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| Herbalife World Football Challenge | |||
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 The 2011 logo for the World Football Challenge |
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| Country |  Canada United States |
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| Teams | 13 (from 2 federations) | ||
| Champions |  Real Madrid |
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| Runners-up |  Manchester United |
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| Matches played | 14 | ||
| Goals scored | 42 (3 per match) | ||
| Attendance | 583,764 (41,697 per match) | ||
| Top goal scorer(s) |  Cristiano Ronaldo(4 goals) |
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The 2011 World Football Challenge was the second World Football Challenge event, a series of friendly football (soccer) matches played in the United States and Canada in July and August 2011.
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Participants
The 2011 tournament increased in scale from the 2009 incarnation, bringing in thirteen teams from seven different countries. All the teams were either a member of the UEFA or CONCACAF federations. The field was highlighted by Spanish league and European champions FC Barcelona and English champion Manchester United F.C.. Club América was the only team that returned from the 2009 competition.
This tournament for the first time also included five teams from Major League Soccer, the top-flight league for the host countries, United States and Canada. As another first, there were games played outside the United States, at Empire Field in Vancouver and BMO Field in Toronto.
North American clubs that competed in 2011 included Chicago Fire, Chivas Guadalajara, Club América, LA Galaxy, New England Revolution, Philadelphia Union, and Vancouver Whitecaps.
Four representatives from Europe's top leagues of England and Spain, all of whom won their country's blue ribbon competitions in the 2010–11 season joined the North American clubs, those being: European champions F.C. Barcelona, FA Cup winners Manchester City, Premier League champions Manchester United and Copa Del Rey winners Real Madrid.
Event rules
The event rules differed considerably from the 2009 event, due to differences in the number of teams.
Match rules
Match rules followed the Laws of the Game, with a few notable exceptions.[1]
- In the event of a tie after the regulation 90 minutes, a penalty shootout immediately followed. These penalties did not accrue points in the table as a regulation goal or penalty would.
- Cautions and sending offs did not carry into the next competitive game, however, a player may have been suspended for their club's next WFC match.
- Teams had a roster of 25 players, and clubs were able to substitute eleven players during the course of the match rather than the standard three.
Table setup
The format was a single table, accruing points as follows:
- Three points for a regulation victory
- Two points for a penalty shootout victory
- One point for a penalty shootout loss
- No points for a regulation loss
- One point for each goal scored (up to three per match)
Sporting CP, who played only one game, did not accrue points, but their opponent, Juventus, were able to in their matchup. The five Major League Soccer teams were split up into two different "clubs" for the purposes of the table, the MLS Eastern Conference (containing the Chicago Fire, New England Revolution, and Philadelphia Union), and the MLS Western Conference (containing the Los Angeles Galaxy, who played two games, and the Vancouver Whitecaps). Each of the other seven clubs played three games and accrued points as normal.[1]
Table tiebreakers
In the event of a tie in the final table standings, the following tiebreakers were used in order[1]:
- Regulation goal difference
- Most goals for in regulation
- Least goals against in regulation
- Most goals scored in regulation in one match
- Drawing of lots
Event matches and results
Points table
| Team | Pld | W | WPk | LPk | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Real Madrid |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 17 |
| Manchester United |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 17 |
| Manchester City |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 13 |
 Juventus |
3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 9 |
| Barcelona |
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 7 |
 Guadalajara |
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 6 |
| MLS Western2 |
3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 4 |
| MLS Eastern1 |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 3 |
| América |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 |
Colors: Green = champion
Source: World Football Challenge Standings
Sporting CP played only one game and did not accrue points.
