2025 CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship

2025 CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship
Campeonato de Niños Sub-15 CONCACAF 2025
Tournament details
Host countryAruba
Costa Rica
Curaçao
CitiesOranjestad
Alajuela
Willemstad
Dates2–10 August
Teams39 (from 2 confederations)
Venues3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Mexico (2nd title)
Runners-up United States
Third place Costa Rica
Fourth place Panama
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The 2025 CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship (Spanish: Campeonato de Niños Sub-15 CONCACAF 2025) was the fifth edition of the CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship, the biennial international youth football tournament organized by CONCACAF for the men's under-15 national teams of North, Central America and Caribbean. It was held in Aruba, Costa Rica and Curaçao from 2 to 10 August 2025.[1]

Mexico won the League A portion of the competition, defeating the United States, who were the defending champion coming into the tournament.[2][3]

Teams

A total of 39 teams entered the tournament, 38 out of the 41 CONCACAF member national teams and one invited team from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), Saudi Arabia.[4] Haiti was originally scheduled to participate, but did not.[1][4]

Like previous editions, the teams were split into three divisions, named League A (with 9 teams), League B (with 16 teams) and League C (with 14 teams), according to the CONCACAF Men's Under-17 Ranking as of February 2025,[5] with the invited team being included within League A.

League A (9 teams)
Rank Team Prv Pts[5]
1 Mexico5,264
2 United States4,777
3 Canada3,408
4 Panama2,577
5 Honduras2,161
6 Costa Rica2,133
7 El Salvador1,727
8 NicaraguaRise1,464
N/R Saudi Arabia (invited from AFC)——
League B (16 teams)
Rank Team Prv Pts[5]
9 Puerto RicoFall1,376
10 JamaicaFall1,243
11 Bermuda1,187
12 Dominican RepublicFall1,170
13 GuatemalaFall1,133
14 Trinidad and TobagoFall1,108
15 Curaçao1,081
16 CubaFall1,013
17 Guyana955
18 Aruba893
19 Barbados747
20 British Virgin IslandsRise693
21 Saint Kitts and Nevis683
22 Antigua and Barbuda678
23 Belize606
24 Cayman Islands519
League C (14 teams)
Rank Team Prv Pts[5]
25 MartiniqueFall515
26 Bahamas480
27 Saint Martin472
28 SurinameFall459
29 Anguilla388
30 Turks and Caicos Islands338
31 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines332
32 GrenadaFall328
33 Saint LuciaFall291
34 Dominica276
35 U.S. Virgin Islands208
36 Sint Maarten104
37 Bonaire92
38 French Guiana0

The groups and match schedule were unveiled on 29 July 2025.[4]

League A
Group A
PosTeam
A1 Mexico
A2 Panama
A3 Honduras
A4 El Salvador
A5 Nicaragua
Group B
PosTeam
B1 United States
B2 Canada
B3 Costa Rica
B4 Saudi Arabia
League B
Group C
PosTeam
C1 Puerto Rico
C2 Cuba
C3 Guyana
C4 Cayman Islands
Group D
PosTeam
D1 Jamaica
D2 Curaçao
D3 Aruba
D4 Belize
Group E
PosTeam
E1 Bermuda
E2 Trinidad and Tobago
E3 Barbados
E4 Antigua and Barbuda
Group F
PosTeam
F1 Dominican Republic
F2 Guatemala
F3 British Virgin Islands
F4 Saint Kitts and Nevis
League C
Group G
PosTeam
G1 Martinique
G2 Grenada
G3 Saint Lucia
G4 French Guiana
Group H
PosTeam
H1 Bahamas
H2 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
H3 Dominica
H4 Bonaire
Group I
PosTeam
I1 Saint Martin
I2 Turks and Caicos Islands
I3 U.S. Virgin Islands
Group J
PosTeam
J1 Suriname
J2 Anguilla
J3 Sint Maarten

Format

In League A, the 8 teams were divided into two groups (A and B), one of five teams and one of four teams, with each group played on a single round-robin basis. The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals, with the winners of the semi-finals playing in the final, while the losers played the third-place match. The four teams that did not advance to the semi-finals were paired, based on their results in the group stage, to play in a play-offs round to determine their final place in the tournament.

In League 2, the 16 teams are also divided into four groups (C to F) of four and the same competition format as in League A was used.

In Division 3, the 14 teams are divided into four groups (G to J), two of three teams and two of four team, and followed the same competition format as in League A and B.

