The 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup was the 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 was a five-round knockout tournament, with 27 teams that qualified based on their national and zonal league and cup competitions; the first four rounds were played as a two-legged series at the home stadiums of the respective teams.[2]

Cruz Azul won their record-tying seventh title, defeating Vancouver Whitecaps of MLS in the final 5–0. As winners, they qualified for the 2029 FIFA Club World Cup and the 2025 FIFA Intercontinental Cup.[3]

Qualification

Twenty-seven teams qualified for the tournament, with five qualifying directly to the round of 16. The remaining 22 teams entered in round one.[2]

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.[4]

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.[4][5][6]

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

Distribution

A total of 27 teams (from 10 associations) qualified for the tournament.[7]

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 a team won both Apertura and Clausura, they took this place.)

The remaining 22 teams entered in round one.

Teams

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 Jamaica Cavalier 2024 Caribbean Cup champions 2nd (2024) First round (2024)
Central American Cup Costa Rica Alajuelense 2024 Central American Cup champions 28th (2024) Champions (2004)
Leagues Cup United States Columbus Crew 2024 Leagues Cup champions 6th (2024) Runners-up (2024)
Liga MX Mexico América 2023–24 Liga MX Apertura and Clausura champions 16th (2024) Champions (2015–16)
Major League Soccer United States 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)
Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2024 Canadian Championship winners 5th (2024) Semi-finals (2016–17)
Canadian Premier League
(2 berths)
Canada Cavalry FC 2024 Canadian Premier League champions 2nd (2024) First round (2024)
Canada Forge FC 2024 CPL Shield winners 3rd (2024) Round of 16 (2022)
Caribbean Cup
(2 berths)
Dominican Republic Cibao 2024 Caribbean Cup finalists 2nd (2018) Round of 16 (2018)
Haiti Real Hope 2024 Caribbean Cup third place 1st Debut
Central American Cup
(5 berths)
Nicaragua Real Estelí 2024 Central American Cup runners-up 13th (2024) Round of 16 (2021)
Guatemala Antigua 2024 Central American Cup semi-finalists 2nd (2016–17) Group stage (2016–17)
Costa Rica Herediano 17th (2024) Semi-finals (2014–15)
Costa Rica Saprissa 2024 Central American Cup play-in winners 38th (2024) Champions (2005)
Honduras Motagua 21st (2023) Quarter-finals (2023)
Leagues Cup
(2 berths)
United States Los Angeles FC 2024 Leagues Cup runners-up 3rd (2023) Runners-up (2023)
United States Colorado Rapids 2024 Leagues Cup third place 4th (2022) Round of 16 (2022)
Liga MX
(5 berths)
Mexico Cruz Azul 2023–24 Liga MX Clausura runners-up 18th (2022) Champions (2013–14)
Mexico Tigres UANL 2023–24 Liga MX Apertura runners-up 12th (2024) Champions (2020)
Mexico Monterrey Next three best clubs in 2023–24 Liga MX aggregate table[Note MEX] 13th (2024) Champions (2021)
Mexico Guadalajara 10th (2024) Champions (2018)
Mexico UNAM 12th (2022) Champions (1989)
Major League Soccer
(4 berths)
United States Inter Miami CF 2024 Major League Soccer Supporters' Shield winners 2nd (2024) Quarter-finals (2024)
United States FC Cincinnati Next best clubs in the 2024 Supporters' Shield standings[Note USA] 2nd (2024) Round of 16 (2024)
United States Real Salt Lake 4th (2015–16) Runners-up (2010–11)
United States Seattle Sounders FC 8th (2022) Champions (2022)
U.S. Open Cup
(1 berth)
United States Sporting Kansas City 2024 U.S. Open Cup runners-up[Note USA2] 7th (2019) Semi-finals (2019)
  1. ^
    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.[8]
  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.[9]

Draw

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.[2] Teams were seeded and placed in draw pots based on their CONCACAF club ranking as of 9 December 2024.[10]

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

Schedule

The competition schedule was as follows.[11]

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 1–2 April 8–9 April
Semi-finals 23–24 April 30 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

 
Round oneRound of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                            
 
 
 
 
Dominican Republic Cibao101
 
 
 
Mexico Guadalajara134
 
Mexico Guadalajara101
 
 
Mexico América044
 
 
 
 
 
Mexico América011
 
 
 
Mexico Cruz Azul022
 
Guatemala Antigua112
 
 
 
United States Seattle Sounders336
 
United States Seattle Sounders011
 
 
 
Mexico Cruz Azul044
 
Haiti Real Hope000
 
 
 
Mexico Cruz Azul257
 
Mexico Cruz Azul112
 
 
Mexico Tigres UANL101
 
 
 
 
 
Costa Rica Herediano112
 
 
 
United States LA Galaxy044
 
Costa Rica Herediano022
 
 
 
United States Real Salt Lake011
 
United States LA Galaxy022
 
 
 
Mexico Tigres UANL033
 
Honduras Motagua112
 
 
 
United States FC Cincinnati415
 
United States FC Cincinnati112
 
 
 
