2015 Desert Diamond Cup

2015 Desert Diamond Cup
Tournament details
Host country United States
Dates February 18 − February 28
Teams 6
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Real Salt Lake (1st title)
Runners-up Colorado Rapids
Third place Sporting Kansas City
Fourth place Seattle Sounders FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played 12
Goals scored 37 (3.08 per match)
Top scorer(s) Devon Sandoval
(3 goals)

The 2015 Desert Diamond Cup was a soccer exhibition featuring five soccer teams from Major League Soccer and one from USL Premier Development League, held from February 18 to February 28, 2015. It was the 5th annual Desert Diamond Cup and was won by Real Salt Lake.

Teams

The following six clubs will participate in the 2015 tournament:[1]

Table standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1 Real Salt Lake 3 3 0 0 6 2+4 9
2 Colorado Rapids 3 1 2 0 4 3+1 5
3 Sporting Kansas City 3 1 1 1 6 60 4
4 New England Revolution 3 1 1 1 3 30 4
5 Seattle Sounders FC 3 1 0 2 9 5+4 3
6 FC Tucson 3 0 0 3 1 109 0

Matches

The tournament will feature a round-robin group stage followed by fifth-place, third-place and championship matches.[2]

Tournament

Finals

Goalscorers

Top scorers

Rank Player Nation Club Goals
1 Devon Sandoval  USA Real Salt Lake 3
2 Gabriel Torres  PAN Colorado Rapids 2
Álvaro Saborío  CRC Real Salt Lake
Clint Dempsey  USA Seattle Sounders FC
Lamar Neagle  USA Seattle Sounders FC
Kévin Parsemain  MTQ Seattle Sounders FC
Kenny Cooper  USA Seattle Sounders FC
Krisztián Németh  HUN Sporting Kansas City
9 Dominique Badji  SEN Colorado Rapids 1
Axel Sjöberg  SWE Colorado Rapids
Dominic Papa  USA FC Tucson
Diego Fagúndez  URU New England Revolution
Charlie Davies  USA New England Revolution
Emery Welshman  GUY Real Salt Lake
Victor Mansaray  USA Seattle Sounders FC
Bernardo Añor  VEN Sporting Kansas City
James Rogers  USA Sporting Kansas City
Graham Zusi  USA Sporting Kansas City
Dom Dwyer  ENG Sporting Kansas City

References

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