AMERICA CUP
Tournament History
The America Cup, formerly known as the 16-Goal Championship, was first played in 1964. Held at the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club in Carpenteria, California, for the last several years, 2020 competition will field four teams, including Klentner Ranch, Dundas, Santa Clara and Bensoleimani.com.
Demonstrating the generational appeal of polo, Santa Clara features three generations of the Escobar family. The competition also features four members of Team USPA, Lucas Escobar (Santa Clara), Jesse Bray (Klentner Ranch), Geronimo Obregon (Klentner Ranch) and Santi Torres (Dundas).
U.S. Polo Assn., the multi-billion-dollar, official global apparel brand of the United States Polo Association, announced it will serve as the apparel sponsor for the 2020 America Cup.As the 2020 America Cup’s official apparel sponsor, U.S. Polo Assn. will be featured in multiple ways including the main scoreboard, social media, staff outfitting, trophy ceremony and more throughout the tournament. Also of note, the brand, which sells merchandise in 180 countries worldwide, is also apparel partnering with the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club throughout the 2020 season.
Photo: 2019 Farmers & Merchants Bank America Cup Champions: Farmers & Merchants Bank - Lucas Escobar, Felipe Vercellino, Juan Monteverde, Danny Walker. ©David Lominska/Santa Barbara Polo Club.