Each match was to last 70 minutes, comprising two periods of 35 minutes with a half-time interval of 10 minutes in between. If a game in the semi-finals or a third-place match of each league were tied at the end of regulation time, the winner would be decided directly by a penalty shoot-out. If the final match of each league were tied at the end of regulation time an extra time of two 10 minute periods would be played, if the score was still tied at the end of overtime, the match would be decided by a penalty shoot-out.[6]

Tiebreakers

The following tiebreaking criteria were established by CONCACAF:[6]

  1. Greatest number of points obtained in all group matches
  2. Goal difference in all group matches
  3. Greatest number of goals scored in all group matches
  4. Greatest number of points obtained in matches amongst teams still tied
  5. Goal difference in matches amongst teams still tied (if more than two teams are equal on points)
  6. Greatest number of goals scored in matches amongst teams still tied (if more than two teams are equal on points)
  7. Lowest disciplinary record
  8. Latest CONCACAF Under-17 Ranking

League A

All match times are in local time (AST (UTC−4)), as listed by CONCACAF.[7]

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mexico 4 3 0 1 17 3 +14 9 Advance to Semi-finals
2  Panama 4 3 0 1 11 4 +7 9
3  Honduras 4 3 0 1 4 2 +2 9 Advance to Play-offs round
4  El Salvador 4 0 1 3 2 9 −7 1
5  Nicaragua 4 0 1 3 0 16 −16 1
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
El Salvador 0–0 Nicaragua
Report
FCRF Federation Field #1, Alajuela
Panama 1–2 Honduras
Alfredo Maduro 30' Report Hendry Ciguenza 15'
Said Canales 23'
FCRF Federation Field #1, Alajuela

Panama 4–2 El Salvador
Jasio Jordan 12'
Mauro Ortega 24'
Alfredo Maduro 48'
Steven Moreno 67'
Report Franco Herrera 65'
Jayson Ramírez 70'
FCRF Federation Field #1, Alajuela
Nicaragua 0–9 Mexico
Report Matthew Arana 9', 22'
Da’vian Kimbrough 14'
Dylan Reyes 16'
Gael Aguilar 41'
Patricio Silva 53'
Axel Sandoval 55'
Juan Carlos Martínez Jr. 59', 70+2'
FCRF Federation Field #1, Alajuela

Honduras 3–0 Nicaragua
Jostin Castillo 35+1'
Jean Rubí 39'
Alejandro Guifarro 65'
Report
FCRF Federation Field #1, Alajuela
Mexico 4–0 El Salvador
Robert Oliveras 12'
Patricio Silva 31'
Da’vian Kimbrough 62'
Matthew Arana 70+1'
Report
FCRF Federation Field #1, Alajuela

Nicaragua 0–4 Panama
Report Alfredo Maduro
Neir Marrugo
José Pierre
FCRF Federation Field #1, Alajuela
Honduras 0–2 Mexico
Report Paxon Ruffin
Da’vian Kimbrough
FCRF Federation Field #1, Alajuela

El Salvador 0–1 Honduras
Report Elias Banegas 45'
FCRF Federation Field #1, Alajuela
Mexico 2–3 Panama
Juan Carlos Martínez Jr. 23'
Da’vian Kimbrough 70+1'
Report Alfredo Maduro 4', 14'
Alexander Tull 11'
FCRF Federation Field #1, Alajuela

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6 Advance to Semi-finals
2  Costa Rica (H) 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 6
3  Saudi Arabia (G) 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4 Advance to Play-offs round
4  Canada 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(G) Guests; (H) Hosts
United States 2–0 Saudi Arabia
Ikenna Chidebe 11'
Vicente Garcia 45'
Report
FCRF Federation Field #2, Alajuela
Referee: Richard Tejada (Panama)[8]
Canada 0–1 Costa Rica
Report Bryan Alvarado 69'
FCRF Federation Field #2, Alajuela

Saudi Arabia 0–0 Canada
Report
FCRF Federation Field #2, Alajuela
Costa Rica 2–1 United States
Caleb Flores 6'
Jefrey Urbina 16'
Report Ikenna Chidebe 38'
FCRF Federation Field #2, Alajuela
Attendance: 50
Referee: Cesar Nolasco (El Salvador)[9]

United States 2–1 Canada
Liam Stribling 5'
Timoni Gbalajobi 18'
Report Alexander Romanov 34' (pen.)
FCRF Federation Field #2, Alajuela
Attendance: 50
Referee: Julio Guity (Honduras)[10]
Costa Rica 0–2 Saudi Arabia
Report Yazan Alabdurabalnbi 31', 37'
FCRF Federation Field #2, Alajuela

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
9 August 2025
 
 
 Mexico2
 
10 August 2025
 
 Costa Rica1
 
 Mexico5
 
9 August 2025
 
 United States0
 
 Panama2 (5)
 