Mexico Tigres UANL134
 
Nicaragua Real Estelí101
 
1 June – Mexico City
 
Mexico Tigres UANL033
 
Mexico Cruz Azul5
 
 
 
Canada Vancouver Whitecaps0
 
United States Colorado Rapids202
 
 
 
United States Los Angeles FC (a)112
 
United States Los Angeles FC314
 
 
United States Columbus Crew022
 
 
 
 
 
United States Los Angeles FC112
 
 
 
United States Inter Miami033
 
United States Sporting Kansas City011
 
 
 
United States Inter Miami134
 
United States Inter Miami224
 
 
Jamaica Cavalier000
 
 
 
 
 
United States Inter Miami011
 
 
 
Canada Vancouver Whitecaps235
 
Costa Rica Saprissa202
 
 
 
Canada Vancouver Whitecaps123
 
Canada Vancouver Whitecaps (a)123
 
 
 
Mexico Monterrey123
 
Canada Forge FC000
 
 
 
Mexico Monterrey235
 
Canada Vancouver Whitecaps (a)123
 
 
Mexico UNAM123
 
 
 
 
 
Mexico UNAM213
 
 
 
Costa Rica Alajuelense011
 
Canada Cavalry FC202
 
 
Mexico UNAM123
 

Round one

Summary

Round one was played during four weekly windows: on 4–6 February; 11–13 February; 18–20 February; and 25–27 February.[12]

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Colorado Rapids United States2–2 (a)United States Los Angeles FC2–10–1
Sporting Kansas City United States1–4United States Inter Miami CF0–11–3
Forge FC Canada0–5Mexico Monterrey0–20–3
Saprissa Costa Rica2–3Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC2–10–2
Cavalry FC Canada2–3Mexico UNAM2–10–2
Cibao Dominican Republic1–4Mexico Guadalajara1–10–3
Real Hope Haiti0–7Mexico Cruz Azul0–20–5
Antigua Guatemala2–6United States Seattle Sounders FC1–31–3
Real Estelí Nicaragua1–3Mexico Tigres UANL1–00–3
Motagua Honduras2–5United States FC Cincinnati1–41–1
Herediano Costa Rica2–1United States Real Salt Lake0–02–1

Matches

Colorado Rapids United States2–1United States Los Angeles FC
Mihailovic 48' (pen.), 80' Report Long 87'
Attendance: 1,811[13]
Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)
Los Angeles FC United States1–0United States Colorado Rapids
Delgado 49' Report
Attendance: 11,200[14]
Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere (Canada)

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


Sporting Kansas City United States0–1United States Inter Miami CF
Report Messi 56'
Attendance: 15,178[16]
Referee: Marco Ortíz (Mexico)
Inter Miami CF United States3–1United States Sporting Kansas City
Report Rodríguez 63'
Attendance: 18,280[17]
Referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)

Inter Miami CF won 4–1 on aggregate.


Forge FC Canada0–2Mexico Monterrey
Report
Attendance: 5,413[18]
Referee: Lukasz Szpala (United States)
Monterrey Mexico3–0Canada Forge FC
Report
Attendance: 24,630[19]

Monterrey won 5–0 on aggregate.


Saprissa Costa Rica2–1Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Report Gauld 21'
Vancouver Whitecaps FC Canada2–0Costa Rica Saprissa
White 46', 90+1' Report
Attendance: 14,059[21]
Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Mexico)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC won 3–2 on aggregate.


Cavalry FC Canada2–1Mexico UNAM
Report López 44'
UNAM Mexico2–0Canada Cavalry FC
Martínez 53', 74' Report
Attendance: 8,778[24]
Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)

UNAM won 3–2 on aggregate.


Cibao Dominican Republic1–1Mexico Guadalajara
Díaz 1' Report Mejía 90+10'
Attendance: 3,008[25]
Referee: Kwinsi Williams (Trinidad and Tobago)
Guadalajara Mexico3–0Dominican Republic Cibao
Report
Attendance: 14,939[26]
Referee: Joe Dickerson (United States)

Guadalajara won 4–1 on aggregate.


Real Hope Haiti0–2Mexico Cruz Azul
Report
Attendance: 1,017[27]
Cruz Azul Mexico5–0Haiti Real Hope
Report
Attendance: 4,293[28]
Referee: Julio Luna (Guatemala)

Cruz Azul won 7–0 on aggregate.


Antigua Guatemala1–3United States Seattle Sounders FC
Santis 24' Report
Attendance: 2,200[29]
Referee: Katia García (Mexico)
Seattle Sounders FC United States3–1Guatemala Antigua
Report Gálvez 45+2'
Attendance: 24,714[30]
Referee: Selvin Brown (Honduras)

Seattle Sounders FC won 6–2 on aggregate.


Real Estelí Nicaragua1–0Mexico Tigres UANL
Grahl 83' Report
Attendance: 3,771[31]
Referee: Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica)
Tigres UANL Mexico3–0Nicaragua Real Estelí
Report

Tigres UANL won 3–1 on aggregate.


