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2009 SuperLiga
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 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.

Qualification

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:

Chicago Fire (2008 3rd overall)
New England Revolution (2008 4th overall)
Chivas USA (2008 5th overall)
Kansas City Wizards (2008 6th overall)

From Mexican Primera División:

San Luis (2008 1st overall)
Santos Laguna (2008 5th overall)
UANL (2008 7th overall)
Atlas (2008 8th 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
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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

June 20, 2009

20:00 EDT

Chicago Fire	1 – 0	San Luis
McBride 57'	Report

Toyota Park, Bridgeview, Illinois

Attendance: 8,421

Referee: Silviu Petrescu (Canada)

June 20, 2009

22:00 EDT

Chivas USA	1 – 2	UANL
Lahoud 55'	Report	Pulido 11' Dueñas 82'

The Home Depot Center, Carson, California

Attendance: 11,197

Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)

June 23, 2009

20:00 EDT

Chicago Fire	1 – 0	Chivas USA
Mapp 35'	Report

Toyota Park, Bridgeview, Illinois

Attendance: 9,126

Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)

June 23, 2009

22:00 EDT

San Luis	3 – 1	UANL
Luna 55' Reyes 56', 76'	Report	García 74'

Toyota Park, Bridgeview, Illinois

Attendance: 9,126

Referee: Ricardo Areliano (Mexico)

June 27, 2009

20:00 EDT

Chicago Fire	1 – 2	UANL
Blanco 85' (pen.)	Report	Pulido 37', 61'

Toyota Park, Bridgeview, Illinois

Attendance: 9,157

Referee: Kevin Thomas (Jamaica)

June 27, 2009

22:00 EDT

Chivas USA	1 – 1	San Luis
Harris 89'	Report	Moreno 54' (pen.)

The Home Depot Center, Carson, California

Attendance: 7,411

Referee: Luis de la Rosa (Panama)

Group B

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

June 21, 2009

16:30 EDT

Kansas City Wizards	0 – 0	Atlas
	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Hermann Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri

Attendance: 5,278

Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

June 21, 2009

18:30 EDT

New England Revolution	4 – 2	Santos Laguna
Larentowicz 38' Mansally 60' Heaps 63' Dube 82'	Report	Vuoso 51' Rodríguez 55'

Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts

Attendance: 9,512

Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

June 24, 2009

19:00 EDT

New England Revolution	1 – 1	Kansas City Wizards
Dube 45+1'	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}	Barnes 85' (o.g.)

Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts

Attendance: 5,378

Referee: Jorge Gonzalez (USA)

June 24, 2009

21:00 EDT

Santos Laguna	0 – 0	Atlas
Torres 74'	Report^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts

Attendance: 5,378

Referee: Erim Ramírez Ulloa (Mexico)

June 28, 2009

16:30 EDT

New England Revolution	1 – 0	Atlas
Mansally 32'	Report

Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts

Attendance: 7,411

Referee: Ricardo Cerdas (Costa Rica)

June 28, 2009

18:30 EDT

Kansas City Wizards	1 – 3	Santos Laguna
López 80'	Report	Herrera 61' Vuoso 74' Rodríguez 90+'

CommunityAmerica Ballpark, Kansas City, Kansas

Attendance: 10,385

Referee: José Molina (Honduras)

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

July 15 – Foxborough

New England	1
		August 5 – Bridgeview
Chicago	2
		Chicago	1 (3)
July 15 – Foxborough
		UANL (p)	1 (4)
UANL	3

Santos	2