Mexico 2-0 Costa Rica · CONCACAF Gold Cup 2025
Mexico beat Costa Rica 2-0 in the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2025. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
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Match report
Mexico and Costa Rica met in the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2025 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington on Sunday, 9 July 2023.
Goalscorers
Mexico: O. Pineda 52'; E. Sánchez 87'. Costa Rica did not score.
How the match went
The referee showed 4 yellow cards (1 for Mexico, 3 for Costa Rica).
Line-ups
Mexico started in a 4-1-4-1: Guillermo Ochoa, Jorge Sánchez, César Montes, Johan Vásquez, Jesús Gallardo, Edson Álvarez, Uriel Antuna, Luis Romo, Luis Chávez, Orbelín Pineda, Henry Martín.
Costa Rica started in a 4-2-3-1: Kevin Chamorro, Jefry Valverde, Kendall Waston, Juan Pablo Vargas, Francisco Calvo, Celso Borges, Wílmer Azofeifa, Joel Campbell, Josimar Alcócer, Cristopher Núñez, Anthony Contreras.
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Minute by minute
- 45'Half-time. Mexico 0-0 Costa Rica.
- 52'Goal! Mexico 1-0 Costa Rica. O. Pineda (Mexico) converts the penalty.
- 87'Goal! Mexico 2-0 Costa Rica. E. Sánchez (Mexico) scores, assisted by R. Alvarado.
- 90'Full-time. Mexico 2-0 Costa Rica.
Full commentary (42 lines)
- 1'Kick-off: Mexico vs Costa Rica.
- 0'Yellow card for F. Calvo (Costa Rica) for argument.
- 5'Attempt saved. J. Sánchez (Mexico), right-footed shot. xG 0.07.
- 8'Attempt saved. A. Contreras (Costa Rica), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 12'Yellow card for W. Azofeifa (Costa Rica) for foul.
- 19'Attempt blocked. L. Chávez (Mexico), left-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 29'Attempt missed. U. Antuna (Mexico), right-footed shot. xG 0.10.
- 31'Attempt blocked. C. Borges (Costa Rica), right-footed shot from a free kick. xG 0.06.
- 32'Attempt blocked. O. Pineda (Mexico), right-footed shot. xG 0.22.
- 45'2 minutes of added time.
- 45+2'Attempt missed. K. Waston (Costa Rica), header from a corner. xG 0.07.
- 45'Half-time. Mexico 0-0 Costa Rica.
- 46'The second half is under way.
- 46'Attempt blocked. H. Martín (Mexico), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 49'Attempt blocked. A. Contreras (Costa Rica), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 52'Goal! Mexico 1-0 Costa Rica. O. Pineda (Mexico) converts the penalty.
- 54'Attempt saved. J. Vásquez (Mexico), header from a corner. xG 0.07.
- 55'Yellow card for E. Álvarez (Mexico) for foul.
- 63'Substitution, Costa Rica: A. Suárez comes on for W. Azofeifa.
- 63'Attempt missed. F. Calvo (Costa Rica), header from a corner. xG 0.06.
- 66'Attempt missed. L. Romo (Mexico), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 67'Attempt missed. A. Suárez (Costa Rica), left-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 68'Yellow card for C. Borges (Costa Rica) for foul.
- 69'Attempt missed. L. Chávez (Mexico), left-footed shot from a free kick. xG 0.04.
- 70'Substitution, Mexico: S. Giménez comes on for H. Martín.
- 70'Substitution, Mexico: E. Sánchez comes on for L. Chávez.
- 76'Attempt saved. E. Sánchez (Mexico), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 81'Attempt saved. O. Pineda (Mexico), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 82'Substitution, Costa Rica: S. Zuniga comes on for J. Alcócer.
- 82'Substitution, Costa Rica: W. Madrigal comes on for F. Calvo.
- 83'Substitution, Costa Rica: P. Arboine comes on for C. Núñez.
- 84'Substitution, Mexico: R. Alvarado comes on for O. Pineda.
- 84'Substitution, Mexico: J. Araujo comes on for J. Sánchez.
- 85'Attempt missed. S. Giménez (Mexico), left-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 86'Attempt saved. S. Giménez (Mexico), header. xG 0.10.
- 87'Goal! Mexico 2-0 Costa Rica. E. Sánchez (Mexico) scores, assisted by R. Alvarado.
- 90'5 minutes of added time.
- 90+1'Substitution, Mexico: I. Reyes comes on for E. Álvarez.
- 90+1'Attempt missed. J. Campbell (Costa Rica), left-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 90+3'Attempt missed. J. Valverde (Costa Rica), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 90+4'Attempt blocked. W. Madrigal (Costa Rica), right-footed shot. xG 0.05.
- 90'Full-time. Mexico 2-0 Costa Rica.