North American SuperLiga

Football tournament

SuperLiga

Founded| 2007; 18 years ago (2007)
Abolished| 2010; 15 years ago (2010)
Region| NAFU (Canada, Mexico, United States)
Number of teams| 8
Last champion(s)|  Morelia
(1st title)
Most successful club(s)|  NE Revolution
Pachuca
UANL
Morelia
(1 title each)

The SuperLiga was an annual association football competition in North America between four clubs from the Major League Soccer (United States and Canada) and four clubs from the Primera División (Mexico), the top professional league in each country. The competition was sanctioned by CONCACAF, U.S. Soccer, Canada Soccer and FMF, which served as the regional club tournament for the North American zone under CONCACAF, much like the Copa Interclubes UNCAF for the Central American zone and the CFU Club Championship for the Caribbean zone.[1] The tournament was held from 2007 to 2010.

## Competition 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]

## Broadcasting

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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.

## Results

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Finals  Ed.  | Year  | Champions  | Results  | Runners-up

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

## Performances

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Performance by club  Club  | Titles  | Runners-Up  | Winning editions  | Runners-up editions

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NE Revolution | 1 | 1 | 2008 | 2010
Pachuca | 1 | 0 | 2007 | –
UANL | 1 | 0 | 2009 | –
Morelia | 1 | 0 | 2010 | –
LA Galaxy | 0 | 1 | – | 2007
Houston Dynamo | 0 | 1 | – | 2008
Chicago Fire | 0 | 1 | – | 2009
Performance by nation  Nation  | Titles  | Runners-up  | Total

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Mexico | 3 | 0 | 3
United States | 1 | 4 | 5

## See also

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* Leagues Cup
* Campeones 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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Africa|

CAF
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CAF Cup (defunct)
Regional:

UNAF
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North African Cup of Champions (defunct)
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North African Super Cup (defunct)
WAFU (defunct)

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SAFF

Europe|

UEFA
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Super Cup
Cup Winners' Cup (defunct)
Intertoto Cup (defunct)

North,
Central America
and the Caribbean|

CONCACAF
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Cup Winners Cup (defunct)
CONCACAF League (defunct)
Campeonato Centroamericano (defunct)
Regional:

Central American Cup
Caribbean Cup
Caribbean Club Shield
Campeones Cup
Leagues Cup
Caribbean Club Championship (defunct)
UNCAF Interclub Cup (defunct)
SuperLiga (defunct)

Oceania|

OFC
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President's Cup (defunct)

South America|

CONMEBOL
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Copa Ganadores de Copa (defunct)
Supercopa Libertadores (defunct)
Copa Master de CONMEBOL (defunct)
Copa Master de Supercopa (defunct)
Copa de Oro (defunct)
Regional:

Copa Merconorte (defunct)
Copa Mercosur (defunct)

Intercontinental|

Arab Club Champions Cup
African–Asian–Pacific Cup
Derby of the Americas
Challenger Cup
Arab Cup Winners' Cup (defunct)
Arab Super Cup (defunct)
Intercontinental Cup (defunct)
Afro-Asian Club Championship (defunct)
Copa Interamericana (defunct)

See also: International women's club football

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Defunct|

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* Copa Interamericana
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