2012 Desert Diamond Cup

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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)
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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
Pts
 GP
 W
 L
 T
 GF
 GA
 GD
1 New England Revolution 9 3 3 0 0 7 3 +4
2 LA Galaxy 3 3 1 2 0 5 5 0
3 New York Red Bulls 3 3 1 2 0 2 4 −2
4 Real Salt Lake 3 3 1 2 0 2 4 −2


Matches

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

Tournament

February 22, 2012
17:00 PST
Los Angeles Galaxy 2 – 3 New England Revolution
Buddle Goal 31'
Magee Goal 38'		 Report Goal 2' Feilhaber
Goal 36' Lozano
Goal 74' White

February 22, 2012
19:00 PST
Real Salt Lake 1 – 0 New York Red Bulls
Paulo Jr. Goal 75' Report

February 25, 2012
17:00 PST
Los Angeles Galaxy 2 – 0 Real Salt Lake
Cardozo Goal 80'
Magee Goal 86'		 Report
Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 8,574
Referee: Allen Chapman

February 25, 2012
19:00 PST
New England Revolution 2 – 0 New York Red Bulls
Rowe Goal 77', 84' Report
Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 8,574
Referee: Tyler Ploeger

February 29, 2012
17:00 PST
Real Salt Lake 1 - 2 New England Revolution
Nico Muniz Goal 11' Report Fagundez Goal 8'
Runstrom Goal 56'
Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 6,212
Referee: Mark DeClouet

February 29, 2012
19:00 PST
Los Angeles Galaxy 1 - 2 New York Red Bulls
Sarvas Goal 78' Report Cooper Goal 31'
Henry Goal 62'
Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 6,212
Referee: Ismail Elfath

Third place match

March 3, 2012
17:00 PST
New York Red Bulls 0 – 1 Real Salt Lake
Report Wingert Goal 28'
Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium
Referee: Jasen Anno

Final

March 3, 2012
19:00 PST
New England Revolution 0 – 0 Los Angeles Galaxy
Report
  Penalties  
Guy Penalty missed
Reis Penalty scored
Joseph Penalty scored
Feilhaber Penalty missed		 2 – 4 Penalty scored Cardozo
Penalty missed Stephens
Penalty scored Jimenez
Penalty scored Walker
Penalty scored Sarvas

Final placement

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

References

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