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2009 Pan-Pacific Championship
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | Pan-Pacific Championship |
| year | 2009 |
| country | United States |
| dates | February 18–21 |
| num_teams | 4 |
| confederations | 2 |
| venues | 1 |
| cities | 1 |
| champion_other | KOR Suwon Bluewings |
| second_other | USA Los Angeles Galaxy |
| third_other | JPN Oita Trinita |
| count | 1 |
| matches | 4 |
| goals | 8 |
| prevseason | 2008 |
The 2009 Pan-Pacific Championship was the second edition of the Pan-Pacific Championship. It was held in February 2009 at The Home Depot Center in Carson, California, United States and featured the champions from the Chinese Super League and K-League, J. League Cup winners, and the hosts, Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer.
The Galaxy faced the Japanese representative, Oita Trinita, in the semi-final stage for the second successive year after facing Gamba Osaka in the 2008 competition, and this time they won the match. In the other semi-final, Korean side Suwon Samsung Bluewings beat Shandong Luneng Taishan of China.
Oita Trinita beat Shandong Luneng 2–1 to finish third in the tournament and Suwon Bluewings won the trophy after a 4–2 penalty shootout win over the Galaxy.
Teams
- USA Los Angeles Galaxy (host)
- JPN Oita Trinita (2008 J. League Cup winners)
- CHN Shandong Luneng Taishan (2008 Chinese Super League champions)
- KOR Suwon Samsung Bluewings (2008 K-League & 2008 Hauzen Cup champions)
Bracket
|February 18 – Carson |USA Los Angeles Galaxy|2|JPN Oita Trinita|0 |February 18 – Carson |KOR Suwon Bluewings|1|CHN Shandong Luneng|0 |February 21 – Carson |USA Los Angeles Galaxy|1(2)|KOR Suwon Bluewings|1(4) |February 21 – Carson |JPN Oita Trinita|2|CHN Shandong Luneng|1
Semifinals
Kirovski
Third-place match
Ueslei
Final
Klein
Magee
Patterson
Yang
Lee
Choi}}
| 2009 Pan-Pacific Championship |
|---|
| winners |
| South Korea |
| Suwon Samsung Bluewings |
| 1st title |
Scorers
| Rank | Name | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USA Edson Buddle | USA Los Angeles Galaxy | 1 |
| KOR Cho Yong-Tae | KOR Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 1 | |
| USA Jovan Kirovski | USA Los Angeles Galaxy | 1 | |
| USA Mike Magee | USA Los Angeles Galaxy | 1 | |
| SER Miljan Mrdaković | CHN Shandong Luneng | 1 | |
| JPN Daiki Takamatsu | JPN Oita Trinita | 1 | |
| BRA Ueslei | JPN Oita Trinita | 1 | |
| Own | USA Sean Franklin | USA Los Angeles Galaxy (for Suwon) | 1 |
Sponsors
The following is a list of the official sponsors of the Pan-Pacific Championship 2009.
- Yamazaki-Nabisco
- Japan Airlines
- Sports DEPO
References
References
- (January 9, 2009). "Asia's Top Teams to Compete in the Second Edition of the Pan-Pacific Championship". [[Major League Soccer]] and [[Los Angeles Galaxy]].
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