2012 Desert Diamond Cup

2012 Desert Diamond Cup
Tournament details
Host country United States
Dates February 22 - March 3
Teams 4
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Los Angeles Galaxy (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 8
Goals scored 17 (2.13 per match)
Top scorer(s) United States Kelyn Rowe
United States Mike Magee (2 goals)

2012 Desert Diamond Cup (formerly known as the Desert Cup and also known as the FC Tucson Desert Diamond Cup) is a soccer exhibition featuring four soccer teams from Major League Soccer, held between February 22 – March 3, 2012. The preseason tournament was played at the Kino Sports Complex 11,000 seat main stadium in Tucson, Arizona. This is the 2nd annual Desert Diamond Cup. New York Red Bulls and Sporting Kansas City of Major League Soccer participated in the first tournament in March 2011.

Teams

The following four clubs participated in the 2012 tournament:[1]

Table standings

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1 New England Revolution 3 3 0 0 7 3 +4 9
2 LA Galaxy 3 1 2 0 5 5 0 3
3 New York Red Bulls 3 1 2 0 2 4 −2 3
4 Real Salt Lake 3 1 2 0 2 4 −2 3
Source:

Matches

The tournament featured a round-robin group stage followed by third-place and championship matches.[2]

Tournament

Los Angeles Galaxy 2 – 3 New England Revolution
Buddle  31'
Magee  38'		 Report  2' Feilhaber
 36' Lozano
 74' White
Attendance: 5,547
Real Salt Lake 1 – 0 New York Red Bulls
Paulo Jr.  75' Report
Attendance: 5,547
Los Angeles Galaxy 2 – 0 Real Salt Lake
Cardozo  80'
Magee  86'		 Report
Attendance: 8,574
Referee: Allen Chapman
New England Revolution 2 – 0 New York Red Bulls
Rowe  77', 84' Report
Attendance: 8,574
Referee: Tyler Ploeger
Real Salt Lake 1 - 2 New England Revolution
Nico Muniz  11' Report Fagundez  8'
Runstrom  56'
Attendance: 6,212
Referee: Mark DeClouet
Los Angeles Galaxy 1 - 2 New York Red Bulls
Sarvas  78' Report Cooper  31'
Henry  62'
Attendance: 6,212
Referee: Ismail Elfath

Third place match

New York Red Bulls 0 – 1 Real Salt Lake
Report Wingert  28'
Referee: Jasen Anno

Final

Final placement

#Team
1Los Angeles Galaxy
2New England Revolution
3Real Salt Lake
4New York Red Bulls

References

  1. ↑ "Next Visiting Clubs".
  2. ↑ "Soccer Matches 2012".
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