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2010 North American SuperLiga
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | North American SuperLiga |
| year | 2010 |
| other_titles | SuperLiga 2010 |
| country | United States |
| dates | July 14 – September 1 |
| num_teams | 8 |
| confederations | 1 |
| venues | 4 |
| cities | 4 |
| matches | 15 |
| goals | 34 |
| attendance | |
| champion_other | MEX Monarcas Morelia |
| count | 1 |
| second_other | USA New England Revolution |
| top_scorer | MEX Miguel Sabah (4 goals) |
| prevseason | [2009](2009-north-american-superliga) |
The 2010 SuperLiga was the fourth and final edition of the SuperLiga competition. The top four overall Major League Soccer teams from the 2009 season not already qualified for the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League earned qualification as well as four clubs from the Primera División de México.
Qualification
The teams involved were selected based on qualification rules set by their respective leagues.
On April 28, 2010, Major League Soccer announced that for the 2010 edition the top four teams from the 2009 MLS regular season standings not competing in the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League would qualify for SuperLiga 2010.
The Primera División de México announced its participants would be the top four team from the 2009 overall standings (Clausura 2009 and Apertura 2009) that were not competing in the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League. Furthermore, América (5th 2009 overall) declined to participate.
The SuperLiga 2010 participants are as follows:
From USA Major League Soccer:
- Houston Dynamo (2009 3rd overall)
- Chicago Fire (2009 5th overall)
- Chivas USA (2009 6th overall)
- New England Revolution (2009 7th overall)
From MEX Primera División de México:
- Pachuca (2009 2nd overall)
- Monarcas Morelia (2009 5th overall)
- Puebla (2009 6th overall)
- Pumas UNAM (2009 9th 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
González
Ortiz
Group B
Rey Sabah Márquez Lozano
Droguett Cortés
Knockout round
Bracket
|August 4 – Foxborough, MA| New England Revolution |1 (5)| Puebla|1 (3) |August 5 – Houston, TX| Houston Dynamo|0| Monarcas Morelia|1 |September 1 – Foxborough, MA| New England Revolution|1| Monarcas Morelia|2
Semi-finals
Reis Tierney Phelan Mansally Juárez Ayala Lugo
Final
Goalscorers
;4 goals
- MEX Miguel Sabah (MEX Monarcas Morelia) ;2 goals
- ZWE Joseph Ngwenya (USA Houston Dynamo)
- URU Nicolás Olivera (MEX Puebla)
- MEX Mario Ortiz (MEX Puebla)
- SRB Marko Perović (USA New England Revolution)
- COL Luis Gabriel Rey (MEX Monarcas Morelia) ;1 goal
- USA Kevin Alston (USA New England Revolution)
- COL Franco Arizala (MEX Pachuca)
- MEX Leandro Augusto (MEX Pumas UNAM)
- COL Wiliam Conde (USA Chicago Fire)
- MEX Javier Cortés (MEX Pumas UNAM)
- CHI Hugo Droguett (MEX Monarcas Morelia)
- URU Álvaro Fabián González (MEX Puebla)
- MEX Elías Hernández (MEX Monarcas Morelia)
- USA Steven Kinney (USA Chicago Fire)
- MEX Jaime Lozano (MEX Monarcas Morelia)
- MEX Rafael Márquez Lugo (MEX Monarcas Morelia)
- VEN Giancarlo Maldonado (USA Chivas USA)
- GAM Kenny Mansally (USA New England Revolution)
- ARG Damián Manso (MEX Pachuca)
- GHA Dominic Oduro (USA Houston Dynamo)
- MEX Jesús Padilla (USA Chivas USA)
- JAM Lovel Palmer (USA Houston Dynamo)
- ARG Gabriel Pereyra (MEX Puebla)
- USA Zack Schilawski (USA New England Revolution)
- CRC Michael Umaña (USA Chivas USA)
References
References
- (April 28, 2010). "Superliga 2010: Dates and venues announced".
- http://www.houstondynamo.com/news/2010/07/dynamo-happy-about-tough-win {{Dead link. (February 2022)
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