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

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were broadcast live on Fox Sports World in Canada, Telefutura in the United States, and

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and

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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

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and the Houston Dynamo, who had already qualified for the

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, 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

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and the runner-up

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(2008 3rd and 4th overall respectively), who had already qualified for the

, were not eligible to participate in the tournament.

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(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) *

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(2008 4th overall) *

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(2008 5th overall) * Kansas City Wizards (2008 6th overall) From Mexican Primera División: * San Luis (2008 1st overall) *

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(2008 5th overall) * UANL (2008 7th overall) *

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(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

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Bracket

Semifinals

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Final

Goalscorers

;3 goals * Armando Pulido ( UANL) ;2 goals *

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( Chicago Fire) * Kheli Dube (

) * Itamar ( UANL) *

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(

) *

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( Chicago Fire) * José Rodolfo Reyes ( San Luis) *

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(

) * Matías Vuoso (

) ;1 goal *

Jesús Dueñas Jesús Alberto Dueñas Manzo (born 16 March 1989), also known as Pollo, is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder. Club career Jesus Dueñas was from Petroleros de Salamanca but later moved to Tigres UANL, the te ...

( UANL) *

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( UANL) *

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(

) *

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(

)) * Agustín Herrera (

) *

Francisco Fonseca José Francisco "Kikin" Fonseca Guzmán (born 2 October 1979) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a striker. He currently works as a football analyst for Televisa Deportes Network. Club career Born in León, Guanajuato, ...

( UANL) * Edgaras Jankauskas (

) *

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(

) * Jeff Larentowicz (

) * Claudio López ( Kansas City) *

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( San Luis) * Justin Mapp ( Chicago Fire) * Jesús Molina ( UANL) * Alfredo Moreno ( San Luis) *

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( Chicago Fire) *

Carlos Quintero Carlos Darwin Quintero Villalba (born 19 September 1987) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Categoría Primera A club América de Cali. Quintero is also known by his nickname of ''El Científico d ...

(

) * Francisco Javier Torres (

)

References

External links

SuperLiga 2009 Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:North American Superliga 2009 2009 2009 in American soccer Super