Mexico’s Raúl Jiménez, center, reacts after scoring against Canada during the second half of a CONCACAF Nations League semifinal soccer match Thursday, March 20, 2025, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)
Mexico and Panama clash in the CONCACAF Nations League final Sunday (9:30 p.m. ET, Paramount+/Univision) with El Tri aiming to reaffirm their regional dominance and Los Canaleros seeking their first major trophy. After a commanding 2-0 win over Canada in Thursday’s semifinal, Mexico enter the final with confidence, backed by a home-field advantage at sold-out SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.
Led by Raúl Jiménez, Santiago Giménez and a balanced midfield, El Tri will look to continue head coach Javier Aguirre’s disciplined approach while exploiting Panama’s defensive gaps. Panama, fresh off Thursday’s dramatic upset over the U.S. men’s national team, has proven its resilience under head coach Thomas Christiansen.
Panama faces an uphill battle as history favors Mexico (22 wins all time to Panama’s two with six draws), but its recent performances suggest another upset isn’t out of the question. Expect a physical, high-intensity final with players putting everything on the line.
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Sun, March 23, 2025 at 10:38 PM EDT
Second half begins
Panama’s midfielder #16 Carlos Harvey and Mexico’s defender #03 Cesar Montes jump to head the ball during the CONCACAF Nations League final football match between Mexico and Panama at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, on March 23, 2025. (Photo by Frederic J. Brown / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)
Sun, March 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM EDT
HIGHLIGHT: Carrasquilla’s equalizer
Sun, March 23, 2025 at 10:21 PM EDT
1-1 at halftime
Panama came to play. Took an early punch and never even wobbled. (Also got essentially the exact same penalty that Canada didn’t get three days earlier.)
Almost no matter how this final ends, Los Canaleros have been the most impressive team this week.
Should be an excellent second half.
Sun, March 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM EDT
46′ GOAL – Mexico 1-1 Panama
Panama’s Adalberto Carrasquilla gets the penalty past Luis Malagon to even things up just before halftime.
Sun, March 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM EDT
45′ Penalty awarded to Panama after a foul on Cecilio Waterman
Sun, March 23, 2025 at 10:09 PM EDT
Panama has settled decently well here
Panama is the inferior team, and is out of its comfort zone — it can’t just sit in the 5-4-1 it used to frustrate the U.S.
So, it would’ve been fair to expect Mexico to run away with this game. But they haven’t. Panama has found a good balance between attacking in numbers and maintaining its structure.
Still 1-0 with halftime approaching.
Sun, March 23, 2025 at 10:05 PM EDT
33′ Yellow card for Panama’s Carrasquilla
A rough tackle on César Huerta on a breakout earns a card for the Panamanian.
Sun, March 23, 2025 at 9:52 PM EDT
Another look at Jimenez’s opener
Sun, March 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM EDT
HIGHLIGHT: Jimenez’s gooooooaaaal
Sun, March 23, 2025 at 9:43 PM EDT
Jimenez quickly climbing up Mexico’s all-time goal-scorers list
With this recent goal against Panama in the Nations League final, Raul Jimenez ties the record for third player with the most goals for the Mexican national team.
— Lizzy Becherano (@lizzy_becherano) March 24, 2025
Sun, March 23, 2025 at 9:38 PM EDT
8′ GOAL – Mexico 1-0 Panama
Raul Jimenez’s hot streak continues as he bounces a quick header into the net off a perfectly placed pass by Alvarado!
Sun, March 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM EDT
Match starts now!
Sun, March 23, 2025 at 9:29 PM EDT
Incredible moment in Mexico-Panama history
Javier Aguirre has only coached against Panama once, despite this being his third time in charge of the Mexican National Team. It was a 1-1 draw in the 2009 Gold Cup.
This will live in Concacaf shithousery folklore.
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— herculez gomez (@herculezg) March 24, 2025
Sun, March 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM EDT
Captain Mexico?
“We didn’t ever know if he was going to return to this level. Five years later, he has hit that sweet spot for Mexico.”@Nicocantor1 praises Raúl Jiménez for overcoming a traumatic injury and hitting his stride with the current Mexico squad 🇲🇽 pic.twitter.com/AvYv6nLAQ2
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