2008 North American SuperLiga
2008 North American SuperLiga | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | USA |
Dates | July 12 - August 5 |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 7 (in 7 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions |
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Runners-up |
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Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 14 |
Goals scored | 32 (2.29 per match) |
Attendance | 185,172 (13,227 per match) |
Top scorer(s) |
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The 2008 North American SuperLiga was the second edition of the SuperLiga competition. The top four Major League Soccer teams by point totals at the end of the 2007 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).
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]
- D.C. United (2007 Supporters' Shield)
- Chivas USA (2007 season 2nd overall)
- Houston Dynamo (2007 season 3rd overall)
- New England Revolution (2007 season 4th overall)
From
- Guadalajara (2006 Apertura champion)
- Pachuca (2007 Clausura champion)
- Atlante (2007 Apertura champion)
- Santos Laguna (2008 Clausura champion)
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 | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | |
6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | |
6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -4 |
D.C. United | 1 – 2 | Guadalajara |
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Emilio |
Report | Arellano Pineda |
Houston Dynamo | 4 – 0 | Atlante |
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De Rosario Holden Mullan |
Report | Mustafá |
D.C. United | 2 – 3 | Atlante |
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Doe Emilio |
Report | Gabriel Rey Bermudez |
Houston Dynamo | 0 – 1 | Guadalajara |
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Report | Arellano |
D.C. United | 1 – 3 | Houston Dynamo |
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Doe |
Report | Clark Boswell Holden |
Atlante | 2 – 0 | Guadalajara |
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Maldonado Espinoza |
Report |
Group B
Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | |
4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 |
New England Revolution | 1 – 0 | Santos Laguna |
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Dube |
Report | Rodriguez |
New England Revolution | 1 – 0 | Pachuca |
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Smith |
Report |
Chivas USA | 1 – 0 | Santos Laguna |
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Razov |
Report |
Chivas USA | 1 – 1 | New England Revolution |
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Razov |
Report | Joseph |
Santos Laguna | 1 – 1 | Pachuca |
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Benítez |
Report | Álvarez |
Knockout stage
Bracket
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
29 July - Robertson Stadium | ||||||
2 | ||||||
5 August - Gillette Stadium | ||||||
0 | ||||||
2 (5) | ||||||
30 July - Gillette Stadium | ||||||
2 (6) | ||||||
1 | ||||||
0 | ||||||
Semifinals
Houston Dynamo | 2 – 0 | Pachuca |
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Boswell Ashe |
Report |
Final
New England Revolution | 2 – 2 | Houston Dynamo |
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Ralston Joseph Joseph |
Report | Davis Jaqua Kamara |
Penalties | ||
Ralston Reis Joseph Twellman Smith Larentowicz Tierney Albright |
6 – 5 |
SuperLiga 2008 Champion |
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New England Revolution First Title |
Goalscorers
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References
- ↑ "'Game First' initiatives enhance on-field product". 2007-04-02. Archived from the original on 2007-10-09. Retrieved 2007-10-15.
- ↑ "SuperLiga 2008 teams, schedule announced". 2008-03-13. Archived from the original on 2008-03-21. Retrieved 2008-03-13.
- ↑ "MLS unveils 2008 schedule with broadcasts". 2008-02-07. Archived from the original on 2008-02-10. Retrieved 2008-02-07.
- ↑ http://www.revolutionsoccer.net/news/index.cfm?ac=latestnewsdetail&pid=32348&pcid=115
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