2007 SuperLiga

SuperLiga 2007
North American SuperLiga logo
Tournament details
Host country	USA
Dates	July 24 – August 29
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Pachuca (1st title)
Runner-up	Los Angeles Galaxy
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	42 (2.8 per match)
Attendance	234,751 (15,650 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Landon Donovan (4 Goals)

SuperLiga 2007, the inaugural edition of the SuperLiga competition, was held from 24 July to 29 August 2007. The eight clubs participating in the 2007 tournament were chosen by invitation.

In 2008, the Major League Soccer attendees will be the teams that finish the season 1st through 4th and the Primera División Mexicana has determined that the last four semi-annual champions will compete.

All games of the tournament were carried live on Fox Sports World in Canada (English), Telefutura in the United States (Spanish) and Televisa and TV Azteca in Mexico (both Spanish).

Contents 1 Venues 2 Qualification 3 Group Stage 3.1 Group A 3.1.1 Fixtures 3.2 Group B 3.2.1 Fixtures 4 Semifinals 5 Final 6 Result 7 Bracket 8 Top scorers 9 References 10 See also 11 External links

[edit] Venues

City	Stadium Name	Capacity
Bridgeview, IL	Toyota Park	20,000
Carson, CA	The Home Depot Center	27,000
Commerce City, CO	Dick's Sporting Goods Park	18,500
Frisco, TX	Pizza Hut Park	21,193
Houston, TX	Robertson Stadium	32,000
Los Angeles, CA	Los Angeles Coliseum	92,500
Washington, D.C.	RFK Stadium	46,686

[edit] Qualification

The eight teams in the inaugural 2007 edition were selected on an invitation-only basis.^[1] The SuperLiga 2007 invitees are:

From MLS D.C. United FC Dallas Houston Dynamo Los Angeles Galaxy

FC Dallas against the LA Galaxy in the 2007 SuperLiga on July 31, 2007. From PDFM Monarcas Morelia Pachuca América Guadalajara

[edit] Group Stage

There will be two groups of four teams. Two teams from each league will be divided into the groups. (All times are EDT)

[edit] Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Los Angeles Galaxy	6	3	2	0	1	9	8	+1
Pachuca	4	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
Guadalajara	4	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
FC Dallas	2	3	0	2	1	7	8	-1

[edit] Fixtures

24 July 2007 21:00 CDT	FC Dallas	1 – 1	Guadalajara	Pizza Hut Park, Frisco Attendance: 12,641 Referee: Walter Quesada Cordero
	Alvarez  56' Moor  72'	(Report)	Olvera  67'

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24 July 2007 23:00 PDT	Los Angeles Galaxy	2 – 1	Pachuca	The Home Depot Center, Carson Attendance: 19,317 Referee: Carlos Batres
	Gordon  50' Donovan  81'	(Report)	Márquez Lugo  78'

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28 July 2007 20:00 CDT	FC Dallas	1 – 1	Pachuca	Pizza Hut Park, Frisco Attendance: 7,953 Referee: Samir Osman
	Ruíz  75'	(Report)	Giménez  87' (pen.)

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28 July 2007 22:00 PDT	Los Angeles Galaxy	1 – 2	Guadalajara	Los Angeles Coliseum, Los Angeles Attendance: 37,337 Referee: Courtney Campbell
	Donovan  88'	(Report)	Rodríguez  59' Bravo  82'

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31 July 2007 20:00 CDT	FC Dallas	5 – 6	Los Angeles Galaxy	Pizza Hut Park, Frisco Attendance: 21,576 Referee: Kevin Stott
	Alvarez  43' Toja  78' Alvarez  82' Ruíz  90+1' Thompson  90+6'	(Report)	Gordon  3' Klein  12' Gordon  15' Harmse  18' Donovan  84' Pavón  90+5'

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31 July 2007 22:00 MDT	Guadalajara	0 – 1	Pachuca	Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City Attendance: 14,069 Referee: Marco Antonio Rodriguez
		(Report)	Márquez Lugo  62'

[edit] Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Houston Dynamo	7	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2
D.C. United	4	3	1	1	1	2	2	0
América	3	3	1	0	2	3	4	-1
Monarcas Morelia	2	3	0	2	1	4	5	-1

[edit] Fixtures

25 July 2007 20:00 EDT	D.C. United	1 – 1	Monarcas Morelia	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. Attendance: 13,335 Referee: Courtney Campbell
	Gomez  7'	(Report)	Landín  58' Martínez  79'

