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 New England Revolution
Runners-up Houston Dynamo
Tournament statistics
Matches played 14
Goals scored 32 (2.29 per match)
Attendance 185,172 (13,227 per match)
Top scorer(s) Shalrie Joseph
Stuart Holden
Ante Razov (3 goals)

The 2008 North American SuperLiga, is the second edition of the SuperLiga competition. The top four Major League Soccer teams by point totals at the end of the 2007 season earn qualification.[1] All games of the tournament are expected to be broadcast live on Fox Sports World in Canada (English), Telefutura in the United States (Spanish) and Televisa and TV Azteca in Mexico (both Spanish).

Contents

Qualification

The eight teams in the 2008 edition were selected based on qualification rules set by their respective leagues. The 2008 SuperLiga contestants are:[2]

From Major League Soccer[3]

From La Primera División

Group stage

The competition will consist of an initial group stage with the top two teams from each groups advancing to the semifinals.

Tie-breaking criteria

If two teams are equal on points, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:[4]

  1. Head-to-Head Results (points only)
  2. Goal Differential
  3. Goals Scored
  4. Coin Toss

In the event that three or more teams are equal on points and no one team has defeated the other two (Head-to-Head Results), then the remaining tiebreakers are employed to advance a single team. The tiebreakers are applied again between the teams that failed to advance if it is necessary to determine a second-place team.

If the tiebreakers fail to advance a single team, the tiebreakers are then used to eliminate one of the three teams.

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Houston Dynamo 6 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5
Atlante 6 3 2 0 1 5 6 -1
Guadalajara 6 3 2 0 1 3 3 0
D.C. United 0 3 0 0 3 4 8 -4

Fixtures

2008-07-12
20:00 EDT
 D.C. United 1 – 2 Guadalajara RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 22,453
Referee: Walter Quesada (Costa Rica)
Emilio  76' Report Arellano  23'
Pineda 72'
2008-07-12
22:00 EDT
 Houston Dynamo 4 – 0 Atlante Robertson Stadium, Houston, TX
Attendance: 13,105
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
De Rosario  20'  44'
Holden  21'  29'
Mullan  54'		 Report Mustafá  45'
2008-07-15
20:00 EDT
 D.C. United 2 – 3 Atlante RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 12,122
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
Doe  28'
Emilio  79'		 Report Gabriel Rey  15'  44'
Bermudez  49'
2008-07-15
22:00 EDT
 Houston Dynamo 0 – 1 Guadalajara Robertson Stadium, Houston, TX
Attendance: 28,723
Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)
Report Arellano  71'
2008-07-19
20:00 EDT
 D.C. United 1 – 3 Houston Dynamo RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 12,893
Referee: Alex Prus (United States)
Doe  76' Report Clark  12'
Boswell  29'
Holden  84'
2008-07-19
22:00 EDT
 Atlante 2 – 0 Guadalajara Buck Shaw Stadium, Santa Clara, CA
Attendance: 10,370
Referee: Hugo Leon Guajardo (Mexico)
Maldonado  42'
Espinoza  88'		 Report

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
New England Revolution 7 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2
Pachuca 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 0
Chivas USA 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 0
Santos Laguna 1 3 0 1 2 1 3 -2

Fixtures

2008-07-13
20:00 EDT
 New England Revolution 1 – 0 Santos Laguna Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA
Attendance: 10,118
Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)
Dube  70' Report Rodriguez  40'
2008-07-13
22:00 EDT
 Chivas USA 1 – 2 Pachuca Home Depot Center, Carson, CA
Attendance: 14,528
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
Razov  16' Report Marioni  23'
Caballero  42'
2008-07-16
20:00 EDT
 New England Revolution 1 – 0 Pachuca Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA
Attendance: 9,614
Referee: Walter Quesada (Costa Rica)
Smith  90+6' (pen.) Report
2008-07-16
22:00 EDT
 Chivas USA 1 – 0 Santos Laguna Home Depot Center, Carson, CA
Attendance: 16,343
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
Razov  73' Report
2008-07-20
20:00 EDT
 Chivas USA 1 – 1 New England Revolution Titan Stadium,[5] Fullerton, CA
Attendance: 4,738
Referee: Abiodun Okulaja (United States)
Razov  59' Report Joseph  78'
2008-07-20
22:00 EDT
 Santos Laguna 1 – 1 Pachuca Pizza Hut Park, Frisco, TX
Attendance: 6,157
Referee: German Arredondo (Mexico)
Benítez  72' Report Álvarez  4'

