2008 North American SuperLiga

2008 SuperLiga
2008 North American SuperLiga
Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	July 12 – August 5
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	United States New England Revolution (1st title)
Runners-up	United States Houston Dynamo
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	36 (2.4 per match)
Attendance	194,414 (12,961 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Grenada Shalrie Joseph ; United States Stuart Holden; United States Ante Razov (3 goals)
	← 2007 2009 →

The 2008 North American SuperLiga was the second edition of the SuperLiga competition. The top four Major League Soccer and Liga MX teams by point totals at the end of the season earned qualification.^[1] 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:^[2] From United States Major League Soccer^[3]

D.C. United (2007 Supporters' Shield)
Chivas USA (2007 season 2nd overall)
Houston Dynamo (2007 season 3rd overall)
New England Revolution (2007 season 4th overall)

From Mexico La Primera División

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	United States Houston Dynamo	3	2	1	7	2	+5	6
2	Mexico Atlante	3	2	1	5	6	−1	6
3	Mexico Guadalajara	3	2	1	3	3	0	6
4	United States D.C. United	3	0	3	4	8	−4	0

Source: Livesport

July 12, 2008

20:00 EDT

D.C. United	1–2	Guadalajara
Emilio File:Soccerball shade.svg 76'	Report	Arellano File:Soccerball shade.svg 23' PinedaFile:Soccerball shade.svg 72'

RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 22,453

Referee: Walter Quesada (Costa Rica)

July 12, 2008

22:00 EDT

Houston Dynamo	4–0	Atlante
De Rosario File:Soccerball shade.svg 20' Red card 44' Holden File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' Mullan File:Soccerball shade.svg 54'	Report	Muñoz Red card 45'

Robertson Stadium, Houston, TX

Attendance: 13,105

Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

July 15, 2008

20:00 EDT

D.C. United	2–3	Atlante
Doe File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' Emilio File:Soccerball shade.svg 79'	Report	Gabriel Rey File:Soccerball shade.svg 15' File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' Bermudez File:Soccerball shade.svg 49'

RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 12,122

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

July 15, 2008

22:00 EDT

Houston Dynamo	0–1	Guadalajara
	Report	Arellano File:Soccerball shade.svg 71'

Robertson Stadium, Houston, TX

Attendance: 28,723

Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)

July 19, 2008

20:00 EDT

D.C. United	1–3	Houston Dynamo
Doe File:Soccerball shade.svg 76'	Report	Clark File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' Boswell File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' Holden File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'

RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 12,893

Referee: Alex Prus (United States)

July 19, 2008

22:00 EDT

Atlante	2–0	Guadalajara
Maldonado File:Soccerball shade.svg 42' Espinoza File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'	Report

Buck Shaw Stadium, Santa Clara, CA

Attendance: 10,370

Referee: Hugo Leon Guajardo (Mexico)

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	United States New England Revolution	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7
2	Mexico Pachuca	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
3	United States Chivas USA	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	Mexico Santos Laguna	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1

Source: Livesport

July 13, 2008

20:00 EDT

New England Revolution	1–0	Santos Laguna
Dube File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'	Report	Rodriguez Red card 40'

Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA

Attendance: 10,118

Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)

July 13, 2008

22:00 EDT

Chivas USA	1–2	Pachuca
Razov File:Soccerball shade.svg 16'	Report	Marioni File:Soccerball shade.svg 23' Caballero File:Soccerball shade.svg 42'

Home Depot Center, Carson, CA

Attendance: 14,528

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

July 16, 2008

20:00 EDT

New England Revolution	1–0	Pachuca
Smith File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+6' (pen.)	Report

Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA

Attendance: 9,614

Referee: Walter Quesada (Costa Rica)

July 16, 2008

22:00 EDT

Chivas USA	1–0	Santos Laguna
Razov File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'	Report

Home Depot Center, Carson, CA

Attendance: 16,343

Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

July 20, 2008

20:00 EDT

Chivas USA	1–1	New England Revolution
Razov File:Soccerball shade.svg 59'	Report	Joseph File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'

Titan Stadium,^[4] Fullerton, CA

Attendance: 4,738

Referee: Abiodun Okulaja (United States)

July 20, 2008

22:00 EDT

Santos Laguna	1–1	Pachuca
Benítez File:Soccerball shade.svg 72'	Report	Álvarez File:Soccerball shade.svg 4'

Pizza Hut Park, Frisco, TX

Attendance: 6,157

Referee: German Arredondo (Mexico)

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

July 29 – Houston

United States Houston	2
		August 5 – Foxborough
Mexico Pachuca	0
		United States Houston	2 (5)
July 30 – Foxborough
		United States New England (p)	2 (6)
United States New England	1

Mexico Atlante	0

Semi-finals

July 29, 2008

22:00 EDT

Houston Dynamo	2–0	Pachuca
Boswell File:Soccerball shade.svg 77' Ashe File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'	Report

Robertson Stadium, Houston, TX

Attendance: 16,679

Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad & Tobago)

July 30, 2008

20:00 EDT

New England Revolution	1–0	Atlante
Joseph File:Soccerball shade.svg 30' Heaps Red card 90+'	Report	Rey Red card 85' Zamora Yellow card 90+' Red card Vilar Yellow card 90+' Red card Muñoz Red card 90+' Venegas Red card 90+'

Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA

Attendance: 8,302

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

Final

August 5, 2008

20:00 EDT

New England Revolution	2 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Houston Dynamo
Ralston File:Soccerball shade.svg 41' Joseph Yellow card 82' Joseph File:Soccerball shade.svg 102'	Report	Davis Yellow card 14' Jaqua File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' Kamara File:Soccerball shade.svg 98'
Penalties
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Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA

Attendance: 9,242

Referee: Howard Webb (England)

SuperLiga 2008 Champion
United States New England Revolution First title

Goalscorers

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

↑ "'Game First' initiatives enhance on-field product". April 2, 2007. Archived from the original on October 9, 2007. Retrieved October 15, 2007.
↑ "SuperLiga 2008 teams, schedule announced". March 13, 2008. Archived from the original on March 21, 2008. Retrieved March 13, 2008.
↑ "MLS unveils 2008 schedule with broadcasts". February 7, 2008. Archived from the original on February 10, 2008. Retrieved February 7, 2008.
↑ http://www.revolutionsoccer.net/news/index.cfm?ac=latestnewsdetail&pid=32348&pcid=115 ^{[dead link‍]}

External links

SuperLiga 2008 Official Website

[GameFirst-1] "'Game First' initiatives enhance on-field product". April 2, 2007. Archived from the original on October 9, 2007. Retrieved October 15, 2007.

[Announcement-2] "SuperLiga 2008 teams, schedule announced". March 13, 2008. Archived from the original on March 21, 2008. Retrieved March 13, 2008.

[MLS_Schedule-3] "MLS unveils 2008 schedule with broadcasts". February 7, 2008. Archived from the original on February 10, 2008. Retrieved February 7, 2008.

[4] ttp://www.revolutionsoccer.net/news/index.cfm?ac=latestnewsdetail&pid=32348&pcid=115 ^{[dead link‍]}

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