DALLAS, Texas (Thursday, Dec. 7) – Dallas Cup, the oldest and most prestigious international youth soccer tournament in North America, has announced that Brazilian sides São Paulo FC and Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas will compete in the Gordon Jago Super Group at the 2024 Dallas Cup presented by Coca-Cola.
Historically, Brazilian clubs have enjoyed wonderful good luck in the Dallas Cup, winning a record 12 trophies in the “Boot Super Group”.
Becoming one of the most successful competitions in the Super Group, São Paulo hopes to conquer its fourth Super Group “Boot
São Paulo has one of the most successful academies in Brazil, producing several world-class players, including Cafu, Kaká and Oscar, as well as Edmílson and Lucas Moura, who won the Super Group name with São Paulo in 1995 and 2009, respectively. .
Returning to the Dallas Cup from Rio de Janeiro, Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas must redeem themselves after their debut last spring. Despite suffering tough defeats against Real Madrid and FC Dallas in the organization phase, Botafogo demonstrated its ability by finishing third in the Super Group by goals scored in the opening matches. The historic club holds the Brazilian records, adding the longest unbeaten streak (52 games in the 1977-78 season), the maximum number of caps with the Brazilian team and the maximum number of players assigned to the Brazilian team. for the world.
São Paulo FC and Botafogo are the fourth and fifth groups announced for the 2024 Gordon Jago Super Group. They enter the elite category of defending champions FC Midtjylland of Denmark, Liverpool FC of the Premier League and Eintracht Frankfurt of Germany, all of which were previously announced. A total of 12 elite teams from top professional clubs and national federations around the world will compete for the iconic Super Group trophy “Boot
The 2024 Dallas Cup presented through Coca-Cola (U12-U19 Boys) will be played March 24-31 as the tournament celebrates a milestone with its 45th anniversary. The men’s tournament will be played once in conjunction with the Dallas Girls Invitational Cup (U15). -U19 girls) who will take position from March 23 to 29.
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