International football
Cruz Azul and Vancouver will play the final of the Concacaf Champions Cup after eliminating Tigres and Inter Miami respectively.
Ángel Sepúlveda and Erik Lira de Cruz Azul celebrate a goal in the second leg of the Concacaf Cup semifinal. (Free Press Photo: EFE)
The Cruz Azul was classified for the final of the Concacaf-2025 champions Cup (also Concachampions) By winning 1-0 to the Tigers on Thursday, May 1 in the second leg of semifinals played between Mexican teams.
Ángel Sepúlveda, at minute 82, scored the goal in the University Olympic Stadium of the Mexican capital with which the celestial team won the game and took the tie with a global marker of 2-1.
In the final, the Cruz Azul will face the Vancouver Whitecaps of Canada, which in the other semifinal eliminated Inter Miami from the Argentine star Lionel Messi for a global 5-1.
“It was an excellent key, we knew that it was going to be adjusted. It was possible to go to the final, it is something that gives a lot of happiness in a club that requires fighting all tournaments,” said Vicente Sánchez, Uruguayan coach of Cruz Azul.
When will the final of the Concacaf 2025 champions be played?
The match for the title of the Concacaf Champions Cup between Cruz Azul and Vancouver Whitecaps It will be played on Sunday, June 1, 2025 at a schedule and still to be confirmed.
Recent champions of the Concacaf Champions Cup
Under the current name of the Concacaf Champions Cup, only one team has managed to be a champion: it was the Pachuca who defeated Columbus Crew 3-0 in the 2024 final.
In previous years, under the name of the Concacaf Champions League, the Mexican domain in the contest is clear, since of the last 10 champions, nine are from the Aztec country.
The only non-Mexican team that has been champion in the last 10 years was the Seattle Sounders of the MLS, which won by 5-2 global to Pumas UNAM in the final.