SuperLiga (North America) 2007

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The first SuperLiga began on July 24, 2007 with the group stage. The games were played in the United States. On August 29th, the final was played in Carson (California) . The winner is the Mexican club CF Pachuca.

Attendees

The participants in the first tournament could not qualify, but were invited.

The following clubs from Major League Soccer played:

The following teams from Mexico participated:

Venues

city Stadion Max. Number of spectators
Bridgeview, IL Toyota Park 20,000
Carson, CA Home Depot Center 27,000
Commerce City, CO Dick's Sporting Goods Park 18,500
Frisco, TX Pizza Hut Park 21,193
Houston, TX Robertson Stadium 32,000
Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 92,500
Washington, DC RFK Stadium 44,000

Tournament 2007

Group A

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. United StatesUnited States Los Angeles Galaxy  3  2  0  1 009: 800  +1 06th
 2. MexicoMexico CF Pachuca  3  1  1  1 003: 300  ± 0 04th
 3. MexicoMexico Deportivo Guadalajara  3  1  1  1 003: 300  ± 0 04th
 4th United StatesUnited States FC Dallas  3  0  2  1 007: 800  −1 02
July 24, 2007
FC Dallas 1: 1 Deportivo Guadalajara Pizza Hut Park , Frisco (Dallas)
LA Galaxy 2: 1 CF Pachuca Home Depot Center , Carson (Los Angeles)
July 28, 2007
FC Dallas 1: 1 CF Pachuca Pizza Hut Park , Frisco (Dallas)
LA Galaxy 1: 2 Deportivo Guadalajara Los Angeles Coliseum , Los Angeles
July 31, 2007
FC Dallas 5: 6 LA Galaxy Pizza Hut Park , Frisco (Dallas)
Guadalajara 0: 1 CF Pachuca Dick's Sporting Goods Park , Denver

Group B

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. United StatesUnited States Houston Dynamo  3  2  1  0 003: 100  +2 07th
 2. United StatesUnited States DC United  3  1  1  1 002: 200  ± 0 04th
 3. MexicoMexico Club America  3  1  0  2 003: 400  −1 03
 4th MexicoMexico Monarcas Morelia  3  0  2  1 004: 500  −1 02
July 25, 2007
DC United 1: 1 Monarcas Morelia RFK Stadium , Washington DC
Houston Dynamo 1-0 Club America Robertson Stadium , Houston
July 29, 2007
DC United 1-0 Club America RFK Stadium , Washington DC
Houston Dynamo 1: 1 Monarcas Morelia Robertson Stadium , Houston
August 1, 2007
DC United 0: 1 Houston Dynamo RFK Stadium , Washington DC
Club America 3: 2 Monarcas Morelia Toyota Park , Bridgeview (Chicago)

Semifinals

date Result place
August 14, 2007 Houston Dynamo 2: 2 n.v.
(3: 4 in good condition) 		CF Pachuca Robertson Stadium , Houston
August 15, 2007 LA Galaxy 2-0 DC United Home Depot Center , Carson (Los Angeles)

final

date Result place
August 29, 2007 CF Pachuca 1: 1 a.d.
(4: 3 in good condition) 		LA Galaxy Home Depot Center , Carson (Los Angeles)

List of goalscorers

player team Gates
United StatesUnited States Landon Donovan United StatesUnited States LA Galaxy 4th
United StatesUnited States Arturo Alvarez United StatesUnited States FC Dallas 3
United StatesUnited States Alan Gordon United StatesUnited States LA Galaxy 3
GuatemalaGuatemala Carlos Ruiz United StatesUnited States FC Dallas 2
MexicoMexico Rafael Marquez Lugo MexicoMexico Pachuca 2

Sponsors

These sponsors supported the SuperLiga 2007.