Overview
- Mexico beat the United States 2-0 in the final with Cristóbal Alfaro scoring a header in each half to decide the match on Sunday, Aug. 9.
- Mexico clinched CONCACAF’s Olympic spot earlier in the knockout phase by beating Canada 2-1 in the semifinal, which is how the country qualified for Paris’s successor Games.
- U.S. defender Chris Applewhite was shown a straight red card after a late first-half VAR review, a decision that multiple outlets called controversial and that left the United States down to 10 men for the second half.
- Hugo Camberos finished the tournament as Mexico’s leading scorer and won the Golden Boot and Golden Ball, and Mexico swept several individual awards including Golden Glove and Fair Play.
- Both finalists, plus Canada and Costa Rica, qualified for the 2027 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan, and Mexico’s back-to-back regional titles underline its recent strength at youth levels.