DALLAS CUP

The 'Dallas Cup' is an international football tournament for invited youth teams, held annually in Dallas, Texas. It was first held in 1980.

Contents
2007 Tournament
List of Supergroup champions
Titles by team
Titles by country
External links

2007 Tournament


The 2007 Dallas Cup is sponsored by Dr Pepper. The following Under 19s teams are invited:
TeamCountry
Arsenal FC (Alta Loma) USA
Chelsea FC England
Deportivo Saprissa Costa Rica
Eintracht Frankfurt Germany
Club Deportivo Guadalajara Mexico
Real Madrid CF Spain
São Paulo Futebol Clube Brazil
Shamrock Rovers FC Republic of Ireland
Solar SC (Dallas) USA
Southampton FC England
Takigawa Dai Ni Japan
Tigres Mexico

List of Supergroup champions


YearChampionCountry
1980Texas Longhorns USA
1981Royal Navy England
1982Lagos Stars Nigeria
1983NSL Select Canada
1984NSL Select Canada
1985Trebor Lions Nigeria
1986Comets USA
1987Tahuichi Bolivia
1988Tahuichi Bolivia
1989Tahuichi Bolivia
1990Tahuichi Bolivia
1991Dynamo Moscow Russia
1992West Ham England
1993Real Madrid Spain
1994Real Madrid Spain
1995São Paulo Brazil
1996Vitória Brazil
1997Vitória Brazil
1998San Lorenzo Argentina
1999Corinthians Brazil
2000Corinthians Brazil
2001UNAM Pumas Mexico
2002Nottingham Forest England
2003Tigres Mexico
2004Atlético Paranaense Brazil
2005Atlético Paranaense Brazil
2006Dallas Texans Red USA
2007São Paulo Brazil

Titles by team


TeamCountry
4 titles
Tahuichi Bolivia
2 titles
Atlético Paranaense Brazil
Corinthians Brazil
NSL Select Canada
Real Madrid Spain
São Paulo Brazil
Vitória Brazil
1 title
Comets USA
Dallas Texans Red USA
Dynamo Moscow Russia
Lagos Stars Nigeria
Nottingham Forest England
Royal Navy England
San Lorenzo Argentina
Texas Longhorns USA
Tigres Mexico
Trebor Lions Nigeria
UNAM Pumas Mexico
West Ham England

Titles by country


Country
8 titles
Brazil
4 titles
Bolivia
3 titles
England
USA
2 titles
Canada
Mexico
Nigeria
Spain
1 title
Argentina
Russia

'Notable players'
'Yesterday Dallas Cup, Today World Cup'
The list of Dallas Cup alumni is like a "Who's Who" in the world of professional soccer. Dallas Cup has been very fortunate to have had such high caliber teams compete over the past 27 years and with those teams top players have gone on to play for professional clubs all around the world. Professional players that played in Dallas Cup who are now on professional teams and World Cup teams are:
Alumni Player Professional Team National Team
Adolfo Bautista Guadalajara (Chivas) Mexico
Diego Ordaz CF Monterrey
Gerado Torrado Cruz Azul Mexico
Jaime Lozano Tigres Mexico
Horacio Sanchez Pumas
Gerado Galindo Pumas
Duilio Davino Club America
Braulio Luna Veracruz
Alberto Medina Guadalajara (Chivas)
Gonzalo Pineda Guadalajara (Chivas) Mexico
Rafael Marquez FC Barcelona (Spain) Mexico
Israel Lopez Toluca
Oscar Rojas Club America Mexico
Salvador Carmona Cruz Azul
Pierre Ibarra CF Monterrey
Jose Corona Tecos UAG Mexico
Luis Perez CF Monterrey Mexico
Ramon Ramirez Chivas USA
Francisco Rodriguez Guadalajara (Chivas) Mexico
Eduardo Regis Tigres
Raul Real Madrid Spain
David Beckham Real Madrid England
Maicon Monaco Brazil
Luizao Benfica Brazil
Landon Donovan Los Angeles Galaxy USA
Freddie Adu D.C. United USA
DaMarcus Beasley PSV Eindhoven USA
John O'Brien AJAX USA
Jonathan Spector Manchester United USA
Brian McBride Fulham USA
Oguchi Onyewu Standard de Liege USA
Michael Owen Newcastle United England
Wayne Rooney Manchester United England
Peter Crouch Liverpool England
Jermaine Defoe Tottenham Hotspurs England
Harry Kewell Liverpool Australia
Fabio Costa Santos FC
Xavier EC Victoria
Alan Delcon EC Victoria
Kieber Sao Paulo FC Brazil
Edu Valencia Brazil
Rubinho Corinthians
Gil Corinthians
Bobby Convey Reading USA
Edmilson FC Barcelona Brazil
Shumacher Ascoli
Ewerthon Real Zaragoza Brazil
Ledley King Tottenham Hotspurs England
Ian Harte Leeds United Ireland
Michael Carrick Tottenham Hotspurs England
Hakeem Olajuwan Retired NBA All-Star Nigeria

External links



Official website
http://web.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20060320&content_id=54100&vkey=pr_fcd&fext=.jsp&team=fcd

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