The Dr Pepper Dallas Cup announced today that Liverpool FC will compete in the Gordon Jago Super Group at the Dallas Cup's 40th Anniversary Tournament this April. This is the first return of Liverpool since their Dallas Cup title in 2008.

Liverpool hoisted the Super Group "Boot and Ball" championship trophy that year with a 3-0 win over Tigres in the final. During their title run, Liverpool was dominant throughout, scoring 26 goals while conceding just three.

Former Liverpool academy graduate and 2001 Ballon d'Or award winner, Michael Owen, played in the 1992 Dallas Cup as a young boy growing up in Wales.

Liverpool hopes to become the first English side to win two Super Group championships since the elite bracket was created in 1990. Current academy standouts Bobby Duncan and Paul Glatzel are tied for second in goals scored in the U18 Premier League this year, each bagging 12 goals in as many matches.

Liverpool FC is the third team announced for the 2019 Gordon Jago Super Group. They join fellow Premier League side Arsenal FC and Mexico's Tigres in the elite bracket.

The Dr Pepper Dallas Cup's 40thanniversary tournament will be played April 14-21, 2019.

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About Dr Pepper Dallas Cup: Dr Pepper Dallas Cup is the oldest and most prestigious international youth soccer tournament in the United States. Consisting of age groups from U13 to U19, Dallas Cup averages more than 100,000 spectators during tournament week. Since its inception in 1980, Dallas Cup has hosted teams and referees from across 47 states, six continents and more than 100 countries.