2015 Desert Diamond Cup

2015 Desert Diamond Cup

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	February 18 − February 28
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Real Salt Lake (1st title)
Runners-up	Colorado Rapids
Third place	Sporting Kansas City
Fourth place	Seattle Sounders FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	37 (3.08 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Devon Sandoval (3 goals)

The 2015 Desert Diamond Cup was a soccer exhibition featuring five soccer teams from Major League Soccer and one from USL Premier Development League, held from February 18 to February 28, 2015. It was the 5th annual Desert Diamond Cup and was won by Real Salt Lake.

Teams

The following six clubs will participate in the 2015 tournament:^[1]

• Colorado Rapids (second appearance)
• Sporting Kansas City (second appearance)
• New England Revolution (fourth appearance)
• Real Salt Lake (fourth appearance)
• Seattle Sounders FC (second appearance)
• FC Tucson (third appearance)

Table standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Real Salt Lake	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	9
2	Colorado Rapids	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
3	Sporting Kansas City	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
4	New England Revolution	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
5	Seattle Sounders FC	3	1	0	2	9	5	+4	3
6	FC Tucson	3	0	0	3	1	10	−9	0

Matches

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

Tournament

Colorado Rapids v Sporting Kansas City

February 18, 2015	Colorado Rapids	2–2	Sporting Kansas City	Tucson, Arizona
17:30 MST	Torres  12' Badji  17' Marcelo  29' Flores  56', 75' Cronin  64'	Report	Dwyer  23' Nagamura  25' Espinoza  32' Németh  77' (pen.) Añor  78'	Stadium: Kino North Stadium Referee: Jair Marrufo

Real Salt Lake v New England Revolution

February 18, 2015	Real Salt Lake	1–0	New England Revolution	Tucson, Arizona
18:00 MST	Sandoval  6' (pen.) Mansally  50'	Report	Barnes  16'	Stadium: Kino North Grandstand

Seattle Sounders FC v FC Tucson

February 18, 2015	Seattle Sounders FC	6–0	FC Tucson	Tucson, Arizona
20:00 MST	Neagle  4', 27' Dempsey  11', 37' Mears  31' Parsemain  88', 89'	Report		Stadium: Kino North Stadium Attendance: 1,856 Referee: Kevin Stott

Colorado Rapids v New England Revolution

February 21, 2015	Colorado Rapids	1–1	New England Revolution	Tucson, Arizona
17:30 MST	Sjöberg  25' Torres  48' LaBrocca  83'	Report	Dorman  24' Alston  36' Fagúndez  54'	Stadium: Kino North Stadium Referee: Daniel Radford

Real Salt Lake v FC Tucson

February 21, 2015	Real Salt Lake	3–1	FC Tucson	Tucson, Arizona
18:00 MST	Saborío  41', 58' Sandoval  68'	Report	Papa  48'	Stadium: Kino North Grandstand

Seattle Sounders FC v Sporting Kansas City

February 21, 2015	Seattle Sounders FC	2–3	Sporting Kansas City	Tucson, Arizona
20:00 MST	Pineda  22' Mansaray  74' Cooper  81'	Report	Németh  25',  39' Besler  27' Zusi  34' Añor  42' Sinovic  67' Rogers  73' Lopez  88'	Stadium: Kino North Stadium Attendance: 3,661

Colorado Rapids v FC Tucson

February 25, 2015	Colorado Rapids	1–0	FC Tucson	Tucson, Arizona
17:30 MST	Sjöberg  80'	Report	Harb  26' Boggs  34'	Stadium: Kino North Stadium

New England Revolution v Seattle Sounders FC

February 25, 2015	New England Revolution	2–1	Seattle Sounders FC	Tucson, Arizona
18:00 MST	Fagundez  44' Lowe  47' (o.g.) Rudy  60' Davies  90+' (pen.)	Report Report	Cooper  4' Jones  42' Roldan  59' Lowe  74'	Stadium: Kino North Grandstand

Sporting Kansas City v Real Salt Lake

February 25, 2015	Sporting Kansas City	1–2	Real Salt Lake	Tucson, Arizona
20:00 MST	Medranda  43' Sinovic  59' Dwyer  66' Németh  72' Añor  83'	Report	Welshman  12'  59' Ovalle  38' Sandoval  47' Velazco  85'	Stadium: Kino North Stadium Attendance: 1,768

Finals

New England Revolution v FC Tucson

February 28, 2015	New England Revolution	3–0	FC Tucson	Tucson, Arizona
16:30 MST	Bunbury  30' Gonçalves  39' Rowe  46' Okoli  90+'	Report		Stadium: Kino North Stadium Referee: Fotis Bazakos

Sporting Kansas City v Seattle Sounders FC

February 28, 2015	Sporting Kansas City	1–1	Seattle Sounders FC	Tucson, Arizona
17:00 MST	Hallisey  8'  36'	Report	Azira  12' Neagle  50' Martins  60' Pineda  76'	Stadium: Kino North Grandstand

Real Salt Lake v Colorado Rapids

February 28, 2015	Real Salt Lake	2–1	Colorado Rapids	Tucson, Arizona
19:00 MST	Garcia  8' Saborío  13', 50' Beckerman  16' Morales  51'	Report	Serna  28' Burling  41' Torres  55'	Stadium: Kino North Stadium Attendance: 3,692

Goalscorers

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Nation	Club	Goals
1	Devon Sandoval	USA	Real Salt Lake	3
2	Gabriel Torres	PAN	Colorado Rapids	2
	Álvaro Saborío	CRC	Real Salt Lake
	Clint Dempsey	USA	Seattle Sounders FC
	Lamar Neagle	USA	Seattle Sounders FC
	Kévin Parsemain	MTQ	Seattle Sounders FC
	Kenny Cooper	USA	Seattle Sounders FC
	Krisztián Németh	HUN	Sporting Kansas City
9	Dominique Badji	SEN	Colorado Rapids	1
	Axel Sjöberg	SWE	Colorado Rapids
	Dominic Papa	USA	FC Tucson
	Diego Fagúndez	URU	New England Revolution
	Charlie Davies	USA	New England Revolution
	Emery Welshman	GUY	Real Salt Lake
	Victor Mansaray	USA	Seattle Sounders FC
	Bernardo Añor	VEN	Sporting Kansas City
	James Rogers	USA	Sporting Kansas City
	Graham Zusi	USA	Sporting Kansas City
	Dom Dwyer	ENG	Sporting Kansas City

References

1. "2015 MLS Preseason in Tucson". FC Tucson. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
2. http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2014/09/26/fc-tucson-desert-diamond-cup-details-announced-2015-preseason-plans-begin-su