2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup

2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup

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.

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.

Qualification

2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup

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

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.

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.

Distribution

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

• North American Zone: 18 teams (from three associations) • Central American Zone: Six teams (from four associations) • Caribbean Zone: Three teams (from three associations)

• 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 runners-up and third-place team from the MLS–Liga MX Leagues Cup • The runners-up and third-place team from the Caribbean Cup • The runners-up, remaining semi-finalists, and two play-in winners from the Central American Cup • The U.S. Open Cup champion • The Canadian Championship winner • The Canadian Premier League regular season winner and playoff champion • The remaining winner with the worse record, two runners-up, and the two best next clubs by season aggregate from Liga MX • The MLS Supporters' Shield winner • The remaining MLS Conference regular-season leader, and the next two teams in the Supporters' Shield table

Teams

2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup

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

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)

<table><thead><tr><th>Competition</th><th>Team</th><th>Qualifying method</th><th>App. (last)</th><th>Previous best (last)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Canadian Championship (1 berth)</td><td>Vancouver Whitecaps FC</td><td>2024 Canadian Championship winners</td><td>5th (2024)</td><td>Semi-finals (2016–17)</td></tr><tr><td>Canadian Premier League (2 berths)</td><td>Cavalry FC</td><td>2024 Canadian Premier League champions</td><td>2nd (2024)</td><td>First round (2024)</td></tr><tr><td>Forge FC</td><td>2024 CPL Shield winners</td><td>3rd (2024)</td><td>Round of 16 (2022)</td></tr><tr><td>Caribbean Cup (2 berths)</td><td>Cibao</td><td>2024 Caribbean Cup finalists</td><td>2nd (2018)</td><td>Round of 16 (2018)</td></tr><tr><td>Real Hope</td><td>2024 Caribbean Cup third place</td><td>1st</td><td>Debut</td></tr><tr><td>Central American Cup (5 berths)</td><td>Real Estelí</td><td>2024 Central American Cup runners-up</td><td>13th (2024)</td><td>Round of 16 (2021)</td></tr><tr><td>Antigua</td><td>2024 Central American Cup semi-finalists</td><td>2nd (2016–17)</td><td>Group stage (2016–17)</td></tr><tr><td>Herediano</td><td>17th (2024)</td><td>Semi-finals (2014–15)</td></tr><tr><td>Saprissa</td><td>2024 Central American Cup play-in winners</td><td>38th (2024)</td><td>Champions (2005)</td></tr><tr><td>Motagua</td><td>21st (2023)</td><td>Quarter-finals (2023)</td></tr><tr><td>Leagues Cup (2 berths)</td><td>Los Angeles FC</td><td>2024 Leagues Cup runners-up</td><td>3rd (2023)</td><td>Runners-up (2023)</td></tr><tr><td>Colorado Rapids</td><td>2024 Leagues Cup third place</td><td>4th (2022)</td><td>Round of 16 (2022)</td></tr><tr><td>Liga MX (5 berths)</td><td>Cruz Azul</td><td>2023–24 Liga MX Clausura runners-up</td><td>18th (2022)</td><td>Champions (2013–14)</td></tr><tr><td>UANL</td><td>2023–24 Liga MX Apertura runners-up</td><td>12th (2024)</td><td>Champions (2020)</td></tr><tr><td>Monterrey</td><td>Next three best clubs in 2023–24 Liga MX aggregate table</td><td>13th (2024)</td><td>Champions (2021)</td></tr><tr><td>Guadalajara</td><td>10th (2024)</td><td>Champions (2018)</td></tr><tr><td>UNAM</td><td>12th (2022)</td><td>Champions (1989)</td></tr><tr><td>Major League Soccer (4 berths)</td><td>Inter Miami CF</td><td>2024 Major League Soccer Supporters' Shield winners</td><td>2nd (2024)</td><td>Quarter-finals (2024)</td></tr><tr><td>FC Cincinnati</td><td>Next best clubs in the 2024 Supporters' Shield standings</td><td>2nd (2024)</td><td>Round of 16 (2024)</td></tr><tr><td>Real Salt Lake</td><td>4th (2015–16)</td><td>Runners-up (2010–11)</td></tr><tr><td>Seattle Sounders FC</td><td>8th (2022)</td><td>Champions (2022)</td></tr><tr><td>U.S. Open Cup (1 berth)</td><td>Sporting Kansas City</td><td>2024 U.S. Open Cup runners-up</td><td>7th (2019)</td><td>Semi-finals (2019)</td></tr></tbody></table>

Draw

2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup

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

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.

