2012 Carolina Challenge Cup
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | United States |
Dates | February 25 – March 3 |
Teams | 4 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | D.C. United (3rd title) |
Runners-up | Chicago Fire |
Third place | Columbus Crew |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 4 |
Goals scored | 10 (2.5 per match) |
Top scorer(s) |
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The 2012 Carolina Challenge Cup was the ninth staging of the Carolina Challenge Cup, a preseason soccer tournament hosted by USL Pro side, Charleston Battery. Held from February 25–March 3, the Cup featured three Major League Soccer clubs and one USL PRO club.
D.C. United of MLS, the two-time defending champions, successfully defended their title for the third consecutive year, after the tournament was cut short due to inclement weather.[1]
Teams
Four clubs competed in the tournament:
Team | League | Appearance |
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USL Pro | 9th | |
MLS | 2nd | |
MLS | 3rd | |
MLS | 7th | |
Standings
Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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D.C. United | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
Chicago Fire | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Columbus Crew | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
Charleston Battery | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 1 |
Matches
D.C. United | 1 – 0 | Chicago Fire |
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Saragosa Dudar Salihi |
Report | Gargan Robayo Anibaba |
Charleston Battery | 2 – 2 | Columbus Crew |
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Falvey Kelly Flatley Cuevas |
Report | Gaven Mendes Mirosevic Tchani Mendes |
Columbus Crew | 0 – 1 | Chicago Fire |
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Tchani |
Report | Sanyang Segares Puppo |
Charleston Battery | 1 – 3 | D.C. United |
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Cuevas Wiltse |
Report | Maicon Santos Richter Salihi |
Scorers
- 2 goals
- Jose Cuevas (Charleston Battery)
- Hamdi Salihi (D.C. United)
- 1 goal
- Eddie Gaven (Columbus Crew)
- Milovan Mirošević (Columbus Crew)
- Federico Puppo (Chicago Fire)
- Ryan Richter (D.C. United)
- Maicon Santos (D.C. United)
- Marcelo Saragosa (D.C. United)
See also
References
- ↑ Wiebe, Andrew (March 3, 2012). "Rain washes out final day of Carolina Challenge Cup". MLSSoccer.com. MLSSoccer.com. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
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