Mexico vs Dominican Rep 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup, Group Stage

Mexico

44': Edson Álvarez
47': Raúl Jiménez
53': César Montes

FT
3 - 2

Dominican Republic

51': Peter Federico
67': Edison Azcona

Mexico holds off Dominican Republic to begin Gold Cup with win

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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.

Match Commentary

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.
45': Substitution, Mexico. Carlos Rodríguez replaces Israel Reyes.
45': Substitution, Mexico. Alexis Vega replaces Orbelín Pineda.
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.
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.
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.
61': Substitution, Dominican Republic. Edison Azcona replaces Edarlyn Reyes.
61': Substitution, Dominican Republic. Luiyi de Lucas replaces Noah Dollenmayer.
65': Heinz Mörschel (Dominican Republic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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.
73': Substitution, Mexico. Julián Quiñones replaces Santiago Giménez.
77': Jean López (Dominican Republic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
79': Substitution, Dominican Republic. Ronaldo Vásquez replaces Heinz Mörschel.
79': Substitution, Dominican Republic. Erick Paniagua replaces Dorny Romero.
80': Erick Paniagua (Dominican Republic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
83': Substitution, Mexico. Jesús Orozco replaces César Montes because of an injury.
83': Substitution, Mexico. César Huerta replaces Raúl Jiménez.
90': Substitution, Dominican Republic. Juan Pineda replaces João Urbáez.
90'+5': Julián Quiñones (Mexico) is shown the yellow card.
90'+6': Jesús Gallardo (Mexico) is shown the yellow card.
90'+8': Second Half ends, Mexico 3, Dominican Republic 2.

Game Information

Competition: Concacaf Gold Cup

Venue: SoFi Stadium
Location: Inglewood, California, USA

Concacaf Gold Cup Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+1	Mexico	1	3	0
0	Costa Rica	0	0	0
0	Suriname	0	0	0
-1	Dominican Republic	1	0	1

Full Table

Statistics

DOM		MEX
12	Fouls	9
3	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	1
2	Corner Kicks	5
5	Saves	3
37.8	Possession	62.2
12	SHOTS	15
5	ON GOAL	9
0.4	On Target %	0.6
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
283	Accurate Passes	497
340	Passes	579
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
1	Accurate Crosses	4
13	Crosses	12
0.1	Cross %	0.3
41	Long Balls	49
22	Accurate Long Balls	31
0.5	Long Balls %	0.6
3	Blocked Shots	2
14	Effective Tackles	15
15	Tackles	20
0.9	Tackle %	0.8
7	Interceptions	7
23	Effective Clearances	29
23	Clearances	29

Line-Ups

Mexico (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Ángel Malagón (GK)
3	César Montes
15	Israel Reyes
23	Jesús Gallardo
2	Jorge Sánchez
4	Edson Álvarez
6	Erik Lira
17	Orbelín Pineda
25	Roberto Alvarado
9	Raúl Jiménez
11	Santiago Gimenez

Substitutes:

Guillermo Ochoa, Marcel Ruiz, Raúl Rangel, Carlos Rodríguez, Jesús Orozco, César Huerta, Mateo Chávez, Julián Araujo, Gilberto Mora, Julián Quiñones, Alexis Vega, Ángel Sepúlveda.

Dominican Republic (5-4-1)

No.	Name
12	Xavier Valdez (GK)
6	Pablo Rosario
4	Edgar Pujol
18	Jimmy Kaparos
5	Noah Dollenmayer
2	Joao Urbáez
14	Jean Carlos López
8	Heinz Mörschel
11	Edarlyn Reyes
19	Peter Federico
17	Dorny Romero

Substitutes:

Juan Castillo, Miguel Ángel Beltre, Rafael Núñez, Ronaldo Vásquez, Michael Sambataro, Juanca Pineda, Edison Azcona, Erick Japa, Wilkins Geraldo, Miguel Lloyd, Lucas Bretón, Luiyi de Lucas.