2008 North American SuperLiga

January 2024 North American SuperLiga 2008 SuperLiga 2008 200px North American SuperLiga logo United States July 12 – August 5 8 1 7 7 15 36 194414 USA New England Revolution USA Houston Dynamo Grenada Shalrie Joseph USA Stuart HoldenUSA Ante Razov (3 goals) 2007 2009 The 2008 SuperLiga was the second edition of the SuperLiga competition. The top four Major League Soccer and Primera División de México teams by point totals at the end of the season earned qualification.http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20070402&content_id=87043&vkey=pr_mls&fext=.jsp 'Game First' initiatives enhance on-field product April 2, 2007 October 15, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20071009223002/http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20070402&content_id=87043&vkey=pr_mls&fext=.jsp October 9, 2007 All games of the tournament were broadcast live on Fox Sports World in Canada (English), Telefutura in the United States (Spanish), and Televisa and TV Azteca in Mexico (both Spanish). Qualification The eight teams in the 2008 edition were selected based on qualification rules set by their respective leagues. The 2008 SuperLiga contestants were:http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20080313&content_id=143146&vkey=pr_mls&fext=.jsp SuperLiga 2008 teams, schedule announced March 13, 2008 March 13, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080321234537/http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20080313&content_id=143146&vkey=pr_mls&fext=.jsp March 21, 2008 From USA Major League Soccer:http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20080207&content_id=138148&vkey=pr_mls&fext=.jsp MLS unveils 2008 schedule with broadcasts February 7, 2008 February 7, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080210150534/http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20080207&content_id=138148&vkey=pr_mls&fext=.jsp February 10, 2008 D.C. United (2007 Supporters' Shield winners) Chivas USA (2007 season 2nd overall) Houston Dynamo (2007 season 3rd overall) New England Revolution (2007 season 4th overall) From MEX Primera División de México: Guadalajara (2006 Apertura champions) Pachuca (2007 Clausura champions) Atlante (2007 Apertura champions) Santos Laguna (2008 Clausura champions) 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 Group A no A4 v A3 July 12, 2008 20:00 EDT D.C. United 1–2 Report Guadalajara Emilio 76 Arellano 23Pineda72 RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. 22,453 Walter Quesada (Costa Rica) A1 v A2 July 12, 2008 22:00 EDT Houston Dynamo 4–0 https://archive.today/20120213190711/http://www.superliga2008.com/headlines/index.html?article_id=35 Report Atlante De Rosario 20 0 44Holden 21 29Mullan 54 Muñoz 0 45 Robertson Stadium, Houston, Texas 13,105 Courtney Campbell (Jamaica) A4 v A2 July 15, 2008 20:00 EDT D.C. United 2–3 Report Atlante Doe 28Emilio 79 Gabriel Rey 15 44Bermudez 49 RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. 12,122 Carlos Batres (Guatemala) A1 v A3 July 15, 2008 22:00 EDT Houston Dynamo 0–1 Report Guadalajara Arellano 71 Robertson Stadium, Houston, Texas 28,723 Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname) A4 v A1 July 19, 2008 20:00 EDT D.C. United 1–3 Report Houston Dynamo Doe 76 Clark 12Boswell 29Holden 84 RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. 