2015 Lunar New Year Cup

2015 Lunar New Year Cup (Chinese: 羊年賀歲盃; literally: "Year of the Goat Celebrate New Year Cup"), also known as the Lunar New Year AET Cup 2015 (Chinese: 2015年AET羊年賀歲盃) due to sponsorship reason, is the annual football event held in Hong Kong to celebrate the Chinese New Year. South China of Hong Kong Premier League were authorised by the Hong Kong Football Association to hold the 2015 event; and New York Cosmos of North American Soccer League were invited to participate. It was the first time an American football team had joined this event. The football march between these two teams was played in Hong Kong Stadium on 19 February 2015, the Chinese New Year Day. The Cup was won by New York Cosmos after a penalty shootout.

Teams

There were two teams participated in the 2015 Lunar New Year Cup.^[1][2][3][4] Former Real Madrid striker Raul made his debut appearance for New York Cosmos in the march.^[5]

Team	Country		League last season	Pos.
South China	Hong Kong		Hong Kong First Division	3rd
New York Cosmos	United States		NASL	3rd

Squads

South China

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 2 2DF Jack Sealy (1987-05-04)4 May 1987 (aged 27) South China 3 3MF Michael Campion (1984-05-20)20 May 1984 (aged 30) South China 5 2DF Chak Ting Fung (1989-11-27)27 November 1989 (aged 25) South China 6 3MF Andy Russell (1987-11-21)21 November 1987 (aged 27) South China 7 4FW Chan Siu Ki (1985-07-14)14 July 1985 (aged 29) South China 8 4FW Mahama Awal (1991-06-10)10 June 1991 (aged 23) South China 9 3MF Lee Wai Lim (1981-05-05)5 May 1981 (aged 33) South China 10 4FW Lam Hok Hei (1991-09-18)18 September 1991 (aged 23) South China 11 3MF Itaparica (1980-07-08)8 July 1980 (aged 34) South China 12 1GK Cristian Mora (1979-08-26)26 August 1979 (aged 35) South China 14 4FW Yuto Nakamura (1987-01-23)23 January 1987 (aged 28) South China 15 2DF Chan Wai Ho (1982-04-24)24 April 1982 (aged 32) South China 16 3MF Chan Siu Kwan (1992-08-01)1 August 1992 (aged 22) South China 17 3MF Leung Chun Pong (1986-10-01)1 October 1986 (aged 28) South China 19 3MF Evan Kostopoulos (1990-05-17)17 May 1990 (aged 24) South China 20 3MF Lau Cheuk Hin (1992-04-16)16 April 1992 (aged 22) South China 21 3MF Law Hiu Chung (1995-06-10)10 June 1995 (aged 19) South China 22 2DF Bojan Mališić (1985-01-14)14 January 1985 (aged 30) South China 23 2DF Che Runqiu (1990-10-25)25 October 1990 (aged 24) South China 24 3MF Lo Kong Wai (1992-06-19)19 June 1992 (aged 22) South China 30 4FW Detinho (1973-09-11)11 September 1973 (aged 41) South China 31 4FW Cheng Lai Hin (1986-03-31)31 March 1986 (aged 28) South China 33 2DF Law Chun Bong (1981-01-25)25 January 1981 (aged 34) South China 38 4FW Daniel McBreen (1977-04-23)23 April 1977 (aged 37) South China 39 1GK Leung Hing Kit (1989-10-22)22 October 1989 (aged 25) South China 99 2DF Li Ngai Hoi (1994-10-15)15 October 1994 (aged 20) South China

New York Cosmos

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Jimmy Maurer (1988-10-14)14 October 1988 (aged 26) New York Cosmos 2 2DF Hunter Freeman (1985-01-08)8 January 1985 (aged 30) New York Cosmos 3 2DF Hunter Gorskie (1991-06-27)27 June 1991 (aged 23) New York Cosmos 4 2DF Carlos Mendes (1980-12-25)25 December 1980 (aged 34) New York Cosmos 5 2DF Samuel Cáceres (1989-02-20)20 February 1989 (aged 25) New York Cosmos 7 4FW Raúl (1977-06-27)27 June 1977 (aged 37) New York Cosmos 11 3MF Andrés Flores (1990-08-31)31 August 1990 (aged 24) New York Cosmos 12 1GK Kyle Zobeck (1990-02-06)6 February 1990 (aged 25) New York Cosmos 13 3MF Sebastián Guenzatti (1991-07-08)8 July 1991 (aged 23) New York Cosmos 14 3MF Danny Szetela (1987-06-17)17 June 1987 (aged 27) New York Cosmos 16 3MF Adam Moffat (1986-05-15)15 May 1986 (aged 28) New York Cosmos 17 3MF Ayoze García (1985-11-25)25 November 1985 (aged 29) New York Cosmos 18 4FW Mads Stokkelien (1990-03-15)15 March 1990 (aged 24) New York Cosmos 19 3MF Marcos Senna (1976-07-17)17 July 1976 (aged 38) New York Cosmos 20 3MF Wálter Restrepo (1988-06-21)21 June 1988 (aged 26) New York Cosmos 21 4FW David Diosa (1992-12-04)4 December 1992 (aged 22) New York Cosmos 22 3MF Leo Fernandes (1991-12-23)23 December 1991 (aged 23) New York Cosmos 24 1GK Jeremy Figler (1992-04-01)1 April 1992 (aged 22) New York Cosmos 25 3MF Hagop Chirishian (1989-11-01)1 November 1989 (aged 25) New York Cosmos 28 3MF Jimmy Mulligan (1991-08-12)12 August 1991 (aged 23) New York Cosmos 33 3MF Dane Murphy (1986-03-15)15 March 1986 (aged 28) New York Cosmos 77 4FW Lucky Mkosana (1987-09-30)30 September 1987 (aged 27) New York Cosmos

Fixtures and results

South China v New York Cosmos

19 February 2015 15:15 (UTC+8)

South China	2 – 2	New York Cosmos
Chan Siu Ki  19' Awal  67'	Report Report 2 Report 3 Report 4	23' Guenzatti  87' Chirishian  88' Flores  90+4' Szetela
	Penalties
Chan Wai Ho Itaparica Sealy Evan	2 – 4	Raúl Flores Freeman Restrepo Moffat

Hong Kong Stadium Attendance: 19,522 Referee: Ng Chiu Kok

References