2012 Desert Diamond Cup Explained

Year:	2012
Country:	United States
Dates:	February 22 - March 3
Num Teams:	4
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Champion Other:	Los Angeles Galaxy
Count:	1
Matches:	8
Goals:	17
Top Scorer:	Kelyn Rowe Mike Magee (2 goals)
Prevseason:	2011
Nextseason:	2013

2012 Desert Diamond Cup (formerly known as the Desert Cup and also known as the FC Tucson Desert Diamond Cup) is a soccer exhibition featuring four soccer teams from Major League Soccer, held between February 22 – March 3, 2012. The preseason tournament was played at the Kino Sports Complex 11,000 seat main stadium in Tucson, Arizona. This is the 2nd annual Desert Diamond Cup. New York Red Bulls and Sporting Kansas City of Major League Soccer participated in the first tournament in March 2011.

Teams

The following four clubs participated in the 2012 tournament:^[1]

• Los Angeles Galaxy (first appearance)
• New England Revolution (first appearance)
• New York Red Bulls (second appearance)
• Real Salt Lake (first appearance)

Table standings

Matches

The tournament featured a round-robin group stage followed by third-place and championship matches.^[2]

Tournament

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Final

Final placement

	Team
1	Los Angeles Galaxy
2	New England Revolution
3	Real Salt Lake
4	New York Red Bulls

External links

• "FC Tucson"

Notes and References

1. Web site: Next Visiting Clubs. 2011-12-11. 2015-02-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20150228184650/http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2011/12/08/four-mls-teams-compete-tucson-desert-diamond-cup. dead.
2. Web site: Soccer Matches 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120111084320/http://www.lagalaxy.com/news/2011/12/mls-cup-2011-champion-la-galaxy-headline-second-annual-fc-tuscon-desert-diamond-cup . 2012-01-11.