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2009 North American SuperLiga
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | North American SuperLiga |
| year | 2009 |
| other_titles | SuperLiga 2009 |
| country | United States |
| dates | June 20 – August 5 |
| num_teams | 8 |
| confederations | 1 |
| venues | 5 |
| cities | 5 |
| matches | 15 |
| goals | 37 |
| attendance | 106832 |
| champion_other | MEX Tigres UANL |
| count | 1 |
| second_other | USA Chicago Fire |
| top_scorer | MEX Armando Pulido (3 goals) |
| prevseason | [2008](2008-north-american-superliga) |
| nextseason | [2010](2010-north-american-superliga) |
The 2009 SuperLiga was the third edition of the SuperLiga competition. The top four overall Major League Soccer teams from the 2008 season not already qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League earned qualification, as well as four clubs from the Primera División de México. 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. Tigres UANL won their first title after beating 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, Major League Soccer announced that for the 2009 edition, 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. 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, the Primera División de México 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. Pumas UNAM (6th overall) were also ineligible, while Guadalajara (2nd overall) declined to participate.
The SuperLiga 2009 participants were:
From USA 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 MEX Primera División de México:
- San Luis (2008 1st overall)
- Santos Laguna (2008 5th overall)
- Tigres 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
Dueñas
Reyes
Group B
Mansally Heaps Dube Rodríguez
Vuoso Rodríguez
Knockout stage
Bracket
|July 15 – Foxborough, MA| New England Revolution|1| Chicago Fire|2 |July 15 – Foxborough, MA| Tigres UANL|3| Santos Laguna|2 |August 5 – Bridgeview, IL| Chicago Fire|1 (3) | Tigres UANL |1 (4)
Semifinals
Blanco
Fonseca Batista Torres
Final
Banner Rolfe Mapp Woolard Viniegra Ayala Pulido Itamar }}
Goalscorers
;3 goals
- MEX Armando Pulido (MEX Tigres UANL) ;2 goals
- MEX Cuauhtémoc Blanco (USA Chicago Fire)
- ZIM Kheli Dube (USA New England Revolution)
- BRA Itamar (MEX Tigres UANL)
- GAM Kenny Mansally (USA New England Revolution)
- USA Brian McBride (USA Chicago Fire)
- MEX José Rodolfo Reyes (MEX San Luis)
- MEX Juan Pablo Rodríguez (MEX Santos Laguna)
- MEX Matías Vuoso (MEX Santos Laguna) ;1 goal
- MEX Jesús Dueñas (MEX Tigres UANL)
- MEX Juan Pablo García (MEX Tigres UANL)
- SKN Atiba Harris (USA Chivas USA)
- USA Jay Heaps (USA New England Revolution))
- MEX Agustín Herrera (MEX Santos Laguna)
- MEX Francisco Fonseca (MEX Tigres UANL)
- LIT Edgaras Jankauskas (USA New England Revolution)
- USA Michael Lahoud (USA Chivas USA)
- USA Jeff Larentowicz (USA New England Revolution)
- ARG Claudio López (USA Kansas City Wizards)
- MEX Braulio Luna (MEX San Luis)
- USA Justin Mapp (USA Chicago Fire)
- MEX Jesús Molina (MEX Tigres UANL)
- ARG Alfredo Moreno (MEX San Luis)
- GHA Patrick Nyarko ( USA Chicago Fire)
- COL Carlos Quintero (MEX Santos Laguna)
- MEX Francisco Javier Torres (MEX Santos Laguna)
References
References
- (April 2, 2007). "'Game First' initiatives enhance on-field product".
- (November 21, 2008). "'MLS announces competition changes for 2009'".
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