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The Desert Showcase (formerly the Desert Cup, the Desert Diamond Cup, the Mobile Mini Sun Cup, and the Visit Tucson Sun Cup), is a preseason soccer tournament hosted by
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of the
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and FC Tucson of
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. The tournament is sponsored by the Tucson Convention and Visitors Bureau, known as Visit Tucson. Beginning in 2011, the inaugural Desert Cup featured two Major League Soccer (MLS) clubs, Sporting Kansas City and
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. In the years since, the number of participating MLS clubs has continued to grow, with the 2018 Mobile Mini Sun Cup featuring eleven MLS clubs ‒ nearly half of the league's total membership.


History

The first edition of the tournament, held at
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, a former
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spring training stadium saw sellout crowds with international stars such as
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,
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, and Omar Bravo playing. The second edition was held from February 22 through March 3, paralleling several other preseason tournaments ahead of the 2012 American outdoor domestic league seasons. Three new clubs competed in the
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edition of the tournament: defending MLS Cup champions LA Galaxy,
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, and the
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joined the
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, who returned for their second Desert Cup appearance. The 2012 Desert Diamond Cup moved to Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium and saw clubs play a total of four matches each.
Phoenix Rising FC Phoenix Rising Football Club is an American professional soccer team based in Phoenix, Arizona. Founded in 2014 as Arizona United Soccer Club, the team is a member of the USL Championship. History On March 13, 2014, Kyle Eng, owner of an advert ...
purchased FC Tucson on October 11, 2017. On December 5, Phoenix Rising FC and FC Tucson announced that they would co-host the tournament and that it would be renamed the Mobile Mini Sun Cup, with
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as sponsor. Games will be played at North Stadium at the Kino Sports Complex as well as
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. A record 11 teams will participate in the 2018 tournament. In 2020, the tournament will be renamed the Visit Tucson Sun Cup and will host Sporting Kansas City, Real Salt Lake, New York Red Bulls, Houston Dynamo and Columbus Crew SC along with Phoenix Rising FC.


Sponsors

*Desert Diamond Casinos & Entertainment (2012–2017) * Mobile Mini Storage Solutions (2018–2019) *Visit Tucson (2020–present)


Results


See also

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Carolina Challenge Cup The Carolina Challenge Cup, officially the Breeze Airways™ Carolina Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a four-team round robin pre-season competition hosted by the Charleston Battery. It was started in 2004 and features teams from Major ...
– A preseason soccer tournament held in Charleston, South Carolina hosted by
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side,
Charleston Battery The Charleston Battery are an American professional 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 professional soccer clubs in th ...
. *
Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic The Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic is an annual preseason soccer tournament for clubs in North America. Hosted by Disney, it is contested at Hess Sports Fields' Field 17, part of the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, Fl ...
– Held at the
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at the
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near Orlando, Florida. The tournament is hosted also by MLS side, Orlando City. * Hawaiian Islands Invitational – 2012 event, also a property of
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and featuring teams from Australia, Japan, and
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