2015 Desert Diamond Cup
Tournament details | |
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Host country | United States |
Dates | February 18 − February 28 |
Teams | 6 |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Real Salt Lake (1st title) |
Runners-up | Colorado Rapids |
Third place | Sporting Kansas City |
Fourth place | Seattle Sounders FC |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 12 |
Goals scored | 37 (3.08 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Devon Sandoval (3 goals) |
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International football competition
The 2015 Desert Diamond Cup was a soccer exhibition featuring five soccer teams from Major League Soccer and one from USL Premier Development League, held from February 18 to February 28, 2015. It was the 5th annual Desert Diamond Cup and was won by Real Salt Lake.
Teams
The following six clubs participated in the 2015 tournament:[1]
- Colorado Rapids (second appearance)
- Sporting Kansas City (second appearance)
- New England Revolution (fourth appearance)
- Real Salt Lake (fourth appearance)
- Seattle Sounders FC (second appearance)
- FC Tucson (third appearance)
Table standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Real Salt Lake | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 9 |
2 | Colorado Rapids | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 |
3 | Sporting Kansas City | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
4 | New England Revolution | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
5 | Seattle Sounders FC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 3 |
6 | FC Tucson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
Matches
The tournament will feature a round-robin group stage followed by fifth-place, third-place and championship matches.[2]
Tournament
Colorado Rapids v Sporting Kansas City
February 18 Game 1 | Colorado Rapids | 2–2 | Sporting Kansas City | Tucson, Arizona |
17:30 MST | Torres ![]() Badji ![]() Marcelo ![]() Flores ![]() ![]() Cronin ![]() | Report | Dwyer ![]() Nagamura ![]() Espinoza ![]() Németh ![]() Añor ![]() | Stadium: Kino North Stadium Referee: Jair Marrufo |
Real Salt Lake v New England Revolution
February 18 Game 2 | Real Salt Lake | 1–0 | New England Revolution | Tucson, Arizona |
18:00 MST | Sandoval ![]() Mansally ![]() | Report | Barnes ![]() | Stadium: Kino North Grandstand |
Seattle Sounders FC v FC Tucson
February 18 Game 3 | Seattle Sounders FC | 6–0 | FC Tucson | Tucson, Arizona |
20:00 MST | Neagle ![]() Dempsey ![]() Mears ![]() Parsemain ![]() | Report | Stadium: Kino North Stadium Attendance: 1,856 Referee: Kevin Stott |
Colorado Rapids v New England Revolution
February 21 Game 4 | Colorado Rapids | 1–1 | New England Revolution | Tucson, Arizona |
17:30 MST | Sjöberg ![]() Torres ![]() LaBrocca ![]() | Report | Dorman ![]() Alston ![]() Fagúndez ![]() | Stadium: Kino North Stadium Referee: Daniel Radford |
Real Salt Lake v FC Tucson
February 21 Game 5 | Real Salt Lake | 3–1 | FC Tucson | Tucson, Arizona |
18:00 MST | Saborío ![]() Sandoval ![]() | Report | Papa ![]() | Stadium: Kino North Grandstand |
Seattle Sounders FC v Sporting Kansas City
February 21 Game 6 | Seattle Sounders FC | 2–3 | Sporting Kansas City | Tucson, Arizona |
20:00 MST | Pineda ![]() Mansaray ![]() Cooper ![]() | Report | Németh ![]() ![]() Besler ![]() Zusi ![]() Añor ![]() Sinovic ![]() Rogers ![]() Lopez ![]() | Stadium: Kino North Stadium Attendance: 3,661 |
Colorado Rapids v FC Tucson
February 25 Game 7 | Colorado Rapids | 1–0 | FC Tucson | Tucson, Arizona |
17:30 MST | Sjöberg ![]() | Report | Harb ![]() Boggs ![]() | Stadium: Kino North Stadium |
New England Revolution v Seattle Sounders FC
February 25 Game 8 | New England Revolution | 2–1 | Seattle Sounders FC | Tucson, Arizona |
18:00 MST | Fagundez ![]() Lowe ![]() Rudy ![]() Davies ![]() | Report Report | Cooper ![]() Jones ![]() Roldan ![]() Lowe ![]() | Stadium: Kino North Grandstand |
Sporting Kansas City v Real Salt Lake
February 25 Game 9 | Sporting Kansas City | 1–2 | Real Salt Lake | Tucson, Arizona |
20:00 MST | Medranda ![]() Sinovic ![]() Dwyer ![]() Németh ![]() Añor ![]() | Report | Welshman ![]() ![]() Ovalle ![]() Sandoval ![]() Velazco ![]() | Stadium: Kino North Stadium Attendance: 1,768 |
Finals
New England Revolution v FC Tucson
February 28 Game 10 | New England Revolution | 3–0 | FC Tucson | Tucson, Arizona |
16:30 MST | Bunbury ![]() Gonçalves ![]() Rowe ![]() Okoli ![]() | Report | Stadium: Kino North Stadium Referee: Fotis Bazakos |
Sporting Kansas City v Seattle Sounders FC
February 28 Game 11 | Sporting Kansas City | 1–1 | Seattle Sounders FC | Tucson, Arizona |
17:00 MST | Hallisey ![]() ![]() | Report | Azira ![]() Neagle ![]() Martins ![]() Pineda ![]() | Stadium: Kino North Grandstand |
Real Salt Lake v Colorado Rapids
February 28 Game 12 | Real Salt Lake | 2–1 | Colorado Rapids | Tucson, Arizona |
19:00 MST | Garcia ![]() Saborío ![]() ![]() Beckerman ![]() Morales ![]() | Report | Serna ![]() Burling ![]() Torres ![]() | Stadium: Kino North Stadium Attendance: 3,692 |
Goalscorers
Top scorers
Rank | Player | Nation | Club | Goals |
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1 | Devon Sandoval | ![]() | Real Salt Lake | 3 |
2 | Gabriel Torres | ![]() | Colorado Rapids | 2 |
Álvaro Saborío | ![]() | Real Salt Lake | ||
Clint Dempsey | ![]() | Seattle Sounders FC | ||
Lamar Neagle | ![]() | Seattle Sounders FC | ||
Kévin Parsemain | ![]() | Seattle Sounders FC | ||
Kenny Cooper | ![]() | Seattle Sounders FC | ||
Krisztián Németh | ![]() | Sporting Kansas City | ||
9 | Dominique Badji | ![]() | Colorado Rapids | 1 |
Axel Sjöberg | ![]() | Colorado Rapids | ||
Dominic Papa | ![]() | FC Tucson | ||
Diego Fagúndez | ![]() | New England Revolution | ||
Charlie Davies | ![]() | New England Revolution | ||
Emery Welshman | ![]() | Real Salt Lake | ||
Victor Mansaray | ![]() | Seattle Sounders FC | ||
Bernardo Añor | ![]() | Sporting Kansas City | ||
James Rogers | ![]() | Sporting Kansas City | ||
Graham Zusi | ![]() | Sporting Kansas City | ||
Dom Dwyer | ![]() | Sporting Kansas City |