Generation Adidas Cup

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Generation Adidas Cup
Generation Adidas Cup logo.png
Founded2007
RegionFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Number of teams12 (international division)
Current champions Flag of Spain.svg Valencia (U15) (1st title)
Flag of the United States.svg Philadelphia Union (U17) (3rd title)
Most successful club(s) D.C. United
River Plate
(3 titles)

The Generation Adidas Cup (previously known as the SUM U-17 Cup) is a competition run by Major League Soccer for all U-17 MLS academy teams. As part of the Homegrown Initiative, the Generation Adidas Cup focused on player development while providing elite competition for those involved. From 2014 onwards international club sides have been invited to the competition to test MLS academies against foreign opposition, Stoke City of England became the first international winners of the tournament in the same year. [1]

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The tournament served as a springboard into the professional game for some top prospects, such as Tristan Bowen (Los Angeles Galaxy), Julien Ngoy (Stoke City), Andy Najar (D.C. United), Bryan Leyva (FC Dallas), Juan Agudelo (New York Red Bulls), Bill Hamid (D.C. United), Victor Ulloa (FC Dallas), and Sebastian Saucedo (Real Salt Lake).

Competition

The tournament initially consisted of four groups made up of four teams from foundation to 2012, with the top team from each group advancing to the single-game knockout stages. For the 2013-2014 season a new format was introduced, early in the season a qualifying tournament for domestic teams was held with the top nine sides plus three invitational foreign sides qualifying for the finals of the tournament in 2014.

The 2014 finals was contested with three groups of four teams with one foreign side in each group, with the group winners and the best runner-up advancing to the knock out stage. A second "domestic" division is contested for MLS clubs with did not qualify for the finals proper.

For 2015 the "International Division" was renamed as the "Champions Division". As before there were three groups of four teams, however the number of foreign teams per group was increased to two meaning only the top six MLS academy teams qualified. The secondary domestic division was renamed as the "Premier Division" and one foreign team was invited to compete in each group.

Seattle Sounders FC became the first MLS team to win the new Champions Division, defeating Valencia CF in the 2019 final. [2] The entire tournament was streamed on Twitch. [3]

Match format

Games consist of two 35 minute halves. In the group stages, when there is a draw, a penalty shoot out is held to award an extra point. Draws after normal time in the knockout stages are settled with a penalty shoot out with no extra time played.

Finals

YearWinnersScoreRunners-upHost
2007 Flag of the United States.svg D.C. United 3–0 Flag of the United States.svg Kansas City Wizards Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, Colorado
2008 Flag of the United States.svg Real Salt Lake 1–1
(5–4p)		 Flag of the United States.svg D.C. United Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, Colorado
2009 Flag of the United States.svg D.C. United 1–1
(6–5p)		 Flag of the United States.svg FC Dallas Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, Colorado
2010 Flag of the United States.svg D.C. United 0–0
(5–4p)		 Flag of the United States.svg Real Salt Lake Robertson Stadium, Houston, Texas
2011 Flag of the United States.svg Los Angeles Galaxy 2–0 Flag of the United States.svg FC Dallas Pizza Hut Park, Frisco, Texas
2012 Flag of the United States.svg Philadelphia Union 2–2
(4–3p)		 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Toronto FC Starfire Sports Complex, Tukwila, Washington
2014 [4] Flag of England.svg Stoke City 1–1
(4–2p)		 Flag of the United States.svg Real Salt Lake Toyota Stadium, Frisco, Texas
2015 [5] Flag of Argentina.svg River Plate 1–0 Flag of Germany.svg Eintracht Frankfurt Toyota Stadium, Frisco, Texas
2016 [6] Flag of Argentina.svg River Plate 2–0 Flag of Chile.svg Universidad de Chile Toyota Stadium, Frisco, Texas
2017 [7] Flag of Argentina.svg River Plate 2–1 Flag of Brazil.svg Flamengo Toyota Stadium, Frisco, Texas
2018 Flag of Brazil.svg Flamengo 1–0 Flag of Brazil.svg Atlético Paranaense Toyota Stadium, Frisco, Texas
2019 Flag of the United States.svg Seattle Sounders FC 1–0 Flag of Spain.svg Valencia Toyota Stadium, Frisco, Texas
2020Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021
2022 (U-15) Flag of the United States.svg Portland Timbers 2–0 Flag of Spain.svg Valencia Toyota Stadium, Frisco, Texas
2022 (U-17) Flag of the United States.svg Seattle Sounders FC 2–0 Flag of Mexico.svg Tigres UANL Toyota Stadium, Frisco, Texas
2023 (U-15) Flag of the United States.svg Austin FC 1–1
(7–6p)		 Flag of the United States.svg Philadelphia Union IMG Academy Field, Bradenton, Florida
2023 (U-17) Flag of the United States.svg Philadelphia Union 1–0 Flag of the United States.svg FC Dallas IMG Academy Field, Bradenton, Florida
2024 (U-15) Flag of Spain.svg Valencia 2–0 Flag of France.svg Toulouse IMG Academy Field, Bradenton, Florida
2024 (U-17) Flag of the United States.svg Philadelphia Union 2–2
(5–4p)		 Flag of the United States.svg LA Galaxy IMG Academy Field, Bradenton, Florida

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References

  1. ↑ "Stoke City: Under-17s win Generation Adidas Cup on penalty shoot-out | Stoke Sentinel". www.stokesentinel.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 September 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  2. ↑ Robertson, Daniel (April 20, 2019). "GA Cup: Seattle Sounders become first MLS team to win Champions Division". MLSsoccer.com. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  3. ↑ "2019 Generation adidas Cup to be streamed exclusively on Twitch". MLSsoccer.com. April 12, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Generation adidas Cup 2014: Stoke City take title with shootout win over Real Salt Lake after 1-1 tie | MLSsoccer.com". Archived from the original on 2014-06-22. Retrieved 2014-09-15.
  5. ↑ "Generation adidas Cup 2015: River Plate strike late to beat Eintracht Frankfurt | Toronto FC U-12s take title | MLSsoccer.com". Archived from the original on 2015-04-08. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
  6. ↑ "Watch: River Plate vs. Universidad de Chile | Generation adidas Cup 2016". MLSsoccer.com. 2016-03-26. Retrieved 2018-10-30.
  7. ↑ Major League Soccer (15 April 2017). "Flamengo vs. River Plate - 2017 Generation adidas Cup". Archived from the original on 2021-12-15 – via YouTube.
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