Marlboro Cup (soccer)

For the thoroughbred horse race, see Marlboro Cup Invitational Handicap.

The Marlboro Cup was an international soccer tournament which ran on an irregular basis from 1987 to 1990 in the United States.^[1]

Marlboro Cup

Founded	1987
Abolished	1990; 35 years ago (1990)
Region	United States
Number of teams	4
Last champion(s)	Flamengo
Most successful club(s)	United States (2 titles)

Sponsored by the Philip Morris company to promote its Marlboro brand of cigarettes, the tournament featured both top club as well as national teams.^[2]

List of champions

Ed.	Year	Month	Host city	Champion	Final score	Runner-up
1	1987	March	Miami	Millonarios	3–1	United States
2	1988	March	Miami	Atlético Nacional	3–2	United States
3	1988	April	San Antonio	UdeG	1–0	UNAM
4	1988	Aug	Los Angeles	Guatemala	3–2	UdeG
5	1988	Aug	New York	Sporting Cristal	4–0	Barcelona
6	1989	April	Miami	Santa Fe	0–0 (3–0 p)	United States
7	1989	June	New York	United States	3–0	Peru
8	1989	July	Chicago	United States	1–1 (5–3 p)	Guadalajara
9	1989	August	Los Angeles	Mexico	3–2	Juventus
10	1990	February	Miami	Uruguay	2–0	Costa Rica
11	1990	February	Los Angeles	Colombia	1–0	Guadalajara
12	1990	May	Chicago	Atlas	0–0 (4–1 p)	Colombia
13	1990	August	New York	Flamengo	1–0	Alianza Lima

Sources

• History
• Miami Cup