place on 10 December 2024 in Miami. The ceremony was streamed on CONCACAF's YouTube channel and broadcast live on Fox Sports in the United States and Mexico and ESPN in most of the Americas.[1] Teams were seeded and placed in draw pots based on their CONCACAF club ranking as of 9 December 2024.[8]

The champions of CONCACAF’s three regional cup competitions, as well as the Liga MX winners with the most accumulated points and the MLS Cup winners, received a bye to the round of 16. The three remaining highest-ranked clubs were pre-seeded into a round one bracket position.

Entering in round of 16
Seed Team Ranking points
1   Columbus Crew 1252
2   América 1242
3   LA Galaxy 1203
4   Alajuelense 1157
5   Cavalier 1057
Seeded in round one
Seed Team Ranking points
1   Monterrey 1229
2   UANL 1227
3   Cruz Azul 1223
Pot 1
Team Ranking points
  Los Angeles FC 1222
  Inter Miami CF 1216
  Seattle Sounders FC 1202
  UNAM 1200
  Guadalajara 1199
  FC Cincinnati 1194
  Real Salt Lake 1191
  Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1173
Pot 2
Team Ranking points
  Colorado Rapids 1166
  Sporting Kansas City 1159
  Saprissa 1142
  Herediano 1128
  Cavalry FC 1117
  Motagua 1110
  Antigua 1108
  Forge FC 1106
  Real Estelí 1076
  Cibao 1060
  Real Hope 1025

Round dates

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The competition schedule is as follows.[9]

Round First leg Second leg
Round one 4–6 and 18–20 February 11–13 and 25–27 February
Round of 16 4–6 March 11–13 March
Quarter-finals 1–3 April 8–10 April
Semi-finals 22–24 April 29 April – 1 May
Final 1 June

Times are EST or EDT,[note 1] as listed by CONCACAF (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Bracket

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Round oneRound of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                            
 
 
 
 
   Colorado Rapids202
 
 
 
   Los Angeles FC (a)112
 
   Los Angeles FC3
 
 
   Columbus Crew 0
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
   Sporting Kansas City011
 
 
 
   Inter Miami CF134
 
   Inter Miami CF2
 
 
   Cavalier0
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Saprissa202
 
 
 
   Vancouver Whitecaps FC123
 
   Vancouver Whitecaps FC1
 
 
 
   Monterrey1
 
   Forge FC000
 
 
 
   Monterrey235
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Cavalry FC202
 
 
 
   UNAM123
 
   UNAM2
 
 
   Alajuelense0
 
 
1 June
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Cibao101
 
 
 
   Guadalajara134
 
   Guadalajara1
 
 
   América0
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
   Antigua112
 
 
 
   Seattle Sounders FC336
 
   Seattle Sounders FC0
 
 
 
   Cruz Azul0
 
   Real Hope000
 
 
 
   Cruz Azul257
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Motagua112
 
 
 
   FC Cincinnati415
 
   FC Cincinnati1
 
 
 
   UANL1
 
   Real Estelí101
 
 
 
   UANL033
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Herediano022
 
 
 
   Real Salt Lake011
 
   Herediano1
 
 
   LA Galaxy0
 
 
 
 


Round one

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Summary

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Round one was played during four weekly windows: on 4–6 February; 11–13 February; 18–20 February; and 25–27 February.[10]

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Colorado Rapids  2–2 (a)  Los Angeles FC2–10–1
Sporting Kansas City  1–4  Inter Miami CF0–11–3
Forge FC  0–5  Monterrey0–20–3
Saprissa  2–3  Vancouver Whitecaps FC2–10–2
Cavalry FC  2–3  UNAM2–10–2
Cibao  1–4  Guadalajara1–10–3
Real Hope  0–7  Cruz Azul0–20–5
Antigua  2–6  Seattle Sounders FC1–31–3
Real Estelí  1–3  UANL1–00–3
Motagua  2–5  FC Cincinnati1–41–1
Herediano  2–1  Real Salt Lake0–02–1

Matches

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Colorado Rapids  2–1  Los Angeles FC
Mihailovic   48' (pen.), 80' Report Long   87'
Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)
Los Angeles FC  1–0  Colorado Rapids
Delgado   49' Report
Attendance: 11,200[11]
Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere (Canada)

2–2 on aggregate. Los Angeles FC won on away goals.

Sporting Kansas City  0–1  Inter Miami CF
Report Messi   56'
Attendance: 15,178[13]
Referee: Marco Ortíz (Mexico)
Inter Miami CF  3–1  Sporting Kansas City
 Report Rodríguez   63'
Attendance: 18,280[14]
Referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)

Inter Miami CF won 4–1 on aggregate.

Forge FC  0–2  Monterrey
Report
Attendance: 5,413[15]
Referee: Lukasz Szpala (United States)
Monterrey  3–0  Forge FC
 Report
Attendance: 24,630[16]

Monterrey won 5–0 on aggregate.

Saprissa  2–1  Vancouver Whitecaps FC
 Report Gauld   21'
Attendance: 10,957[17]
Vancouver Whitecaps FC  2–0  Saprissa
White   46', 90+1' Report
Attendance: 14,059[18]
Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Mexico)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC won 3–2 on aggregate.

