2009 North American SuperLiga

The 2009 SuperLiga was the third edition of the SuperLiga. The top four overall Major League Soccer teams from the 2008 season not already qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League earned qualification,[1] as well as four clubs from the Mexican Primera División. All games of the tournament were broadcast live on Fox Sports World in Canada, Telefutura in the United States, and Televisa and TV Azteca in Mexico and an internet stream on the SuperLiga website. UANL won their first title after beating Chicago Fire 4–3 on penalties in the final.

2009 SuperLiga
SuperLiga 2009
Tournament details
Host countryUSA
DatesJune 20 – August 5
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions UANL (1st title)
Runners-up Chicago Fire
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored37 (2.47 per match)
Attendance106,832 (7,122 per match)
Top scorer(s) Armando Pulido (3 goals)

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 2008 MLS regular season standings not competing in the CONCACAF Champions League in 2009–10 would qualify for SuperLiga 2009.[2] That ruling means that the top two teams from the 2008 MLS season, the Columbus Crew and 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 Clausura 2008 and Apertura 2008 overall season standings not competing in the CONCACAF Champions League would qualify for SuperLiga 2009. That ruling meant that the Apertura-08 Champion Toluca and the runner-up 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:

From Mexican Primera División:

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:
Chicago Fire 1 – 0 San Luis
McBride 57' Report
Attendance: 8,421
Chivas USA 1 – 2 UANL
Lahoud 55' Report Pulido 11'
Dueñas 82'
Attendance: 11,197
Chicago Fire 1 – 0 Chivas USA
Mapp 35' Report
Attendance: 9,126
San Luis 3 – 1 UANL
Luna 55'
Reyes 56', 76'		 Report García 74'
Attendance: 9,126
Referee: Ricardo Areliano (Mexico)
Chicago Fire 1 – 2 UANL
Blanco 85' (pen.) Report Pulido 37', 61'
Attendance: 9,157
Referee: Kevin Thomas (Jamaica)
Chivas USA 1 – 1San Luis
Harris 89' Report Moreno 54' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,411
Referee: Luis de la Rosa (Panama)

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:
Kansas City Wizards 0 – 0 Atlas
Report
Attendance: 5,278
New England Revolution 4 – 2 Santos Laguna
Larentowicz 38'
Mansally 60'
Heaps 63'
Dube 82'		 Report Vuoso 51'
Rodríguez 55'
Attendance: 9,512
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
New England Revolution 1 – 1 Kansas City Wizards
Dube 45+1' Report Barnes 85' (o.g.)
Attendance: 5,378
Referee: Jorge Gonzalez (USA)
Santos Laguna 0 – 0 Atlas
Torres  74' Report
Attendance: 5,378
Referee: Erim Ramírez Ulloa (Mexico)
New England Revolution 1 – 0 Atlas
Mansally 32' Report
Attendance: 7,411
Referee: Ricardo Cerdas (Costa Rica)
Kansas City Wizards 1 – 3 Santos Laguna
López 80' Report Herrera 61'
Vuoso 74'
Rodríguez 90+'
Attendance: 10,385
Referee: José Molina (Honduras)

Knockout stage

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
15 July – Foxborough
 
 
 New England1
 
5 August – Bridgeview
 
 Chicago2
 
 Chicago1 (3)
 
15 July – Foxborough
 
 UANL (p)1 (4)
 
 UANL3
 
 
 Santos2
 

Semifinals
New England Revolution 1 – 2 Chicago Fire
Jankauskas 44' Report McBride 34'
Blanco 63'
Attendance: 7,215
Referee: Paul Ward (Canada)
UANL 3 – 2Santos Laguna
Molina 3'
Fonseca 19'
Batista 83'		 Report Quintero 27'
Torres 91+'
Attendance: 7,215
Referee: Jamie Gardano (Mexico)

Final
Chicago Fire 1 – 1 UANL
Nyarko 10' Report Itamar 43'
Penalties
Blanco
Banner
Rolfe
Mapp
Woolard 		3 – 4 Fernández
Viniegra
Ayala
Pulido
Itamar
Attendance: 20,000
SuperLiga
2009 Champion

UANL
First title

Goalscorers
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References
  1. "'Game First' initiatives enhance on-field product". 2 April 2007. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007. Retrieved 15 October 2007.
  2. "'MLS announces competition changes for 2009'". 21 November 2008. Archived from the original on 15 February 2009. Retrieved 21 November 2008.
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