Tournament details | |
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Host country | United States |
Dates | February 17 − February 27 |
Teams | 9 |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | New England Revolution (1st title) |
Runners-up | Columbus Crew SC |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 15 |
Goals scored | 43 (2.87 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Teal Bunbury Kei Kamara (3 goals) |
Best player(s) | Teal Bunbury |
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The 2016 Desert Diamond Cup was a soccer exhibition featuring six soccer teams from Major League Soccer, two from the United Soccer League and host FC Tucson from the Premier Development League, held from February 17 to February 27, 2016. It is the 6th annual Desert Diamond Cup.
The following nine clubs participated in the 2016 tournament: [1]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Swope Park Rangers | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 8 |
2 | New England Revolution | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 8 |
3 | Sporting Kansas City | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 6 |
4 | Arizona United SC | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 |
5 | Colorado Rapids | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 4 |
6 | Columbus Crew | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 |
7 | Real Salt Lake | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
8 | Houston Dynamo | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
9 | FC Tucson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 |
The tournament featured a round-robin group stage followed by fifth-place, third-place and championship matches. [2]
February 17Game 1 | Swope Park Rangers | 3–1 | Colorado Rapids | Tucson, Arizona |
17:30 MST | Tyrpak ![]() VanCompernolle ![]() Sanchez ![]() Little ![]() | Report | Badji ![]() Watts ![]() | Stadium: Kino North Stadium Referee: Baboucarr Jallow |
February 17Game 2 | Sporting Kansas City | 2–2 | Columbus Crew SC | Tucson, Arizona |
18:00 MST | Quintilla ![]() Mustivar ![]() Hajderovic ![]() | Report Report | Kamara ![]() | Stadium: Kino North Grandstand Referee: Alex Chilowicz |
February 17Game 3 | New England Revolution | 3–3 | Real Salt Lake | Tucson, Arizona |
20:00 MST | Gamble ![]() Davies ![]() Woodberry ![]() ![]() | Report | Morales ![]() ![]() Maund ![]() Olave ![]() Garcia ![]() | Stadium: Kino North Stadium |
February 20Game 4 | Arizona United SC | 0–0 | Swope Park Rangers | Tucson, Arizona |
16:30 MST | Gavin ![]() Johnson ![]() | Report | Kelly ![]() Diaw ![]() | Stadium: Kino North Grandstand Referee: Robi Hullner |
February 20Game 5 | Real Salt Lake | 1–1 | Columbus Crew SC | Tucson, Arizona |
17:00 MST | Allen ![]() Wingert ![]() Garcia ![]() | Report | Kamara ![]() | Stadium: Kino North Stadium Referee: Edvin Jurisevic |
February 20Game 6 | Colorado Rapids | 0–0 | Houston Dynamo | Tucson, Arizona |
19:00 MST | Report | Stadium: Kino North Grandstand Referee: Baldomero Toledo |
February 20Game 7 | Sporting Kansas City | 1–1 | New England Revolution | Tucson, Arizona |
19:30 MST | Zusi ![]() | Report | Bunbury ![]() Herivaux ![]() | Stadium: Kino North Stadium Referee: Chris Penso |
February 24Game 8 | FC Tucson | 1–3 | Arizona United SC | Tucson, Arizona |
15:30 MST | Bevans ![]() | Report | Bardsley ![]() Cortez ![]() | Stadium: Kino North Grandstand |
February 24Game 9 | New England Revolution | 2–1 | Houston Dynamo | Tucson, Arizona |
17:30 MST | Bunbury ![]() Neumann ![]() Herivaux ![]() Gamble ![]() | Report | Agus ![]() Torres ![]() Rocha ![]() | Stadium: Kino North Stadium |
February 24Game 10 | Columbus Crew SC | 2–2 | Swope Park Rangers | Tucson, Arizona |
18:00 MST | Higuain ![]() Barson ![]() Finlay ![]() Wahl ![]() | Report | Granitto ![]() Gonzalez ![]() | Stadium: Kino North Grandstand Referee: Drew Fisher |
February 24Game 11 | Sporting Kansas City | 4–1 | Colorado Rapids | Tucson, Arizona |
20:00 MST | Nagamura ![]() Dwyer ![]() Sinovic ![]() | Report | Pfeffer ![]() | Stadium: Kino North Stadium |
February 27Game 12 | FC Tucson | 0–1 | Swope Park Rangers | Tucson, Arizona |
16:00 MST | Guerra ![]() | Report | Kelly ![]() | Stadium: Kino North Grandstand Referee: Noah Kenyawani |
February 273rd Place Game | Houston Dynamo | 2–2 | Sporting Kansas City | Tucson, Arizona |
16:30 MST | Barnes ![]() Torres ![]() | Report | Coelho ![]() Sallói ![]() | Stadium: Kino North Stadium |
February 275th Place Game | Colorado Rapids | 3–0 | Arizona United SC | Tucson, Arizona |
18:30 MST | Ringhof ![]() Doyle ![]() Gashi ![]() | Report | Stadium: Kino North Grandstand Referee: Ismail Elfath |
February 27Championship Game | New England Revolution | 1–0 | Columbus Crew SC | Tucson, Arizona |
19:00 MST | Bunbury ![]() | Report | Stadium: Kino North Stadium |
Rank | Player | Nation | Club | Goals |
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1 | Teal Bunbury | ![]() | New England Revolution | 3 |
Kei Kamara | ![]() | Columbus Crew SC | ||
3 | Chris Cortez | ![]() | Arizona United SC | 2 |
Paulo Nagamura | ![]() | Sporting Kansas City | ||
Erick Torres | ![]() | Houston Dynamo | ||
6 | 30 players | 1 |
CARF International MVP: Teal Bunbury (NEW)
TEP Copper Boot (Leading Scorer): Kei Kamara (COL)