2025 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship

2025 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryCosta Rica
CityAlajuela
Dates29 May – 8 June
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Canada (3rd title)
Runners-up Mexico
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored76 (5.07 per match)
Top scorer(s)Mexico Montserrat Saldívar
(8 goals)
Best player(s)Mexico Montserrat Saldívar
Best goalkeeperCanada Noelle Henning
Fair play award Canada
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The 2025 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship was the 13th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, an international youth football championship organised by CONCACAF for the women's under-20 national teams of the North, Central American and Caribbean region. It took place from 29 May to 8 June 2025.[1]

Canada defeated the defending champions Mexico in the final.

The four semi-finalist teams from the tournament qualified for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Poland as the CONCACAF representatives.[2][3]

Qualification

Main article: 2025 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification

Qualified teams

Twenty-four teams competed for six spots in the final tournament, where they will joined the two highest-seeded teams on the CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Ranking as of 23 September 2024, the United States and Mexico.

Team Method of
qualification 		Date of qualification Finals appearance Previous best performance Previous World Cup
appearances
 United States Two top-ranked entrants 31 October 2024
13th
 Champions (2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2020, 2022)
11
 Mexico
(title holders)
13th
 Champions (2018, 2023)
10
 Guyana Qualification Group A winners 25 February 2025
3rd
 Quarter-finals (2020)
0
 Puerto Rico Qualification Group B winners 24 February 2025
4th
 Fourth place (2022)
0
 Panama Qualification Group C winners 25 February 2025
8th
 Fourth place (2012)
0
 Nicaragua Qualification Group D winners 24 February 2025
5th
 Group stage (2008, 2018, 2020, 2022)
0
 Canada Qualification Group E winners 25 February 2025
5th
 Champions (2004, 2008)
9
 Costa Rica Qualification Group F winners 24 February 2025
8th
 Third place (2004, 2010, 2014)
4

Venue

On 6 March 2025, CONCACAF announced that Costa Rica would host the tournament.[4]

Alajuela
Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto
Capacity: 17,895

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 26 March 2025 at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami, Florida. The 8 teams were drawn into two groups of four teams, with the pots based on the CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Ranking at 6 March 2025.[4][5][6]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  •  Guyana (11)
  •  Nicaragua (13)
Group A
Pos Team
A1  United States
A2  Costa Rica
A3  Puerto Rico
A4  Guyana
Group B
Pos Team
B1  Mexico
B2  Canada
B3  Panama
B4  Nicaragua

Squads

Main article: 2025 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship squads

Players born on or between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2010 were eligible to compete. Each team registered a squad of 21 players, three of whom must be goalkeepers.[3][7]

Format

The tournament had two groups of four teams. After round-robin play, the top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals. The four semi-finalists also qualified for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[4]

In the knockout stage, if a match was tied at the end of 90 minutes, extra time was played, and if still tied after extra time, the match would be decided by a penalty shoot-out (Regulations Article 12.10).[3]

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in each group was determined as follows (Regulations Article 12.7):

  1. Points obtained in all group matches;
  2. Goal difference in all group matches;
  3. Goals scored in all group matches;
  4. Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
  5. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
  6. Goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
  7. Fair play points in all group matches:
    • Yellow card: −1 point
    • Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points
    • Direct red card: −4 points
    • Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points
  8. Drawing of lots.

