The 2012 World Football Challenge was the third (and the final) World Football Challenge event, a series of friendly soccer matches played in Canada and the United States in July and August. The series opened on July 18. The opening match was between the Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer (MLS) and Chelsea of the English Premier League, which Chelsea won 4–2. Real Madrid, who had won the equivalent tournament the previous year, were the only team to win all their matches in normal play.
Participants The following eleven clubs took part in the 2012 World Football Challenge.
Nation Team Location Confederation Professional League Notes Celtic Glasgow UEFA Scottish Premier League 2011–12 Scottish Premier League champions Chelsea London UEFA Premier League 2012 FA Cup and 2011–12 UEFA Champions League winners D.C. United Washington, D.C. CONCACAF Major League Soccer 4-time MLS Cup Champions Liverpool Liverpool UEFA Premier League 2012 Football League Cup winners Los Angeles Galaxy Los Angeles CONCACAF Major League Soccer 2011 MLS Cup champions Milan Milan UEFA Serie A 18-time Serie A champions Paris Saint-Germain Paris UEFA Ligue 1 Ligue 1 runners-up Real Madrid Madrid UEFA La Liga 2011–12 La Liga championsSantos LagunaTorreónCONCACAFPrimera División2011–12 Mexican Primera División Clausura champions Seattle Sounders FC Seattle CONCACAF Major League Soccer 2011 U.S. Open Cup winners Toronto FC Toronto CONCACAF Major League Soccer 2012 Canadian Championship champions
Venues Eight venues were selected for the 2012 World Football Challenge.
Toronto, OntarioRogers CentreCapacity: 49,808
Carson, California Miami Gardens, Florida Whitney, Nevada New York, New York The Home Depot Center Sun Life Stadium Sam Boyd Stadium Yankee Stadium Capacity: 27,000 Capacity: 74,918 Capacity: 36,800 Capacity: 52,325 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Seattle, Washington Washington, D.C. Lincoln Financial Field CenturyLink Field RFK Stadium Capacity: 67,594 Capacity: 67,000 Capacity: 56,692
Matches All times are in the EDT time zone (UTC-4) (Local Times in parentheses).
Results Team Celtic100102 Chelsea311154 D.C. United101011 Liverpool101011 Los Angeles Galaxy100115 Milan210125 Paris Saint-Germain202022 Real Madrid4400143 Santos Laguna100112 Seattle Sounders FC100124 Toronto FC101011
Top goalscorers
RankNameTeamGoals1 José CallejónReal Madrid32 Romelu LukakuChelsea2 Ángel Di MaríaReal Madrid2 Fredy MonteroSeattle Sounders FC2 Cristiano RonaldoReal Madrid26 Xabi AlonsoReal Madrid1 Quincy AmarikwaToronto FC1 Karim BenzemaReal Madrid1 Urby EmanuelsonMilan1 Eden HazardChelsea1 Gonzalo HiguaínReal Madrid1 Zlatan IbrahimovićParis Saint-Germain1 JeséReal Madrid1 Sami KhediraReal Madrid1 David LopesLos Angeles Galaxy1 Marko MarinChelsea1 Álvaro MorataReal Madrid1 Adam MorganLiverpool1 NenêParis Saint-Germain1 Lucas PiazonChelsea1 Sergio RamosReal Madrid1 RobinhoMilan1 Dwayne De RosarioD.C. United1 Christian SuárezSantos Laguna1
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