Bracket

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

Semifinals

2008-07-29
22:00 EDT
 Houston Dynamo 2 – 0 Pachuca Robertson Stadium, Houston, TX
Attendance: 16,679
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad & Tobago)
Boswell  77'
Ashe  87'		 Report
2008-07-30
20:00 EDT
 New England Revolution 1 – 0 Atlante Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA
Attendance: 8,302
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
Joseph  30'
Heaps  90+'		 Report Rey  85'
Zamora  90+'
Vilar  90+'
Mustafá  90+'
Venegas  90+'

Final

2008-08-05
20:00 EDT
 New England Revolution 2 – 2 Houston Dynamo Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA
Attendance: 9,242
Referee: Howard Webb (England)
Ralston  41'
Joseph 82'
Joseph  102'		 Report Davis 14'
Jaqua  18'
Kamara  98'
  Penalties  
Ralston
Reis
Joseph
Twellman
Smith
Larentowicz
Tierney
Albright		 6 – 5 Waibel
Wondolowski
De Rosario
Ching
Clark
Barrett
Kamara
Ashe

Champion

SuperLiga
2008 Champion

New England Revolution
First Title

Top scorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Stuart Holden Houston Dynamo 3
Ante Razov Chivas USA
Shalrie Joseph New England Revolution
4 Omar Arellano Guadalajara 2
Bobby Boswell Houston Dynamo
Francis Doe D.C. United
Luciano Emilio D.C. United
Luis Gabriel Rey Atlante
Corey Ashe Houston Dynamo
10 Damián Ariel Álvarez Pachuca 1
Cristian Benítez Santos Laguna
Christian Bermudez Atlante
Gabriel Caballero Pachuca
Ricardo Clark Houston Dynamo
Dwayne De Rosario Houston Dynamo
Kheli Dube New England Revolution
Gerardo Espinoza Atlante
Giancarlo Maldonado Atlante
Bruno Marioni Pachuca
Brian Mullan Houston Dynamo
Gonzalo Pineda Guadalajara
Khano Smith New England Revolution
Nate Jaqua Houston Dynamo
Steve Ralston New England Revolution
Kei Kamara Houston Dynamo

Aggregate Table

Pos Team Pts Pld W L T GF GA GD PPG
1 New England Revolution 13 5 4 0 1 6 3 +3 2.600
2 Houston Dynamo 9 5 3 2 0 11 4 +7 1.800
3 Guadalajara 6 3 2 1 0 3 3 0 2.000
4 Atlante 6 4 2 2 0 5 7 -2 1.500
5 Chivas USA 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 1.333
6 Pachuca 4 4 1 2 1 3 5 -2 1.000
7 Santos Laguna 1 3 0 2 1 1 3 -2 0.333
8 D.C. United 0 3 0 3 0 4 8 -4 0.000

References

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  2. ^ "SuperLiga 2008 teams, schedule announced". 2008-03-13. Archived from the original on 2008-03-21. http://web.archive.org/web/20080321234537/http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20080313&content_id=143146&vkey=pr_mls&fext=.jsp. Retrieved 2008-03-13. 
  3. ^ "MLS unveils 2008 schedule with broadcasts". 2008-02-07. Archived from the original on 2008-02-10. http://web.archive.org/web/20080210150534/http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20080207&content_id=138148&vkey=pr_mls&fext=.jsp. Retrieved 2008-02-07. 
  4. ^ "SuperLiga Tiebreaker Information". 2008-07-18. http://www.superliga2008.com/newsstand/index.html?article_id=85. Retrieved 2008-07-20. 
  5. ^ http://www.revolutionsoccer.net/news/index.cfm?ac=latestnewsdetail&pid=32348&pcid=115

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