Group stage

All times are local, CST (UTC−6).[8]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 15 1 +14 9 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and Knockout stage
2  Costa Rica (H) 3 1 1 1 9 4 +5 4
3  Puerto Rico 3 1 1 1 8 3 +5 4
4  Guyana 3 0 0 3 0 24 −24 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
United States 8–0 Guyana
  • Engle 5', 24', 41', 48'
  • Fuller 13' (pen.)
  • Strawn 25'
  • Ullmark 37'
  • Johnson 77'
 Report
Referee: Lizzet García (Mexico)
Costa Rica 0–0 Puerto Rico
Report
Referee: Vimarest Díaz (Dominican Republic)
Puerto Rico 1–3 United States
  • Gaines 67'
 Report
Referee: Dilia Bradley (Guatemala)
Guyana 0–9 Costa Rica
Report
  • Scott 5' (pen.), 22' (pen.), 25', 45+6', 90+5'
  • Azofeifa 29', 90+3'
  • Paniagua 63'
  • Ocampo 84'
Referee: Merlin Soto (Honduras)
Puerto Rico 7–0 Guyana
  • McMahon 5', 85'
  • González 9'
  • Roberts 34', 90+3'
  • Garnett 59', 68'
 Report
Referee: Merlin Soto (Honduras)
United States 4–0 Costa Rica
 Report
Referee: Lizzet García (Mexico)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mexico 3 3 0 0 14 2 +12 9 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and Knockout stage
2  Canada 3 2 0 1 13 6 +7 6
3  Panama 3 1 0 2 5 12 −7 3
4  Nicaragua 3 0 0 3 2 14 −12 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Canada 7–1 Panama
 Report
  • King 24'
Referee: Deily Gómez (Costa Rica)
Mexico 6–0 Nicaragua
 Report
Nicaragua 1–4 Canada
  • Sarantes 37' (pen.)
 Report
  • Ad. Munguia 23' (o.g.)
  • Melenhorst 45+3'
  • Chukwu 45+8'
  • Tarasco 85'
Panama 0–4 Mexico
Report
Referee: Janeishka Caban (Puerto Rico)
Panama 4–1 Nicaragua
  • Pérez 16', 48'
  • King 32'
  • Bello 82'
 Report
  • Ad. Munguia 75'
Referee: Deily Gómez (Costa Rica)
Mexico 4–2 Canada
 Report

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match was tied at the end of 90 minutes, extra time was played, and if still tied after extra time, the match would be decided by a penalty shoot-out (Regulations Article 12.10).[3]

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
6 June – Alajuela
 
 
 Mexico4
 
8 June – Alajuela
 
 Costa Rica0
 
 Mexico2
 
6 June – Alajuela
 
 Canada (a.e.t.)3
 
 United States0
 
 
 Canada1
 

Semi-finals

United States 0–1 Canada
Report
  • Larouche 56'
Referee: Janeishka Caban (Puerto Rico)
Mexico 4–0 Costa Rica
 Report
Referee: Vimarest Díaz (Dominican Republic)

Final

Mexico 2–3 (a.e.t.) Canada
 Report
Referee: Dilia Bradley (Guatemala)


 2025 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship winners 

Canada
Third title

Goalscorers

There were 76 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 5.07 goals per match.

8 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

  • Canada Léa Larouche
  • Canada Teegan Melenhorst
  • Canada Liana Tarasco
  • Costa Rica Emma Azofeifa
  • Mexico Abril Fragoso
  • Mexico Deiry Ramírez
  • Panama Sherline King
  • Panama Kayra Pérez
  • Puerto Rico Gabriella Garnett
  • Puerto Rico Ashley McMahon
  • Puerto Rico Susana Roberts
  • United States Kennedy Fuller
  • United States Linda Ullmark

1 goal

1 own goal

  • Canada Janet Okeke (against Mexico)
  • Nicaragua Adriana Munguia (against Canada)

Source: CONCACAF

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Poland.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup1
 Canada 31 May 2025 9 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2022, 2024)
 Mexico 31 May 2025 10 (2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024)
 United States 1 June 2025 11 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024)
 Costa Rica 3 June 2025 4 (2010, 2014, 2022, 2024)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Awards

Golden Ball Golden Boot Golden Glove
Mexico Montserrat Saldívar Mexico Montserrat Saldívar Canada Noelle Henning
CONCACAF Fair Play Award
 Canada


Best XI[9]
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Canada Noelle Henning

Notes

  1. ^ The match was interrupted at the 30th minute due to adverse weather conditions. Play resumed 1 hour later.
  2. ^ The match was interrupted at the 30th minute due to adverse weather conditions. Play resumed at 17:10.

References

  1. ^ "CONCACAF unveils details for region qualifiers to the 2026 FIFA U20 women's world cup". concacaf.com. CONCACAF. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Draw reveals groups for 2025 CONCACAF women's U20qualifiers/". concacaf.com. CONCACAF. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d "Regulations" (PDF). Concacaf. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
  4. ^ a b c "Costa Rica to host 2025 Concacaf Women's U-20 Championship". Concacaf. 3 March 2025. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
  5. ^ "Women's Under-20". Concacaf. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
  6. ^ "Draw reveals groups for 2025 Concacaf Women's U-20 Championship". Concacaf. 26 March 2025. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  7. ^ "2025 Concacaf Women's U-20 Championship rosters confirmed" (PDF). Concacaf. 28 May 2025. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
  8. ^ "CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship - Match schedule" (PDF). CONCACAF. 26 March 2025. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  9. ^ "Chukwu, Saldívar, Melenhorst lead Women's U-20 Championship Best XI". concacaf.com. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
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