América endured a 2025 to forget | OneFootball

The football activities for Club América have concluded in 2025, and unfortunately, it was a trophy-less year for the Eagles.

The team competed for five trophies this year and was unable to win any. Additionally, they were eliminated in the Play-in of the Club World Cup.

Although the results were not entirely bad, the team failed in the crucial matches, and interestingly, some of these defeats came from last-minute headed goals.

Concacaf 2025 – Eliminated in the quarter-finals.

The first major failure of the year was the elimination in the quarter-finals against Cruz Azul in a series that many considered an early final.

The two tournament teams faced each other too soon, and everything was decided by a goal in the last minutes; América had the ticket in their pocket, but just at the 84th minute of the second leg, Sepúlveda appeared with a header, beating Néstor Araujo to secure the ticket for his team.

Clausura 2025 – Lost the final to Toluca.

To the surprise of many, the Eagles managed to reach their fourth consecutive final, but the opponent at the time was undoubtedly the best team of the tournament.

Toluca arrived in spectacular form with Alexis Vega and Paulinho as key players, and although the Eagles competed, once again a headed goal allowed the opponent to take the lead, and it was impossible to recover from that.

Play-in – Club World Cup.

One of the biggest failures of the current century for Club América was missing out on the biggest club tournament. The Eagles had a great opportunity to qualify and only needed to defeat LAFC.

But the same story unfolded, América had the ticket in the final minutes, Jardine decided to close the match with defenders, and just at the minute of the changes, a headed goal (again) allowed the opponent to tie the match and later win it in extra time.

Champion of Champions – Lost to Toluca.

It was a great opportunity for the Eagles to start the season on the right foot after what happened during the first half of 2025, but it was not to be.

The Eagles started by defeating Toluca in the Champion of Champions, but they found the equalizer with a mistake and once again conceded the decisive goal with a header, both the 2-1 and 3-1 came with the same formula.

Leagues Cup – Eliminated in the group stage.

América went undefeated in the Leagues Cup but at the same time without victories, the team drew all three matches and because of that, they were eliminated in the first phase of the tournament.

Apertura 2025 – Eliminated in the quarter-finals.

And the most recent elimination was precisely against Rayados, repeating the pattern seen throughout this year, América with the lead; opponent's headed goal in the last minutes when there was no time to react.

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