SuperLiga (North America) 2010

SuperLiga 2010
SuperLiga 2010 - Pride. Honor. Victory.
Tournament logo
Number of clubs	8th
winner	Monarcas Morelia
venue	United States
Opening game	July 14, 2010
Endgame	September 1, 2010
Games	15th
Gates	34  (⌀: 2.27 per game)
spectator	139,422  (⌀: 9,295 per game)
Top scorer	Miguel Sabah (4 goals)
yellow cards	56  (⌀: 3.73 per game)
Yellow-red cards	5  (⌀: 0.33 per game)
Red cards	3  (⌀: 0.2 per game)

The Super League in 2010 , the fourth football competition of the Super League , was held from 14 July to 1 September 2010 in four different stadiums in the United States instead. The four best MLS franchises of the regular season , which did not qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League 2010/11 , as well as four football clubs from the Mexican Primera División , where the system was similar, took part.

The Mexican club Monarcas Morelia won the North American SuperLiga for the first time in their club history after a 2-1 final victory over the MLS franchise New England Revolution . The top scorer was Monarcas player Miguel Sabah with four goals.

A total of 139,422 people attended the 15 games in the tournament and saw 34 goals (excluding goals on penalties after regular time). During the entire tournament, 56 yellow, five yellow-red and three red cards were awarded.

qualification

The participating teams qualified for the 2010 SuperLiga using the qualification rules drawn up by their respective leagues (Major League Soccer and Primera División).

On April 28, 2010, the MLS announced that the four best teams of the regular season would qualify for the tournament. However, if these clubs had already qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League that same year, the next best teams would compete in the tournament. Since three of the four best teams in the 2009 season , Columbus Crew as the winner of the MLS Supporters' Shield , Los Angeles Galaxy as the MLS Cup finalist and Seattle Sounders FC as the winner of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup of the 2009 season , automatically for the Champions League had qualified, you had to resort to the next best franchises.

The Mexican Primera División also announced that the four best-placed teams from the overall annual table for the 2009/10 season (Clausura 2009 and Apertura 2009) will qualify for the SuperLiga 2010 if they have not already qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League otherwise. Since Deportivo Toluca as Bicentenario winner 2010 and overall first, CF Monterrey as Aperura winner 2009 and third overall, Santos Laguna as Bicentenario second in 2010 and overall seventh as well as CD Cruz Azul as Apertura second in 2009 and overall eighth are automatically eligible for participation in the Champions League you had to access the next best teams.

Attendees

From Major League Soccer :  

• Houston Dynamo (third overall in 2009)
• Chicago Fire (fifth overall in 2009)
• CD Chivas USA (sixth overall in 2009)
• New England Revolution (as overall seventh 2009)

From the Primera División :  

• CF Pachuca (second overall in 2009)
• Monarcas Morelia (fourth overall in 2009)
• Puebla FC (sixth overall in 2009)
• UNAM Pumas (ninth overall in 2009)

Venues

The total of 15 games in the tournament will be played in four different US stadiums.

city	Stadion	capacity
Bridgeview, IL	Toyota Park	20,000
Carson, CA	Home Depot Center	27,000
Houston, TX	Robertson Stadium	32,000
Foxborough, MA	Gillette Stadium	69,000

referee

• Silviu Petrescu
• Jerry Solis
• José Rivera and Marlon Mejia
• Elmer Rodas and Óscar Reyna
• José Gaspar Molina and José Pineda
• Ricardo Arellano and Francisco Chacón
• Jorge González
• Kevin Stott

Game format

The format is the same as in the SuperLiga competitions in recent years. The teams are divided into two groups, with two teams from the USA and two from Mexico in each group. The two teams that are best positioned in their respective group at the end of the group phase take part in the subsequent knockout round, the actual semi-finals.

Group stage

Tie-break criteria :

If two teams are in the same place in the event of a tie, the following four criteria determine the position of the two teams in the group table:

1. Goal difference
2. goals scored
3. Head-to-head statistics (comparison of both teams)
4. coin toss

These rules were re-compiled before the SuperLiga 2010 in order to adapt to the international standards for equality of points. Since the head-to-head statistics were still used as the first tie-breaker in the past SuperLiga seasons , they had to give way to third place according to international standards.

