2010 North American SuperLiga

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.

2010 SuperLiga

SuperLiga 2010
Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	July 14 – September 1
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Morelia (1st title)
Runners-up	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)	Miguel Sabah (4 goals)
← 2009

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 Major League Soccer:

• Houston Dynamo (2009 3rd overall)
• Chicago Fire (2009 5th overall)
• Chivas USA (2009 6th overall)
• New England Revolution (2009 7th overall)

From Primera División de México:

• Pachuca (2009 2nd overall)
• Morelia (2009 5th overall)
• Puebla (2009 6th overall)
• UNAM (2009 9th overall)

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
Houston Dynamo	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
Puebla	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
Chivas USA	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
Pachuca	3	0	0	3	2	6	−4	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Houston Dynamo	2 – 1	Pachuca
Ngwenya 18', 85'	Report	Manso 51'

July 15, 2010

20:00 EDT

Robertson Stadium, Houston, Texas

Attendance: 10,400

Referee: Jerry Solis (Costa Rica)

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Chivas USA	1 – 2	Puebla
Umaña 85'	Report	Olivera 6' González 62'

July 15, 2010

22:30 EDT

The Home Depot Center, Carson, California

Attendance: 12,617

Referee: José Gaspar Molina (Honduras)

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Houston Dynamo	1 – 1	Chivas USA
Palmer 6'	Report	Padilla 71'

July 18, 2010

20:00 EDT

Robertson Stadium, Houston, Texas

Attendance: 5,007

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Pachuca	1 – 3	Puebla
Arizala 80'	Report	Pereyra 25' Ortiz 67', 75'

July 18, 2010

22:30 EDT

Robertson Stadium, Houston, Texas

Attendance: 5,007

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Houston Dynamo	1 – 0	Puebla
Oduro 63'	Report

July 21, 2010

20:00 EDT

Robertson Stadium, Houston, Texas

Attendance: 10,033

Referee: Óscar Reyna (Guatemala)^[2]

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Chivas USA	1 – 0	Pachuca
Maldonado 7'	Report

July 21, 2010

22:30 EDT

The Home Depot Center, Carson, California

Attendance: 14,817

Referee: Marlon Mejia (El Salvador)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
New England Revolution	3	3	0	0	3	0	+3	9
Morelia	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4
Chicago Fire	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3
UNAM	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

New England	1 – 0	UNAM
Schilawski 18'	Report

July 14, 2010

20:00 EDT

Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts

Attendance: 7,201

Referee: Silviu Petrescu (Canada)

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Chicago	1 – 5	Morelia
Kinney 49'	Report	Hernández 4' Rey 34' Sabah 40' Márquez 50' Lozano 70'

July 14, 2010

21:30 EDT

Toyota Park, Bridgeview, Illinois

Attendance: 11,009

Referee: José Rivera (El Salvador)

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Chicago	0 – 1	New England
	Report	Perovic 77'

July 17, 2010

19:00 EDT

Toyota Park, Bridgeview, Illinois

Attendance: 16,117

Referee: Kevin Stott (United States)

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Morelia	2 – 2	UNAM
Rey 2' Droguett 53'	Report	Augusto 68' Cortés 85'

July 17, 2010

21:30 EDT

Toyota Park, Bridgeview, Illinois

Attendance: 16,117

Referee: Ricardo Arellano (Mexico)

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New England	1 – 0	Morelia
Perović 62'	Report

July 20, 2010

20:00 EDT

Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts

Attendance: 8,173

Referee: Elmer Rodas (Guatemala)

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Chicago	1 – 0	UNAM
Conde 35'	Report

July 20, 2010

21:30 EDT

Toyota Park, Bridgeview, Illinois

Attendance: 9,429

Referee: Jose Pineda (Honduras)

Knockout round

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	August 4 – Foxborough
	New England (p)	1 (5)
					September 1 – Foxborough
	Puebla	1 (3)
					New England	1
	August 5 – Houston
					Morelia	2
	Houston	0
	Morelia	1

Semi-finals

New England	1–1	Puebla
Mansally 56'	Report	Olivera 58'
Penalties
Joseph Reis Tierney Phelan Mansally	5–3	Olivera Juárez Ayala Lugo

August 4, 2010 (2010-08-04)

19:00 EDT

Gillette Stadium, Foxborough

Attendance: 5,854

Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

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Houston	0–1	Morelia
	Report	Sabah 47'

August 5, 2010 (2010-08-05)

20:00 EDT

Robertson Stadium, Houston

Attendance: 7,641

Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)

Final

New England	1–2	Morelia
Alston 79'	Report	Sabah 65' (pen.), 75'

September 1, 2010 (2010-09-01)

19:00 EDT

Gillette Stadium, Foxborough

Attendance: 10,414

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

Goalscorers

4 goals

• Miguel Sabah ( Morelia)

2 goals

• Joseph Ngwenya ( Houston)
• Nicolás Olivera ( Puebla)
• Mario Ortiz ( Puebla)
• Marko Perović ( New England)
• Luis Gabriel Rey ( Morelia)

1 goal

• Kevin Alston ( New England Revolution)
• Franco Arizala ( Pachuca)
• Leandro Augusto ( UNAM)
• Wiliam Conde ( Chicago Fire)
• Javier Cortés ( UNAM)
• Hugo Droguett ( Morelia)
• Álvaro Fabián González ( Puebla)
• Elías Hernández ( Morelia)
• Steven Kinney ( Chicago)
• Jaime Lozano ( Morelia)
• Rafael Márquez Lugo ( Morelia)
• Giancarlo Maldonado ( Chivas USA)
• Kenny Mansally ( New England)
• Damián Manso ( Pachuca)
• Dominic Oduro ( Houston Dynamo)
• Jesús Padilla ( Chivas USA)
• Lovel Palmer ( Houston Dynamo)
• Gabriel Pereyra ( Puebla)
• Zack Schilawski ( New England Revolution)
• Michael Umaña ( Chivas USA)

References

1. "Superliga 2010: Dates and venues announced". April 28, 2010. Archived from the original on May 1, 2010. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
2. http://www.houstondynamo.com/news/2010/07/dynamo-happy-about-tough-win ^{[dead link]}

External links

• SuperLiga 2010 Official site