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SuperLiga
Founded	2007
Region	North America (CONCACAF)
Number of teams	8
Current champions	UANL Tigres (1st time)
Most successful club	Pachuca; New England Revolution; UANL Tigres; (1 time each)
	SuperLiga 2009

The SuperLiga is an official North American football competition between teams from the Primera División of Mexico and Major League Soccer of the United States and Canada, the top divisions in each nation. The competition is sanctioned by CONCACAF, U.S. Soccer, and Federación Mexicana de Fútbol, and serves as the sub-regional championship for the North American section of CONCACAF, much like its Central American and Caribbean counterparts, the Copa Interclubes UNCAF and CFU Club Championship respectively.^[1]

[edit] Format

The format consists of a Group Stage and Knockout Rounds, with all games held in American venues. The tournament had an invitational format for its 2007 debut^[2], with four teams invited from both MLS and the Primera División. For successive tournaments, MLS announced that "the four MLS teams with the best regular season records in 2007 will qualify for SuperLiga 2008".^[3] However, after problems of fixture congestion during the 2008 season, Major League Soccer announced that starting with SuperLiga 2009 it will no longer allow teams to compete in both the CONCACAF Champions League and the SuperLiga, so the criteria for MLS teams has been amended to the top four teams not already qualified for the Champions League. For the Primera División, the champions of the last 4 semi-annual tournaments will earn berths to SuperLiga.

[edit] Logo

The SuperLiga logo, which depicts two swirling feathers, took its inspiration from symbols common to the homes of both involved leagues: the Bald Eagle native to the United States and Canada, and the Golden Eagle native to Mexico and appearing on its flag.

[edit] Television

The tournament is currently telecast live by Univision's TeleFutura network in the United States and by Televisa and TV Azteca in Mexico. It can also be seen in English on Fox Sports World Canada, MLSnet, and SuperLiga2008.com, which all share the same feed.

[edit] Finals

Year	Final
Year	Winner	Score	Runner-up
2009 Details	UANL Tigres	1 – 1 (4 – 3 p)	Chicago Fire
2008 Details	New England Revolution	2 – 2 (6 – 5 p)	Houston Dynamo
2007 Details	Pachuca	1 – 1 (4 – 3 p)	Los Angeles Galaxy

[edit] Performances

[edit] By club

Team	Winners	Runners-Up	Years Won	Years Runner-Up
Pachuca	1	0	2007
New England Revolution	1	0	2008
UANL Tigres	1	0	2009
Los Angeles Galaxy	0	1		2007
Houston Dynamo	0	1		2008
Chicago Fire	0	1		2009

[edit] By country

Nation	Winners	Runners-up
Mexico	2	0
USA	1	3

[edit] See also

Association football portal

United States and Mexico football rivalry

[edit] References

^ "SuperLiga Rules and Regulations" (PDF). MLSnet. Soccer United Marketing. http://www.mlsnet.com/SuperLiga/downloads/SuperLigaRulesRegulations.pdf.
^ "Answers to 20 Questions for Don Garber". http://real-football.blogspot.com/2006/10/mls-answers-to-20-questions-for-don.html. Retrieved 2007-02-09.
^ "'Game First' initiatives enhance on-field product". http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20070402&content_id=87043&vkey=pr_mls&fext=.jsp. Retrieved 2007-04-02.

[edit] External links

http://web.superliga2009.com/index.jsp

[0] "SuperLiga Rules and Regulations" (PDF). MLSnet. Soccer United Marketing. http://www.mlsnet.com/SuperLiga/downloads/SuperLigaRulesRegulations.pdf.

[SuperLiga1-1] "Answers to 20 Questions for Don Garber". http://real-football.blogspot.com/2006/10/mls-answers-to-20-questions-for-don.html. Retrieved 2007-02-09.

[MLS_Press_Release-2] "'Game First' initiatives enhance on-field product". http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20070402&content_id=87043&vkey=pr_mls&fext=.jsp. Retrieved 2007-04-02.

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