Host country United States Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city) | Dates July 22 – July 25 Runners-up Tottenham Hotspur | |
Teams 4 (from 2 confederations) Champions Sporting CP (1st title) | ||
The 2010 Barclays New York Challenge was an exhibition international club football (soccer) competition which featured football club teams from Europe and North America, and was held in July 2010. All matches were played in Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey in the United States. The tournament is part of the World Series of Soccer. Sporting CP emerged as the 2010 Barclays New York Challenge winners. Robbie Keane was named the Barclays Player of the Tournament with two goals and one assist.
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Teams
The following four clubs participated in the 2010 tournament:
Sponsors
Stadium
The newly built Red Bull Arena hosted all four games. Owned by Red Bull GmbH, the stadium has 25,189 seats. The record attendance was during a match between the Red Bulls and Brazilian club Santos FC in March 2010 with 25,000.
Players
Manchester City's newest signing Yaya Touré made his club debut against Sporting Lisbon while Thierry Henry of the New York Red Bulls also made his club debut against Tottenham Hotspur. Henry scored his first ever goal for New York from a cross by Joel Lindpere.
Other notable players in the tournament included Roman Pavlyuchenko, Robbie Keane, Maniche, Patrick Viera and Matías Fernández.
Rules
Clubs received one point for each goal scored in regulation. Clubs earned three points for a win. Total goals scored was the first tiebreaker, than fewest goals conceded, then fastest goal scored. The team with the highest overall number of points determined the 2010 Barclays New York Challenge winner.
Matches
The schedule for the tournament.