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The 2010 Northern Ireland Youth Soccer Tournament was the 2010 edition of a prestigious youth association football tournament that has been running annually since 1983. Teams from around the world competed in a week-long tournament in the North Coast area of Northern Ireland. The teams were divided into three categories: Elite, Premier, and Junior for Under-19s, Under-17s and Under-15s respectively. The 2010 Milk Cup Tournament ran between the 26 and 30 July 2010, with Northern Ireland (Elite), Manchester United (Premier) and Everton (Junior) all returning to defend their 2009 titles.

The Elite section had six teams in 2010, with each team playing two group matches. The top two teams in the table after the group stage competed in the final. Group matches were played on Monday and Wednesday, with the final and play-offs for positions taking part on the final day, Friday.

The Junior and Premier sections were contested by 24 teams. Each team played once on Monday and Tuesday as part of a league, from which the top 8 teams qualified for the Milk Cup quarter-finals on Wednesday. The remainder of the teams qualified for lower-level cups that ran alongside the Milk Cup, with quarter-finals on the Wednesday, semi-finals on Thursday, and the finals on Friday. In 2010, for the first time the finals night were held at the Ballymena Showgrounds, rather than the traditional venue of the Coleraine Showgrounds. There were a number of new teams competing this year, from Venezuela, Spain, Norway, China, Belgium and Israel amongst others.

• Elite – Under 19s – national sides
• Premier – Under 17s – club sides and national sides
• Junior – Under 15s – club sides and national sides

Clubs and national teams from anywhere in the world may compete on invitation, and in 2010 five continents were represented - Europe, North America, South America, Africa and Asia.

Venues

Coleraine	Ballymena	Ballymoney	Broughshane	Castlerock
Anderson Park	Ballymena Showgrounds	Ballymoney Showgrounds	Broughshane	Castlerock
55°08′10″N 6°40′06″W / 55.135993°N 6.668408°W / 55.135993; -6.668408 (Anderson Park, Coleraine)	54°52′13″N 6°16′00″W / 54.870288°N 6.266637°W / 54.870288; -6.266637 (Ballymena Showgrounds)	55°04′10″N 6°30′07″W / 55.069324°N 6.501884°W / 55.069324; -6.501884 (Ballymoney Showgrounds)	54°53′36″N 6°12′40″W / 54.893352°N 6.210983°W / 54.893352; -6.210983 (Broughshane)	55°09′51″N 6°47′24″W / 55.164029°N 6.789929°W / 55.164029; -6.789929 (Castlerock)
Coleraine				Ballymoney
Coleraine Showgrounds				Riada Stadium
55°08′03″N 6°39′40″W / 55.1341166°N 6.661164°W / 55.1341166; -6.661164 (Coleraine Showgrounds)				55°03′56″N 6°29′53″W / 55.0654684°N 6.4980832°W / 55.0654684; -6.4980832 (Riada Stadium)
Limavady				Coleraine
Roe Mill				Rugby Avenue
55°02′43″N 6°57′05″W / 55.0452723°N 6.9514446°W / 55.0452723; -6.9514446 (Roe Mill, Limavady)				55°07′17″N 6°39′33″W / 55.1214725°N 6.6590948°W / 55.1214725; -6.6590948 (Rugby Avenue, Coleraine)
Limavady	Mullaghacall	Portrush	Portstewart	Coleraine
Limavady Showgrounds	Mullaghacall	Parker Avenue	The Warren	University Coleraine
55°08′02″N 6°40′12″W / 55.134°N 6.67°W / 55.134; -6.67 (Limavady Showgrounds)	55°10′37″N 6°42′49″W / 55.1770556°N 6.713689°W / 55.1770556; -6.713689 (Mullaghacall)	55°11′13″N 6°42′54″W / 55.186906°N 6.7150201°W / 55.186906; -6.7150201 (The Warren Portstewart)	55°09′00″N 6°40′07″W / 55.1499713°N 6.6684915°W / 55.1499713; -6.6684915 (University Coleraine, Cromore Road)	55°11′49″N 6°38′58″W / 55.1970574°N 6.64941°W / 55.1970574; -6.64941 (Parker Avenue Portrush)

