The 2010 Barclays New York Challenge was an exhibition international club football (soccer) competition which featured football club teams from Europe and North America, and was held in July 2010. All matches were played in Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey in the United States. The tournament is part of the World Series of Soccer. Sporting CP emerged as the 2010 Barclays New York Challenge winners. Robbie Keane was named the Barclays Player of the Tournament with two goals and one assist.
Teams The following four clubs participated in the 2010 tournament:
New York Red Bulls from Major League Soccer. Tottenham Hotspur from the Premier League. Manchester City from the Premier League. Sporting CP from the Portuguese Liga.
Sponsors
Voss Barclays
Stadium The newly built Red Bull Arena hosted all four games. Owned by Red Bull GmbH, the stadium has 25,189 seats. The record attendance was during a match between the Red Bulls and Brazilian club Santos FC in March 2010 with 25,000.
Players
Manchester City's newest signing Yaya Touré made his club debut against Sporting while Thierry Henry of the New York Red Bulls also made his club debut against Tottenham Hotspur. Henry scored his first ever goal for New York from a cross by Joel Lindpere.
Other notable players in the tournament included Roman Pavlyuchenko, Robbie Keane, Maniche, Patrick Vieira and Matías Fernández.
Rules Clubs received one point for each goal scored in regulation. Clubs earned three points for a win. Total goals scored was the first tiebreaker, than fewest goals conceded, then fastest goal scored. The team with the highest overall number of points determined the 2010 Barclays New York Challenge winner.
Matches The schedule for the tournament.
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Standings
Statistical leaders
Top scorers RankScorerClubGoals1 Yannick Djaló Sporting CP2 Robbie Keane Tottenham Hotspur22 Jô Manchester City1 Thierry Henry New York Red Bulls1 Macoumba Kandji New York Red Bulls1 Dane Richards New York Red Bulls1 Matías Fernández Sporting CP1 Jaime Valdés Sporting CP1 Gareth Bale Tottenham Hotspur1 Jonathan Obika Tottenham Hotspur1
Top assists RankPlayerClubAssists1 Greg Cunningham Manchester City1 Joel Lindpere New York Red Bulls1 Macoumba Kandji New York Red Bulls1 Dane Richards New York Red Bulls1 Simon Vukčević Sporting CP1 Diogo Salomão Sporting CP1 Robbie Keane Tottenham Hotspur1 Niko Kranjčar Tottenham Hotspur1
References
External links Official sponsor website