2012 Desert Diamond Cup

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)	Kelyn Rowe 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]

• Los Angeles Galaxy (first appearance)
• New England Revolution (first appearance)
• New York Red Bulls (second appearance)
• Real Salt Lake (first appearance)

Table standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	New England Revolution	3	3	0	0	7	3	+4	9
2	LA Galaxy	3	1	2	0	5	5	0	3
3	New York Red Bulls	3	1	2	0	2	4	−2	3
4	Real Salt Lake	3	1	2	0	2	4	−2	3

Source: ^[citation needed]

Matches

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

Tournament

February 22

17:00 PST

Los Angeles Galaxy	2 – 3	New England Revolution
Buddle 31' Magee 38'	Report	2' Feilhaber 36' Lozano 74' White

Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium, Tucson, Arizona

Attendance: 5,547

February 22

19:00 PST

Real Salt Lake	1 – 0	New York Red Bulls
Paulo Jr. 75'	Report

Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium, Tucson, Arizona

Attendance: 5,547

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February 25

17:00 PST

Los Angeles Galaxy	2 – 0	Real Salt Lake
Cardozo 80' Magee 86'	Report

Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium, Tucson, Arizona

Attendance: 8,574

Referee: Allen Chapman

February 25

19:00 PST

New England Revolution	2 – 0	New York Red Bulls
Rowe 77', 84'	Report

Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium, Tucson, Arizona

Attendance: 8,574

Referee: Tyler Ploeger

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February 29

17:00 PST

Real Salt Lake	1 - 2	New England Revolution
Nico Muniz 11'	Report	Fagundez 8' Runstrom 56'

Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium, Tucson, Arizona

Attendance: 6,212

Referee: Mark DeClouet

February 29

19:00 PST

Los Angeles Galaxy	1 - 2	New York Red Bulls
Sarvas 78'	Report	Cooper 31' Henry 62'

Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium, Tucson, Arizona

Attendance: 6,212

Referee: Ismail Elfath

Third place match

March 3

17:00 PST

New York Red Bulls	0 – 1	Real Salt Lake
	Report	Wingert 28'

Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium, Tucson, Arizona

Referee: Jasen Anno

Final

March 3

19:00 PST

New England Revolution	0 – 0	Los Angeles Galaxy
	Report
Penalties
Guy Reis Joseph Feilhaber	2 – 4	Cardozo Stephens Jimenez Walker Sarvas

Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium, Tucson, Arizona

Referee: Kevin Stott

Final placement

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

References

1. "Next Visiting Clubs". Archived from the original on February 28, 2015. Retrieved December 11, 2011.
2. "Soccer Matches 2012". Archived from the original on January 11, 2012.

External links

• "FC Tucson"