Seed	Team	Ranking points
1	Columbus Crew	1252
2	América	1242
3	LA Galaxy	1203
4	Alajuelense	1157
5	Cavalier	1057
Seed	Team	Ranking points
1	Monterrey	1229
2	UANL	1227
3	Cruz Azul	1223

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
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

Schedule

2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup

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, as listed by CONCACAF (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Bracket

2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup

	Round one		Round of 16		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final
	Cibao	1	0	1
	Guadalajara	1	3	4
	Guadalajara	1	0	1
			América	0	4	4
	América	0	1	1
		Cruz Azul	0	2	2
	Antigua	1	1	2
	Seattle Sounders	3	3	6
	Seattle Sounders	0	1	1
		Cruz Azul	0	4	4
	Real Hope	0	0	0
	Cruz Azul	2	5	7
	Cruz Azul	1	1	2
		UANL	1	0	1
	Herediano	1	1	2
			LA Galaxy	0	4	4
	Herediano	0	2	2
	Real Salt Lake	0	1	1
	LA Galaxy	0	2	2
		UANL	0	3	3
	Motagua	1	1	2
	FC Cincinnati	4	1	5
	FC Cincinnati	1	1	2
		UANL	1	3	4
	Real Estelí	1	0	1
		1 June – Mexico City
	UANL	0	3	3
	Cruz Azul	5
		Vancouver Whitecaps	0
	Colorado Rapids	2	0	2
	Los Angeles FC (a)	1	1	2
	Los Angeles FC	3	1	4
			Columbus Crew	0	2	2
	Los Angeles FC	1	1	2
		Inter Miami	0	3	3
	Sporting Kansas City	0	1	1
	Inter Miami	1	3	4
	Inter Miami	2	2	4
			Cavalier	0	0	0
	Inter Miami	0	1	1
		Vancouver Whitecaps	2	3	5
	Saprissa	2	0	2
	Vancouver Whitecaps	1	2	3
	Vancouver Whitecaps (a)	1	2	3
		Monterrey	1	2	3
	Forge FC	0	0	0
	Monterrey	2	3	5
	Vancouver Whitecaps (a)	1	2	3
		UNAM	1	2	3
	UNAM	2	1	3
			Alajuelense	0	1	1
	Cavalry FC	2	0	2
	UNAM	1	2	3

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.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Colorado Rapids	2–2 (a)	Los Angeles FC	2–1	0–1
Sporting Kansas City	1–4	Inter Miami CF	0–1	1–3
Forge FC	0–5	Monterrey	0–2	0–3
Saprissa	2–3	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2–1	0–2
Cavalry FC	2–3	UNAM	2–1	0–2
Cibao	1–4	Guadalajara	1–1	0–3
Real Hope	0–7	Cruz Azul	0–2	0–5
Antigua	2–6	Seattle Sounders FC	1–3	1–3
Real Estelí	1–3	UANL	1–0	0–3
Motagua	2–5	FC Cincinnati	1–4	1–1
Herediano	2–1	Real Salt Lake	0–0	2–1

Matches

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

Round of 16

Summary

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

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Los Angeles FC	4–2	Columbus Crew	3–0	1–2
Inter Miami CF	4–0	Cavalier	2–0	2–0
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	3–3 (a)	Monterrey	1–1	2–2
UNAM	3–1	Alajuelense	2–0	1–1
Guadalajara	1–4	América	1–0	0–4
Seattle Sounders FC	1–4	Cruz Azul	0–0	1–4
FC Cincinnati	2–4	UANL	1–1	1–3
Herediano	2–4	LA Galaxy	1–0	1–4

