{"id":808612,"date":"2026-08-10T04:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T04:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/808612\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T04:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T04:42:08","slug":"cristobal-alfaros-2-headers-lift-mexico-over-united-states-to-retain-concacaf-u-20-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/808612\/","title":{"rendered":"Cristobal Alfaro\u2019s 2 headers lift Mexico over United States to retain CONCACAF U-20 title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MEXICO CITY (AP) \u2014 Crist\u00f3bal Alfaro scored twice as Mexico retained its CONCACAF U-20 Championship soccer title with a 2-0 victory over the United States in the final on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Mexican defender opened the scoring in the 28th minute with a powerful, close-range header from a set piece. Alfaro sealed the victory with another header in the 69th.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s a dream come true. Although I scored, this is a collective achievement. I thank the fans for their unconditional support,\u201d Alfaro said in a post-match interview. \u201cIt was an incredible experience to win at home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The U.S. team was reduced to 10 men just before halftime when captain Chris Applewhite received a red card after a VAR review for a foul on Hugo Camberos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Mexico finished the tournament unbeaten and only conceded one goal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Mexico and the U.S. were already assured of spots in next year\u2019s Under-20 World Cup in Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan ahead of the final. Mexico and the U.S. will also participate in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics by reaching the final.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">AP soccer: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/soccer<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MEXICO CITY (AP) \u2014 Crist\u00f3bal Alfaro scored twice as Mexico retained its CONCACAF U-20 Championship soccer title with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":808613,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,99,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-808612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=808612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/808613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=808612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=808612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=808612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}