The ''Dallas Cup'', is an annual international
football
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tournament for invited youth teams. The tournament was established i
1980and is held in
Dallas, Texas
Dallas () is the third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and seat of Dallas County w ...
, with
FC Dallas
FC Dallas is an American professional Association football, soccer club based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The club competes as a member of the Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference in Major League Soccer (MLS). The franchise be ...
serving as its host club. Venues used for the tournament include the
Cotton Bowl and
Toyota Stadium. The Dallas Cup includes divisions ranging from U-12 to U-19 in the Boys' tournament and U-15 through U-19 in the Dallas Cup Girls' Invitational presented by Mary Kay, which features girls' age groups. The U-20
Panama National Team is the current champion of the elite U19 Gordon Jago Super Group. The first ever Dallas Cup saw an English club side from South London, St. Thomas More, win the U14 cup and elite international competition has been a cornerstone for the tournament ever since.
List of Supergroup champions
The elite U19 Super Group was founded in 1990. The country of Brazil has the most Super Group champions
View full list of Dallas Cup champions
Titles by team
Titles by country
Notable players
Players that participated in the Dallas Cup who later played on professional teams and national teams
References
External links
Official website
{{Club soccer friendly tournaments in the United States
Youth soccer cup competitions in the United States
American soccer friendly trophies
Sports competitions in Dallas
Soccer in Texas