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 ArenainHarrison, 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.
| Barclays New York Challenge | |
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2010 Barclays New York Challenge official logo
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | United States |
| Dates | July 22 – July 25 |
| Teams | 4 (from 2 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Sporting CP (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Tottenham Hotspur |
| Third place |  New York Red Bulls |
| Fourth place | Manchester City |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 4 |
| Goals scored | 12 (3 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Yannick Djaló  Robbie Keane (2 goals) |
The following four clubs participated in the 2010 tournament:
New York Red Bulls from Major League Soccer. Tottenham Hotspur from the Premier League.[1] Manchester City from the Premier League.[2] Sporting CP from the Portuguese Liga.[3]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.
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.[4]
Other notable players in the tournament included Roman Pavlyuchenko, Robbie Keane, Maniche, Patrick Vieira and Matías Fernández.
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.
The schedule for the tournament.[5]
| New York Red Bulls | 1 – 2 | Tottenham Hotspur |
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Ream  16'Henry  25' |
(Report) | 61' Keane 71' Bale |
Attendance: 20,312
| Manchester City | 0 – 2 | Sporting CP |
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| (Report) | 23' 39' Yannick 43' D. Carriço |
Referee: Kevin Scott
| Tottenham Hotspur | 2 – 2 | Sporting CP |
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| Keane 24' Obika 70' |
(Report) | 25' Fernández 39' Liédson 48' Valdés 86' João Pereira |
Referee: Steven Depiero
| New York Red Bulls | 2 – 1 | Manchester City |
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| Kandji 7' Hall 30'Richards 70' |
(Report) | 55' Jô |
Attendance: 23,228
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Sporting CP (C)
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 8 |
| Tottenham Hotspur
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 8 |
| New York Red Bulls
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 |
| Manchester City
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 1 |
