The 2007 Carolina Challenge Cup was a four-team round robin pre-season competition hosted by the

Charleston Battery The Charleston Battery are an American professional association football, soccer club based in Charleston, South Carolina, and member of the USL Championship. Founded in 1993, the Battery are one of the oldest continuously operating professiona ...

. The

Houston Dynamo Houston Dynamo FC (formerly officially, but still commonly, called the Houston Dynamo) is an American professional soccer club based in Houston. The Dynamo compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference. Establi ...

won the 2007 tournament and went on to win the

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, marking the fourth consecutive season that the champion went on to win one of the two year-end MLS trophies, the MLS Supporters' Shield or

Teams

Four clubs competed in the tournament:

Standings

Matches

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Scorers

;3 goals * Ryan Cochrane (Houston Dynamo) ;2 goals *

Edson Buddle Edson Michael Buddle (born May 21, 1981) is an American retired Footballer who is currently the head coach of USL League Two side Westchester Flames. He is one of only 11 players to have scored 100 goals in Major League Soccer history. Buddle b ...

(Toronto FC) *

Alecko Eskandarian Alecko Eskandarian (born July 9, 1982) is an iranian American retired soccer player,He is the son of Andranik Eskandrian, a former player of the Iranian national team and the Esteghlal team . He is a former assistant coach for New York Cosmos ...

(Toronto FC) ;1 goal *

Brian Ching Brian Ching (born May 24, 1978) is an American former professional soccer player who played for twelve years in Major League Soccer and represented the U.S. national team for eight years. Ching's professional career began when he was the 16th ...

(Houston Dynamo) * Abbe Ibrahim (Toronto FC) * Dema Kovalenko (New York Red Bulls) *

Newton Sterling Newton Sterling (born 12 November 1984) is a Jamaican footballer who currently plays for Antigua Barracuda FC in the USL Professional Division. Club career Sterling began his career in the Jamaica National Premier League, playing for Harbour V ...

(Charleston Battery) *

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(New York Red Bulls) *

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(New York Red Bulls) * Chris Wondolowski (Houston Dynamo)

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Teams

Standings

Matches

Scorers

See also

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