IFFHS CONTINENTAL STATS - GOLD CUP
Gold Cup statistics (Final, 7 July)
USA vs Mexico 1-2
*It was Mexico's 12th Gold Cup final and 10th win in them. The only exceptions were two losses to the United States (2007 and 2021), although they have won 6 finals against USA (also 1993, 1998, 2009, 2011 and 2019).
*This is the second CONCACAF champion title in a row for Mexico (after 2023) and the 13th overall (counting the old format), which is a tournament record. The United States national team is next with 7 titles.
*Mexico are now the reigning holder of both CONCACAF major trophies: Nations League and Gold Cup.
*Mexico defeated the United States away for the first time in 6 years.
Of the last 6 away duels in this rivalry, Mexico had 5 losses and 1 draw.
*Chris Richards (USA) scored the earliest goal (at 3 minutes 31 seconds) in the history of Gold Cup final games.
The previous record was held by Michael Bradley (USA), who scored at 7 minutes 15 seconds in the 2011 final.
*Chris Richards' goal is also the earliest goal against Mexico in the history of the Gold Cup.
The previous record was a goal by Carlos Ruiz (Guatemala0 in the 2011 quarterfinals at 4 minutes 35 seconds.
*Richards (representing Crystal Palace) is the first Premier League player to score in a Gold Cup final since Brek Shea (Stoke City) who scored for the USA in the 2013 final against Panama.
*This is the first ever Gold Cup final in which three Premier League players have scored (also the Mexicans Raúl Jiménez from Fulham and Edson Álvarez from West Ham).
The final with two Premier League players was in 2011, when Michael Bradley (Aston Villa) scored for the USA and Pablo Edson Barrera (West Ham United) for Mexico.
*Raúl Jiménez has scored his 10th Gold Cup goal and the first of them in a final, meaning he has now scored in every round of the tournament (also 5 in group stages, 2 in quarterfinals and 2 in semis).
He is the 5th player who has scored in every round of the Gold Cup, after Andrés Guardado (Mexico), Clint Dempsey (USA), Darren Mattocks (Jamaica) and Landon Donovan (USA).
*Gilberto Mora became the youngest player (16 years 265 days) to play in a Gold Cup final. He surpasses the record of Brazilian Diego Ribas, who played in the 2003 final at the age of 18 years 149 days.