2005 InterLiga

InterLiga
Tournament details
Host country	USA
Dates	2 January 2005 - 12 January 2005
Teams	8 (from the FMF confederations)
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	UANL (1st title)
Runner-up	Guadalajara
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	50 (3.57 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Irenio Soares Javier Saavedra (3 goals)

For 2005, Mexico was granted a third berth in the Libertadores. The Mexican federation decided to grant one of its Libertadores berths ("Mexico 1") based strictly on play during the league season, but retained InterLiga for the other two spots ("Mexico 2" and "Mexico 3"). The group phase of InterLiga remained the same as in 2004, but the final games were changed. The top team from each group plays the second-place team from the opposite group, with both winners advancing to Copa Libertadores. Of the two final winners, the one with the highest point total during group play will be designated "Mexico 2" and automatically advance to the group stage. The other final winner will be "Mexico 3", and will enter the preliminary round of Copa Libertadores.

The 2005 InterLiga was again played in California and Texas, and expanded into Arizona. The finals were held January 12 at Reliant Stadium in Houston.

The eight qualified clubs participated in the following groups:

Group A	Group B
UANL	Chiapas
Guadalajara	Toluca
Atlante	America
Santos	Necaxa

[edit] Match Schedule

Matches at Bank One Ballpark (Phoenix, Arizona)

1.	2 Jan 05	Guadalajara vs Santos	1-1
2.	2 Jan 05	UANL vs Atlante	2-1

Matches at The Home Depot Center (Carson, California)

3.	2 Jan 05	Necaxa vs Chiapas	0-4
4.	2 Jan 05	América vs Toluca	1-2
9.	8 Jan 05	Atlante vs Santos	4-4
10.	8 Jan 05	Guadalajara vs UANL	1-0

Matches at Spartan Stadium (San Jose, California)

5.	5 Jan 05	Santos vs UANL	3-4
6.	5 Jan 05	Atlante vs Guadalajara	3-3

Matches at Alamodome (San Antonio, Texas)

7.	6 Jan 05	Toluca vs Necaxa	2-0
8.	6 Jan 05	Chiapas vs América	1-2

Matches at Cotton Bowl (Dallas, Texas)

11.	9 Jan 05	América vs Necaxa	2-2
12.	9 Jan 05	Toluca vs Chiapas	1-2

Matches at Reliant Stadium (Houston, Texas)

13.	12 Jan 05	Final 1: UANL vs Toluca	2-0
14.	12 Jan 05	Final 2: Guadalajara vs Chiapas	1-1 (5-3)

[edit] Goalscorers

The scorers from the InterLiga 2005

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Irenio Soares	UANL	3
	Javier Saavedra	UANL
3	José Saturnino Cardozo	Toluca	2
	Sebastiao Pereira	Chiapas
	Diego Garay	Atlante
	Patricio Galaz	Atlante
	Héctor Altamirano	Santos Laguna
	Jorge Campos	Santos Laguna

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