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Dallas Cup

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Dallas Cup
Founded1980
RegionInternational
Current championsSão Paulo (2024)
Most successful club(s)Mexico Tigres UANL 4 titles (Supergroup)
2024 Dallas Cup

The Dallas Cup is an annual international football tournament for invited youth teams. The tournament was established in 1980 and is held in Dallas, Texas, with FC Dallas serving as its host club. Venues used for the tournament include the Cotton Bowl and Toyota Stadium. The Dallas Cup includes divisions ranging from U-12 to U-19 in the Boys' tournament and U-15 through U-19 in the Dallas Cup Girls' Invitational presented by Mary Kay, which features girls' age groups. The FC Midtjylland is the current champion of the elite U19 Gordon Jago Super Group. The first ever Dallas Cup saw an English club side from South London, St. Thomas More, win the U14 cup and elite international competition has been a cornerstone for the tournament ever since.

List of Champions

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Following is the list with the main U-19 category champions by year:[1]

Group A U-19

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Year Champion Country
1980 Texas Longhorns  United States
1981 Royal Navy  England
1982 Lagos Stars  Nigeria
1983 NSL Selects  Canada
1984 NSL Selects  Canada
1985 Trebor Lions  Nigeria
1986 Dallas Comets  United States
1987 Tahuichi  Bolivia
1988 Tahuichi  Bolivia
1989 Tahuichi  Bolivia
2024 Dallas Texans  United States

Supergroup U-19

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The elite U19 Super Group was founded in 1990.[2]

Year Champion Country
1990 Tahuichi  Bolivia
1991 Dynamo Moscow  Russia
1992 West Ham United  England
1993 Real Madrid  Spain
1994 Real Madrid  Spain
1995 São Paulo  Brazil
1996 Vitória  Brazil
1997 Vitória  Brazil
1998 San Lorenzo  Argentina
1999 Corinthians  Brazil
2000 Corinthians  Brazil
2001 Pumas UNAM  Mexico
2002 Nottingham Forest  England
2003 Tigres UANL  Mexico
2004 Atlético Paranaense  Brazil
2005 Atlético Paranaense  Brazil
2006 Dallas Texans  United States
2007 São Paulo  Brazil
2008 Liverpool  England
2009 São Paulo  Brazil
2010 Cruzeiro  Brazil
2011
Eintracht Frankfurt  Germany
Tigres UANL  Mexico
2012 Coritiba  Brazil
2013 Fulham  England
2014 River Plate  Argentina
2015 Coritiba  Brazil
2016 Everton  England
2017 FC Dallas  United States
2018 Tigres UANL  Mexico
2019 Tigres UANL  Mexico
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Supergroup U-19 Not held
2022 Panama U-20  Panama
2023 Midtjylland  Denmark
2024 São Paulo  Brazil

Titles by team

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Team Country
4 titles
Tahuichi  Bolivia
Tigres UANL  Mexico
São Paulo  Brazil
2 titles
Atlético Paranaense  Brazil
Corinthians  Brazil
NSL Select  Canada
Real Madrid  Spain
Vitória  Brazil
Coritiba  Brazil
1 title
River Plate  Argentina
Comets  United States
Cruzeiro  Brazil
Dallas Texans  United States
Dynamo Moscow  Russia
Eintracht Frankfurt  Germany
Everton  England
FC Dallas  United States
Fulham  England
Lagos Stars  Nigeria
Liverpool  England
Midtjylland  Denmark
Nottingham Forest  England
Panama U-20  Panama
Pumas UNAM  Mexico
Royal Navy  England
San Lorenzo  Argentina
Texas Longhorns  United States
Trebor Lions  Nigeria
West Ham United  England

Titles by country

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Country
13 titles
 Brazil
6 titles
 England
5 titles
 Mexico
4 titles
 Bolivia
 United States
2 titles
 Argentina
 Canada
 Nigeria
 Spain
1 title
 Denmark
 Germany
 Panama
 Russia

Notable players

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Players that participated in the Dallas Cup who later played on professional teams and national teams

Alumni Player Most Recent Professional Team National Team
Freddy Adu Las Vegas Lights USA
Jeff Agoos MetroStars USA
Folarin Balogun Arsenal USA
Adolfo Bautista Tepic Mexico
DaMarcus Beasley Houston Dynamo USA
David Beckham Paris Saint-Germain England
Vincenzo Bernardo Miami Fusion USA
Michael Bradley Toronto FC USA
John O'Brien Chivas USA USA
Salvador Carmona Cruz Azul Mexico
Michael Carrick Manchester United England
José de Jesús Corona Cruz Azul Mexico
Bobby Convey New York Red Bulls USA
Fábio Costa Santos FC Brazil
Peter Crouch Stoke City England
Duilio Davino Estudiantes Mexico
Jermain Defoe Sunderland England
Allan Dellon Brasiliense
Clint Dempsey Seattle Sounders USA
Landon Donovan LA Galaxy USA
Edmílson Ceará Brazil
Edu Corinthians Brazil
Ewerthon Atlético Sorocaba Brazil
Gerardo Galindo Estudiantes de Altamira Mexico
Gil Corinthians Brazil
Ian Harte AFC Bournemouth Ireland
Pierre Ibarra Correcaminos UAT
Martin Kelly Crystal Palace England
Harry Kewell Melbourne Heart Australia
Ledley King Tottenham Hotspur England
Kléber Coritiba Brazil
Israel López Toluca Mexico
Jaime Lozano Morelia Mexico
Luisão Benfica Brazil
Braulio Luna Atlético San Luis Mexico
Maicon Botafogo Brazil
Mike Magee Chicago Fire USA
Rafael Márquez Club Atlas Mexico
Brian McBride Chicago Fire USA
Alberto Medina Puebla Mexico
Hakeem Olajuwon Lagos Stars
Oguchi Onyewu Philadelphia Union USA
Diego Ordaz C.F. Monterrey
Michael Owen Stoke City England
Luis Perez C.F. Monterrey Mexico
Gonzalo Pineda Seattle Sounders Mexico
Raul New York Cosmos Spain
Francisco Rodríguez Cruz Azul Mexico
Óscar Rojas Club América Mexico
Wayne Rooney Derby County England
Rubinho Corinthians Brazil
Bukayo Saka Arsenal England
Schumacher Académica
Jonathan Spector Orlando City USA
Gerardo Torrado Cruz Azul Mexico
James Ward-Prowse Southampton England
Xavier Gama



References

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  1. ^ "Dallas Cup". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 29 March 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Past Champions". dallascup.org. Archived from the original on 10 April 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
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