2009 North American SuperLiga
Appearance
SuperLiga 2009 | |
---|---|
Tournament details | |
Host country | USA |
Dates | June 20 – August 5 |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 5 (in 5 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Chicago Fire |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 15 |
Goals scored | 37 (2.47 per match) |
Attendance | 106,832 (7,122 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Armando Pulido (3 goals) |
The 2009 SuperLiga was the third edition of the
Chicago Fire
4–3 on penalties in the final.
Qualification
The teams involved were selected based on qualification rules set by their respective leagues.
On November 21, 2008, MLS announced that for the 2009 tournament, the top four teams in the
Houston Dynamo, who had already qualified for the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League
, were not eligible to participate in the Superliga 2009.
On May 14, 2009, FMF announced that for the 2009 tournament the top four eligible teams from the
Cruz Azul (2008 3rd and 4th overall respectively), who had already qualified for the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League, were not eligible to participate in the tournament. UNAM (6th overall) were also ineligible, while Guadalajara
(2nd overall) declined to participate.
The SuperLiga 2009 participants were:
From Major League Soccer:
- Chicago Fire(2008 3rd overall)
- New England Revolution (2008 4th overall)
- Chivas USA(2008 5th overall)
- Kansas City Wizards(2008 6th overall)
From Mexican Primera División:
- San Luis (2008 1st overall)
- Santos Laguna(2008 5th overall)
- UANL(2008 7th overall)
- Atlas(2008 8th overall)
Group stage
There were two groups of four teams. Each group contained two clubs from each league with the top two teams from each groups advancing to the semifinals.
Group A
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UANL
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
Chicago Fire
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 |
San Luis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 |
Chivas USA
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 |
Source: [citation needed]
1 – 0 | San Luis | |
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McBride 57' | Report |
Toyota Park, Bridgeview, Illinois
Attendance: 8,421
Referee: Silviu Petrescu (Canada
)Chivas USA | ||
---|---|---|
Mapp 35' | Report |
Toyota Park, Bridgeview, Illinois
Attendance: 9,126
Referee: Mark Geiger (United States
)UANL | ||
---|---|---|
Luna 55' Reyes 56', 76' |
Report | García 74' |
Toyota Park, Bridgeview, Illinois
Attendance: 9,126
Referee: Ricardo Areliano (Mexico
)UANL | ||
---|---|---|
Blanco 85' (pen.) | Report | Pulido 37', 61' |
Toyota Park, Bridgeview, Illinois
Attendance: 9,157
Referee: Kevin Thomas (Jamaica
)Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
New England Revolution | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 |
Santos Laguna
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
Atlas
|
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
Kansas City Wizards
|
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 |
Source: [citation needed]
Atlas | ||
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Report[permanent dead link] |
El Salvador
)Santos Laguna | ||
---|---|---|
82' | Report | 55' |
Kansas City Wizards | ||
---|---|---|
Dube 45+1' | Report[permanent dead link] | Barnes 85' (o.g.) |
Atlas | ||
---|---|---|
Torres 74' | Report[permanent dead link] |
Atlas | ||
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Mansally 32' |
Report |
Costa Rica
)Knockout stage
Bracket
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
July 15 – Foxborough | ||||||
New England | 1 | |||||
August 5 – Bridgeview | ||||||
Chicago | 2 | |||||
Chicago | 1 (3) | |||||
July 15 – Foxborough | ||||||
UANL (p) | 1 (4) | |||||
UANL | 3 | |||||
Santos | 2 | |||||
Semifinals
Chicago Fire | ||
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Jankauskas 44' | Report[permanent dead link] | McBride 34' Blanco 63' |
Santos Laguna | ||
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Batista 83' |
Report[permanent dead link] | Torres 91+' |
Final
UANL | ||
---|---|---|
Nyarko 10' | Report | Itamar 43' |
Penalties | ||
Blanco Banner Rolfe Mapp Woolard |
3 – 4 | Itamar |
El Salvador
)SuperLiga 2009 champion |
---|
UANL First title |
Goalscorers
- 3 goals
- UANL)
- 2 goals
- Chicago Fire)
- Kheli Dube ( New England Revolution)
- UANL)
- Kenny Mansally ( New England Revolution)
- Chicago Fire)
- José Rodolfo Reyes ( San Luis)
- Santos Laguna)
- Santos Laguna)
- 1 goal
- UANL)
- UANL)
- Chivas USA)
- Jay Heaps ( New England Revolution))
- Santos Laguna)
- UANL)
- Edgaras Jankauskas ( New England Revolution)
- Chivas USA)
- Jeff Larentowicz ( New England Revolution)
- Kansas City)
- Braulio Luna ( San Luis)
- Chicago Fire)
- UANL)
- Alfredo Moreno ( San Luis)
- Chicago Fire)
- Santos Laguna)
- Santos Laguna)
References
- ^ "'Game First' initiatives enhance on-field product". April 2, 2007. Archived from the original on October 9, 2007. Retrieved October 15, 2007.
- ^ "'MLS announces competition changes for 2009'". November 21, 2008. Archived from the original on February 15, 2009. Retrieved November 21, 2008.