2016 Desert Diamond Cup

2016 Desert Diamond Cup
Tournament details
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 Teal Bunbury

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.

Teams

The following nine clubs participated in the 2016 tournament:[1]

Table standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
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 41 4
5 Colorado Rapids 4 1 1 2 5 72 4
6 Columbus Crew 4 0 3 1 5 61 3
7 Real Salt Lake 2 0 2 0 4 40 2
8 Houston Dynamo 3 0 2 1 3 41 2
9 FC Tucson 2 0 0 2 1 43 0

Matches

The tournament featured 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 Teal Bunbury  USA New England Revolution 3
Kei Kamara  SLE Columbus Crew SC
3 Chris Cortez  USA Arizona United SC 2
Paulo Nagamura  BRA Sporting Kansas City
Erick Torres  MEX Houston Dynamo
6 30 players 1

Awards

CARF International MVP: Teal Bunbury (NEW}
TEP Copper Boot (Leading Scorer): Kei Kamara (COL}

References

  1. "Columbus Crew, AZ United Join Desert Diamond Cup". FC Tucson. December 23, 2015. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
  2. "2016 MLS Preseason in Tucson". FC Tucson. November 24, 2015. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
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