Cavalry FC  2–1  UNAM
 Report López   44'
Attendance: 3,139[20]
UNAM  2–0  Cavalry FC
Martínez   53', 74' Report
Attendance: 8,778[21]
Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)

UNAM won 3–2 on aggregate.

Cibao  1–1  Guadalajara
Díaz   1' Report Mejía   90+10'
Attendance: 3,008[22]
Referee: Kwinsi Williams (Trinidad and Tobago)
Guadalajara  3–0  Cibao
 Report
Attendance: 14,939[23]
Referee: Joe Dickerson (United States)

Guadalajara won 4–1 on aggregate.

Real Hope  0–2  Cruz Azul
Report
Attendance: 1,017[24]
Cruz Azul  5–0  Real Hope
 Report
Attendance: 4,293[25]
Referee: Julio Luna (Guatemala)

Cruz Azul won 7–0 on aggregate.

Antigua  1–3  Seattle Sounders FC
Santis   24' Report
Attendance: 2,200[26]
Referee: Katia García (Mexico)
Seattle Sounders FC  3–1  Antigua
 Report Gálvez   45+2'
Attendance: 24,714[27]
Referee: Selvin Brown (Honduras)

Seattle Sounders FC won 6–2 on aggregate.

Real Estelí  1–0  UANL
Grahl   83' Report
Attendance: 3,771[28]
Referee: Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica)
UANL  3–0  Real Estelí
 Report
Attendance: 22,351[29]

UANL won 3–1 on aggregate.

Motagua  1–4  FC Cincinnati
 Report
Attendance: 2,917[30]
Referee: Bryan López (Guatemala)
FC Cincinnati  1–1  Motagua
Denkey   19' Report Auzmendi   10'
Attendance: 21,280[31]
Referee: Víctor Cáceres Hernández (Mexico)

FC Cincinnati won 5–2 on aggregate.

Herediano  0–0  Real Salt Lake
Report
Attendance: 3,062[32]
Real Salt Lake  1–2  Herediano
Ajago   26' Report
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Fernando Hernández (Mexico)

Herediano won 2–1 on aggregate.

Round of 16

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Summary

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The first legs were played on 4–6 March, and the second legs will be played on 11–13 March 2025.[10][33]

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Los Angeles FC  RS1  Columbus Crew3–011 Mar
Inter Miami CF  RS2  Cavalier2–013 Mar
Vancouver Whitecaps FC  RS3  Monterrey1–112 Mar
UNAM  RS4  Alajuelense2–013 Mar
Guadalajara  RS5  América1–012 Mar
Seattle Sounders FC  RS6  Cruz Azul0–011 Mar
FC Cincinnati  RS7  UANL1–111 Mar
Herediano  RS8  LA Galaxy1–012 Mar

Matches

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Los Angeles FC  3–0  Columbus Crew
 Report
Attendance: 7,285[34]
Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)
Columbus Crew  v  Los Angeles FC
Report
Inter Miami CF  2–0  Cavalier
 Report
Attendance: 15,413[35]
Cavalier  v  Inter Miami CF
Report
Vancouver Whitecaps FC  1–1  Monterrey
 Report
Referee: Kwinsi Williams (Trinidad and Tobago)
Monterrey  v  Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Report
UNAM  2–0  Alajuelense
 Report
Attendance: 9,276[36]
Alajuelense  v  UNAM
Report
Guadalajara  1–0  América
 Report
Attendance: 41,695[37]
Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)
América  v  Guadalajara
Report
Seattle Sounders FC  0–0  Cruz Azul
Report
Attendance: 27,844[38]
Referee: Julio Luna (Guatemala)
Cruz Azul  v  Seattle Sounders FC
Report
FC Cincinnati  1–1  UANL
 Report
Attendance: 14,298[39]
Referee: Bryan López (Guatemala)
UANL  v  FC Cincinnati
Report
Herediano  1–0  LA Galaxy
 Report
Attendance: 7,773[40]
Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Mexico)
LA Galaxy  v  Herediano
Report

Quarter-finals

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Summary

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Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
  QF1AprApr
QF2AprApr
  QF3AprApr
QF4AprApr

Matches

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Statistics

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Top goalscorers

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There have been 71 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.37 goals per match (as of 6 March 2025). Source: CONCACAF

Rank Player Team Goals
1   Pavel Bucha   FC Cincinnati 3
  Pedro de la Vega   Seattle Sounders FC
  Ángel Sepúlveda   Cruz Azul
4   Elías Aguilar   Herediano 2
  Tadeo Allende   Inter Miami CF
  Paul Arriola   Seattle Sounders FC
  Rodrigo Auzmendi   Motagua
  Germán Berterame   Monterrey
  Denis Bouanga   Los Angeles FC
  Jordi Cortizo   Monterrey
  Kévin Denkey   FC Cincinnati
  Gabriel Fernández   Cruz Azul
  Guillermo Martínez   UNAM
  Lionel Messi   Inter Miami CF
  Djordje Mihailovic   Colorado Rapids
  Luis Suárez   Inter Miami CF
  Brian White   Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Notes

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  1. ^ EST (UTC−5) for dates up to 8 March 2024 (Round one and first legs of Round of 16), and EDT (UTC−4) for dates thereafter.
  2. ^ Due to expected winter weather issues in the Kansas City metropolitan area, the game was pushed back a day.[12]
  3. ^ Due to expected winter weather issues in Calgary, Cavalry FC played their first round match in Langford, British Columbia.[19]

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