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The Chicago Trophy is a men's soccer (football) tournament which took place for the first time in 2007. The competition included four men's club teams to compete over two days at Soldier Field in Chicago. The tournaments are intended to showcase known clubs from throughout the world, as well as offer clubs popular amongst large, local ethnic communities.

A tournament is a competition involving a relatively large number of competitors, all participating in a sport or game. More specifically, the term may be used in either of two overlapping senses:

  1. One or more competitions held at a single venue and concentrated into a relatively short time interval.
  2. A competition involving a number of matches, each involving a subset of the competitors, with the overall tournament winner determined based on the combined results of these individual matches. These are common in those sports and games where each match must involve a small number of competitors: often precisely two, as in most team sports, racket sports and combat sports, many card games and board games, and many forms of competitive debating. Such tournaments allow large numbers to compete against each other in spite of the restriction on numbers in a single match.
Soldier Field stadium in Chicago, Illinois

Soldier Field is an American football stadium located in the Near South Side of Chicago, Illinois. It opened in 1924 and is the home field of the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL), who moved there in 1971. With a football capacity of 61,500, it is the third-smallest stadium in the NFL. In 2016, Soldier Field became the second-oldest stadium in the league when the Los Angeles Rams began playing temporarily at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, which opened a year earlier than Soldier Field.

Chicago City in Illinois, United States

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Format

Each of the tournament's four participating club teams played two matches. In standard FIFA fashion, wins will be awarded three points and draws will obtain one point. The club with the most points after its respective matches wins the Chicago Trophy. The organizers (Platinum One) have also announced that bonus points will be awarded for goals scored, presumably to limit the chances of a drawn finish as well as enhance competition. [1]

FIFA International governing body of association football

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association is an organization which describes itself as an international governing body of association football, fútsal, beach soccer, and eFootball. FIFA is responsible for the organization of football's major international tournaments, notably the World Cup which commenced in 1930 and the Women's World Cup which commenced in 1991.

2007 Chicago Trophy

The event occurred on Friday, July 27 and Sunday, July 29. Participants included Sevilla FC of Spain, Wisła Kraków of Poland, Club Deportivo Toluca of Mexico, and Reggina Calcio of Italy.

Friday, July 27
Flag of Italy.svg Reggina Calcio 1:1 Flag of Poland.svg Wisła Kraków
Flag of Spain.svg Sevilla FC 1:0 Flag of Mexico.svg Club Toluca
Sunday, July 29
Flag of Italy.svg Reggina Calcio 0:2 Flag of Mexico.svg Club Toluca
Flag of Spain.svg Sevilla FC 0:1 Flag of Poland.svg Wisła Kraków

Wisła Kraków won the first Chicago Trophy tournament

Wisła Kraków association football club in Poland

Wisła Kraków is a Polish football club based in Kraków. Wisła contends in Ekstraklasa, the top level of the Polish football league system. Wisła is one of the oldest and most successful Polish football clubs. It ranks third in the number of national titles won (13), behind Górnik Zabrze and Ruch Chorzów (14), and second in all-time victories. Wisła was founded in 1906 under the name TS Wisła.

Future Tournaments

The City of Chicago and the competition's promoter have agreed on a three-year contract to hold the event annually through 2009. [2] Despite this supposed contract, there in not much, if any, information to be found for the 2008 and 2009 tournaments.

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ The organizers have yet to issue details on the bonus point system Archived August 21, 2007, at the Wayback Machine .
  2. ↑ :: The Chicago Trophy :: Archived August 21, 2007, at the Wayback Machine .
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