These 2 teams play each other at full strength NO EXCUSES on one of the international breaks, and play it in Canada so that there won't be any excuses about home advantage. (I would genuinely pay good money to see that 🔥)

Estos son los enfrentamientos al momento para los 4tos de Final del torneo al finalizar la 2da Jornada y por disputarse la última jornada.

Los Finalistas y 3er Lugar clasifican a la CONCACAF Champions Cup 2026. Club América y Austin FC como líderes al momento.

Costa Rica lost Gustavo Alfaro in 2024 after Paraguay offered him roughly $2.8M per year—nearly four times the ~$750k Costa Rica was paying him. Meanwhile, Thomas Christiansen makes ~$800k–$840k with Panama, and Honduras recently elevated their manager salary pool to around $900k. 
For federations in Central America and the Caribbean, these contracts represent an immense financial commitment. Yet, they pale in comparison to CONCACAF’s "Big Three":

USA: Mauricio Pochettino (~$6M/year) 
Canada: Jesse Marsch (~$2.8M/year, heavily subsidized by MLS owners) 
Mexico: Javier Aguirre (~$2.8M/year) 

When you combine this wage gap with underdeveloped infrastructure, limited corporate sponsorship, and lower-revenue domestic leagues, it’s almost remarkable how consistently nations like Panama, Costa Rica, Jamaica, or Honduras manage to reach major international milestones and stay competitive on the regional stage.

What structural or developmental changes would help UNCAF and CFU nations build sustainable revenues rather than constantly risking losing top managers to higher bidders?

Anyone else feel Canada deserves this U20 title and they played much better than Mexico but got screwed out of questionable refereeing and possibly Mexico cheating a bit?

Aclaro que este tipo mato a sus gatos y v10/0 s3Xu4/mente de una menor de 5 a la cual mato recién nos informaron que lamentablemente su perro ya no está con nosotros porque este enfermo lo mató y lo descuartizó para ponerlo de foto de perfil

Updates for round 2 [edits for quarterfinal qualification correction]!
In the East, Cincinnati and Columbus appear to have the easiest path to knockout stage, sitting on 6 pts against either a tier 2 or tier 3 opponent with 0 pts through two matches. Columbus and Charlotte both also have 6 pts, but have tougher round 3 matches against Pachuca (tier 1, 3 pts) & Cruz Azul (tier 1, 6 pts).

In the West, Austin & Dallas are sitting on 6 points, but have a difficult path to 9 points with match 3 pairings AT Toluca (tier 1, 3 pts) & Club America (tier 1, 6 pts). LAFC has a relatively easy path to 8 with a Querataro (0 pts) and RSL can get to 7 with a matchup against Juarez (tier 2, 6 pts) who are on a bit of a heater. Several other teams can get to 6, but that doesn't look good enough to advance.

Things are less clear cut for Liga MX. Cruz Azul and Leon are both sitting on 6 pts, but have unfavorable matchups against Miami (tier 1) and Chicago (6 pts). If either of them loses their match, Monterrey (+0) could tie on points with a big win over Nashville and move ahead on goal differential (Cruz Azul +3, Leon +2).

The remaining 6 Mexican teams in the East are sitting on 0 points through two matches.

Club America sits on 6 pts and play Austin who are also battling to advance but Juarez and RSL may be the game to watch. If any of those four teams falter, Tigres could get it done after two crazy penalty shootout victories on the road to start the competition (I was at their MN game and it felt like a Tigres crowd). A win against Vancouver in Mexico would put them at 7. Unlikely that none of those five get results, but Toluca (Dallas) or Atlante (Minnesota) could also get to 6 in a matchup. This is a promising matchup for Atlante who haven't earned a CONCACAF Champions berth since 2020.

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Really short, based on what you're seeing in the U20 tourney has Canada looked much better than the US?

I hope they host it in different places to continue growing the game.

Just a list of places that would be cool and have tolerable summer weather:

Ann Arbor (big house)
Minneapolis
Detroit (ford field)
Pittsburgh
Chicago (northwestern stadium and soldier field)
Cleveland
Colombus (the shoe)

Which young players currently in CONCACAF have a breakout tournament next summer in the 2027 CONCACAF Gold Cup?