2013 Desert Diamond Cup

The 2013 Desert Diamond Cup was a soccer exhibition featuring four soccer teams from Major League Soccer, held between February 13–23, 2013. The preseason tournament was played at the Kino Sports Complex 11,000 seat main stadium in Tucson, Arizona. This was the 3rd annual Desert Diamond Cup.

2013 Desert Diamond Cup
Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
DatesFebruary 13 − February 23
Teams4
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsSeattle Sounders FC (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored23 (2.88 per match)
Top scorer(s)Jerry Bengtson
Alex Caskey
Mario Martínez
Lee Nguyen
(2 goals)

Teams

The following four clubs participated in the 2013 tournament:[1]

Table standings
Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts
1 Seattle Sounders 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 9
2 Real Salt Lake 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 4
3 New England Revolution 3 1 2 0 5 6 −1 3
4 New York Red Bulls 3 0 2 1 3 7 −4 1
Source:

Matches

The tournament featured a round-robin group stage followed by third-place and championship matches.

Tournament
February 13 1Seattle Sounders FC2–0New England RevolutionTucson, Arizona
16:00 PST González  18'
Johnson  25'  45'
Evans  27' (pen.)
Alonso  32'
Traoré  43'
Burch  79'		 Report Gonçalves  25'
Nyassi  79'		 Stadium: Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 1,162[2]
Referee: Juan Guzman
February 13 2Real Salt Lake2–2New York Red BullsTucson, Arizona
18:00 PST Plata  1'
Grossman  3'		 Report Olave  31'
Bustamante  61'		 Stadium: Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 1,162[2]
Referee: Ricardo Salazar
February 16 3Real Salt Lake1–2Seattle Sounders FCTucson, Arizona
16:00 PST Schuler  20'
Mansally  34'
Stertzer  86'		 Report Martínez  66'
Lund  69'		 Stadium: Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 3,211[3]
Referee: Allen Chapman
February 16 4New England Revolution3–1New York Red BullsTucson, Arizona
18:00 PST Nguyen  53' (pen.)
Bengtson  58'
Caldwell  84'
Jesic  88'		 Report Juninho  11'
Robles  65'		 Stadium: Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 3,211[3]
Referee: Ricardo Salazar
February 20 5New England Revolution2–3Real Salt LakeTucson, Arizona
16:00 PST Dorman  50'  67'
Duckett  54'
Soares  57'		 Report Sandoval  22'
Álvarez  69'
Saborío  88'
Stephenson  90+'		 Stadium: Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium
Referee: Ismail Elfath
February 20 6Seattle Sounders FC2–0New York Red BullsTucson, Arizona
18:00 PST Zavaleta  4'
Caskey  36'
Martínez  78'		 Report Stadium: Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium
Referee: Armando Villarreal

Third place match
February 23 7New England Revolution2–0New York Red BullsTucson, Arizona
15:00 PST Nguyen  4'
Bengtson  36'
Toja  45'		 Report Espíndola  17'
Miller  45+'
Cahill  65'		 Stadium: Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 4,528

Final
February 23 8Seattle Sounders FC1–0Real Salt LakeTucson, Arizona
17:00 PST Caskey  50'
Fairclough  66'		 Report Stadium: Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 4,528
Referee: Jair Marrufo

Final placement
#Team
1Seattle Sounders FC
2Real Salt Lake
3New England Revolution
4New York Red Bulls

References
  1. "FC Tucson gains momentum".
  2. "Soccer: MLS seeks long-term training deal with Tucson". Retrieved February 19, 2013.
  3. "MLS soccer: PK gets through area star Robles in 3-1 loss to NE". Retrieved February 19, 2013.
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