2008 InterLiga

2008 InterLiga

InterLiga
Tournament details
Host country	USA
Dates	January 2–12, 2008
Teams	8 (from the FMF confederations)
Venue(s)	Pizza Hut Park Robertson Stadium Home Depot Center (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	América (1st title)
Runners-up	Atlas
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	31 (2.21 per match)
Attendance	213,540 (15,253 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Bruno Marioni (5 goals)

The tournament was held between January 2 and January 12, 2008. Eight teams competed for two Copa Libertadores 2008 spots in this tournament.^[1]

Venues

City	Stadium Name	Capacity
Frisco, TX	Pizza Hut Park	20,500
Houston, TX	Robertson Stadium	32,000
Carson, CA	Home Depot Center	27,000

Qualification

Once the 2006-07 season was ended, the clubs that participate in the InterLiga were defined:

2006-2007 Standings:

	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1	Pachuca	34	19	8	7	68	34	34	65	CONCACAF Champions Cup 2008
2	América	34	17	8	9	47	30	17	59
3	Cruz Azul	34	17	7	10	49	37	12	58
4	Guadalajara	34	16	9	9	53	32	21	57	Libertadores
5	Atlas	34	14	10	10	45	36	9	52
6	UNAM	34	11	16	7	40	29	11	49
7	Toluca	34	10	16	8	42	33	9	46
8	Monterrey	34	12	10	12	44	44	0	46
9	Morelia	34	14	3	17	47	51	-4	45
10	San Luis	34	13	8	13	35	35	0	44

• Pachuca won the Clausura 2007 title and cannot participate because they will be participating in CONCACAF Champions Cup 2008, Morelia has replaced them in the Interliga.
• Guadalajara qualifies to the Copa Libertadores 2008 as México 1 because they won the Apertura 2006 title, so San Luis has taken their spot in the Interliga.

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
América	9	3	3	0	0	6	3	+3
Atlas	4	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1
Toluca	4	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1
Morelia	0	3	0	0	3	1	6	-5

• Due to Atlas and Toluca being equal in Wins, Loses, Goals For and Against and Points. The way they decided who qualified to the final round was by a flip of a coin, which was done by Bruno Marioni of Atlas with a 5 pesos coin.

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
San Luis	6	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2
Cruz Azul	6	3	2	0	1	2	1	+1
Monterrey	3	3	1	0	2	1	2	-1
UNAM	3	3	1	0	2	1	3	-2

Final

Matches at Home Depot Center, Carson, California

12 Jan 08	Final 1: San Luis vs Atlas	0-3
12 Jan 08	Final 2: América vs Cruz Azul	3(5)-3(3)

Goalscorers

The scorers from the InterLiga 2008

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Bruno Marioni	Atlas	5
2	Alejandro Argüello	América	3
	Salvador Cabañas	América	3
4	Alfredo Moreno	San Luis	2
	Vicente Sánchez	Toluca	2
	Jorge Achucarro	Atlas	2
7	Pablo Bonells	UNAM	1
	Tressor Moreno	San Luis	1
	Edgar Andrade	Cruz Azul	1
	Richard Núñez	América	1
	Humberto Suazo	Monterrey	1
	Nicolás Vigneri	Cruz Azul	1
	Ever Guzmán	Morelia	1
	Christian Giménez	Toluca	1
	Zinha	Toluca	1
	Ismael Rodríguez	América	1
	César Villaluz	Cruz Azul	1
	Jaime Lozano	Cruz Azul	1
	Edgar Lugo	Cruz Azul	1
	Rodrigo López	América	1

Match schedule

Matches at Pizza Hut Park (Frisco, Texas)

1.	2 Jan 08	Monterrey vs UNAM	0-1
2.	2 Jan 08	Cruz Azul vs San Luis	0-1
7.	6 Jan 08	América vs Toluca	2-1
8.	6 Jan 08	Atlas vs Morelia	2-0

Matches at Robertson Stadium (Houston, Texas)

3.	3 Jan 08	Toluca vs Atlas	0-0
4.	3 Jan 08	Morelia vs América	0-1
5.	5 Jan 08	Cruz Azul vs Monterrey	1-0
6.	5 Jan 08	San Luis vs UNAM	2-0

Matches at The Home Depot Center (Carson, California)

9.	8 Jan 08	Monterrey vs San Luis	1-0
10.	8 Jan 08	UNAM vs Cruz Azul	0-1
11.	9 Jan 08	Toluca vs Morelia	3-1
12.	9 Jan 08	Atlas vs América	2-3
13.	12 Jan 08	Final 1: San Luis vs Atlas	0-3
14.	12 Jan 08	Final 2: América vs Cruz Azul	3(5)-3(3)

References

1. Not Specified (October 2007). "InterLiga llega a su quinta edición". La Federación Mexicana de Fútbol. Archived from the original on 2007-12-19. Retrieved 2007-10-29.

External links

• Official site (in Spanish and English)