2009 North American SuperLiga


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, 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. 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 CONCACAF Champions League 2009-10, 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, who had already qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League 2009-10, were not eligible to participate in the tournament. UNAM were also ineligible, while Guadalajara 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.

Group A

Team
UANL32015506
Chicago Fire32013216
San Luis31114314
Chivas USA301224−21

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Group B

Team
New England Revolution32106337
Santos Laguna31115504
Atlas302101−12
Kansas City Wizards302124−22

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Knockout stage

Bracket

Semifinals

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Final

SuperLiga
2009 Champion
UANL
First Title

Goalscorers

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