2008 InterLiga

2008 InterLiga

InterLiga
Tournament details
Host country	USA
Dates	January 2–12, 2008
Teams	8 (from the FMF confederations)
Venue(s)	Pizza Hut Park Robertson Stadium Home Depot Center  (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	América (1st title)
Runners-up	Atlas
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	31 (2.21 per match)
Attendance	213,540 (15,253 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Bruno Marioni (5 goals)
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The tournament was held between January 2 and January 12, 2008. Eight teams competed for two Copa Libertadores 2008 spots in this tournament. ^[1]

Venues

City	Stadium Name	Capacity
Frisco, TX	Pizza Hut Park	20,500
Houston, TX	Robertson Stadium	32,000
Carson, CA	Home Depot Center	27,000

Qualification

Once the 2006-07 season was ended, the clubs that participate in the InterLiga were defined:

2006–07 standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pachuca	34	19	8	7	68	34	+34	65	CONCACAF Champions Cup 2008 [a]
2	América	34	17	8	9	47	30	+17	59
3	Cruz Azul	34	17	7	10	49	37	+12	58
4	Guadalajara	34	16	9	9	53	32	+21	57	Libertadores [b]
5	Atlas	34	14	10	10	45	36	+9	52
6	UNAM	34	11	16	7	40	29	+11	49
7	Toluca	34	10	16	8	42	33	+9	46
8	Monterrey	34	12	10	12	44	44	0	46
9	Morelia	34	14	3	17	47	51	−4	45
10	San Luis	34	13	8	13	35	35	0	47

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Notes:

1. Pachuca won the Clausura 2007 title and cannot participate because they will be participating in CONCACAF Champions Cup 2008, Morelia has replaced them in the Interliga.
2. Guadalajara qualifies to the Copa Libertadores 2008 as México 1 because they won the Apertura 2006 title, so San Luis has taken their spot in the Interliga.

Group stage

Main article: Interliga 2008 group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
América	3	3	0	0	6	3	+3	9
Atlas	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
Toluca	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
Morelia	3	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

• Due to Atlas and Toluca being equal in Wins, Losses, Goals For and Against and Points. The way they decided who qualified to the final round was by a flip of a coin, which was done by Bruno Marioni of Atlas with a sinco peso coin.

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
San Luis	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6
Cruz Azul	3	2	0	1	2	1	+1	6
Monterrey	3	1	0	2	1	2	−1	3
UNAM	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	3

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Final

Main article: InterLiga 2008 Final

Matches at Home Depot Center, Carson, California

12 Jan 08	Final 1: San Luis vs Atlas	0-3
12 Jan 08	Final 2: América vs Cruz Azul	3(5)-3(3)

Goalscorers

The scorers from the InterLiga 2008

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Bruno Marioni	Atlas	5
2	Alejandro Argüello	América	3
	Salvador Cabañas	América	3
4	Alfredo Moreno	San Luis	2
	Vicente Sánchez	Toluca	2
	Jorge Achucarro	Atlas	2
7	Pablo Bonells	UNAM	1
	Tressor Moreno	San Luis	1
	Edgar Andrade	Cruz Azul	1
	Richard Núñez	América	1
	Humberto Suazo	Monterrey	1
	Nicolás Vigneri	Cruz Azul	1
	Ever Guzmán	Morelia	1
	Christian Giménez	Toluca	1
	Zinha	Toluca	1
	Ismael Rodríguez	América	1
	César Villaluz	Cruz Azul	1
	Jaime Lozano	Cruz Azul	1
	Edgar Lugo	Cruz Azul	1
	Rodrigo López	América	1

Match schedule

Matches at Pizza Hut Park (Frisco, Texas)

1.	2 Jan 08	Monterrey vs UNAM	0-1
2.	2 Jan 08	Cruz Azul vs San Luis	0-1
7.	6 Jan 08	América vs Toluca	2-1
8.	6 Jan 08	Atlas vs Morelia	2-0

Matches at Robertson Stadium (Houston, Texas)

3.	3 Jan 08	Toluca vs Atlas	0-0
4.	3 Jan 08	Morelia vs América	0-1
5.	5 Jan 08	Cruz Azul vs Monterrey	1-0
6.	5 Jan 08	San Luis vs UNAM	2-0

Matches at The Home Depot Center (Carson, California)

9.	8 Jan 08	Monterrey vs San Luis	1-0
10.	8 Jan 08	UNAM vs Cruz Azul	0-1
11.	9 Jan 08	Toluca vs Morelia	3-1
12.	9 Jan 08	Atlas vs América	2-3
13.	12 Jan 08	Final 1: San Luis vs Atlas	0-3
14.	12 Jan 08	Final 2: América vs Cruz Azul	3(5)-3(3)

References

1. Not Specified (October 2007). "InterLiga llega a su quinta edición". La Federación Mexicana de Fútbol. Archived from the original on 2007-12-19. Retrieved 2007-10-29.

External links

• Official site (in Spanish and English)