Everton beat Fulham, 2-1, an all-England final to win the Dallas Cup Gordon Jago Super Group. FC Dallas, the only U.S. team to reach the final four, fell, 3-1, to Everton in the semifinals.
TheU.S. U-20 national team was knocked out in group play because of a stoppage timeequalizer in its 3-3 tie with Germany’s Hoffenheim. Coach Tab Ramos’ U.S. team had beaten Mexico’s Monterrey, 1-0, and lost to Fulham, 2-1.
Real Salt Lake, thethird American team in the Super Group, won its first two games but was eliminated when it fell to Everton, 3-1.
Dallas Texans Red in 2006 are the only U.S. team to win the Dallas Cup SuperGroup, which last year was won by Brazil’s Coritiba. No U.S. team reached the semis in 2015.
The Dr Pepper Dallas Cup XXXVII Champions
GordonJago Super Group: Everton (England)
U-19: Golden State White (California)
Super 17s: Tigres (Mexico)
U-17: New York SC
U-16: Monterrey (Mexico)
U-15: Eintracht Frankfurt (Germany)
U-14: Los Angeles B01 Black (California)
U-13: SolarChelsea 03B (Texas)