The 2009 SuperLiga was the third edition of the SuperLiga. The top four overall Major League Soccer teams from the 2008 season not already qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League earned qualification,[1] as well as four clubs from the Mexican Primera División. All games of the tournament were broadcast live on Fox Sports World in Canada, Telefutura in the United States, and Televisa and TV Azteca in Mexico and an internet stream on the SuperLiga website. UANL won their first title after beating Chicago Fire 4–3 on penalties in the final.
| SuperLiga 2009 | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | USA |
| Dates | June 20 – August 5 |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 5 (in 5 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  UANL (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Chicago Fire |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 37 (2.47 per match) |
| Attendance | 106,832 (7,122 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Armando Pulido (3 goals) |
← 2008 2010 → | |
The teams involved were selected based on qualification rules set by their respective leagues.
On November 21, 2008, MLS announced that for the 2009 tournament, the top four teams in the 2008 MLS regular season standings not competing in the CONCACAF Champions League in 2009–10 would qualify for SuperLiga 2009.[2] That ruling means that the top two teams from the 2008 MLS season, the Columbus Crew and the Houston Dynamo, who had already qualified for the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League, were not eligible to participate in the Superliga 2009.
On May 14, 2009, FMF announced that for the 2009 tournament the top four eligible teams from the Clausura 2008 and Apertura 2008 overall season standings not competing in the CONCACAF Champions League would qualify for SuperLiga 2009. That ruling meant that the Apertura-08 Champion Toluca and the runner-up Cruz Azul (2008 3rd and 4th overall respectively), who had already qualified for the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League, were not eligible to participate in the tournament. UNAM (6th overall) were also ineligible, while Guadalajara (2nd overall) declined to participate.
The SuperLiga 2009 participants were:
From Major League Soccer:
From Mexican Primera División:
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.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UANL
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| Chicago Fire
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 |
| San Luis
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 |
| Chivas USA
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 |
| Chicago Fire | 1 – 0 | San Luis |
|---|---|---|
McBride  57' |
Report |
Attendance: 8,421
Referee: Silviu Petrescu (Canada)
| Chivas USA | 1 – 2 | UANL |
|---|---|---|
| Lahoud 55' |
Report | Pulido 11' Dueñas 82' |
Attendance: 11,197
Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)
| Chicago Fire | 1 – 0 | Chivas USA |
|---|---|---|
| Mapp 35' |
Report |
Attendance: 9,126
Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)
| San Luis | 3 – 1 | UANL |
|---|---|---|
| Luna 55' Reyes 56', 76' |
Report | García 74' |
Attendance: 9,126
Referee: Ricardo Areliano (Mexico)
| Chicago Fire | 1 – 2 | UANL |
|---|---|---|
| Blanco 85' (pen.) |
Report | Pulido 37', 61' |
Attendance: 9,157
Referee: Kevin Thomas (Jamaica)
| Chivas USA | 1 – 1 | San Luis |
|---|---|---|
| Harris 89' |
Report | Moreno 54' (pen.) |
Attendance: 7,411
Referee: Luis de la Rosa (Panama)
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Revolution
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 |
| Santos Laguna
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| Atlas
|
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 |
| Kansas City Wizards
|
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 |
| Kansas City Wizards | 0 – 0 | Atlas |
|---|---|---|
| Report[permanent dead link] |
Attendance: 5,278
Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
| New England Revolution | 4 – 2 | Santos Laguna |
|---|---|---|
| Larentowicz 38' Mansally 60'Heaps 63'Dube 82' |
Report | Vuoso 51' Rodríguez 55' |
Attendance: 9,512
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
| New England Revolution | 1 – 1 | Kansas City Wizards |
|---|---|---|
| Dube 45+1' |
Report[permanent dead link] | Barnes 85' (o.g.) |
Attendance: 5,378
Referee: Jorge Gonzalez (USA)
| Santos Laguna | 0 – 0 | Atlas |
|---|---|---|
Torres  74' |
Report[permanent dead link] |
Attendance: 5,378
Referee: Erim Ramírez Ulloa (Mexico)
| New England Revolution | 1 – 0 | Atlas |
|---|---|---|
| Mansally 32' |
Report |
Attendance: 7,411
Referee: Ricardo Cerdas (Costa Rica)
| Kansas City Wizards | 1 – 3 | Santos Laguna |
|---|---|---|
| López 80' |
Report | Herrera 61' Vuoso 74'Rodríguez 90+' |
Attendance: 10,385
Referee: José Molina (Honduras)
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||
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| July 15 – Foxborough | |||||
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| New England | 1 | ||||
| August 5 – Bridgeview | |||||
| Chicago | 2 | ||||
| Chicago | 1 (3) | ||||
| July 15 – Foxborough | |||||
| UANL (p) | 1 (4) | ||||
| UANL | 3 | ||||
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| Santos | 2 | ||||
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| New England Revolution | 1 – 2 | Chicago Fire |
|---|---|---|
| Jankauskas 44' |
Report[permanent dead link] | McBride 34' Blanco 63' |
Attendance: 7,215
Referee: Paul Ward (Canada)
| UANL | 3 – 2 | Santos Laguna |
|---|---|---|
| Molina 3' Fonseca 19'Batista 83' |
Report[permanent dead link] | Quintero 27' Torres 91+' |
Attendance: 7,215
Referee: Jamie Gardano (Mexico)
| Chicago Fire | 1 – 1 | UANL |
|---|---|---|
| Nyarko 10' |
Report | Itamar 43' |
| Penalties | ||
Blanco  Banner  Rolfe Mapp Woolard |
3 – 4 | Fernández Viniegra Ayala Pulido Itamar |
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
| SuperLiga 2009 champion |
|---|
 UANL First title |
Kheli Dube ( New England Revolution)
Itamar ( UANL)
Kenny Mansally ( New England Revolution) Brian McBride ( Chicago Fire) José Rodolfo Reyes ( San Luis) Juan Pablo Rodríguez ( Santos Laguna) Matías Vuoso ( Santos Laguna) Jesús Dueñas ( UANL) Juan Pablo García ( UANL)
Atiba Harris ( Chivas USA) Jay Heaps ( New England Revolution)) Agustín Herrera ( Santos Laguna) Francisco Fonseca ( UANL)
Edgaras Jankauskas ( New England Revolution) Michael Lahoud ( Chivas USA) Jeff Larentowicz ( New England Revolution)
Claudio López ( Kansas City) Braulio Luna ( San Luis) Justin Mapp ( Chicago Fire) Jesús Molina ( UANL) Alfredo Moreno ( San Luis)
Patrick Nyarko ( Chicago Fire)
Carlos Quintero ( Santos Laguna) Francisco Javier Torres ( Santos Laguna)