2009 North American SuperLiga

January 2024 North American SuperLiga 2009 SuperLiga 2009 United States June 20 – August 5 8 1 5 5 15 37 106832 MEX Tigres UANL USA Chicago Fire MEX Armando Pulido (3 goals) 2008 2010 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,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 dead 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.http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20081121&content_id=205863&vkey=pr_mls&fext=.jsp https://web.archive.org/web/20090215002108/http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20081121&content_id=205863&vkey=pr_mls&fext=.jsp dead February 15, 2009 'MLS announces competition changes for 2009' November 21, 2008 November 21, 2008 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 main WDL Q n y UANL MEX Tigres UANL CHF USA Chicago Fire SLU MEX San Luis CHV USA Chivas USA 2 0 1 5 5 2 0 1 3 2 1 1 1 4 3 0 1 2 2 4 #ccffcc A A complete June 20, 2009 20:00 EDT Chicago Fire USA 1–0 Report MEX San Luis McBride 57 Toyota Park, Bridgeview, Illinois 8,421 Silviu Petrescu (Canada) June 20, 2009 22:00 EDT Chivas USA USA 1–2 Report MEX Tigres UANL Lahoud 55 Pulido 11Dueñas 82 The Home Depot Center, Carson, California 11,197 Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica) June 23, 2009 20:00 EDT Chicago Fire USA 1–0 Report USA Chivas USA Mapp 35 Toyota Park, Bridgeview, Illinois 9,126 Mark Geiger (United States) June 23, 2009 22:00 EDT San Luis MEX 3–1 Report MEX Tigres UANL Luna 55 Reyes 56 76 García 74 Toyota Park, Bridgeview, Illinois 9,126 Ricardo Areliano (Mexico) June 27, 2009 20:00 EDT Chicago Fire USA 1–2 Report MEX Tigres UANL Blanco 85 pen. Pulido 37 61 Toyota Park, Bridgeview, Illinois 9,157 Kevin Thomas (Jamaica) June 27, 2009 22:00 EDT Chivas USA USA 1–1 Report MEX San Luis Harris 89 Moreno 54 pen. The Home Depot Center, Carson, California 7,411 Luis de la Rosa (Panama) Group B main WDL Q n y NER USA New England Revolution SLA MEX Santos Laguna ATL MEX Atlas KCW USA Kansas City Wizards 2 1 0 6 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 2 4 #ccffcc A A complete June 21, 2009 16:30 EDT Kansas City Wizards USA 0–0 ReportSeptember 2016 InternetArchiveBot yes MEX Atlas Hermann Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri 5,278 Joel Aguilar (El Salvador) June 21, 2009 18:30 EDT New England Revolution USA 4–2 Report MEX Santos Laguna Larentowicz 38Mansally 60Heaps 63Dube 82 Vuoso 51Rodríguez 55 Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts 9,512 Courtney Campbell (Jamaica) June 24, 2009 19:00 EDT New England Revolution USA 1–1 ReportSeptember 2016 InternetArchiveBot yes USA Kansas City Wizards Dube 45+1 Barnes 85 o.g. Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts 5,378 Jorge Gonzalez (USA) June 24, 2009 21:00 EDT Santos Laguna MEX 0–0 ReportSeptember 2016 InternetArchiveBot yes MEX Atlas Torres 0 74 Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts 5,378 Erim Ramírez Ulloa (Mexico) June 28, 2009 16:30 EDT New England Revolution USA 1–0 Report MEX Atlas Mansally 32 Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts 7,411 Ricardo Cerdas (Costa Rica) June 28, 2009 18:30 EDT Kansas City Wizards USA 1–3 Report MEX Santos Laguna López 80 Herrera 61Vuoso 74Rodríguez 90+ CommunityAmerica Ballpark, Kansas City, Kansas 10,385 José Molina (Honduras) Knockout stage Bracket N4 white-space:nowrap high yes Semi-finals Final July 15 – Foxborough, MA USA New England Revolution 1 USA Chicago Fire 2 July 15 – Foxborough, MA MEX Tigres UANL 3 MEX Santos Laguna 2 August 5 – Bridgeview, IL USA Chicago Fire 1 (3) MEX Tigres UANL 1 (4) Semifinals July 15, 2009 19:00 EDT New England Revolution USA 1–2 ReportSeptember 2016 InternetArchiveBot yes USA Chicago Fire Jankauskas 44 McBride 34Blanco 63 Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts 7,215 Paul Ward (Canada) July 15, 2009 21:00 EDT Tigres UANL MEX 3–2 ReportSeptember 2016 InternetArchiveBot yes MEX Santos Laguna Molina 3Fonseca 19Batista 83 Quintero 27Torres 91+ Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts 7,215 Jamie Gardano (Mexico) Final August 5, 2009 20:00 EDT Chicago Fire USA 1–1 Report MEX Tigres UANL Nyarko 10 Itamar 43 Toyota Park, Bridgeview, Illinois 20,000 Joel Aguilar (El Salvador) Blanco Banner Rolfe Mapp Woolard 3–4 Fernández Viniegra Ayala Pulido Itamar 2009 SuperLiga champions MEX Tigres UANL 1st Goalscorers 3 goals MEX Armando Pulido (MEX Tigres UANL) 2 goals 27em 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 27em 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 External links SuperLiga 2009 Official site 2009 Category:2009 in American soccer Super