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25 July 2007 22:00 CDT	Houston Dynamo	1 – 0	América	Robertson Stadium, Houston Attendance: 18,112 Referee: Steven Taylor
	Jaqua  41'	(Report)

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29 July 2007 20:00 EDT	D.C. United	1 – 0	América	RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. Attendance: 18,604 Referee: Carlos Batres
	Dyachenko  12'	(Report)	Rojas  49'

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29 July 29 2007 22:00 CDT	Houston Dynamo	1 – 1	Monarcas Morelia	Robertson Stadium, Houston Attendance: 11,236 Referee: Walter Quesada
	Ngwenya  1'	(Report)	Batista  74'

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1 August 2007 20:00 CDT	Houston Dynamo	1 – 0	D.C. United	Robertson Stadium, Houston Attendance: 11,013 Referee: Baldomero Toledo
	Ching  50'	(Report)

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1 August 2007 22:00 CDT	América	3 – 2	Monarcas Morelia	Toyota Park, Bridgeview Attendance: 10,623 Referee: Hugo Leon Guajardo
	Mosqueda  17' Cabañas  56' (pen.) Insúa  85'	(Report)	Romero  54' Choy  67' Landín  73'

[edit] Semifinals

14 August 2007 22:00 CDT	Houston Dynamo	2 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Pachuca	Robertson Stadium, Houston Attendance: 21,712 Referee: Ricardo Salazar
	DeRosario  4' Ianni  13' Robinson  83' Ashe  102'	(Report)	Cacho  28' Chitiva  62' Chitiva  85'
		Penalties
	Barrett Wondolowski Mulrooney Ching Ngwenya	3 – 4	Salazar Caballero Rey Álvarez Lugo

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15 August 2007 22:00 PDT	Los Angeles Galaxy	2 – 0	D.C. United	The Home Depot Center, Carson Attendance: 17,223 Referee: Alex Prus
	Beckham  27' Donovan  47'	(Report)

[edit] Final

29 August 2007 20:00 PDT	Los Angeles Galaxy	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Pachuca	The Home Depot Center, Carson Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Carlos Batres
	Klein  90+3'	(Report)	Vagenas  29' (o.g.)
		Penalties
	Vagenas Jones Klein Buddle Donovan Xavier	3 – 4	Lugo Rey Caballero Manzur Cabrera Rodríguez

[edit] Result

SuperLiga 2007 Winners Pachuca 1st Title

[edit] Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	15 August - Carson, CA
	Los Angeles Galaxy	2
	D.C. United	0
					29 August - Carson, CA
					Los Angeles Galaxy	1 (3)
					Pachuca	1 (4)
	14 August - Houston, TX
	Houston Dynamo	2 (3)
	Pachuca (AET, PSO)	2 (4)

[edit] Top scorers

The top scorers from Superliga 2007 are as follows:

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Landon Donovan	Los Angeles Galaxy	4
2	Arturo Alvarez	FC Dallas	3
	Alan Gordon	Los Angeles Galaxy	3
4	Chris Klein	Los Angeles Galaxy	2
	Carlos Ruíz	FC Dallas	2
	Rafael Márquez Lugo	Pachuca	2
7	Marcio Antonio Batista	Monarcas Morelia	1
	David Beckham	Los Angeles Galaxy	1
	Omar Bravo	Guadalajara	1
	Salvador Cabañas	América	1
	Juan Carlos Cacho	Pachuca	1
	Brian Ching	Houston Dynamo	1
	Andrés Chitiva	Pachuca	1
	Gonzalo Choy	Monarcas Morelia	1
	Dwayne DeRosario	Houston Dynamo	1
	Rod Dyachenko	D.C. United	1
	Christian Giménez	Pachuca	1
	Christian Gómez	D.C. United	1
	Kevin Harmse	Los Angeles Galaxy	1
	Federico Insúa	América	1
	Nate Jaqua	Houston Dynamo	1
	Luis Ángel Landín	Monarcas Morelia	1
	Diego Martínez	Monarcas Morelia	1
	Juan Carlos Mosqueda	América	1
	Joseph Ngwenya	Houston Dynamo	1
	José Antonio Olvera	Guadalajara	1
	Carlos Pavón	Los Angeles Galaxy	1
	Eddie Robinson	Houston Dynamo	1
	Francisco Javier Rodríguez	Guadalajara	1
	Abe Thompson	FC Dallas	1
	Juan Carlos Toja	FC Dallas	1

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• SuperLiga 2008
• SuperLiga 2009

[edit] External links

• Official Website

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