North American SuperLiga

Football tournament

SuperLiga

Founded| 2007
Abolished| 2010
Region| CONCACAF (North America)
Number of teams| 8
Most successful club(s)|  Pachuca
New England Revolution
UANL
Morelia
(1 time each)

The SuperLiga was a North American association football competition between teams from the Liga MX of Mexico and Major League Soccer of the United States and Canada, the top divisions in each country. The competition was sanctioned by CONCACAF, U.S. Soccer, the Canadian Soccer Association and Federación Mexicana de Fútbol and served 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] The tournament was first held in 2007 and was cancelled in March 2011.

## Format

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The format consisted of a group stage, followed by playoffs or "knockout" rounds, with all games held at MLS sites. 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 would no longer allow teams to compete in both the CONCACAF Champions League and the SuperLiga, so the criteria for MLS teams was 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 earned berths to SuperLiga.

The tournament was discontinued after the 2010 edition, with MLS commissioner Don Garber stating that “SuperLiga was a great tournament which served its purpose during its time. CONCACAF got more and more committed to a continental tournament with the Champions League, which we’re very supportive of. It has delivered the value we intended in SuperLiga to put our teams against the best competition in this region.”[4]

A new inter-league competition, the Leagues Cup, was established by MLS and Liga MX in 2019.[5]

## Television

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The tournament was telecast live by Univision's TeleFutura network in the United States and by Televisa and TV Azteca in Mexico. It could also be seen in English on Fox Sports World Canada, MLS Soccer, and SuperLiga2010.com, which all shared the same feed. The tournament was also streamed live at UnivisionFutbol.com.

## Finals

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Year  | Winner  | Score  | Runner-up

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2007 | Pachuca | 1–1
(4–3 p) |  Los Angeles Galaxy
2008 | New England Revolution | 2–2
(6–5 p) |  Houston Dynamo
2009 | UANL | 1–1
(4–3 p) |  Chicago Fire
2010 | Morelia | 2–1 |  New England Revolution

## Performances

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### By club

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Team  | Winners  | Runners-Up  | Years Won  | Years Runner-Up

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New England Revolution | 1 | 1 | 2008 | 2010
Pachuca | 1 | 0 | 2007 |
UANL | 1 | 0 | 2009 |
Morelia | 1 | 0 | 2010 |
Houston Dynamo | 0 | 1 |  | 2008
Los Angeles Galaxy | 0 | 1 |  | 2007
Chicago Fire | 0 | 1 |  | 2009

### By country

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Nation  | Winners  | Runners-up

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Mexico | 3 | 0
USA | 1 | 4

## See also

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* Campeones Cup
* Leagues Cup

## References

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1. ^ "SuperLiga Rules and Regulations" (PDF). MLSnet. Soccer United Marketing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-10-03.
2. ^ "Answers to 20 Questions for Don Garber". American Soccer Blog. Blogspot. October 6, 2006. Retrieved February 9, 2007.
3. ^ "'Game First' initiatives enhance on-field product". Archived from the original on 2007-04-06. Retrieved 2007-04-02.
4. ^ Borg, Simon (March 29, 2011). "World Football Challenge builds upon SuperLiga". mlssoccer.com. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
5. ^ Santaromita, Dan (May 29, 2019). "MLS, Liga MX announce Leagues Cup 8-team tournament". Pro Soccer USA. Tribune Publishing. Retrieved May 31, 2019.

## External links

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International men's club football competitions

* Intercontinental Cup (defunct)
* Afro-Asian Club Championship (defunct)
* Under-20 Intercontinental Cup
* World Leagues Forum
* Lists of association football clubs

Global|

* FIFA – Club World Cup
* Intercontinental Cup

Africa|

* CAF – Champions League
* Confederation Cup
* Super Cup

Asia|

* AFC – Champions League Elite
* Champions League Two
* Challenge League

Europe|

* UEFA – Champions League
* Europa League
* Conference League
* Super Cup

North,
Central America
and the Caribbean|

* CONCACAF – Champions Cup
* Leagues Cup
* Central American Cup
* Caribbean Cup

Oceania|

* OFC – Champions League

South America|

* CONMEBOL – Copa Libertadores
* Copa Sudamericana
* Recopa Sudamericana

See also: International women's club football

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North American SuperLiga

Tournaments|

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* 2009
* 2010

Finals|

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* 2010

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CONCACAF competitions

National team tournaments

CONCACAF era|

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* Gold Cup
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CONCACAF Championship
CONCACAF Cup
Olympic qualifying
NAFU
North American Nations Cup
CFU
CFU Championship
Caribbean Cup
UNCAF
Copa Centroamericana

Pre-CONCACAF|

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NAFC
NAFC Championship
CCCF
CCCF Championship
CCCF Youth Championship
Panamerican Championship

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Club tournaments

Current|

* Champions Cup
* W Champions Cup
* Futsal Club Championship
* Regional
* Central American Cup
* Caribbean Cup
* Caribbean Shield
* UNCAF Women's Interclub Championship

Defunct|

* CONCACAF League
* Caribbean Club Championship
* Copa Interamericana
* Copa Interclubes UNCAF
* Cup Winners Cup
* Giants Cup
* North American SuperLiga

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