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World Football Challenge Wiki Information
The World Football Challenge
was an exhibition international club football (soccer) competition featuring football club teams from Europe and North America, which was held in the summer of 2009. Each team played the other three teams in the tournament once in a round-robin tournament format, with each game played at a neutral venue in the United States. Chelsea F.C. emerged as the World Football Challenge champion for 2009.
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Teams
The following four clubs participated in the 2009 tournament: [1] [2] [3]
- Chelsea from the Premier League in England
- América from the Primera División in Mexico
- Internazionale from the Serie A in Italy
- Milan from the Serie A in Italy
Venues
Six cities served as the venues of the 2009 World Football Challenge.
| Palo Alto, California
| Pasadena, California
| Atlanta, Georgia
| Baltimore, Maryland
| Foxborough, Massachusetts
| Arlington, Texas
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| Stanford Stadium
| Rose Bowl
| Georgia Dome
| M&T Bank Stadium
| Gillette Stadium
| Cowboys Stadium
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| Capacity: 50,000
| Capacity: 92,542
| Capacity: 71,228
| Capacity: 71,008
| Capacity: 68,756
| Capacity: 80,000
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Rules
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Clubs received one point for each goal scored in regulation (up to three goals per game). Clubs earned three points for a win that does not go into penalty kicks. After 90 minutes of play, if the match was tied, each team received one point and the winner of the penalty kicks received an additional point. The team with the highest overall number of points determined the World Football Challenge champion. [4]
Standings
| Team
| Pld
| W
| WPk
| LPk
| L
| GF
| GA
| GD
| Pts
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| Chelsea
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 1
| 15
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| América
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 4
| -1
| 8
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| Internazionale
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 7
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| Milan
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 6
| -4
| 2
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Fixtures
| July 19, 2009
| América
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| Internazionale
| Stanford Stadium, Palo Alto, CA
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Chitiva
Mosquera
Silva
Márquez
Ó. Rojas
| 5 – 4
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| July 21, 2009
| Chelsea
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| Internazionale
| Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA
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| July 22, 2009
| América
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| Milan
| Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA
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| July 24, 2009
| Chelsea
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| Milan
| M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, MD
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| July 26, 2009
| Internazionale
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| Milan
| Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, MA
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| July 26, 2009
| Chelsea
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| América
| Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, TX
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Top scorers
| Rank
| Player
| Club
| Goals
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| 1
| Didier Drogba
| Chelsea
| 2
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| Diego Milito
| Internazionale
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| 3
| Iván Córdoba
| Internazionale
| 1
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| Enrique Esqueda
| América
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| Filippo Inzaghi
| Milan
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| Frank Lampard
| Chelsea
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| Florent Malouda
| Chelsea
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| Daniel Márquez
| América
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| Franco Di Santo
| Chelsea
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| Clarence Seedorf
| Milan
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| Juan Carlos Silva
| América
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| Yuri Zhirkov
| Chelsea
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References
- Inter, Chelsea And Milan Enter World Football Challenge 2009 Tournament
- World Football Challenge Coming to a City Near You
- Chelsea, Inter, Club America and AC Milan to face off in U.S.
- World Football Challenge
- http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=276251&cc=5901
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