Elite Section

Squads

China

Denmark

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1 GK	Nicolai Larsen	(1991-03-09)9 March 1991 (aged 19)		Aalborg
2	2 DF	Mathias Reimer Larsen	(1991-05-20)20 May 1991 (aged 19)		Brøndby
3	2 DF	Mikkel Kirkeskov	(1991-09-05)5 September 1991 (aged 18)		AGF
4	2 DF	Erik Sviatchenko	(1991-10-04)4 October 1991 (aged 18)		Midtjylland
5	4 FW	Kevin Mensah	(1991-05-15)15 May 1991 (aged 19)		Viborg
6	3 MF	Kasper Hansen	(1991-02-15)15 February 1991 (aged 19)		Midtjylland
7	3 MF	Azad Corlu	(1991-01-12)12 January 1991 (aged 19)		Brøndby
8	2 DF	Mathias Nielsen	(1991-03-02)2 March 1991 (aged 19)		Nordsjælland
9	4 FW	Bjørn Paulsen	(1991-07-02)2 July 1991 (aged 19)		SønderjyskE
10	4 FW	David Boysen	(1991-04-30)30 April 1991 (aged 19)		Lyngby
11	4 FW	Rasmus Christensen	(1991-08-12)12 August 1991 (aged 18)		Midtjylland
12	2 DF	Daniel Høegh	(1991-01-06)6 January 1991 (aged 19)		OB
13	2 DF	Jesper Lauridsen	(1991-03-27)27 March 1991 (aged 19)		Midtjylland
14	3 MF	Jonas Rasmussen	(1991-08-01)1 August 1991 (aged 18)		Nordsjælland
15	3 MF	Marcel Rømer	(1991-08-08)8 August 1991 (aged 18)		Køge
16	1 GK	Michael Falkesgaard	(1991-04-09)9 April 1991 (aged 19)		Brøndby
17	3 MF	Kasper Kusk	(1991-11-10)10 November 1991 (aged 18)		AaB
18	3 MF	Mathias Wichmann	(1991-08-06)6 August 1991 (aged 18)		AaB

Japan

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1 GK	Goro Kawanami	(1991-04-10)10 April 1991 (aged 19)		Kashiwa Reysol
2	2 DF	Masaki Tanaka	(1991-03-27)27 March 1991 (aged 19)		Nippon Sport Science University
3	2 DF	Takumi Abe	(1991-05-26)26 May 1991 (aged 19)		Yokohama F.C.
4	2 DF	Ryo Hiraide	(1991-07-18)18 July 1991 (aged 19)		F.C. Tokyo
5	2 DF	Takuya Okamoto	(1992-06-18)18 June 1992 (aged 18)		Urawa Red Diamonds
6	2 DF	Wataru Endo	(1993-02-09)9 February 1993 (aged 17)		Shonan Bellmare
7	2 DF	Masahiro Teraoka	(1991-11-13)13 November 1991 (aged 18)		Kansai University
8	3 MF	Mitsunari Musaka	(1991-01-16)16 January 1991 (aged 19)		Chuo University
9	3 MF	Ibuki Fujita	(1991-01-30)30 January 1991 (aged 19)		Keio University
10	3 MF	Naoyuki Yamazaki	(1991-05-05)5 May 1991 (aged 19)		Tokyo Gakugei University
11	3 MF	Daisuke Kikuchi	(1991-04-12)12 April 1991 (aged 19)		Thespa Kusatsu
12	3 MF	Masaru Kato	(1991-05-07)7 May 1991 (aged 19)		Albirex Niigata
13	4 FW	Ryo Miyaichi	(1992-12-14)14 December 1992 (aged 17)		Chukyou University Chukyou High School
14	3 MF	Shuto Kojima	(1992-07-30)30 July 1992 (aged 17)		Maebashi Ikuei High School
15	4 FW	Kenyu Sugimoto	(1992-11-18)18 November 1992 (aged 17)		Cerezo Osaka
16	4 FW	Kentaro Shigematsu	(1991-04-15)15 April 1991 (aged 19)		F.C. Tokyo
17	4 FW	Toshiyuki Takagi	(1991-05-25)25 May 1991 (aged 19)		Tokyo Verdy
18	1 GK	Hayato Nakamura	(1991-11-18)18 November 1991 (aged 18)		Montedio Yamagata

Mexico

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1 GK	José Rodríguez	(1992-04-07)7 April 1992 (aged 17)		Guadalajara
6	2 DF	Miguel Basulto	(1992-01-07)7 January 1992 (aged 17)		Guadalajara
3	2 DF	Kristian Álvarez( c)	(1992-01-16)16 January 1992 (aged 17)		Guadalajara
18	2 DF	Diego Reyes	(1992-09-19)19 September 1992 (aged 17)		América
13	3 MF	Bryan Leyva	(1992-02-08)8 February 1992 (aged 17)		FC Dallas
6	3 MF	Manuel Alejandro Correa Galán	(1992-03-06)6 March 1992 (aged 17)		Club Atlas
4	2 DF	Jairo González	(1992-02-27)27 February 1992 (aged 17)		Guadalajara
8	3 MF	Carlos Emilio Orrantía	(1991-02-01)1 February 1991 (aged 18)		Pumas de la UNAM
10	4 FW	Víctor Mañon	(1992-02-06)6 February 1992 (aged 17)		Pachuca
9	4 FW	Martín Galván	(1993-02-14)14 February 1993 (aged 16)		Cruz Azul
11	4 FW	David Izazola Ramírez	(1991-10-23)23 October 1991 (aged 18)		Pumas de la UNAM
12	1 GK	Israel Cano	(1992-09-17)17 September 1992 (aged 17)		Monterrey
13	3 MF	Jesús Antonio Leal Bernal	(1992-12-18)18 December 1992 (aged 16)		América
14	3 MF	Luis Telles	(1992-03-09)9 March 1992 (aged 17)		Atlas
5	2 DF	Oscar García	(1993-02-14)14 February 1993 (aged 16)		Monterrey
16	4 FW	Ricardo Damián Martínez Castillo	(1992-06-08)8 June 1992 (aged 17)		Monterrey
17	4 FW	Luis Ernesto Olascoaga Reyes	(1991-08-22)22 August 1991 (aged 18)		América
18	4 FW	Erick Torres Padilla	(1993-01-19)19 January 1993 (aged 16)		Guadalajara

