The 2006
Carolina Challenge Cup was a four-team round robin pre-season competition hosted by the
Charleston Battery
The Charleston Battery are an American professional association football, soccer club based in Charleston, South Carolina, and member of the USL Championship. Founded in 1993, the Battery are the oldest continuously operating professional socc ...
. The
Houston Dynamo
Houston Dynamo Football Club is an American professional soccer club based in Houston. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference. Established on December 15, 2005, the club was founded after their fo ...
won the 2006 tournament and went on to win the
MLS Cup
MLS Cup is the annual championship game of Major League Soccer (MLS) and the culmination of the MLS Playoffs. The game is held in November or December and pits the winner of the Eastern Conference Final against the winner of the Western Confere ...
that year.
Teams
Four clubs competed in the tournament:
Standings
Matches
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Scorers
;3 goals
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Jaime Moreno (D.C. United)
;2 goals
*
Ben Hollingsworth (Charleston Battery)
;1 goal
*
Ronald Cerritos
Ronald Osvaldo Cerritos Flores (born January 3, 1975) is a Salvadoran former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Cerritos was once the all-time leader in assists of the Major League Soccer team, the San Jose Earthquakes, with 47. ...
(Houston Dynamo)
*
Brian Ching
Brian Ching (born May 24, 1978) is an American former professional soccer player who played for twelve years in Major League Soccer and represented the U.S. national team for eight years.
Ching's professional career began when he was the 16th ...
(Houston Dynamo)
*
Ryan Cochrane (Houston Dynamo)
*
Alejandro Moreno
Alejandro Enrique Moreno Riera (born July 8, 1979) is a Venezuelan former professional footballer who played as a forward, and who is a television commentator for ESPN FC, ESPN Deportes and ESPN Latin America. Moreno won three MLS Cups during ...
(Houston Dynamo)
*
Brian Mullan
Brian Mullan (born April 23, 1978) is an American former professional association football, soccer player. He played for the Los Angeles Galaxy, San Jose Earthquakes, Houston Dynamo, and Colorado Rapids in Major League Soccer. He won five MLS C ...
(Houston Dynamo)
See also
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Carolina Challenge Cup
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Charleston Battery
The Charleston Battery are an American professional association football, soccer club based in Charleston, South Carolina, and member of the USL Championship. Founded in 1993, the Battery are the oldest continuously operating professional socc ...
*
2006 in American soccer
The 2006 season was the 94th year of competitive soccer in the United States.
National team
Men
Senior
The home team or the team that is designated as the home team is listed in the left column; the away team is in the right column.
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External links
2006 Carolina Challenge Cup Game Schedule & Tickets
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2006
2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
Events
January
* January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute.
* January 12 – A stampede during t ...
Carolina
Carolina Challenge Cup
Carolina Challenge
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