Group A

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Houston Dynamo	3	2	1	0	004: 200	+2	07th
2.	Puebla FC	3	2	0	1	005: 300	+2	06th
3.	CD Chivas USA	3	1	1	1	003: 300	± 0	04th
4th	CF Pachuca	3	0	0	3	002: 600	−4	00

July 15, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. EDT in Houston
Houston Dynamo	-	CF Pachuca	2: 1 (1: 0)
July 15, 2010 at 10:30 p.m. EDT in Carson
CD Chivas USA	-	Puebla FC	1: 2 (0: 1)
July 18, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. EDT in Houston
Houston Dynamo	-	CD Chivas USA	1: 1 (1: 0)
July 18, 2010 at 10:30 p.m. EDT in Houston
CF Pachuca	-	Puebla FC	1: 3 (0: 1)
July 21, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. EDT in Houston
Houston Dynamo	-	Puebla FC	1: 0 (0: 0)
July 21, 2010 at 10:30 p.m. EDT in Carson
CD Chivas USA	-	CF Pachuca	1: 0 (1: 0)

Group B

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	New England Revolution	3	3	0	0	003-000	+3	09
2.	Monarcas Morelia	3	1	1	1	007: 400	+3	04th
3.	Chicago Fire	3	1	0	2	002: 600	−4	03
4th	UNAM Pumas	3	0	1	2	002: 400	−2	01

Foxborough July 14, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. EDT
New England Revolution	-	UNAM Pumas	1: 0 (1: 0)
July 14, 2010 at 9:30 p.m. EDT in Bridgeview
Chicago Fire	-	Monarcas Morelia	1: 5 (0: 3)
July 17, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. EDT in Bridgeview
Chicago Fire	-	New England Revolution	0: 1 (0: 1)
July 17, 2010 at 9:30 p.m. EDT in Bridgeview
Monarcas Morelia	-	UNAM Pumas	2: 2 (1: 0)
Foxborough July 20, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. EDT
New England Revolution	-	Monarcas Morelia	1: 0 (0: 0)
July 20, 2010 at 9:30 p.m. EDT in Bridgeview
Chicago Fire	-	UNAM Pumas	1: 0 (1: 0)

Final round

	Semi-finals in Foxborough, MA and Houston, TX					Finals in Foxborough, MA
	B1	New England Revolution	1 (5)
	A2	Puebla FC	1 (3)
							New England Revolution	1
							Monarcas Morelia	2
	A1	Houston Dynamo	0
	B2	Monarcas Morelia	1

Semifinals

date		Result		place
August 4, 2010, 7:00 p.m. ( EDT )	New England Revolution	1: 1 (0: 0) (5: 3 on account)	Puebla FC	Foxborough
August 5, 2010, 8:00 p.m. ( EDT )	Houston Dynamo	0: 1 (0: 0)	Monarcas Morelia	Houston

final

date		Result		place
September 1, 2010, 7:00 p.m. ( EDT )	New England Revolution	1: 2 (0: 0)	Monarcas Morelia	Foxborough

List of goalscorers

(Goals from penalty shootouts are not included in the list)

4 goals Miguel Sabah ( Monarcas Morelia ) 2 goals Joseph Ngwenya ( Houston Dynamo )  Nicolás Olivera ( Puebla FC )  Mario Ortiz ( Puebla FC )  Marko Perović ( New England Revolution ) Luis Gabriel Rey ( Monarcas Morelia ) Franco Arizala ( CF Pachuca ) Leandro Augusto ( UNAM Pumas ) Wilman Conde ( Chicago Fire ) Javier Cortés ( UNAM Pumas ) Hugo Droguett ( Monarcas Morelia ) Álvaro Fabián González ( Puebla FC )

1 goal Elías Hernández ( Monarcas Morelia ) Steven Kinney ( Chicago Fire ) Jaime Lozano ( Monarcas Morelia ) Rafael Márquez Lugo ( Monarcas Morelia ) Giancarlo Maldonado ( CD Chivas USA ) Abdoulie Mansally ( New England Revolution ) Damián Manso ( CF Pachuca ) Dominic Oduro ( Houston Dynamo ) Jesús Padilla ( CD Chivas USA ) Lovel Palmer ( Houston Dynamo ) Gabriel Pereyra ( Puebla FC ) Zack Schilawski ( New England Revolution ) Michael Umaña ( CD Chivas USA ) Kevin Alston ( New England Revolution )

Web links

• Official homepage of the SuperLiga 2010 (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Superliga 2010 - Dates and venues announced , accessed on August 8, 2010
2. ↑ Revolution Update: July 19, 2010 ||| Evidence of the Tie-Breakers , accessed on August 8, 2010