Northern Ireland

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1		Wayne Drummond			Rangers
2		Adam Thompson			Watford
3		Dean Jarvis			Aberdeen
4		Patrick McLaughlin
5		Craig Hill
6		Chris Hegarty			Rangers
7		Jonathan Gorman
8		Jonathan Breeze			Wigan Athletic
9		William Grigg			Walsall
10		James Gray			Middlesbrough
11		Shane Ferguson		1	Newcastle United
12		Andrew Dickey
13		Aaron Burns
14		Liam Bagnall			Sunderland
15		Daniel Devine
16		Scott Davidson
17		Neil Dougan
18		Michael McCrudden

United States

Head coach Thomas Rongen announced the United States roster on July 19. ^{[1] [2]} Given age as of the first United States match on July 26.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
2	2 DF	Zarek Valentin	(1991-08-06)August 6, 1991 (aged 18)		Akron Zips
3	2 DF	Sacir Hot	(1991-06-10)June 10, 1991 (aged 19)		Boston College Eagles
5	2 DF	Greg Garza	(1991-08-16)August 16, 1991 (aged 18)		Estoril Praia
6	2 DF	Perry Kitchen	(1992-02-29)February 29, 1992 (aged 18)		Akron Zips
7	3 MF	Alex Molano	(1992-04-10)April 10, 1992 (aged 18)		Dinamo Zagreb
8	3 MF	Dillon Powers			Notre Dame Fighting Irish
9	4 FW	Omar Salgado	(1993-09-10)September 10, 1993 (aged 16)		Vancouver Whitecaps FC
10	3 MF	Francisco Navas	(1991-11-17)November 17, 1991 (aged 18)		Houston Dynamo
12	3 MF	Conor Shanosky	(1991-12-13)December 13, 1991 (aged 18)		D.C. United
13	4 FW	Gustavo Ruelas	(1991-03-18)March 18, 1991 (aged 19)		Santos Laguna
14	3 MF	Fuad Ibrahim	(1991-08-15)August 15, 1991 (aged 18)		Toronto FC
15	2 DF	Bryan de la Fuente	(1992-07-01)July 1, 1992 (aged 18)		Chivas USA
16	3 MF	Ernest Nungaray	(1992-05-07)May 7, 1992 (aged 18)		Monarcas Morelia
17	4 FW	Juan Agudelo	(1992-11-23)November 23, 1992 (aged 17)		New York Red Bulls
18	1 GK	Zac MacMath	(1991-08-07)August 7, 1991 (aged 18)		Maryland Terrapins
19	2 DF	Ethan White	(1992-01-01)January 1, 1992 (aged 18)		Maryland Terrapins
22	2 DF	Gale Agbossoumonde	(1991-11-17)November 17, 1991 (aged 18)		Braga
24	1 GK	Samir Badr			Porto

Tournament

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2	6
Northern Ireland	2	1	1	0	6	1	+5	4
Mexico	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	4
Denmark	2	1	0	1	6	4	+2	3
Japan	2	0	0	2	2	7	–5	0
China	2	0	0	2	0	6	–6	0

Group stage

26 July 2010

20:00

Japan	1–4	Denmark

Riada Stadium, Ballymoney

26 July 2010

20:00

Northern Ireland	1–1	Mexico

Coleraine Showgrounds

26 July 2010

20:00

United States	1–0	China

Ballymena Showgrounds

28 July 2010

20:00

China	0–5	Northern Ireland

Riada Stadium, Ballymoney

28 July 2010

20:00

Denmark	2–3	United States

Coleraine Showgrounds

28 July 2010

20:00

Mexico	3–1	Japan

Ballymena Showgrounds

5th Place Playoff

30 July 2010

11:00

Japan	3–0	China

Riada Stadium, Ballymoney

3rd Place Playoff

30 July 2010

13:00

Mexico	1–3	Denmark

Riada Stadium, Ballymoney

Final

30 July 2010

18:00

United States	3–0	Northern Ireland

Ballymena Showgrounds

Premier section

Junior section

References

External links

• http://www.nimilkcup.org
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/milkcup/