2010 Barclays New York Challenge

2010 Barclays New York Challenge
Barclays New York Challenge

2010 Barclays New York Challenge official logo
Tournament details
Host country United States
Dates July 22 July 25
Teams 4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Portugal Sporting CP (1st title)
Runners-up England Tottenham Hotspur
Third place United States New York Red Bulls
Fourth place England Manchester City
Tournament statistics
Matches played 4
Goals scored 12 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s) Portugal Yannick Djaló
Republic of Ireland Robbie Keane
(2 goals)

The 2010 Barclays New York Challenge was an exhibition international club football (soccer) competition which featured football club teams from Europe and North America, and was held in July 2010. All matches were played in Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey in the United States. The tournament is part of the World Series of Soccer. Sporting CP emerged as the 2010 Barclays New York Challenge winners. Robbie Keane was named the Barclays Player of the Tournament with two goals and one assist.

Teams

The following four clubs participated in the 2010 tournament:

Sponsors

Stadium

The newly built Red Bull Arena hosted all four games. Owned by Red Bull GmbH, the stadium has 25,189 seats. The record attendance was during a match between the Red Bulls and Brazilian club Santos FC in March 2010 with 25,000.

Red Bull Arena internal view

Players

Manchester City's newest signing Yaya Touré made his club debut against Sporting Lisbon while Thierry Henry of the New York Red Bulls also made his club debut against Tottenham Hotspur. Henry scored his first ever goal for New York from a cross by Joel Lindpere.[4]

Other notable players in the tournament included Roman Pavlyuchenko, Robbie Keane, Maniche, Patrick Viera and Matías Fernández.

Rules

Clubs received one point for each goal scored in regulation. Clubs earned three points for a win. Total goals scored was the first tiebreaker, than fewest goals conceded, then fastest goal scored. The team with the highest overall number of points determined the 2010 Barclays New York Challenge winner.

Matches

The schedule for the tournament.[5]

Day 1


Day 2

July 23, 2010
20:00 EST
Manchester City England 0 2 Portugal Sporting CP
(Report)  23'  39' Yannick
 43' D. Carriço

Day 3

July 25, 2010
13:00 EST
Tottenham Hotspur England 2 2 Portugal Sporting CP
Keane  24'
Obika  70'
(Report)  25' Fernández
 39' Liédson
 48' Valdés
 86' João Pereira
Red Bull Arena, Harrison, New Jersey
Referee: Steven Depiero

Standings

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Portugal Sporting CP (C) 211042+28
England Tottenham Hotspur 211043+18
United States New York Red Bulls 210132+16
England Manchester City 200214-31

Statistical leaders

Top scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Portugal Yannick Djaló Sporting CP 2
Republic of Ireland Robbie Keane Tottenham Hotspur 2
2 Brazil Manchester City 1
France Thierry Henry New York Red Bulls 1
Senegal Macoumba Kandji New York Red Bulls 1
Jamaica Dane Richards New York Red Bulls 1
Chile Matías Fernández Sporting CP 1
Chile Jaime Valdés Sporting CP 1
Wales Gareth Bale Tottenham Hotspur 1
England Jonathan Obika Tottenham Hotspur 1

Top assists

Rank Player Club Assists
1 Republic of Ireland Greg Cunningham Manchester City 1
Estonia Joel Lindpere New York Red Bulls 1
Senegal Macoumba Kandji New York Red Bulls 1
Jamaica Dane Richards New York Red Bulls 1
Montenegro Simon Vukčević Sporting CP 1
Portugal Diogo Salomão Sporting CP 1
Republic of Ireland Robbie Keane Tottenham Hotspur 1
Croatia Niko Kranjčar Tottenham Hotspur 1

References

  1. "Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Schedule". Archived from the original on 11 August 2010. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
  2. "Manchester City Schedule". Archived from the original on 23 July 2010. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
  3. "Sporting Schedule". Retrieved 21 July 2010.
  4. "Barclays New York Challenge to open with a bang". Archived from the original on 24 July 2010. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
  5. "Football Matches 2010". Archived from the original on 15 July 2010. Retrieved 20 July 2010.

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