Motagua Honduras1–4United States FC Cincinnati
Auzmendi 41' Report
Attendance: 2,917[33]
Referee: Bryan López (Guatemala)
FC Cincinnati United States1–1Honduras Motagua
Denkey 19' Report Auzmendi 10'
Attendance: 21,280[34]
Referee: Víctor Cáceres Hernández (Mexico)

FC Cincinnati won 5–2 on aggregate.


Herediano Costa Rica0–0United States Real Salt Lake
Report
Real Salt Lake United States1–2Costa Rica Herediano
Ajago 26' Report
Attendance: 9,000[36]
Referee: Fernando Hernández (Mexico)

Herediano won 2–1 on aggregate.

Round of 16

Summary

The first legs were played on 4–6 March, and the second legs were played on 11–13 March 2025.[12][37]

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Los Angeles FC United States4–2United States Columbus Crew3–01–2
Inter Miami CF United States4–0Jamaica Cavalier2–02–0
Vancouver Whitecaps FC Canada3–3 (a)Mexico Monterrey1–12–2
UNAM Mexico3–1Costa Rica Alajuelense2–01–1
Guadalajara Mexico1–4Mexico América1–00–4
Seattle Sounders FC United States1–4Mexico Cruz Azul0–01–4
FC Cincinnati United States2–4Mexico Tigres UANL1–11–3
Herediano Costa Rica2–4United States LA Galaxy1–01–4

Matches

Los Angeles FC United States3–0United States Columbus Crew
Report
Attendance: 7,285[38]
Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)
Columbus Crew United States2–1United States Los Angeles FC
Report Bouanga 90+6'

Los Angeles FC won 4–2 on aggregate.


Inter Miami CF United States2–0Jamaica Cavalier
Report
Cavalier Jamaica0–2United States Inter Miami CF
Report
Attendance: 35,000[41]
Referee: Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica)

Inter Miami CF won 4–0 on aggregate.


Vancouver Whitecaps FC Canada1–1Mexico Monterrey
Halbouni 86' Report De la Rosa 25'
Attendance: 9,613[42]
Referee: Kwinsi Williams (Trinidad and Tobago)
Monterrey Mexico2–2Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Report
Attendance: 10,420[44]
Referee: Selvin Brown (Honduras)

3–3 on aggregate. Vancouver Whitecaps FC won on away goals.


UNAM Mexico2–0Costa Rica Alajuelense
Report
Alajuelense Costa Rica1–1Mexico UNAM
Campos 39' Report Suárez 72'
Attendance: 12,052[46]
Referee: Lukasz Szpala (United States)

UNAM won 3–1 on aggregate.


Guadalajara Mexico1–0Mexico América
Cáceres red-colored football 77' (o.g.) Report
Attendance: 41,695[47]
Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)
América Mexico4–0Mexico Guadalajara
Report

América won 4–1 on aggregate.


Seattle Sounders FC United States0–0Mexico Cruz Azul
Report
Attendance: 27,844[49]
Referee: Julio Luna (Guatemala)
Cruz Azul Mexico4–1United States Seattle Sounders FC
Report Musovski 75'
Attendance: 7,473[50]
Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)

Cruz Azul won 4–1 on aggregate.


FC Cincinnati United States1–1Mexico Tigres UANL
Bucha 3' Report Ibáñez 17'
Attendance: 14,298[51]
Referee: Bryan López (Guatemala)
Tigres UANL Mexico3–1United States FC Cincinnati
Report Evander 18'

Tigres UANL won 4–2 on aggregate.


Herediano Costa Rica1–0United States LA Galaxy
Aguilar 65' Report
Attendance: 7,773[53]
Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Mexico)
LA Galaxy United States4–1Costa Rica Herediano
Report González 82'
Attendance: 9,011[54]
Referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)

LA Galaxy won 4–2 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Within each matchup, the team which had the better performance in the round of 16 hosted the second leg.

Matches

América Mexico0–0Mexico Cruz Azul
Report
Attendance: 19,720[56]
Referee: Joe Dickerson (United States)
Cruz Azul Mexico2–1Mexico América
Sepúlveda 12', 85' Report Fidalgo 57'
Attendance: 27,923[57]
Referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)

Cruz Azul won 2–1 on aggregate.


LA Galaxy United States0–0Mexico Tigres UANL
Report
Attendance: 13,434[58]
Referee: Kwinsi Williams (Trinidad and Tobago)
Tigres UANL Mexico3–2United States LA Galaxy
Report
Attendance: 34,435[59]
Referee: Selvin Brown (Honduras)

Tigres UANL won 3–2 on aggregate.


Los Angeles FC United States1–0United States Inter Miami CF
Ordaz 57' Report
Attendance: 22,207[60]
Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)
Inter Miami CF United States3–1United States Los Angeles FC
Report Long 9'

Inter Miami CF won 3–2 on aggregate.


Vancouver Whitecaps FC Canada1–1Mexico UNAM
White 71' Report Carrasquilla 87'
Attendance: 12,356[62]
Referee: Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica)
UNAM Mexico2–2Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Report

3–3 on aggregate. Vancouver Whitecaps FC won on away goals.