| Founded | 2011 |
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| Number of teams | Varies |
| Current champions | Real Salt Lake (2nd title) |
| Most successful club(s) | New England Revolution Real Salt Lake (2 titles) |
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TheDesert Showcase (formerly theDesert Cup, theDesert Diamond Cup, theMobile Mini Sun Cup, and theVisit Tucson Sun Cup), is a preseason soccer tournament hosted byPhoenix Rising FC of theUSL Championship andFC Tucson ofUSL League One. The tournament is sponsored by the Tucson Convention and Visitors Bureau, known as Visit Tucson.
Beginning in 2011, the inaugural Desert Cup featured twoMajor League Soccer (MLS) clubs,Sporting Kansas City andNew York Red Bulls. In the years since, the number of participating MLS clubs has continued to grow, with the 2018 Mobile Mini Sun Cup featuring eleven MLS clubs ‒ nearly half of the league's total membership.
Thefirst edition of the tournament, held atHi Corbett Field, a formerbaseballspring training stadium saw sellout crowds[1] with international stars such asThierry Henry,Rafael Márquez, andOmar Bravo playing.
Thesecond edition was held from February 22 through March 3, paralleling several other preseason tournaments ahead of the2012 American outdoor domestic league seasons.[2] Three new clubs competed in the2012 edition of the tournament: defending MLS Cup championsLA Galaxy,Real Salt Lake, and theNew England Revolution joined theNew York Red Bulls, who returned for their second Desert Cup appearance. The 2012 Desert Diamond Cup moved toKino Veterans Memorial Stadium and saw clubs play a total of four matches each.[3]
Phoenix Rising FC purchasedFC Tucson on October 11, 2017.[4] On December 5, Phoenix Rising FC and FC Tucson announced that they would co-host the tournament and that it would be renamed the Mobile Mini Sun Cup, withMobile Mini as sponsor. Games will be played at North Stadium at theKino Sports Complex as well asPhoenix Rising Soccer Complex. A record 11 teams will participate in the 2018 tournament.[5][6]
In 2020, the tournament will be renamed the Visit Tucson Sun Cup and will host Sporting Kansas City, Real Salt Lake, New York Red Bulls, Houston Dynamo and Columbus Crew SC along with Phoenix Rising FC.[7][8]
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