2016 Desert Diamond Cup

2016 Desert Diamond Cup

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	February 17 − February 27
Teams	9
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	New England Revolution (1st title)
Runners-up	Columbus Crew SC
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	43 (2.87 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Teal Bunbury Kei Kamara (3 goals)
Best player	Teal Bunbury

The 2016 Desert Diamond Cup was a soccer exhibition featuring six soccer teams from Major League Soccer, two from the United Soccer League and host FC Tucson from the Premier Development League, held from February 17 to February 27, 2016. It is the 6th annual Desert Diamond Cup.

Teams

The following nine clubs participated in the 2016 tournament:^[1]

• New England Revolution (fifth appearance)
• Real Salt Lake (fifth appearance)
• FC Tucson (fourth appearance)
• Colorado Rapids (third appearance)
• Sporting Kansas City (third appearance)
• Arizona United SC (first appearance)
• Columbus Crew SC (first appearance)
• Houston Dynamo (first appearance)
• Swope Park Rangers (first appearance)

Table standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Swope Park Rangers	4	2	2	0	6	3	+3	8
2	New England Revolution	4	2	2	0	7	5	+2	8
3	Sporting Kansas City	4	1	3	0	9	6	+3	6
4	Arizona United SC	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
5	Colorado Rapids	4	1	1	2	5	7	−2	4
6	Columbus Crew	4	0	3	1	5	6	−1	3
7	Real Salt Lake	2	0	2	0	4	4	0	2
8	Houston Dynamo	3	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
9	FC Tucson	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0

Matches

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

Tournament

Swope Park Rangers v Colorado Rapids

February 17, 2016	Swope Park Rangers	3–1	Colorado Rapids	Tucson, Arizona
17:30 MST	Tyrpak  1' VanCompernolle  18' Sanchez  63' Little  90+'	Report	Badji  18' Watts  44'	Stadium: Kino North Stadium Referee: Baboucarr Jallow

Sporting Kansas City v Columbus Crew SC

February 17, 2016	Sporting Kansas City	2–2	Columbus Crew SC	Tucson, Arizona
18:00 MST	Quintilla  40' Mustivar  52' Hajderovic  88'	Report Report	Kamara  46', 74'	Stadium: Kino North Grandstand Referee: Alex Chilowicz

New England Revolution v Real Salt Lake

February 17, 2016	New England Revolution	3–3	Real Salt Lake	Tucson, Arizona
20:00 MST	Gamble  13' Davies  48' (pen.), 84' Woodberry  81', 83'	Report	Morales  23'  54' (pen.) Maund  47' Olave  68' Garcia  77'	Stadium: Kino North Stadium

Arizona United SC v Swope Park Rangers

February 20, 2016	Arizona United SC	0–0	Swope Park Rangers	Tucson, Arizona
16:30 MST	Gavin  17' Johnson  73'	Report	Kelly  28' Diaw  65'	Stadium: Kino North Grandstand Referee: Robi Hullner

Real Salt Lake v Columbus Crew SC

February 20, 2016	Real Salt Lake	1–1	Columbus Crew SC	Tucson, Arizona
17:00 MST	Allen  17' Wingert  25' Garcia  51'	Report	Kamara  26'	Stadium: Kino North Stadium Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

Colorado Rapids v Houston Dynamo

February 20, 2016	Colorado Rapids	0–0	Houston Dynamo	Tucson, Arizona
19:00 MST		Report		Stadium: Kino North Grandstand Referee: Baldomero Toledo

Sporting Kansas City v New England Revolution

February 20, 2016	Sporting Kansas City	1–1	New England Revolution	Tucson, Arizona
19:30 MST	Zusi  11'	Report	Bunbury  58' Herivaux  75'	Stadium: Kino North Stadium Referee: Chris Penso

FC Tucson v Arizona United SC

February 24, 2016	FC Tucson	1–3	Arizona United SC	Tucson, Arizona
15:30 MST	Bevans  50'	Report	Bardsley  38' Cortez  65', 67'	Stadium: Kino North Grandstand

New England Revolution v Houston Dynamo

February 24, 2016	New England Revolution	2–1	Houston Dynamo	Tucson, Arizona
17:30 MST	Bunbury  48' Neumann  69' Herivaux  73' Gamble  87'	Report	Agus  61' Torres  67' Rocha  82'	Stadium: Kino North Stadium

Columbus Crew SC v Swope Park Rangers

February 24, 2016	Columbus Crew SC	2–2	Swope Park Rangers	Tucson, Arizona
18:00 MST	Higuain  35' Barson  58' Finlay  67' Wahl  72'	Report	Granitto  38' Gonzalez  90'	Stadium: Kino North Grandstand Referee: Drew Fisher

Sporting Kansas City v Colorado Rapids

February 24, 2016	Sporting Kansas City	4–1	Colorado Rapids	Tucson, Arizona
20:00 MST	Nagamura  16' (pen.), 19' (pen.) Dwyer  68' (pen.) Sinovic  72'	Report	Pfeffer  82'	Stadium: Kino North Stadium

Finals

FC Tucson v Swope Park Rangers

February 27, 2016	FC Tucson	0–1	Swope Park Rangers	Tucson, Arizona
16:00 MST	Guerra  73'	Report	Kelly  32'	Stadium: Kino North Grandstand Referee: Noah Kenyawani

Houston Dynamo v Sporting Kansas City

February 27, 2016 3rd Place Game	Houston Dynamo	2–2	Sporting Kansas City	Tucson, Arizona
16:30 MST	Barnes  31' Torres  77'	Report	Coelho  16' Sallói  55'	Stadium: Kino North Stadium

Colorado Rapids v Arizona United SC

February 27, 2016 5th Place Game	Colorado Rapids	3–0	Arizona United SC	Tucson, Arizona
18:30 MST	Ringhof  17' (o.g.) Doyle  31' Gashi  63'	Report		Stadium: Kino North Grandstand Referee: Ismail Elfath

New England Revolution v Columbus Crew SC

February 27, 2016 Championship Game	New England Revolution	1–0	Columbus Crew SC	Tucson, Arizona
19:00 MST	Bunbury  21'	Report		Stadium: Kino North Stadium

Goalscorers

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Nation	Club	Goals
1	Teal Bunbury	USA	New England Revolution	3
	Kei Kamara	SLE	Columbus Crew SC
3	Chris Cortez	USA	Arizona United SC	2
	Paulo Nagamura	BRA	Sporting Kansas City
	Erick Torres	MEX	Houston Dynamo
6	30 players			1

Awards

CARF International MVP: Teal Bunbury (NEW}
TEP Copper Boot (Leading Scorer): Kei Kamara (COL}

References

1. "Columbus Crew, AZ United Join Desert Diamond Cup". FC Tucson. December 23, 2015. Retrieved December 23, 2015.
2. "2016 MLS Preseason in Tucson". FC Tucson. November 24, 2015. Retrieved December 23, 2015.