1MLS Eastern Conference composed of one game each by the New England Revolution, Philadelphia Union, and Chicago Fire
2MLS Western Conference composed of one game by the Vancouver Whitecaps and two games by the Los Angeles Galaxy
Matches
| July 13, 2011 20:00 (20:00 UTC−4) |
New England Revolution |
1 – 4 | Manchester United |
Gillette Stadium, Foxborough Attendance: 51,523 Referee: Mark Geiger |
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Mansally  56' |
Report | Owen 51' Macheda 54', 61'Park 80' |
| July 16, 2011 20:00 (17:00 UTC−7) |
América |
0 – 2 | Manchester City |
AT&T Park, San Francisco Attendance: 11,250 Referee: Hilario Grajeda |
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| Report | McGivern 17' Wright-Phillips 27' |
| July 16, 2011 22:00 (19:00 UTC−7) |
Los Angeles Galaxy |
1 – 4 | Real Madrid |
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles Attendance: 56,211 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez |
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| Cristman 67' |
Report | Callejón 31' Joselu 40'Ronaldo 53'Benzema 58' |
| July 18, 2011 22:00 (19:00 UTC−7) |
Vancouver Whitecaps |
1 – 2 | Manchester City |
Empire Field, Vancouver Attendance: 24,074 Referee: Mauricio Navarro |
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| Sanvezzo 30' |
Report | Guidetti 68' Wright-Phillips 84' |
| July 20, 2011 23:00 (20:00 UTC−7) |
Guadalajara |
0 – 3 | Real Madrid |
Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego Attendance: 38,211 Referee: Ricardo Salazar |
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| Report | Ronaldo 73', 76' (pen.), 82' |
| July 23, 2011 17:00 (16:00 UTC−5) |
Chicago Fire |
1 – 3 | Manchester United |
Soldier Field, Chicago Attendance: 61,308 Referee: Terry Vaughn |
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| Gibbs 13' |
Report | Rooney 66' Rafael 75'Nani 82' |
| July 23, 2011 19:00 (19:00 UTC−4) |
Juventus |
1 – 2 | Sporting CP |
BMO Field, Toronto Attendance: 10,028 Referee: Drew Fischer |
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| Del Piero 80' |
Report | Djaló 13', 36' |
| July 23, 2011 21:00 (21:00 UTC−4) |
Philadelphia Union |
1 – 2 | Real Madrid |
Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia Attendance: 57,305 Referee: Alex Prus |
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| M. Farfan 80' |
Report | Callejón 2' Özil 11' |
| July 24, 2011 16:00 (13:00 UTC−7) |
Los Angeles Galaxy |
1 – 1 | Manchester City |
The Home Depot Center, Carson Attendance: 24,897 Referee: Ricardo Salazar |
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| Magee 53' |
Report | Balotelli 20' (pen.) |
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| Penalties | ||||
| Keat Birchall Juninho  Dunivant Stephens McBean Gonzalez McCarty DeLaGarza |
6 – 7 | Milner Weiss Suárez Kolarov Guidetti Lescott De Jong Wright-Phillips Hart |
| July 26, 2011 19:30 (19:30 UTC−4) |
Juventus |
1 – 0 | América |
Citi Field, New York Attendance: 20,859 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez |
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| Pasquato 42' |
Report |
| July 28, 2011 20:00 (20:00 UTC−4) |
Juventus |
1 – 0 | Guadalajara |
Carter–Finley Stadium, Raleigh Attendance: 16,124 Referee: Mark Kadlecik |
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| Quagliarella 12' |
Report |
| July 30, 2011 19:00 (19:00 UTC−4) |
Barcelona |
1 − 2 | Manchester United |
FedEx Field, Landover Attendance: 81,807 Referee: Ricardo Salazar |
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| Thiago 70' |
Report | Nani 22' Owen 76' |
| August 3, 2011 20:00 (20:00 UTC−4) |
Barcelona |
1 – 4 | Guadalajara |
Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens Attendance: 70,080 Referee: Baldomero Toledo |
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| Villa 3' |
Report | Fabián 60', 63' Casillas 72'Verduzco 90+3' |
| August 6, 2011 16:00 (15:00 UTC−5) |
Barcelona |
2 – 0 | América |
Cowboys Stadium, Arlington Attendance: 60,087 Referee: Ricardo Salazar |
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| Villa 24' Keita 90' |
Report |
Top goalscorers
Media coverage
| Country / Region | Broadcaster | Matches |
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 Arab World
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Al Jazeera Sports | All Real Madrid and Manchester United matches |
 Israel |
Sport 2 | All Manchester United matches |
| Sport 5 | All Real Madrid matches | |
| Italy |
Sportitalia | All Real Madrid matches |
 Norway |
TV 2 Premier League HD 1 | All Real Madrid and Manchester United matches |
| United States |
ESPN | All |
 United Kingdom |
MUTV | All Manchester United matches |
References
- ^ a b c "World Football Challenge Rules of Competition". MLS. Major League Soccer. http://www.mlssoccer.com/wfc/rules-of-competition. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
- ^ "World Football Challenge Schedule". MLS. Major League Soccer. http://www.mlssoccer.com/wfc/schedule. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
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