2012 World Football Challenge
World Football Challenge | |
Country |
Canada United States |
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Teams | 11 (from 2 confederations) |
Champions |
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Runners-up | n/a |
Matches played | 9 |
Goals scored | 30 (3.33 per match) |
Attendance | 304,285 (33,809 per match) |
Top goal scorer(s) |
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← 2011 |
The 2012 World Football Challenge was the third World Football Challenge event, a series of friendly soccer matches played in the United States and Canada in July and August. The series opened on July 18.[1] The opening match was between the Seattle Sounders of Major League Soccer (MLS) and Chelsea of the English Premier League, which Chelsea won 4–2.[2] Real Madrid, who had won the equivalent tournament the previous year, were the only team to win all their matches in normal play.
Participants
The following eleven clubs took part in the 2012 World Football Challenge.
Venues
Eight venues were selected for the 2012 World Football Challenge.
Carson, California | Miami, Florida | Whitney, Nevada | The Bronx, New York City |
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The Home Depot Center | Sun Life Stadium | Sam Boyd Stadium | Yankee Stadium |
Capacity: 27,000 | Capacity: 74,918 | Capacity: 36,800 | Capacity: 52,325 |
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Toronto, Ontario | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Seattle, Washington | Washington, D.C. |
Rogers Centre | Lincoln Financial Field | CenturyLink Field | RFK Stadium |
Capacity: 49,808 | Capacity: 67,594 | Capacity: 67,000 | Capacity: 56,692 |
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Matches
Toronto FC | 1–1 | Liverpool |
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Amarikwa ![]() |
Report | Morgan ![]() |
Chelsea | 1–1 | Paris Saint-Germain |
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Piazon ![]() |
Report | Nenê ![]() |
Chelsea | 0–1 | Milan |
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Report | Emanuelson ![]() |
D.C. United | 1–1 | Paris Saint-Germain |
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De Rosario ![]() |
Report | Ibrahimović ![]() |
Los Angeles Galaxy | 1–5 | Real Madrid |
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Lopes ![]() |
Report | Higuaín ![]() Di María ![]() Callejón ![]() Morata ![]() Jesé ![]() |
Real Madrid | 2–1 | Santos Laguna |
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Alonso ![]() Khedira ![]() |
Report | Suárez ![]() |
Real Madrid | 2–0 | Celtic |
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Callejón ![]() Benzema ![]() |
Report |
Summary of results
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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Celtic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Chelsea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
D.C. United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Liverpool | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Los Angeles Galaxy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Milan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Paris Saint-Germain | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Real Madrid | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 |
Santos Laguna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Seattle Sounders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Toronto FC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Top goalscorers
- As of August 11, 2012.
References
- ↑ Borg, Simon (April 24, 2012). "WFC: 2012 World Football Challenge kicks off July 18". MLS. MLSSoccer.com. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
- ↑ Borg, Simon. "WFC: Sounders to host English giants Chelsea on July 18". MLS. MLSSoccer.com. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
- ↑ "World Football Challenge Schedule". MLS. Major League Soccer. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
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