Concacaf Gold Cup

FT Saturday, June 14, 2025
Dominican Republic DWLWL 2
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Mexico WWLWW 3
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SoFi Stadium · 54,309 att. · FS1

Match Report

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Mexico holds off Dominican Republic to begin Gold Cup with win

Defending champion Mexico overcame a slow start to defeat the Dominican Republic 3-2 on Saturday night in a Concacaf Gold Cup group stage match.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
9
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
5
5
Saves
3
38
Possession
62
12
SHOTS
15
5
ON GOAL
9
0.4
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
286
Accurate Passes
499
343
Passes
580
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
4
15
Crosses
13
0.1
Cross %
0.3
42
Long Balls
52
23
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
2
14
Effective Tackles
14
15
Tackles
20
0.9
Tackle %
0.7
8
Interceptions
7
23
Effective Clearances
29
23
Clearances
29

Lineups

MEX · 4-4-2

  1. 1Ángel MalagónG
  2. 3César MontesCD-L
  3. 15Israel ReyesCD-R
  4. 23Jesús GallardoLB
  5. 2Jorge SánchezRB
  6. 4Edson ÁlvarezCM-L
  7. 6Érik LiraCM-R
  8. 17Orbelín PinedaLM
  9. 25Roberto AlvaradoRM
  10. 9Raúl JiménezCF-L
  11. 11Santiago GimenezCF-R

DOM · 5-4-1

  1. 12Xavier ValdezG
  2. 6Pablo RosarioCD
  3. 4Edgar PujolCD-L
  4. 18Jimmy KaparosCD-R
  5. 5Noah DollenmayerLB
  6. 2Joao UrbáezRB
  7. 14Jean Carlos LópezCM-L
  8. 8Heinz MörschelCM-R
  9. 11Edarlyn ReyesLM
  10. 19Peter FedericoRM
  11. 17Dorny RomeroF

Timeline

  1. 44' Goal! Mexico 1, Dominican Republic 0. Edson Álvarez (Mexico) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Orbelín Pineda with a cross following a corner.
  2. 45' Substitution, Mexico. Carlos Rodríguez replaces Israel Reyes.
  3. 45' Substitution, Mexico. Alexis Vega replaces Orbelín Pineda.
  4. 47' Goal! Mexico 2, Dominican Republic 0. Raúl Jiménez (Mexico) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Santiago Giménez with a through ball.
  5. 51' Goal! Mexico 2, Dominican Republic 1. Peter Federico (Dominican Republic) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by João Urbáez.
  6. 53' Goal! Mexico 3, Dominican Republic 1. César Montes (Mexico) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Edson Álvarez following a corner.
  7. 61' Substitution, Dominican Republic. Edison Azcona replaces Edarlyn Reyes.
  8. 61' Substitution, Dominican Republic. Luiyi de Lucas replaces Noah Dollenmayer.
  9. 65' Heinz Mörschel (Dominican Republic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 67' Goal! Mexico 3, Dominican Republic 2. Edison Azcona (Dominican Republic) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Heinz Mörschel.
  11. 73' Substitution, Mexico. Julián Quiñones replaces Santiago Giménez.
  12. 77' Jean López (Dominican Republic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 79' Substitution, Dominican Republic. Ronaldo Vásquez replaces Heinz Mörschel.
  14. 79' Substitution, Dominican Republic. Erick Paniagua replaces Dorny Romero.
  15. 80' Erick Paniagua (Dominican Republic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 83' Substitution, Mexico. César Huerta replaces Raúl Jiménez.
  17. 83' Substitution, Mexico. Jesús Orozco replaces César Montes because of an injury.
  18. 90' Substitution, Dominican Republic. Juan Pineda replaces João Urbáez.
  19. 90'+5' Julián Quiñones (Mexico) is shown the yellow card.
  20. 90'+6' Jesús Gallardo (Mexico) is shown the yellow card.

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