2011 Green Soccer Bowl

August 2023 Green Soccer Bowl 2011 2011 Green Soccer Bowl logo Dallas United States 26–27 February 2011 4 2 1 1 0 2010 The 2011 Green Soccer Bowl (reported by some media outlets as the Obama CupSiasia tasks Eagles ahead of Obama Cup http://supersport.com/football/nigeria/news/110111/Siasia_tasks_home_based_Eagles_ahead_of_Obama_Cup Supersport 12 January 2011 11 January 2011) was a proposed association football tournament. Previously, the competition had been scheduled to take place in 2010 but the event was cancelled. The competition's matches were reported to be played at Ford Field, Detroit and Cotton Bowl, Dallas. The two venues are approximately 1,000 miles apart. It had previously been reported that games would be hosted at Pizza Hut Park (erroneously reported as PHP Stadium).Nigeria invited to U.S. green bowl soccer tournament http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/sports/2010-07/24/c_13413469.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20121107074946/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/sports/2010-07/24/c_13413469.htm dead November 7, 2012 24 July 2010 27 December 2010 Nigeria Football Federation's media officer Ademola Olajire stated that the competition will be held in honor of U.S. President Barack Obama.Njoku Humphrey Eagles to play in Obama invitational http://supersport.com/football/nigeria/news/101224/Eagles_to_play_in_Obama_invitational 27 December 2010 Supersport.com 24 December 2010 The tournament was organized by the U.S. Presidents’ Day Celebration Soccer Invitational Tournament Foundation chaired by former Nigerian international soccer player Pius Oleh, who participated in Nigeria's unsuccessful qualifying campaign for the 1990 World Cup. Nigerian newspapers have also suggested that Malaysia and Bahrain would participate in the tournamentEagles for Green Soccer Bowl Tournament http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201012262202175 27 December 2010 The Punch 26 December 2010April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes whilst the competition's official tournament says that Lebanon and Mexico would participate. As of July 24, 2010 the groups have been set as: Group A Nigeria Poland Malaysia Iraq Group B Egypt Bosnia-Herzegovina Kenya Bahrain On February 18, 2011 it was announced the United States Soccer Federation had finally accredited the tournament. However, due to withdrawals from the paucity of gaining entry visas, the field was reduced to only four teams: Nigeria, Mexico's Under 23 team, Panama, and Costa Rica.Green Bowl Soccer Tournament gets USSF sanction(KickoffNigeria) Group A Nigeria Mexico U-23 Panama Costa Rica On the eve of the matches, the tournament was cancelled after various organizational problems left every team but Nigeria to withdraw.Obama Cup cancelled;Nigeria stranded References External links http://www.greensoccerbowl.com/ Green 2011 Green Soccer Bowl Green Soccer Bowl Category:Defunct soccer competitions in the United States