Copa Panamericana 2007
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The Copa Panamericana 2007 was a minor football club tournament organized by DIRECTV
DirecTV
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 between July 16 and July 22 in the University of Phoenix Stadium
University of Phoenix Stadium
University of Phoenix Stadium, opened August 1, 2006, is a multipurpose football stadium located in Glendale, Arizona. It is the home of the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League and the annual Fiesta Bowl...

 in Glendale, Arizona
Glendale, Arizona
Glendale is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, located about nine miles northwest from Downtown Phoenix. According to 2010 Census Bureau, the population of the city is 226,721....

, 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
Alianza Lima
Club Alianza Lima is a Peruvian First Division football club who plays at the Estadio Alejandro Villanueva in the La Victoria District of Lima, Peru. They are one of the most famous and well supported clubs in the country and the oldest team in the Peruvian First Division.Alianza enjoyed success...

 Boca Juniors
Boca Juniors
Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....

 Caracas FC Club América
Club América
Club América is a Mexican Professional football club based in Mexico City. It competes in the Primera División, the top professional league in the country. The team's nickname is Las Águilas ....

 Cruz Azul Deportivo Cali
Deportivo Cali
Asociación Deportivo Cali is a Colombian sports club based in Cali, Colombia. Mostly known for its football team, it also sponsors basketball, volleyball and swimming...


Venue

All 7 matches where held at the University of Phoenix Stadium
University of Phoenix Stadium
University of Phoenix Stadium, opened August 1, 2006, is a multipurpose football stadium located in Glendale, Arizona. It is the home of the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League and the annual Fiesta Bowl...

, with a total capacity of some 70,000 people.

Group 1

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Boca Juniors
Boca Juniors
Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....

6 2 2 0 0 3 0
3
 América
Club América
Club América is a Mexican Professional football club based in Mexico City. It competes in the Primera División, the top professional league in the country. The team's nickname is Las Águilas ....

3 2 1 0 1 2 1
1
 Alianza Lima
Alianza Lima
Club Alianza Lima is a Peruvian First Division football club who plays at the Estadio Alejandro Villanueva in the La Victoria District of Lima, Peru. They are one of the most famous and well supported clubs in the country and the oldest team in the Peruvian First Division.Alianza enjoyed success...

0 2 0 0 2 0 4

Group 2

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Cruz Azul 4 2 1 1 0 3 2
1
 Deportivo Cali
Deportivo Cali
Asociación Deportivo Cali is a Colombian sports club based in Cali, Colombia. Mostly known for its football team, it also sponsors basketball, volleyball and swimming...

4 2 1 1 0 1 0
1
 Caracas FC 0 2 0 0 2 2 4

Final

Champion

Goalscorers

3 Goals Israel López ( Cruz Azul
Club Deportivo Cruz Azul
Club Deportivo, Social, y Cultural Cruz Azul, known simply as Cruz Azul, is a Mexican professional Association football club based in Mexico City, Mexico; after which initially was based in Ciudad Cooperativa Cruz Azul in the Mexican state of Hidalgo...

)

2 Goals Federico Insúa
Federico Insúa
Federico Insúa is an Argentine footballer currently playing for Bursaspor.-Career:Nicknamed El Pocho, Insúa grew up in a middle class family in Buenos Aires. He moved to the youth teams of Argentinos Juniors from the Club Parque football school, and debuted professionally on November 18, 1997...

 ( América
Club América
Club América is a Mexican Professional football club based in Mexico City. It competes in the Primera División, the top professional league in the country. The team's nickname is Las Águilas ....

) Miguel Sabah
Miguel Sabah
Miguel Sabah Rodríguez is a Mexican footballer. He currently plays for Monarcas Morelia and the Mexican national team. Previously Sabah played with Guadalajara and Cruz Azul. Sabah made his debut in the Invierno 2000 with Guadalajara entering in the 46th minute. Sabah played five years with...

 ( Cruz Azul
Club Deportivo Cruz Azul
Club Deportivo, Social, y Cultural Cruz Azul, known simply as Cruz Azul, is a Mexican professional Association football club based in Mexico City, Mexico; after which initially was based in Ciudad Cooperativa Cruz Azul in the Mexican state of Hidalgo...

) Mauro Boselli
Mauro Boselli
Mauro Boselli is an Argentine football forward who currently plays for Estudiantes on loan from Wigan Athletic.-Boca Juniors:...

 ( Boca Juniors)

1 Goal Ever Espinoza ( Caracas
Caracas Fútbol Club
Caracas Fútbol Club is a Venezuelan football team based in Caracas. The club has won eleven First Division titles making it the most successful in Venezuelan football history....

) Leonel Vielma
Leonel Vielma
Leonel Vielma is a Venezuelan football defender. He currently plays for Estudiantes de Mérida as well as the Venezuela national team.-International career:...

 ( Caracas
Caracas Fútbol Club
Caracas Fútbol Club is a Venezuelan football team based in Caracas. The club has won eleven First Division titles making it the most successful in Venezuelan football history....

) Martín Palermo
Martín Palermo
Martín Palermo is a retired Argentine footballer who formerly played for Boca Juniors of Argentina, and the Argentina national team...

 ( Boca Juniors) Jesús Dátolo
Jesús Dátolo
Jesús Alberto Dátolo is an Argentine football midfielder who currently plays for La Liga club RCD Espanyol.-Club career:Dátolo started his career in 2000 at Cañuelas in Primera C Metropolitana, Argentina's fourth division. In 2002 he signed for Primera División club, Banfield and broke into the...

 ( Boca Juniors) Diego Valdéz
Diego Valdéz
Diego Fernando Valdés Parra is a Colombian footballer who has played for Deportivo Cali as a defender and central midfielder since 2002. He has represented Colombia at under-21 and under-23 level. He currently plays for Blooming in the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano...

 ( Deportivo Cali
Deportivo Cali
Asociación Deportivo Cali is a Colombian sports club based in Cali, Colombia. Mostly known for its football team, it also sponsors basketball, volleyball and swimming...

) César Delgado
César Delgado
César Fabián Delgado Godoy is an Argentine footballer. He plays for Monterrey. His nickname "El Chelito" is derived from that of Marcelo Delgado because of their same last name.-Career:...

 ( Cruz Azul
Club Deportivo Cruz Azul
Club Deportivo, Social, y Cultural Cruz Azul, known simply as Cruz Azul, is a Mexican professional Association football club based in Mexico City, Mexico; after which initially was based in Ciudad Cooperativa Cruz Azul in the Mexican state of Hidalgo...

)

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
Boca Juniors
Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....

6 3 2 0 1 4 3
1
66.6%
 Deportivo Cali
Deportivo Cali
Asociación Deportivo Cali is a Colombian sports club based in Cali, Colombia. Mostly known for its football team, it also sponsors basketball, volleyball and swimming...

4 2 1 1 0 1 0
1
66.6%
 Club América
Club América
Club América is a Mexican Professional football club based in Mexico City. It competes in the Primera División, the top professional league in the country. The team's nickname is Las Águilas ....

3 2 1 0 1 2 1
1
50.0%
 Caracas FC 0 2 0 0 2 2 4
0.0%
 Alianza Lima
Alianza Lima
Club Alianza Lima is a Peruvian First Division football club who plays at the Estadio Alejandro Villanueva in the La Victoria District of Lima, Peru. They are one of the most famous and well supported clubs in the country and the oldest team in the Peruvian First Division.Alianza enjoyed success...

0 2 0 0 2 0 4
0.0%
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