2008 North American SuperLiga

2008 SuperLiga
2008 North American SuperLiga
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 United States New England Revolution (1st title)
Runners-up United States Houston Dynamo
Tournament statistics
Matches played 14
Goals scored 32 (2.29 per match)
Attendance 185,172 (13,227 per match)
Top scorer(s) Grenada Shalrie Joseph
United States Stuart Holden
United States Ante Razov (3 goals)

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]

From United States Major League Soccer[3]

From Mexico La Primera División

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
United States Houston Dynamo 6320172+5
Mexico Atlante 6320156-1
Mexico Guadalajara 63201330
United States D.C. United 0300348-4

2008-07-12
20:00 EDT
D.C. United 1 – 2 Guadalajara
Emilio  76' Report Arellano  23'
Pineda 72'

2008-07-12
22:00 EDT
Houston Dynamo 4 – 0 Atlante
De Rosario  20' Red card 44'
Holden  21'  29'
Mullan  54' 		Report Mustafá Red card 45'
Robertson Stadium, Houston, TX
Attendance: 13,105
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

2008-07-15
20:00 EDT
D.C. United 2 – 3 Atlante
Doe  28'
Emilio  79' 		Report Gabriel Rey  15'  44'
Bermudez  49'

2008-07-15
22:00 EDT
Houston Dynamo 0 – 1 Guadalajara
Report Arellano  71'
Robertson Stadium, Houston, TX
Attendance: 28,723
Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)

2008-07-19
20:00 EDT
D.C. United 1 – 3 Houston Dynamo
Doe  76' Report Clark  12'
Boswell  29'
Holden  84'
RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 12,893
Referee: Alex Prus (United States)

2008-07-19
22:00 EDT
Atlante 2 – 0 Guadalajara
Maldonado  42'
Espinoza  88' 		Report
Buck Shaw Stadium, Santa Clara, CA
Attendance: 10,370
Referee: Hugo Leon Guajardo (Mexico)

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
United States New England Revolution 7321031+2
Mexico Pachuca 43111330
United States Chivas USA 43111330
Mexico Santos Laguna 1301213-2

2008-07-13
22:00 EDT
Chivas USA 1 – 2 Pachuca
Razov  16' Report Marioni  23'
Caballero  42'
Home Depot Center, Carson, CA
Attendance: 14,528
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

2008-07-16
22:00 EDT
Chivas USA 1 – 0 Santos Laguna
Razov  73' Report
Home Depot Center, Carson, CA
Attendance: 16,343
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

2008-07-20
20:00 EDT
Chivas USA 1 – 1 New England Revolution
Razov  59' Report Joseph  78'
Titan Stadium,[4] Fullerton, CA
Attendance: 4,738
Referee: Abiodun Okulaja (United States)

2008-07-20
22:00 EDT
Santos Laguna 1 – 1 Pachuca
Benítez  72' Report Álvarez  4'
Pizza Hut Park, Frisco, TX
Attendance: 6,157
Referee: German Arredondo (Mexico)

Knockout Stage

Bracket

Semi-finals Final
29 July - Robertson Stadium
  United States Houston Dynamo 2  
  Mexico Pachuca 0  
 
5 August - Gillette Stadium
      United States Houston Dynamo 2 (5)
    United States New England Revolution 2 (6)
30 July - Gillette Stadium
  United States New England Revolution 1
  Mexico Atlante 0  

Semifinals

2008-07-29
22:00 EDT
Houston Dynamo 2 – 0 Pachuca
Boswell  77'
Ashe  87' 		Report
Robertson Stadium, Houston, TX
Attendance: 16,679
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad & Tobago)

2008-07-30
20:00 EDT
New England Revolution 1 – 0 Atlante
Joseph  30'
Heaps Red card 90+' 		Report Rey Red card 85'
Zamora Yellow cardRed card 90+'
Vilar Yellow cardRed card 90+'
Mustafá Red card 90+'
Venegas Red card 90+'

Final

SuperLiga
2008 Champion
United States
New England Revolution
First Title

Goalscorers

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 goal (cont.)

References

  1. ↑ "'Game First' initiatives enhance on-field product". 2007-04-02. Archived from the original on 2007-10-09. Retrieved 2007-10-15.
  2. ↑ "SuperLiga 2008 teams, schedule announced". 2008-03-13. Archived from the original on 2008-03-21. Retrieved 2008-03-13.
  3. ↑ "MLS unveils 2008 schedule with broadcasts". 2008-02-07. Archived from the original on 2008-02-10. Retrieved 2008-02-07.
  4. ↑ http://www.revolutionsoccer.net/news/index.cfm?ac=latestnewsdetail&pid=32348&pcid=115

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