2012 World Football Challenge

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2012 World Football Challenge
Tournament details
CountryCanada
United States
Teams11 (from 2 confederations)
Final positions
Champions Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid
Runner-upn/a
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored30 (3.33 per match)
Attendance304,285 (33,809 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Flag of Spain.svg José Callejón
(3 goals)
  2011

The 2012 World Football Challenge was the third World Football Challenge event, a series of friendly soccer matches played in Canada and the United States in July and August. The series opened on July 18. [1] The opening match was between the Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer (MLS) and Chelsea of the English Premier League, which Chelsea won 4–2. [2] Real Madrid, who had won the equivalent tournament the previous year, were the only team to win all their matches in normal play.

Contents

Participants

The following eleven clubs took part in the 2012 World Football Challenge.

NationTeamLocationConfederationProfessional LeagueNotes
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Celtic Glasgow UEFA Scottish Premier League 2011–12 Scottish Premier League champions
Flag of England.svg  England Chelsea London UEFA Premier League 2012 FA Cup and 2011–12 UEFA Champions League winners
Flag of the United States.svg  United States D.C. United Washington, D.C. CONCACAF Major League Soccer 4-time MLS Cup Champions
Flag of England.svg  England Liverpool Liverpool UEFAPremier League 2012 Football League Cup winners
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Los Angeles Galaxy Los Angeles, California CONCACAFMajor League Soccer2011 MLS Cup champions
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Milan Milan UEFA Serie A 18-time Serie A champions
Flag of France.svg  France Paris Saint-Germain Paris UEFA Ligue 1 Ligue 1 runners-up
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Real Madrid Madrid UEFA La Liga 2011–12 La Liga champions
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Santos Laguna Torreón CONCACAF Primera División 2011–12 Mexican Primera División Clausura champions
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Seattle Sounders FC Seattle, Washington CONCACAFMajor League Soccer 2011 U.S. Open Cup winners
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Toronto FC Toronto, Ontario CONCACAFMajor League Soccer 2012 Canadian Championship champions

Venues

Eight venues were selected for the 2012 World Football Challenge.

Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Toronto, Ontario
Rogers Centre
Capacity: 49,808
Skydome-big.jpg
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Carson, California Miami Gardens, Florida Whitney, Nevada New York, New York
Home Depot Center Sun Life Stadium Sam Boyd Stadium Yankee Stadium
Capacity: 27,000Capacity: 74,918Capacity: 36,800Capacity: 52,325
Homedepotcenter.png Dolphinsmiamistadm.png Sam Boyd Stadium satellite view.png Yankee Stadium upper deck 2010.jpg
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Seattle, Washington Washington, D.C.
Lincoln Financial Field CenturyLink Field RFK Stadium
Capacity: 67,594Capacity: 67,000Capacity: 56,692
LincolnFinancialFieldsat.png Qwest Field satellite view 2.png RFK Stadium satellite view.png

Matches

All times are in the EDT time zone (UTC-4) (Local Times in parentheses). [3]
Seattle Sounders FC 2–4 Chelsea
Montero Soccerball shade.svg14', 32' Report Lukaku Soccerball shade.svg3', 44'
Hazard Soccerball shade.svg11'
Marin Soccerball shade.svg40'

Toronto FC 1–1 Liverpool
Amarikwa Soccerball shade.svg58' Report Morgan Soccerball shade.svg69'
Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Attendance: 33,087
Referee: Paul Ward (Vancouver)

Chelsea 1–1 Paris Saint-Germain
Piazon Soccerball shade.svg82' Report Nenê Soccerball shade.svg30'
Yankee Stadium, New York, New York
Attendance: 38,202
Referee: Edvin Jurisevic (Nebraska)

Chelsea 0–1 Milan
Report Emanuelson Soccerball shade.svg68'

D.C. United 1–1 Paris Saint-Germain
De Rosario Soccerball shade.svg33' (pen.) Report Ibrahimović Soccerball shade.svg3'
RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 13,176
Referee: John McCloskey (Delaware)

Los Angeles Galaxy 1–5 Real Madrid
Lopes Soccerball shade.svg23' Report Higuaín Soccerball shade.svg2'
Di María Soccerball shade.svg11'
Callejón Soccerball shade.svg36'
Morata Soccerball shade.svg49'
Jesé Soccerball shade.svg84'
Home Depot Center, Carson, California
Attendance: 30,317
Referee: Ricardo Salazar (California)

Real Madrid 2–1 Santos Laguna
Alonso Soccerball shade.svg14'
Khedira Soccerball shade.svg72'
Report Suárez Soccerball shade.svg25'
Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada
Attendance: 29,152
Referee: Baldomero Toledo (California)

Real Madrid 5–1 Milan
Di María Soccerball shade.svg24'
Ronaldo Soccerball shade.svg49', 66'
Ramos Soccerball shade.svg81'
Callejón Soccerball shade.svg89'
Report Robinho Soccerball shade.svg33'
Yankee Stadium, New York, New York
Attendance: 49,474
Referee: Jair Marrufo (Texas)

Real Madrid 2–0 Celtic
Callejón Soccerball shade.svg22'
Benzema Soccerball shade.svg67'
Report
Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Attendance: 34,018
Referee: Sorin Stoica

Summary of results

TeamPldWDLGFGA
Celtic 100102
Chelsea 311154
D.C. United 101011
Liverpool 101011
Los Angeles Galaxy 100115
Milan 210125
Paris Saint-Germain 202022
Real Madrid 4400143
Santos Laguna 100112
Seattle Sounders FC 100124
Toronto FC 101011

Top goalscorers

As of 11 August 2012
RankNameTeamGoals
1 Flag of Spain.svg José Callejón Real Madrid 3
2 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Romelu Lukaku Chelsea 2
Flag of Argentina.svg Ángel Di María Real Madrid 2
Flag of Colombia.svg Fredy Montero Seattle Sounders FC 2
Flag of Portugal.svg Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid 2
6 Flag of Spain.svg Xabi Alonso Real Madrid 1
Flag of the United States.svg Quincy Amarikwa Toronto FC 1
Flag of France.svg Karim Benzema Real Madrid 1
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Urby Emanuelson Milan 1
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Eden Hazard Chelsea 1
Flag of Argentina.svg Gonzalo Higuaín Real Madrid 1
Flag of Sweden.svg Zlatan Ibrahimović Paris Saint-Germain 1
Flag of Spain.svg Jesé Real Madrid 1
Flag of Germany.svg Sami Khedira Real Madrid 1
Flag of Brazil.svg David Lopes Los Angeles Galaxy 1
Flag of Germany.svg Marko Marin Chelsea 1
Flag of Spain.svg Álvaro Morata Real Madrid 1
Flag of England.svg Adam Morgan Liverpool 1
Flag of Brazil.svg Nenê Paris Saint-Germain 1
Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas Piazon Chelsea 1
Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Ramos Real Madrid 1
Flag of Brazil.svg Robinho Milan 1
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dwayne De Rosario D.C. United 1
Flag of Ecuador.svg Christian Suárez Santos Laguna 1

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