The 2009 Pan-Pacific Championship was the second edition of the Pan-Pacific Championship. It was held in February 2009 at The Home Depot Center in Carson, California, United States and featured the champions from the Chinese Super League and K-League, J. League Cup winners, and the hosts, Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer.
The Galaxy faced the Japanese representative, Oita Trinita, in the semi-final stage for the second successive year after facing Gamba Osaka in the 2008 competition, and this time they won the match. In the other semi-final, Korean side Suwon Samsung Bluewings beat Shandong Luneng Taishan of China.
Oita Trinita beat Shandong Luneng 2–1 to finish third in the tournament and Suwon Bluewings won the trophy after a 4–2 penalty shootout win over the Galaxy.
Teams Los Angeles Galaxy (host) Oita Trinita (2008 J. League Cup winners) Shandong Luneng Taishan (2008 Chinese Super League champions) Suwon Samsung Bluewings (2008 K-League & 2008 Hauzen Cup champions)
Bracket
Semifinals
Third-place match
Final
2009 Pan-Pacific ChampionshipwinnersSuwon Samsung Bluewings1st title
Scorers Rank Name Club Goals 1 Edson Buddle Los Angeles Galaxy 1 Cho Yong-Tae Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1 Jovan Kirovski Los Angeles Galaxy 1 Mike Magee Los Angeles Galaxy 1 Miljan Mrdaković Shandong Luneng 1 Daiki Takamatsu Oita Trinita 1 Ueslei Oita Trinita 1 Own Sean Franklin Los Angeles Galaxy (for Suwon) 1
Sponsors The following is a list of the official sponsors of the Pan-Pacific Championship 2009.
Yamazaki-Nabisco Japan Airlines Sports DEPO
See also 2012 Hawaiian Islands Invitational
References
External links Official website