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Knowsley Youth v Elgin Pumas

Dallas Cup

U19 Group

Wednesday 23rd March 2016

Kick off 10.00 Actual 09.59

Knowsley Youth 5 Elgin Pumas 0,  attendance 22

26′ 1-0

49′ 2-0

65′ 3-0

74′ 4-0

89′ 5-0

@ MoneyGram Park, Pitch 10

2100, Walnut Hill Lane

Dallas, TX 75229

No admission or programme.

This was day 4 of the competition and a change of venue to Moneygram Park a 120 acre site owned by the City of Dallas. There are 19 pitches here, 14 of them full size, with the Dallas Cup taking place on Pitches 1-10. As with Richland College, I will have to see how the schedules pan out as to which ones I am able to see a match on.

The first thing to note is how every pitch is in immaculate condition. Again, there is top class organisation, but unlike at Richland College, the catering here is from mobile food wagons, one doing standard American fayre, another doing Mexican and the third doing an excellent selection of Thai food, which I can certainly recommend. All three were also reasonably priced.

So, onto the first match, where Knowsley were always on top and Elgin lost any chance they had when they had a man sent off after 42 minutes. To cap off a bad day they had a second red card in the last minute.

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Sereno S.C. v Herndon Youth Soccer Rovers East

Dallas Cup

U17 Group

Tuesday 22nd March 2016

Kick off14.00 Actual 14.03

Sereno S.C. 7 Herndon Youth Soccer Rovers East 1,  attendance 30

1′ 1-0

36′ 1-1

38′ 2-1

54′ 3-1

62′ 4-1 (pen)

78′ 5-1

86′ 6-1

90′ 7-1

@ Richland College, Pitch 2

12800, Abrams Road

Dallas, TX 75243

No admission or programme.

Tomorrow I will head for the third venue hosting games in this years tournament, MoneyGram Park. I have managed to watch games on 9 of the 10 pitches used here at Richland College and if I am still living in Dallas at Easter time next year, then I will surely return to complete the set.

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C.F. Monterrey Rayados v TSG 1899 Hoffenheim

Dallas Cup

U19 Gordon Jago Super Group

Monday 21st March 2016

Kick off 16.00 Actual 16.06

C.F. Monterrey Rayados 3 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 0,  attendance 65

22′ 1-0

24′ 2-0

42′ 3-0

@ Richland College, Pitch 4

12800, Abrams Road

Dallas, TX 75243

No admission or programme.

Hoffenheim had managed a three goal comeback when I saw them play Fulham in the opening game, but all hopes of that, and the match as a spectacle, went following a mass brawl five minutes into the second half. Three players were red carded, two of them from Monterrey.

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Club Lobos BUAP v Placer United

Dallas Cup

U17 Super Group

Monday 21st March 2016

Kick off 12.00 Actual 12.08

Club Lobos BUAP 2 Placer United 0,  attendance 52

47′ 1-0

51′ 2-0

@ Richland College, Pitch 7

12800, Abrams Road

Dallas, TX 75243

No admission or programme.

Many of the Mexican teams had very high numbers on their shirts. I certainly haven’t seen one as high as 405 before !

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Tiro Sports v Sereno S.C.

Dallas Cup

U17 Group

Monday 21st March 2016

Kick off 10.00 Actual 10.02

Tiro Sports 0 Sereno S.C. 2,  attendance 34

18′ 0-1

64′ 0-2

@ Richland College, Pitch 9

12800, Abrams Road

Dallas, TX 75243.

No admission

Programme free, 8 pages.*

*The programme was produced by Sereno and had player profiles of the players. It was being given out to all the scouts at the match.

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Sinergia Deportiva Tigres v Everton F.C.

Dallas Cup

Gordon Jago U19 Super Group

Kick off 15.00 Actual 15.08

Sinergia Deportiva Tigres 1 Everton F.C. 0, attendance 3,000

13′ 1-0

@ Cotton Bowl Stadium

3750, Cotton Bowl Plaza

Dallas, TX 75210

$15 admission, day ticket covering 3 Cotton Bowl matches.

Programme, yes, tournament brochure at $12, so didn’t bother.

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The crowd increased somewhat for this game as people slowly drifted in. A pretty dull game where Everton didn’t really start to play until they were down to ten men following a straight red card after 58 minutes.

My ticket would have allowed me to stay and see the 18.30 match as well, but as the sun dropped behind the stand it became quite cool, although annoyingly the other 3 sides of the stadium were still in glorious sunshine, but they remained off limits. Also, I didn’t fancy buying average food and drink at rip off prices either and perhaps the one criticism of the day was the fact that the second and third games here at the Cotton Bowl were scheduled too far apart for even the keenest football follower to endure the full day.

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