1st Hawaii Pan Pacific Championship - TalkSoccer

**Frank Cunha** · 04-12-2007, 02:37 AM

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By Ridge Mahoney

A more apropos name might be "Becks Does Honolulu" for the Pan-Pacific Championship officially announced by MLS yesterday, but marketing issues aside, this event certainly offers some allure beyond that of David Beckham. The four-team tournament will match teams from MLS (the Galaxy and Houston), J-League (Gamba Osaka) and Australia's A-League (TBA) in Honolulu Feb. 20 and 23.

The MLS teams play their foreign opponents in the semifinals with the winners meeting to decide the crown.

**Frank Cunha** · 18-01-2008, 04:36 AM

-- Everybody wants to go to Hawaii for the inaugural Pan Pacific Championship, a preseason exhibition (Feb. 20-23) involving the Dynamo, Los Angeles Galaxy, Japan's Gamba Osaka and an Australian side to be determined, but that has as much to do with Hawaii as it does soccer. We're more excited by the fifth Carolina Cup, which will be played March 15-22 at Blackbaud Stadium in Charleston, S.C. The Charleston Battery, from the United Soccer Leagues, is host, as always, with MLS's Red Bulls, Earthquakes and Toronto FC completing the field.
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