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The 2012 World Football Challenge was the third World Football Challenge event, a series of friendly soccer matches played in Canada and the United States in July and August. The series opened on July 18.[1] The opening match was between the Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer (MLS) and Chelsea of the English Premier League, which Chelsea won 4–2.[2] Real Madrid, who had won the equivalent tournament the previous year, were the only team to win all their matches in normal play.
Tournament details | |
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Country | Canada United States |
Teams | 11 (from 2 confederations) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Real Madrid |
Runner-up | n/a |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 9 |
Goals scored | 30 (3.33 per match) |
Attendance | 304,285 (33,809 per match) |
Top goal scorer(s) | José Callejón (3 goals) |
The following eleven clubs took part in the 2012 World Football Challenge.
Nation | Team | Location | Confederation | Professional League | Notes |
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Scotland | Celtic | Glasgow | UEFA | Scottish Premier League | 2011–12 Scottish Premier League champions |
England | Chelsea | London | UEFA | Premier League | 2012 FA Cup and 2011–12 UEFA Champions League winners |
United States | D.C. United | Washington, D.C. | CONCACAF | Major League Soccer | 4-time MLS Cup Champions |
England | Liverpool | Liverpool | UEFA | Premier League | 2012 Football League Cup winners |
United States | Los Angeles Galaxy | Los Angeles, California | CONCACAF | Major League Soccer | 2011 MLS Cup champions |
Italy | Milan | Milan | UEFA | Serie A | 18-time Serie A champions |
France | Paris Saint-Germain | Paris | UEFA | Ligue 1 | Ligue 1 runners-up |
Spain | Real Madrid | Madrid | UEFA | La Liga | 2011–12 La Liga champions |
Mexico | Santos Laguna | Torreón | CONCACAF | Primera División | 2011–12 Mexican Primera División Clausura champions |
United States | Seattle Sounders FC | Seattle, Washington | CONCACAF | Major League Soccer | 2011 U.S. Open Cup winners |
Canada | Toronto FC | Toronto, Ontario | CONCACAF | Major League Soccer | 2012 Canadian Championship champions |
Eight venues were selected for the 2012 World Football Challenge.
Canada |
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Toronto, Ontario |
Rogers Centre |
Capacity: 49,808 |
United States | |||
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Carson, California | Miami Gardens, Florida | Whitney, Nevada | New York, New York |
Home Depot Center | Sun Life Stadium | Sam Boyd Stadium | Yankee Stadium |
Capacity: 27,000 | Capacity: 74,918 | Capacity: 36,800 | Capacity: 52,325 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Seattle, Washington | Washington, D.C. | |
Lincoln Financial Field | CenturyLink Field | RFK Stadium | |
Capacity: 67,594 | Capacity: 67,000 | Capacity: 56,692 | |
Toronto FC | 1–1 | Liverpool |
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Amarikwa 58' | Report | Morgan 69' |
Chelsea | 1–1 | Paris Saint-Germain |
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Piazon 82' | Report | Nenê 30' |
Chelsea | 0–1 | Milan |
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Report | Emanuelson 68' |
D.C. United | 1–1 | Paris Saint-Germain |
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De Rosario 33' (pen.) | Report | Ibrahimović 3' |
Los Angeles Galaxy | 1–5 | Real Madrid |
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Lopes 23' | Report | Higuaín 2' Di María 11' Callejón 36' Morata 49' Jesé 84' |
Real Madrid | 2–1 | Santos Laguna |
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Alonso 14' Khedira 72' |
Report | Suárez 25' |
Real Madrid | 2–0 | Celtic |
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Callejón 22' Benzema 67' |
Report |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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Celtic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Chelsea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
D.C. United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Liverpool | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Los Angeles Galaxy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Milan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Paris Saint-Germain | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Real Madrid | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 |
Santos Laguna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Seattle Sounders FC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Toronto FC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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