2013 Desert Diamond Cup

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2013 Desert Diamond Cup
Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
DatesFebruary 13 − February 23
Teams4
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsSeattle Sounders FC (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored23 (2.88 per match)
Top scorer(s)Jerry Bengtson
Alex Caskey
Mario Martínez
Lee Nguyen
(2 goals)
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The 2013 Desert Diamond Cup was a soccer exhibition featuring four soccer teams from Major League Soccer, held between February 13–23, 2013. The preseason tournament was played at the Kino Sports Complex 11,000 seat main stadium in Tucson, Arizona. This was the 3rd annual Desert Diamond Cup.

Teams[]

The following four clubs participated in the 2013 tournament:[1]

Table standings[]

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
 Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1 Seattle Sounders 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 9
2 Real Salt Lake 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 4
3 New England Revolution 3 1 2 0 5 6 −1 3
4 New York Red Bulls 3 0 2 1 3 7 −4 1
Source:[citation needed]

Matches[]

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

Tournament[]

February 13 1 Seattle Sounders FC 2–0 New England Revolution Tucson, Arizona
16:00 PST González Yellow card 18'
Johnson Yellow card 25' Goal 45'
Evans Goal 27' (pen.)
Alonso Yellow card 32'
Traoré Yellow card 43'
Burch Red card 79'		 Report Gonçalves Yellow card 25'
Nyassi Red card 79'		 Stadium: Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 1,162[2]
Referee: Juan Guzman
February 13 2 Real Salt Lake 2–2 New York Red Bulls Tucson, Arizona
18:00 PST Plata Goal 1'
Grossman Goal 3'		 Report Olave Goal 31'
Bustamante Goal 61'		 Stadium: Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 1,162[2]
Referee: Ricardo Salazar
February 16 3 Real Salt Lake 1–2 Seattle Sounders FC Tucson, Arizona
16:00 PST Schuler Yellow card 20'
Mansally Yellow card 34'
Stertzer Goal 86'		 Report Martínez Goal 66'
Lund Goal 69'		 Stadium: Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 3,211[3]
Referee: Allen Chapman
February 16 4 New England Revolution 3–1 New York Red Bulls Tucson, Arizona
18:00 PST Nguyen Goal 53' (pen.)
Bengtson Goal 58'
Caldwell Yellow card 84'
Jesic Goal 88'		 Report Juninho Goal 11'
Robles Yellow card 65'		 Stadium: Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 3,211[3]
Referee: Ricardo Salazar
February 20 5 New England Revolution 2–3 Real Salt Lake Tucson, Arizona
16:00 PST Dorman Goal 50' Yellow card 67'
Duckett Yellow card 54'
Soares Goal 57'		 Report Sandoval Goal 22'
Álvarez Yellow card 69'
Saborío Goal 88'
Stephenson Goal 90+'		 Stadium: Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium
Referee: Ismail Elfath
February 20 6 Seattle Sounders FC 2–0 New York Red Bulls Tucson, Arizona
18:00 PST Zavaleta Yellow card 4'
Caskey Goal 36'
Martínez Goal 78'		 Report Stadium: Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium
Referee: Armando Villarreal

Third place match[]

February 23 7 New England Revolution 2–0 New York Red Bulls Tucson, Arizona
15:00 PST Nguyen Goal 4'
Bengtson Goal 36'
Toja Yellow card 45'		 Report Espíndola Yellow card 17'
Miller Yellow card 45+'
Cahill Yellow card 65'		 Stadium: Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 4,528

Final[]

February 23 8 Seattle Sounders FC 1–0 Real Salt Lake Tucson, Arizona
17:00 PST Caskey Goal 50'
Fairclough Yellow card 66'		 Report Stadium: Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 4,528
Referee: Jair Marrufo

Final placement[]

# Team
1 Seattle Sounders FC
2 Real Salt Lake
3 New England Revolution
4 New York Red Bulls

References[]

  1. ^ "FC Tucson gains momentum".
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Soccer: MLS seeks long-term training deal with Tucson". Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "MLS soccer: PK gets through area star Robles in 3-1 loss to NE". Retrieved February 19, 2013.

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