2007 Carolina Challenge Cup
Appearance
Tournament details | |
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Host country | United States |
Dates | March 24 – March 31 |
Teams | 4 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Houston Dynamo (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Toronto FC |
Third place | New York Red Bulls |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 6 |
Goals scored | 14 (2.33 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
The 2007 Carolina Challenge Cup was a four-team round robin pre-season competition hosted by the Charleston Battery. The Houston Dynamo won the 2007 tournament and went on to win the MLS Cup, marking the fourth consecutive season that the champion went on to win one of the two year-end MLS trophies, the MLS Supporters' Shield or MLS Cup.
Teams
[edit]Four clubs competed in the tournament:
Team | League | Appearance |
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USL-1 | 4th |
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MLS | 2nd |
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MLS | 2nd |
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MLS | 1st |
Standings
[edit]Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Houston Dynamo | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 |
Toronto FC | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 |
New York Red Bulls | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
Charleston Battery | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 1 |
Matches
[edit]Toronto FC | 0 – 2 | Houston Dynamo |
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Report | Cochrane ![]() Wondolowski ![]() |
Attendance: 3,183
Charleston Battery | 0 – 1 | New York Red Bulls |
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Report | Kovalenko ![]() |
Attendance: 3,183
Toronto FC | 2 – 1 | New York Red Bulls |
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Eskandarian ![]() Buddle ![]() |
Report | Wolyniec![]() |
Charleston Battery | 1 – 1 | Houston Dynamo |
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Sterling ![]() |
Report | Cochrane ![]() |
Charleston Battery | 0 – 3 | Toronto FC |
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Report | Eskandarian ![]() Ibrahim ![]() Buddle ![]() |
Houston Dynamo | 2 – 1 | New York Red Bulls |
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Ching ![]() Cochrane ![]() |
Report | van den Bergh![]() |
Scorers
[edit]- 3 goals
- Ryan Cochrane (Houston Dynamo)
- 2 goals
- Edson Buddle (Toronto FC)
- Alecko Eskandarian (Toronto FC)
- 1 goal
- Brian Ching (Houston Dynamo)
- Abbe Ibrahim (Toronto FC)
- Dema Kovalenko (New York Red Bulls)
- Newton Sterling (Charleston Battery)
- Dave van den Bergh (New York Red Bulls)
- John Wolyniec (New York Red Bulls)
- Chris Wondolowski (Houston Dynamo)
See also
[edit]External links
[edit]- Carolina Challenge Cup 2007 Archived 2011-05-16 at the Wayback Machine