2010 North American SuperLiga

2010 SuperLiga
SuperLiga 2010
Tournament details
Host country USA
Dates July 14 – September 1
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Mexico Morelia (1st title)
Runners-up United States New England Revolution
Tournament statistics
Matches played 15
Goals scored 34 (2.27 per match)
Attendance 149,836 (9,989 per match)
Top scorer(s) Mexico Miguel Sabah (4 goals)

The 2010 SuperLiga was the fourth edition of the SuperLiga. The top four overall Major League Soccer teams from the 2009 season not already qualified for the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League earned qualification[1] as well as four clubs from the Primera División de México.

Qualification

The teams involved were selected based on qualification rules set by their respective leagues.

On April 28, 2010, MLS announced that for the 2010 season the top four teams from the 2009 MLS regular season standings not competing in the 2010-11 CONCACAF Champions League would qualify for SuperLiga 2010.

The Primera División de México announced its participants would be the top four team from the 2009 overall standings (Clausura 2009 and Apertura 2009) that were not competing in the 2010-11 CONCACAF Champions League. Furthermore, Club América (5th 2009 overall) declined to participate.

The SuperLiga 2010 participants are as follows:

From United States Major League Soccer:

From Mexico Primera División de México:

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

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
United States Houston Dynamo 321042+27
Mexico Puebla 320153+26
United States Chivas USA 31113304
Mexico Pachuca 300326−40
Houston Dynamo United States 2 – 1 Mexico Pachuca
Ngwenya  18', 85' Report Manso  51'
Attendance: 10,400
Referee: Jerry Solis (Costa Rica)
Chivas USA United States 1 – 2 Mexico Puebla
Umaña  85' Report Olivera  6'
González  62'
Attendance: 12,617
Referee: José Gaspar Molina (Honduras)
Houston Dynamo United States 1 – 1 United States Chivas USA
Palmer  6' Report Padilla  71'
Attendance: 5,007
Pachuca Mexico 1 – 3 Mexico Puebla
Arizala  80' Report Pereyra  25'
Ortiz  67', 75'
Attendance: 5,007
Houston Dynamo United States 1 – 0 Mexico Puebla
Oduro  63' Report
Attendance: 10,033
Referee: Óscar Reyna (Guatemala)[2]
Chivas USA United States 1 – 0 Mexico Pachuca
Maldonado  7' Report
Attendance: 14,817
Referee: Marlon Mejia (El Salvador)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
United States New England Revolution 330030+39
Mexico Morelia 311174+34
United States Chicago Fire 310226−43
Mexico UNAM 301224−21
New England United States 1 – 0 Mexico UNAM
Schilawski  18' Report
Attendance: 7,201
Chicago United States 1 – 5 Mexico Morelia
Kinney  49' Report Hernández  4'
Rey  34'
Sabah  40'
Márquez  50'
Lozano  70'
Attendance: 11,009
Referee: José Rivera (El Salvador)
Chicago United States 0 – 1 United States New England
Report Perovic  77'
Attendance: 16,117
Morelia Mexico 2 – 2 Mexico UNAM
Rey  2'
Droguett  53'		 Report Augusto  68'
Cortés  85'
Attendance: 16,117
Referee: Ricardo Arellano (Mexico)
New England United States 1 – 0 Mexico Morelia
Perović  62' Report
Attendance: 8,173
Referee: Elmer Rodas (Guatemala)
Chicago United States 1 – 0 Mexico UNAM
Conde  35' Report
Attendance: 9,429
Referee: Jose Pineda (Honduras)

Knockout round

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
August 4 – Gillette Stadium
 
 
 United States New England1 (5)
 
September 1 – Gillette Stadium
 
 Mexico Puebla1 (3)
 
United States New England1
 
August 5 – Robertson Stadium
 
Mexico Morelia2
 
 United States Houston 0
 
 
 Mexico Morelia 1
 

Semifinals

New England United States 1 – 1 Mexico Puebla
Mansally  56' Report Olivera  58'
Penalties
Joseph
Reis
Tierney
Phelan
Mansally 		5–3 Olivera
Juárez
Ayala
Lugo
Attendance: 5,854
Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)
Houston Dynamo United States 0 – 1 Mexico Morelia
Report Sabah  47'
Attendance: 7,641

Final

New England United States 1 – 2 Mexico Morelia
Alston  79' Report Sabah  65' (pen.), 75'
Attendance: 10,414
SuperLiga
2010 Champion
Mexico
Morelia
First Title

Goalscorers

References

  1. ↑ "Superliga 2010: Dates and venues announced". 28 April 2010. Archived from the original on 1 May 2010. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
  2. ↑ http://www.houstondynamo.com/news/2010/07/dynamo-happy-about-tough-win
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