2010 North American SuperLiga
SuperLiga 2010 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | United States |
Dates | July 14 – September 1 |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Mexico Morelia (1st title) |
Runners-up | United States New England Revolution |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 15 |
Goals scored | 34 (2.27 per match) |
Attendance | 149,836 (9,989 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Mexico Miguel Sabah (4 goals) |
← 2009 |
The 2010 SuperLiga was the fourth edition of the SuperLiga. The top four overall Major League Soccer teams from the 2009 season not already qualified for the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League earned qualification[1] 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, MLS announced that for the 2010 season 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, Club América (5th 2009 overall) declined to participate. The SuperLiga 2010 participants are as follows: From United States 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 Mexico Primera División de México:
- Pachuca (2009 2nd overall)
- Morelia (2009 5th overall)
- Puebla (2009 6th overall)
- 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
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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United States Houston Dynamo | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 |
Mexico Puebla | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 |
United States Chivas USA | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
Mexico Pachuca | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 |
Houston Dynamo United States | 2 – 1 | Mexico Pachuca |
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Ngwenya File:Soccerball shade.svg 18', 85' | Report | Manso File:Soccerball shade.svg 51' |
Chivas USA United States | 1 – 2 | Mexico Puebla |
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Umaña File:Soccerball shade.svg 85' | Report | Olivera File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' González File:Soccerball shade.svg 62' |
Houston Dynamo United States | 1 – 1 | United States Chivas USA |
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Palmer File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' | Report | Padilla File:Soccerball shade.svg 71' |
Pachuca Mexico | 1 – 3 | Mexico Puebla |
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Arizala File:Soccerball shade.svg 80' | Report | Pereyra File:Soccerball shade.svg 25' Ortiz File:Soccerball shade.svg 67', 75' |
Group B
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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United States New England Revolution | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 9 |
Mexico Morelia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 4 |
United States Chicago Fire | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 |
Mexico UNAM | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 |
Morelia Mexico | 2 – 2 | Mexico UNAM |
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Rey File:Soccerball shade.svg 2' Droguett File:Soccerball shade.svg 53' |
Report | Augusto File:Soccerball shade.svg 68' Cortés File:Soccerball shade.svg 85' |
Knockout round
Bracket
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Semi-finals | Final | |||||
August 4 – Foxborough | ||||||
United States New England (p) | 1 (5) | |||||
September 1 – Foxborough | ||||||
Mexico Puebla | 1 (3) | |||||
United States New England | 1 | |||||
August 5 – Houston | ||||||
Mexico Morelia | 2 | |||||
United States Houston | 0 | |||||
Mexico Morelia | 1 | |||||
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Semi-finals
Final
New England United States | 1–2 | Mexico Morelia |
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Report |
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Goalscorers
- 4 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- United States Kevin Alston (United States New England Revolution)
- Colombia Franco Arizala (Mexico Pachuca)
- Mexico Leandro Augusto (Mexico UNAM)
- Colombia Wiliam Conde (United States Chicago Fire)
- Mexico Javier Cortés (Mexico UNAM)
- Chile Hugo Droguett (Mexico Morelia)
- Uruguay Álvaro Fabián González (Mexico Puebla)
- Mexico Elías Hernández (Mexico Morelia)
- United States Steven Kinney (United States Chicago)
- Mexico Jaime Lozano (Mexico Morelia)
- Mexico Rafael Márquez Lugo (Mexico Morelia)
- Venezuela Giancarlo Maldonado (United States Chivas USA)
- The Gambia Kenny Mansally (United States New England)
- Argentina Damián Manso (Mexico Pachuca)
- Ghana Dominic Oduro (United States Houston Dynamo)
- Mexico Jesús Padilla (United States Chivas USA)
- Jamaica Lovel Palmer (United States Houston Dynamo)
- Argentina Gabriel Pereyra (Mexico Puebla)
- United States Zack Schilawski (United States New England Revolution)
- Costa Rica Michael Umaña (United States Chivas USA)
References
- ↑ "Superliga 2010: Dates and venues announced". April 28, 2010. Archived from the original on May 1, 2010. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
- ↑ http://www.houstondynamo.com/news/2010/07/dynamo-happy-about-tough-win [dead link ]