Matches

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

Quarter-finals

2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Host
1 (QF1)	Inter Miami CF	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	6	Second leg
2 (QF1)	Los Angeles FC	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	3	First leg
1 (QF2)	UNAM	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4	Second leg
2 (QF2)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	2	First leg
1 (QF3)	Cruz Azul	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	4	Second leg
2 (QF3)	América	2	1	0	1	4	1	+3	3	First leg
1 (QF4)	UANL	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	4	Second leg
2 (QF4)	LA Galaxy	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	3	First leg

Summary

The first legs were played on 1 and 2 April, and the second legs were played on 8 and 9 April 2025.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Los Angeles FC	2–3	Inter Miami CF	1–0	1–3
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	3–3 (a)	UNAM	1–1	2–2
América	1–2	Cruz Azul	0–0	1–2
LA Galaxy	2–3	UANL	0–0	2–3

Matches

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

Semi-finals

2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup

In the semi-finals, the matchups were determined as follows:

• SF1: Winner QF1 vs. Winner QF2 • SF2: Winner QF3 vs. Winner QF4

The semi-finalists in each tie which had the better performance in previous rounds (excluding round one) hosted the second leg.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Host
1 (SF1)	Inter Miami CF	4	3	0	1	7	2	+5	9	Second leg
2 (SF1)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	4	0	4	0	6	6	0	4	First leg
1 (SF2)	Cruz Azul	4	2	2	0	6	2	+4	8	Second leg
2 (SF2)	UANL	4	2	2	0	7	4	+3	8	First leg

Summary

The first legs were played on 23 and 24 April, and the second legs were played on 30 April and 1 May 2025.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	5–1	Inter Miami CF	2–0	3–1
UANL	1–2	Cruz Azul	1–1	0–1

Final

2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup

The finalist with the better record during the competition's earlier stages (excluding round one), Cruz Azul, hosted the match at Estadio Olímpico Universitario in Mexico City.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final
1	Cruz Azul (H)	6	3	3	0	8	3	+5	12	Host
2	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	6	2	4	0	11	7	+4	10

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Ángel Sepúlveda	Cruz Azul	9
2	Brian White	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	6
3	Lionel Messi	Inter Miami CF	5
4	Sebastian Berhalter	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	3
Denis Bouanga	Los Angeles FC
Pavel Bucha	FC Cincinnati
Pedro de la Vega	Seattle Sounders FC
Nicolás Ibáñez	UANL
Luis Suárez	Inter Miami CF
10	Elías Aguilar	Herediano	2
Tadeo Allende	Inter Miami CF
Paul Arriola	Seattle Sounders FC
Rodrigo Auzmendi	Motagua
Germán Berterame	Monterrey
Jordi Cortizo	Monterrey
Kévin Denkey	FC Cincinnati
Gabriel Fernández	Cruz Azul
Álvaro Fidalgo	América
Jonathan Herrera	UANL
Aaron Long	Los Angeles FC
Guillermo Martínez	UNAM
Djordje Mihailovic	Colorado Rapids
Nathan Ordaz	Los Angeles FC

Best XI

CONCACAF selected the following players as the team of the tournament.

Pos.	Player	Team
GK	Kevin Mier	Cruz Azul
DF	Noah Allen	Inter Miami CF
Willer Ditta	Cruz Azul
Gonzalo Piovi	Cruz Azul
Carlos Rotondi	Cruz Azul
MF	Ignacio Rivero	Cruz Azul
Sebastian Berhalter	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Juan Brunetta	UANL
Carlos Rodríguez	Cruz Azul
FW	Brian White	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Ángel Sepúlveda	Cruz Azul

Awards

Award	Player	Team	Ref.
Best Player Award	Ángel Sepúlveda	Cruz Azul
Best Goalkeeper Award	Kevin Mier	Cruz Azul
Young Player Award	Noah Allen	Inter Miami CF
Top Scorer Award	Ángel Sepúlveda	Cruz Azul
Fair Play Award	—N/a	Vancouver Whitecaps FC