12,893 Alex Prus (United States) A2 v A3 July 19, 2008 22:00 EDT Atlante 2–0 Report Guadalajara Maldonado 42 Espinoza 88 Buck Shaw Stadium, Santa Clara, California 10,370 Hugo Leon Guajardo (Mexico) Group B Group B no B1 v B4 July 13, 2008 20:00 EDT New England Revolution 1–0 Report Santos Laguna Dube 70 Rodriguez 0 40 Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts 10,118 Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname) B3 v B2 July 13, 2008 22:00 EDT Chivas USA 1–2 Report Pachuca Razov 16 Marioni 23Caballero 42 The Home Depot Center, Carson, California 14,528 Carlos Batres (Guatemala) B1 v B2 July 16, 2008 20:00 EDT New England Revolution 1–0 Report Pachuca Smith 90+6 pen. Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts 9,614 Walter Quesada (Costa Rica) B3 v B4 July 16, 2008 22:00 EDT Chivas USA 1–0 Report Santos Laguna Razov 73 The Home Depot Center, Carson, California 16,343 Courtney Campbell (Jamaica) B3 v B1 July 20, 2008 20:00 EDT Chivas USA 1–1 Report New England Revolution Razov 59 Joseph 78 Titan Stadium, Fullerton, Californiahttp://www.revolutionsoccer.net/news/index.cfm?ac=latestnewsdetail&pid=32348&pcid=115 February 2022 4,738 Abiodun Okulaja (United States) B4 v B2 July 20, 2008 22:00 EDT Santos Laguna 1–1 Report Pachuca Benítez 72 Álvarez 4 Pizza Hut Park, Frisco, Texas 6,157 German Arredondo (Mexico) Knockout stage Bracket N4 white-space:nowrap high yes Semi-finals Final July 29 – Houston, TX USA Houston Dynamo 2 MEX Pachuca 0 July 30 – Foxborough, MA USA New England Revolution 1 MEX Atlante 0 August 5 – Foxborough, MA USA Houston Dynamo 2 (5) USA New England Revolution 2 (6) Semi-finals S.1 July 29, 2008 22:00 EDT Houston Dynamo 2–0 Report Pachuca Boswell 77 Ashe 87 Robertson Stadium, Houston, Texas 16,679 Neal Brizan (Trinidad & Tobago) S.2 July 30, 2008 20:00 EDT New England Revolution 1–0 Report Atlante Joseph 30Heaps 0 90+ Rey 0 85Zamora 1 90+Vilar 1 90+Muñoz 0 90+ Venegas 0 90+ Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts 8,302 Carlos Batres (Guatemala) Final 2008 North American SuperLiga final F August 5, 2008 20:00 EDT New England Revolution 2–2 (a.e.t.) Report Houston Dynamo Ralston 41 Joseph 82 Joseph 102 Davis 14 Jaqua 18 Kamara 98 Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts 9,242 Howard Webb (England) Ralston Reis Joseph Twellman Smith Larentowicz Tierney Albright 6–5 Waibel Wondolowski De Rosario Ching Clark Barrett Kamara Ashe 2008 SuperLiga champions USA New England Revolution 1st Goalscorers 3 goals USA Stuart Holden (USA Houston Dynamo) GRN Shalrie Joseph (USA New England Revolution) USA Ante Razov (USA Chivas USA) 2 goals 27em MEX Omar Arellano (MEX Guadalajara) USA Bobby Boswell (USA Houston Dynamo) LBR Francis Doe (USA D.C. United) BRA Luciano Emilio (USA D.C. United) COL Luis Gabriel Rey (MEX Atlante) USA Corey Ashe (USA Houston Dynamo) 1 goal 27em ARG Damián Ariel Álvarez (MEX Pachuca) ECU Cristian Benítez (MEX Santos Laguna) MEX Christian Bermudez (MEX Atlante) MEX Gabriel Caballero (MEX Pachuca) USA Ricardo Clark (USA Houston Dynamo) CAN Dwayne De Rosario (USA Houston Dynamo) ZIM Kheli Dube (USA New England Revolution) MEX Gerardo Espinoza (MEX Atlante) VEN Giancarlo Maldonado (MEX Atlante) ARG Bruno Marioni (MEX Pachuca) USA Brian Mullan (USA Houston Dynamo) MEX Gonzalo Pineda (MEX Guadalajara) BER Khano Smith (USA New England Revolution) USA Nate Jaqua (USA Houston Dynamo) USA Steve Ralston (USA New England Revolution) SLE Kei Kamara (USA Houston Dynamo) References External links SuperLiga 2008 Official Website 2008 North North