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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 Botafogo 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.

Dallas Cup
Founded1980
RegionInternational
Current championsBotafogo (2025)
Most championshipsMexico Tigres UANL 4 titles (Supergroup)
2024 Dallas Cup

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
2025 Botafogo Brazil

Titles by team

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Titles by country

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Country
14 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 PlayerMost Recent Professional TeamNational Team
Freddy AduLas Vegas LightsUSA
Jeff AgoosMetroStarsUSA
Folarin BalogunArsenalUSA
Adolfo BautistaTepicMexico
DaMarcus BeasleyHouston DynamoUSA
David BeckhamParis Saint-GermainEngland
Vincenzo BernardoMiami FusionUSA
Michael BradleyToronto FCUSA
John O'BrienChivas USAUSA
Salvador CarmonaCruz AzulMexico
Michael CarrickManchester UnitedEngland
José de Jesús CoronaCruz AzulMexico
Bobby ConveyNew York Red BullsUSA
Fábio CostaSantos FCBrazil
Peter CrouchStoke CityEngland
Duilio DavinoEstudiantesMexico
Jermain DefoeSunderlandEngland
Allan DellonBrasiliense
Clint DempseySeattle SoundersUSA
Landon DonovanLA GalaxyUSA
EdmílsonCearáBrazil
EduCorinthiansBrazil
EwerthonAtlético SorocabaBrazil
Gerardo GalindoEstudiantes de AltamiraMexico
GilCorinthiansBrazil
Ian HarteAFC BournemouthIreland
Pierre IbarraCorrecaminos UAT
Martin KellyCrystal PalaceEngland
Harry KewellMelbourne HeartAustralia
Ledley KingTottenham HotspurEngland
KléberCoritibaBrazil
Israel LópezTolucaMexico
Jaime LozanoMoreliaMexico
LuisãoBenficaBrazil
Braulio LunaAtlético San LuisMexico
MaiconBotafogoBrazil
Mike MageeChicago FireUSA
Rafael MárquezClub AtlasMexico
Brian McBrideChicago FireUSA
Alberto MedinaPueblaMexico
Hakeem OlajuwonLagos Stars
Oguchi OnyewuPhiladelphia UnionUSA
Diego OrdazC.F. Monterrey
Michael OwenStoke CityEngland
Luis PerezC.F. MonterreyMexico
Gonzalo PinedaSeattle SoundersMexico
RaulNew York CosmosSpain
Francisco RodríguezCruz AzulMexico
Óscar RojasClub AméricaMexico
Wayne RooneyDerby CountyEngland
RubinhoCorinthiansBrazil
Bukayo SakaArsenalEngland
SchumacherAcadémica
Jonathan SpectorOrlando CityUSA
Gerardo TorradoCruz AzulMexico
James Ward-ProwseSouthamptonEngland
Matheus CunhaManchester UnitedBrazil



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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