2009 Pan-Pacific Championship

2009 Pan-Pacific Championship
Tournament details
Host country United States
Dates February 18 – February 21
Teams 4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions South Korea Suwon Bluewings (1st title)
Runners-up United States Los Angeles Galaxy
Third place Japan Oita Trinita
Tournament statistics
Matches played 4
Goals scored 8 (2 per match)

The 2009 Pan-Pacific Championship was the second edition of the Pan-Pacific Championship. It was held in February 2009 in Carson, California, United States and featured the champions from the Chinese Super League and K-League, J. League Cup winners, and the hosts, Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer.

The Galaxy faced the Japanese representative, Oita Trinita, in the semi-final stage for the second successive year after facing Gamba Osaka in the 2008 competition,[1] and this time they won the match. In the other semi-final, Korean side Suwon Samsung Bluewings beat Shandong Luneng Taishan of China.

Oita Trinita beat Shandong Luneng 2–1 to finish third in the tournament and Suwon Bluewings won the trophy after a 4–2 penalty shootout win over the Galaxy.

Teams

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
February 18 – Carson
 
 
United States Los Angeles Galaxy2
 
February 21 – Carson
 
Japan Oita Trinita0
 
United States Los Angeles Galaxy1(2)
 
February 18 – Carson
 
South Korea Suwon Bluewings1(4)
 
South Korea Suwon Bluewings1
 
 
China Shandong Luneng0
 
Third place
 
 
February 21 – Carson
 
 
Japan Oita Trinita2
 
 
China Shandong Luneng1

Semifinals

Los Angeles Galaxy United States 2 – 0 Japan Oita Trinita
Buddle  44'
Kirovski  53' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: TBA
Referee: TBA

Third-place match

Oita Trinita Japan 2 – 1 China Shandong Luneng
Takamatsu  28'
Ueslei  42'		 Report Mrdaković  45' (pen.)
Attendance: TBA
Referee: TBA

Final

Los Angeles Galaxy United States 1 – 1 South Korea Suwon Bluewings
Magee  89' (pen.) Report Franklin  39' (o.g.)
Penalties
Buddle
Klein
Magee
Patterson 		2 – 4 Edu
Yang
Lee
Choi
Attendance: TBA
Referee: TBA
Pan-Pacific Championship
2009 Winners

Suwon Samsung Bluewings
First title

Scorers

Rank Name Club Goals
1 United States Edson BuddleUnited States Los Angeles Galaxy 1
South Korea Cho Yong-TaeSouth Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1
United States Jovan KirovskiUnited States Los Angeles Galaxy 1
United States Mike MageeUnited States Los Angeles Galaxy 1
Serbia Miljan MrdakovićChina Shandong Luneng 1
Japan Daiki TakamatsuJapan Oita Trinita 1
Brazil UesleiJapan Oita Trinita 1
Own United States Sean FranklinUnited States Los Angeles Galaxy (for Suwon) 1

Sponsors

The following is a list of the official sponsors of the Pan-Pacific Championship 2009.

See also

2012 Hawaiian Islands Invitational

References

  1. ↑ "Asia's Top Teams to Compete in the Second Edition of the Pan-Pacific Championship" (Press release). Major League Soccer and Los Angeles Galaxy. January 9, 2009. Retrieved February 23, 2009.
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