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Dallas: In the CONCACAF Nations League final the United States defeated Mexico 2-0 thanks to goals from Gio Reyna and Tyler Adams, winning them all three trophies in the competition’s history.
The USA, who also won the Nations League titles in 2021 and 2023, scored in the 45th minute through a long-range screamer from Adams, and in the 63rd minute through a goal from Reyna, who scored from the edge of the box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe will never get the old winning titles for your country. I will never take any of them for granted,\u201d said Reyna.
\u201cThe group of guys and the energy we have, I always love coming to camp. I\u2019m at a loss for words right now.\u201d
Reyna hoped the \u201cThree-peat\u201d would provide inspiration for the Copa America competition on home soil this summer against South America\u2019s best teams.
\u201cIt\u2019s big for momentum,\u201d he said. \u201cNow we\u2019ve been together with our core group. We know what it means to win big games.
\u201cWe hope to keep the momentum going in the Copa America and maybe lift the trophy there.\u201d
The Mexicans appeared to have a lifeline for the match in the 73rd minute when a penalty was awarded after American defender Antonee Robinson fouled Santiago Gimenez in the penalty area.
But video review overturned the decision and Gimenez was instead shown a yellow card for simulation, dulling the excitement for the Mexican battle.
The game was abandoned in the 86th minute and twice more in stoppage time after Mexican fans shouted discriminatory language, a homophobic slur, when the opposition kicked the ball.
When the final whistle finally blew, the Americans claimed the crown in Arlington, Texas, home of the NFL\u2019s Dallas Cowboys.
\u201cOur goal this whole tournament was to advance and then get a chance to play in the finals and win the finals, and we accomplished that,\u201d U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Americans won both previous CONCACAF Nations League crowns, defeating Mexico 3-2 in overtime in the opening match of the 2021 championship and Canada 2-0 in last year\u2019s final after eliminating Mexico 3-0 in last year\u2019s semifinals.
Mexico still leads the all-time rivalry 37-24 with 17 ties, but the U.S. men stretched their current unbeaten streak against Mexico in all competitions to seven games with five wins and two ties.
\u201cWhenever you don\u2019t achieve something, you have to learn from it,\u201d Mexico manager Jaime Lozano said. \u201cThey were better in almost everything, quality, pressure, scoring opportunities. They pressed us well and we couldn\u2019t find solutions.
\u201cThey are deserved winners and we need to learn as much as we can from this experience and turn it around quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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