2008 InterLiga explained

Tourney Name:	InterLiga
Year:	2008
Other Titles:	InterLiga
Size:	200px
Country:	USA
Dates:	January 2–12, 2008
Num Teams:	8
Confederations:	the FMF
Venues:	Pizza Hut Park Robertson Stadium Home Depot Center
Cities:	3
Matches:	14
Goals:	31
Attendance:	213540
Champion Other:	América
Count:	1
Second Other:	Atlas
Top Scorer:	Bruno Marioni (5 goals)
Prevseason:	2007
Nextseason:	2009

The tournament was held between January 2 and January 12, 2008. Eight teams competed for two Copa Libertadores 2008 spots in this tournament.^[1]

Venues

City	Stadium Name	Capacity
Frisco, TX	Pizza Hut Park	20,500
Houston, TX	Robertson Stadium	32,000
Carson, CA	Home Depot Center	27,000

Qualification

Once the 2006-07 season was ended, the clubs that participate in the InterLiga were defined:

2006–07 standings

Group stage

See main article: Interliga 2008 group stage.

Group A

• Due to Atlas and Toluca being equal in Wins, Losses, Goals For and Against and Points. The way they decided who qualified to the final round was by a flip of a coin, which was done by Bruno Marioni of Atlas with a sinco peso coin.

Group B

Final

See main article: InterLiga 2008 Final. Matches at Home Depot Center, Carson, California

12 Jan 08	Final 1: San Luis vs Atlas	0-3
12 Jan 08	Final 2: América vs Cruz Azul	3(5)-3(3)

Goalscorers

The scorers from the InterLiga 2008

Rank	Name	Team	Goals
1	Bruno Marioni	Atlas	5
2	Alejandro Argüello	América	3
	Salvador Cabañas	América	3
4	Alfredo Moreno	San Luis	2
	Vicente Sánchez	Toluca	2
	Jorge Achucarro	Atlas	2
7	Pablo Bonells	UNAM	1
	Tressor Moreno	San Luis	1
	Edgar Andrade	Cruz Azul	1
	Richard Núñez	América	1
	Humberto Suazo	Monterrey	1
	Nicolás Vigneri	Cruz Azul	1
	Ever Guzmán	Morelia	1
	Christian Giménez	Toluca	1
	Zinha	Toluca	1
	Ismael Rodríguez	América	1
	César Villaluz	Cruz Azul	1
	Jaime Lozano	Cruz Azul	1
	Edgar Lugo	Cruz Azul	1
	Rodrigo López	América	1

Match schedule

Matches at Pizza Hut Park (Frisco, Texas)

1.	2 Jan 08	Monterrey vs UNAM	0-1
2.	2 Jan 08	Cruz Azul vs San Luis	0-1
7.	6 Jan 08	América vs Toluca	2-1
8.	6 Jan 08	Atlas vs Morelia	2-0

Matches at Robertson Stadium (Houston, Texas)

3.	3 Jan 08	Toluca vs Atlas	0-0
4.	3 Jan 08	Morelia vs América	0-1
5.	5 Jan 08	Cruz Azul vs Monterrey	1-0
6.	5 Jan 08	San Luis vs UNAM	2-0

Matches at The Home Depot Center (Carson, California)

9.	8 Jan 08	Monterrey vs San Luis	1-0
10.	8 Jan 08	UNAM vs Cruz Azul	0-1
11.	9 Jan 08	Toluca vs Morelia	3-1
12.	9 Jan 08	Atlas vs América	2-3
13.	12 Jan 08	Final 1: San Luis vs Atlas	0-3
14.	12 Jan 08	Final 2: América vs Cruz Azul	3(5)-3(3)

External links

• Official site (in Spanish and English)

Notes and References

1. Web site: InterLiga llega a su quinta edición . 2007-10-29 . Not Specified . October 2007 . La Federación Mexicana de Fútbol . https://web.archive.org/web/20071219090318/http://www.interliga.com/sum/interliga/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071029&content_id=126546&vkey=news_intl_es&fext=.jsp&lang=es . 2007-12-19 . dead.