2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup – Group A – Mexico, Costa Rica, Suriname and Dominican Republic

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Summary

This is series 30: A preview of each group and each team in the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup. This episode looks at group A: Mexico, Costa Rica, Suriname and Dominican Republic.

This mediacast is divided into 3 parts:

Part 1 – An introduction of each country giving the location, population, soccer age and nickname of each.

Part 2 – An overview of each team’s history and a deep dive into their recent performances.

Part 3 - A comparison of the teams in ranking, head-to-head records, and a discussion of their prospects and our predictions.

Shortly after the full versions come out, we will publish short version which will also be considered part of series 30. This will just be part 3 of the full version.

We are also publishing a deep dive into the players of each team. This is done in two parts. Part 1 is a look at the candidates and their likelihood of selection. We also give a career biography of the main candidates. Part 2 is published when the final rosters are released and covers who made the final squad and our predictions as to starts.

Links and times for the sections of this mediacast:

Musical Introduction – 0:00

Spoken Introduction – 0:29

Part 1 – Introducing the countries – 4:11

Part 2 – History

- Overview of World and Regional Cups histories

- Deep dive into recent performances

Mexico - 9:51

Costa Rica - 23:27

Suriname - 38:42

Dominican Republic - 50:19

Part 3 – Comparison and Discussion

Pots and rankings –59:33

Head-to-head records and Odds – 1:02:16

Discussion of prospects – 1:05:25

Outro – 1:16:13