Copa Panamericana 2007

Copa Panamericana 2007

Tournament details
Host country	USA
Dates	July 16 – July 22
Teams	6 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Cruz Azul (1st title)
Runners-up	Boca Juniors
Tournament statistics
Matches played	7
Goals scored	15 (2.14 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Israel López (3 goals)

The Copa Panamericana 2007 was a minor football club tournament organized by DIRECTV between July 16 and July 22 in the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, USA. The tournament was divided in two groups of three, who played each other once, with the top club in each group progressed to the final match. The champion, Cruz Azul, received 250,000 USD.

Competing clubs

• Alianza Lima
• Boca Juniors
• Caracas FC
• Club América
• Cruz Azul
• Deportivo Cali

Venue

All 7 matches where held at the University of Phoenix Stadium, with a total capacity of some 70,000 people.

Groups

Group 1

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Boca Juniors	6	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
América	3	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1
Alianza Lima	0	2	0	0	2	0	4	-4

July 16, 2007	Boca Juniors	2-0	Alianza Lima	University of Phoenix Stadium
	Boselli  39' Dátolo  43'

July 18, 2007	América	2-0	Alianza Lima	University of Phoenix Stadium
	Insúa  49' 51'

July 20, 2007	Boca Juniors	1-0	América	University of Phoenix Stadium
	Palermo  07'

Group 2

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Cruz Azul	4	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1
Deportivo Cali	4	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
Caracas FC	0	2	0	0	2	2	4	-2

July 16, 2007	Cruz Azul	0-0	Deportivo Cali	University of Phoenix Stadium

July 18, 2007	Caracas FC	2-3	Cruz Azul	University of Phoenix Stadium
	Vielma  76' Ever Espinoza  82'		López  25' Miguel Sabah  68' 79'

July 20, 2007	Caracas FC	0-1	Deportivo Cali	University of Phoenix Stadium
			Valdés  01'

Final

July 22, 2007	Boca Juniors	1-3	Cruz Azul	University of Phoenix Stadium
	Boselli  24'		López  45' 84' Delgado  73'

Champion

Copa Panamericana 2007 Winners
Cruz Azul First title

Goalscorers

3 Goals

• Israel López (Cruz Azul)

2 Goals

• Federico Insúa (América)
• Miguel Sabah (Cruz Azul)
• Mauro Boselli (Boca Juniors)

1 Goal

• Ever Espinoza (Caracas)
• Leonel Vielma (Caracas)
• Martín Palermo (Boca Juniors)
• Jesús Dátolo (Boca Juniors)
• Diego Valdéz (Deportivo Cali)
• César Delgado (Cruz Azul)

Statistics

Team		Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Eff
	Cruz Azul	7	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	77.7%
	Boca Juniors	6	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	66.6%
	Deportivo Cali	4	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	66.6%
	Club América	3	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	50.0%
	Caracas FC	0	2	0	0	2	2	4	-2	0.0%
	Alianza Lima	0	2	0	0	2	0	4	-4	0.0%

External links

• http://www.copapanamericana2007.com/