2008 North American SuperLiga

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2008 SuperLiga
2008 North American SuperLiga
Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
DatesJuly 12 – August 5
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Flag of the United States.svg New England Revolution (1st title)
Runners-up Flag of the United States.svg Houston Dynamo
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored36 (2.4 per match)
Attendance194,414 (12,961 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Grenada.svg Shalrie Joseph
Flag of the United States.svg Stuart Holden
Flag of the United States.svg Ante Razov (3 goals)
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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).

Contents

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 Flag of the United States.svg Major League Soccer [3]

From Flag of Mexico.svg 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

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 Flag of the United States.svg Houston Dynamo 320172+56
2 Flag of Mexico.svg Atlante 320156−16
3 Flag of Mexico.svg Guadalajara 32013306
4 Flag of the United States.svg D.C. United 300348−40
Source: Livesport
D.C. United 1–2 Guadalajara
Emilio Soccerball shade.svg76' Report Arellano Soccerball shade.svg23'
Pineda Soccerball shade.svg72'
RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 22,453
Referee: Walter Quesada (Costa Rica)
Houston Dynamo 4–0 Atlante
De Rosario Soccerball shade.svg20'Red card.svg 44'
Holden Soccerball shade.svg21'Soccerball shade.svg29'
Mullan Soccerball shade.svg54'		 Report Muñoz Red card.svg 45'
Robertson Stadium, Houston, TX
Attendance: 13,105
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
D.C. United 2–3 Atlante
Doe Soccerball shade.svg28'
Emilio Soccerball shade.svg79'		 Report Gabriel Rey Soccerball shade.svg15'Soccerball shade.svg44'
Bermudez Soccerball shade.svg49'
RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 12,122
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
Houston Dynamo 0–1 Guadalajara
Report Arellano Soccerball shade.svg71'
Robertson Stadium, Houston, TX
Attendance: 28,723
Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)
D.C. United 1–3 Houston Dynamo
Doe Soccerball shade.svg76' Report Clark Soccerball shade.svg12'
Boswell Soccerball shade.svg29'
Holden Soccerball shade.svg84'
RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 12,893
Referee: Alex Prus (United States)
Atlante 2–0 Guadalajara
Maldonado Soccerball shade.svg42'
Espinoza Soccerball shade.svg88'		 Report
Buck Shaw Stadium, Santa Clara, CA
Attendance: 10,370
Referee: Hugo Leon Guajardo (Mexico)

Group B

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 Flag of the United States.svg New England Revolution 321031+27
2 Flag of Mexico.svg Pachuca 31113304
3 Flag of the United States.svg Chivas USA 31113304
4 Flag of Mexico.svg Santos Laguna 301213−21
Source: Livesport
New England Revolution 1–0 Santos Laguna
Dube Soccerball shade.svg70' Report Rodriguez Red card.svg 40'
Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA
Attendance: 10,118
Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)
Chivas USA 1–2 Pachuca
Razov Soccerball shade.svg16' Report Marioni Soccerball shade.svg23'
Caballero Soccerball shade.svg42'
Home Depot Center, Carson, CA
Attendance: 14,528
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
New England Revolution 1–0 Pachuca
Smith Soccerball shade.svg90+6' (pen.) Report
Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA
Attendance: 9,614
Referee: Walter Quesada (Costa Rica)
Chivas USA 1–0 Santos Laguna
Razov Soccerball shade.svg73' Report
Home Depot Center, Carson, CA
Attendance: 16,343
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
Chivas USA 1–1 New England Revolution
Razov Soccerball shade.svg59' Report Joseph Soccerball shade.svg78'
Titan Stadium, [4] Fullerton, CA
Attendance: 4,738
Referee: Abiodun Okulaja (United States)
Santos Laguna 1–1 Pachuca
Benítez Soccerball shade.svg72' Report Álvarez Soccerball shade.svg4'
Pizza Hut Park, Frisco, TX
Attendance: 6,157
Referee: German Arredondo (Mexico)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
 Semi-finals Final
 
      
 
July 29 – Houston
 
 
 Flag of the United States.svg Houston 2
 
August 5 – Foxborough
 
 Flag of Mexico.svg Pachuca 0
 
 Flag of the United States.svg Houston 2 (5)
 
July 30 – Foxborough
 
 Flag of the United States.svg New England (p)2 (6)
 
 Flag of the United States.svg New England 1
 
 
 Flag of Mexico.svg Atlante 0
 

Semi-finals

Houston Dynamo 2–0 Pachuca
Boswell Soccerball shade.svg77'
Ashe Soccerball shade.svg87'		 Report
Robertson Stadium, Houston, TX
Attendance: 16,679
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad & Tobago)
New England Revolution 1–0 Atlante
Joseph Soccerball shade.svg30'
Heaps Red card.svg 90+'		 Report Rey Red card.svg 85'
Zamora Yellow card.svg 90+' Red card.svg
Vilar Yellow card.svg 90+' Red card.svg
Muñoz Red card.svg 90+'
Venegas Red card.svg 90+'
Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA
Attendance: 8,302
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

Final

SuperLiga
2008 Champion
Flag of the United States.svg
New England Revolution
First title

Goalscorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

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  2. ↑ "SuperLiga 2008 teams, schedule announced". March 13, 2008. Archived from the original on March 21, 2008. Retrieved March 13, 2008.
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