| SuperLiga 2009 | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | United States |
| Dates | June 20 – August 5 |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue | 5 (in 5 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Tigres UANL (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Chicago Fire |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 37 (2.47 per match) |
| Attendance | 106,832 (7,122 per match) |
| Top scorer | Armando Pulido (3 goals) |
←2008 2010 → | |
The2009SuperLiga was the third edition of the SuperLiga competition. The top four overallMajor League Soccer teams from the2008 season not already qualified for theCONCACAF Champions League earned qualification,[1] as well as four clubs from thePrimera División de México. All games of the tournament werebroadcast live onFox Sports World inCanada,Telefutura in theUnited States, andTelevisa andTV Azteca inMexico and an internet stream on the SuperLiga website.Tigres UANL won their first title after beatingChicago Fire 4–3 on penalties in the final.
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 the2008 MLS regular season standings not competing in theCONCACAF Champions League in2009–10 would qualify for SuperLiga 2009.[2] That ruling means that the top two teams from the 2008 MLS season, theColumbus Crew and theHouston 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 theClausura 2008 andApertura 2008 overall season standings not competing in the CONCACAF Champions League would qualify for SuperLiga 2009. That ruling meant that the Apertura-08 ChampionToluca and the runner-upCruz 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, whileGuadalajara (2nd overall) declined to participate.
The SuperLiga 2009 participants were:
FromMajor League Soccer:
FromPrimera División de México:
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.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tigres UANL | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| Chicago Fire | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 |
| San Luis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 |
| Chivas USA | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 |
| Chivas USA | 1–2 | Tigres UANL |
|---|---|---|
Lahoud 55' | Report | Pulido 11' Dueñas 82' |
| Chicago Fire | 1–2 | Tigres UANL |
|---|---|---|
| Blanco 85' (pen.) | Report | Pulido 37',61' |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Revolution | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 |
| Santos Laguna | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| Atlas | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
| Kansas City Wizards | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 |
| New England Revolution | 4–2 | Santos Laguna |
|---|---|---|
| Larentowicz 38' Mansally 60'Heaps 63'Dube 82' | Report | Vuoso 51' Rodríguez 55' |
| Kansas City Wizards | 1–3 | Santos Laguna |
|---|---|---|
| López 80' | Report | Herrera 61' Vuoso 74'Rodríguez 90+' |
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| July 15 –Foxborough, MA | ||||||
| New England Revolution | 1 | |||||
| August 5 –Bridgeview, IL | ||||||
| Chicago Fire | 2 | |||||
| Chicago Fire | 1 (3) | |||||
| July 15 –Foxborough, MA | ||||||
| Tigres UANL(p) | 1 (4) | |||||
| Tigres UANL | 3 | |||||
| Santos Laguna | 2 | |||||
| Tigres UANL | 3–2 | Santos Laguna |
|---|---|---|
| Molina 3' Fonseca 19'Batista 83' | Report[permanent dead link] | Quintero 27' Torres 91+' |
| Chicago Fire | 1–1 | Tigres UANL |
|---|---|---|
| Nyarko 10' | Report | Itamar 43' |
| Penalties | ||
Blanco Banner  Rolfe Mapp Woolard | 3–4 | FernándezViniegraAyalaPulidoItamar |
| 2009 SuperLiga champions |
|---|
 Tigres UANL 1st title |
Jesús Dueñas (Tigres UANL)Juan Pablo García (Tigres UANL)
Atiba Harris (Chivas USA)Jay Heaps (New England Revolution))Agustín Herrera (Santos Laguna)Francisco Fonseca (Tigres UANL)
Edgaras Jankauskas (New England Revolution)Michael Lahoud (Chivas USA)Jeff Larentowicz (New England Revolution)
Claudio López (Kansas City Wizards)Braulio Luna (San Luis)Justin Mapp (Chicago Fire)Jesús Molina (Tigres UANL)Alfredo Moreno (San Luis)
Patrick Nyarko (Chicago Fire)
Carlos Quintero (Santos Laguna)Francisco Javier Torres (Santos Laguna)
