2010 North American SuperLiga explained

Tourney Name:SuperLiga
Year:2010
Other Titles:SuperLiga 2010
Country:United States
Dates:July 14 – September 1
Num Teams:8
Confederations:1
Venues:4
Cities:4
Matches:15
Goals:34
Champion Other: Morelia
Count:1
Second Other: New England Revolution
Top Scorer: Miguel Sabah (4 goals)
Prevseason:2009

The 2010 SuperLiga was the fourth edition of the SuperLiga. The top four overall Major League Soccer teams from the 2009 season not already qualified for the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League earned qualification[1] as well as four clubs from the Primera División de México.

Qualification

The teams involved were selected based on qualification rules set by their respective leagues.

On April 28, 2010, MLS announced that for the 2010 season the top four teams from the 2009 MLS regular season standings not competing in the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League would qualify for SuperLiga 2010.

The Primera División de México announced its participants would be the top four team from the 2009 overall standings (Clausura 2009 and Apertura 2009) that were not competing in the 2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League. Furthermore, Club América (5th 2009 overall) declined to participate.

The SuperLiga 2010 participants are as follows:

From Major League Soccer:

From Primera División de México:

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 round

Bracket

Semi-finals

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Final

Goalscorers

4 goals
2 goals
1 goal

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Superliga 2010: Dates and venues announced . April 28, 2010 . May 1, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100501085122/http://www.chicago-fire.com/news/2010/04/superliga-2010. May 1, 2010 . live.