 
 United States2 (6)
 
Third place
 
 
10 August 2025
 
 
 Costa Rica3 (4)
 
 
 Panama3 (2)

Semi-finals

Mexico 2–1 Costa Rica
Da’vian Kimbrough 10'
Paxon Ruffin 23'
Report Ismael López 52' (pen.)
FCRF Federation Field #2, Alajuela
Panama 2–2 United States
Jasio Jordan 1'
Mauro Ortega 34'
Report Niccolo Vafiades 14', 17'
Penalties
  • Tull football with check mark
  • Maduro football with check mark
  • Rodriguez football with check mark
  • Moreno football with check mark
  • Munoz football with red X
  • Mendoza football with check mark
  • Marrugo football with red X
5–6
  • Garcia football with check mark
  • Hernandez football with check mark
  • Alexander–Munoz football with check mark
  • Tchoumba football with check mark
  • Turdean football with red X
  • McCraney football with check mark
  • Gbalajobi football with check mark
FCRF Federation Field #2, Alajuela
Attendance: 50
Referee: Charlize Hood (Trinidad & Tobago)[11]

Third place match

Costa Rica 3–3 Panama
Ismael López 7'
Sebastián Cantón 17'
Jefrey Urbina 18'
Kendall AlegríaRed card 35+5'
Report Neir Marrugo 24'
Emanuel Rodríguez 31'
José Preciado 52'
Penalties
4–2
FCRF Federation Field #2, Alajuela

Final

Mexico 5–0 United States
Juan Carlos Martínez Jr. 16', 24'
Paxon Ruffin 20'
Da’vian Kimbrough 22'
Lisandro Torres 65'
Report
FCRF Federation Field #2, Alajuela

Playoffs round

Teams that did not advance to the semi-finals were seeded based on their group stage results in order to establish the matchups for the playoffs round.[12]

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Playoffs round
1 A  Honduras 4 3 0 1 4 2 +2 9 Playoff 1
2 B  Saudi Arabia (G) 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
3 B  Canada 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1 Playoff 2
4 A  El Salvador 4 0 1 3 2 9 −7 1
5 A  Nicaragua 4 0 1 3 0 16 −16 1 Playoff 3
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(G) Guests
Honduras 1–3 Saudi Arabia
Jean Rubí 2' Report Tamim Al Khaldi 24' (pen.)
Yazan Alabdurabalnbi 54'
Meshari Alshahrani 57'
FCRF Federation Field #1, Alajuela
Canada 3–0 El Salvador
John Alexis 20'
Hunter MacGowan 27'
Ethan Reid 66'
Report
FCRF Federation Field #1, Alajuela

References

  1. 1 2 "Aruba, Costa Rica, and Curaçao named hosts for 2025 Concacaf Boys' U-15 Championship". Miami: CONCACAF. 23 May 2025.
  2. ↑ "Mexico win record second U-15 Championship title". CONCACAF. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  3. ↑ Kennedy, Paul (9 August 2025). "USA and Mexico reach Concacaf Boys Under-15 Championship final". SoccerAmerica. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 "2025 Concacaf Boys' Under-15 Championship: All You Need to Know". Miami: CONCACAF. 29 July 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Men's Under-17 Ranking As of April 24, 2025". CONCACAF. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  6. 1 2 "CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship Regulations 2025" (PDF). CONCACAF. 9 May 2025. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  7. ↑ "CONCACAF Boys' Under-15 Championship 2025 Championship Match Schedule" (PDF). CONCACAF. 29 July 2025.
  8. ↑ "U.S. Under-15 Boys National Team Opens its 2025 Concacaf Boys' U-15 Championship Run with a 2-0 Victory against Saudi Arabia". US Soccer. August 6, 2025. Retrieved August 6, 2025.
  9. ↑ "U.S. Under-15 Boys National Team Falls to Costa Rica 2-1 in Second Match of Group Play at 2025 Concacaf Boys' U-15 Championship". US Soccer. August 8, 2025. Retrieved August 8, 2025.
  10. ↑ "U.S. Under-15 Boys National Team Closes Out Group Play by Defeating Canada 2–1 at 2025 Concacaf Boys' U-15 Championship". US Soccer. August 8, 2025. Retrieved August 8, 2025.
  11. ↑ "U.S. Under-15 Boys National Team Advances to the Final of 2025 Concacaf Boys U-15 Championship with 6-5 Shootout Win against Panama". US Soccer. August 11, 2025. Retrieved August 11, 2025.
  12. ↑ "League A action continues with the Semifinals and Playoffs". CONCACAF. Retrieved 8 August 2025.