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Chelsea v. Club America at Cowboy’s Stadium in Arlington, TX 7-26-09

Chelsea FC of the English Premier League participated in the World Football Challenge as part of their preseason training in the United States. After defeating Inter and AC Milan in their first two matches they met the other undefeated team, Club America of Mexico’s first division, in the amazing new Cowboy’s Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

The match went scoreless late into the second half, but both teams had chances. Franco Di Santo, a second half substitute, scored the first of Chelsea’s two goals on a cross from Florent Malouda. A couple of minutes later Di Santo assisted Malouda on the second goal. The final score was 2-0 and Chelsea was the winner of the inagural World Football Challenge.

: Henrique Hilario in goal

: Michael Mancienne

: Deco

: Deco passes to Franco Di Santo

: Franco Di Santo breaks for the ball

: Micheal Essien goes down

: Di Santo celebrates his second half goal

: Claudio Pizzaro winds up

: Andriy Shevchenko

: Andriy Shevchenko

: Andriy Shevchenko

: Chelsea wins the first World Football Challenge

: Shevchenko passes to Ashley Cole

: Michael Essien

: Ashley Cole

: Micheal Essien battles for the ball

: Alex battles for the ball

: Florent Malouda

: Malouda

: Armando Navarrete

: Michael Essien

: Deco free kick

: Salomon Kalou

: Kalou crosses

: Kalou climbs the ladder

: Michael Mancienne

: Mancienne earns a corner

: Navarrete goes after the corner

: Franco Di Santo prepares to cross

: Franco Di Santo runs down a long pass

: Chelsea celebrates their second goal as Navarrete walks away

: John Terry

: Petr Cech

: Ricardo Carvalho

: Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood

: Deco

: Jose Bosingwa

: Didier Drogba

: Petr Cech during warmups

: The Chelsea bench

: Frank Lampard

Jul 28, 2009 | Categories: Sports | Tags: action, Arlington, Arlington Texas, Chelsea, Club America, Cowboys Stadium, football, futbol, game, Matt Visinsky, Matthew Visinsky, Premier League, soccer, sport, Texas, WCF, World Football Challenge | 1 Comment »

FC Dallas v. Columbus

FC Dallas v. Columbus Crew – Pizza Hut Park, Frisco, Texas – June 20, 2009

Columbus took the lead in the 17th minute when Eric Brunner’s header deflected off Pablo Richetti of FC Dallas and past goalkeeper Ray Burse. FC Dallas mounted a strong comeback and tied the game in the 80th minute when substitute Eric Avila placed a shot into the top corner. Then, in the 87th minute, FC Dallas’ David Ferreira was taken down in the box and Kenny Cooper calmly converted the penalty to give FC Dallas the win.