2007 North American SuperLiga

The 2007 SuperLiga, the inaugural edition of the SuperLiga competition, was held from July 24 to August 29, 2007. The eight clubs participating in the 2007 tournament were chosen by invitation.

2007 SuperLiga
2007 North American SuperLiga
Tournament details
Host countryUSA
DatesJuly 24 – August 29
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsMexico Pachuca (1st title)
Runners-upUnited States Los Angeles Galaxy
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored42 (2.8 per match)
Attendance234,751 (15,650 per match)
Top scorer(s)United States Landon Donovan (4 goals)
2008

All games of the tournament were carried live on Fox Sports World in Canada (English), Telefutura in the United States (Spanish), and Televisa and TV Azteca in Mexico (both Spanish).

Qualification

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The eight teams in the inaugural 2007 edition were selected on an invitation-only basis.[1]

From   Major League Soccer

From   Primera División de México

Group stage

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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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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  LA Galaxy 3 2 0 1 9 8 +1 6
  Pachuca 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
  Guadalajara 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
  FC Dallas 3 0 2 1 7 8 −1 2
Source: [citation needed]
FC Dallas  1 – 1Guadalajara  
Alvarez   56'
Moor   72'
Report Olvera   67'
Attendance: 12,641
LA Galaxy  2 – 1Pachuca  
Gordon   50'
Donovan   81'
Report Márquez Lugo   78'

FC Dallas  1 – 1Pachuca  
Ruíz   75' Report Giménez   87' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,953
Referee: Samir Osman (Egypt)
LA Galaxy  1 – 2Guadalajara  
Donovan   88' Report Rodríguez   59'
Bravo   82'
Attendance: 37,337
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

FC Dallas  5 – 6LA Galaxy  
Alvarez   43'
Toja   78'
Alvarez   82'
Ruíz   90+1'
Thompson   90+6'
Report Gordon   3'
Klein   12'
Gordon   15'
Harmse   18'
Donovan   84'
Pavón   90+5'
Attendance: 21,576
Guadalajara  0 – 1CF Pachuca  
Report Márquez Lugo   62'

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Houston Dynamo 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 7
  D.C. United 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
  Club América 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
  Monarcas Morelia 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2
Source: [citation needed]
D.C. United  1 – 1Monarcas Morelia  
Gomez   7' Report Landín   58'
Martínez   79'
Attendance: 13,335
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
Houston Dynamo  1 – 0Club América  
Jaqua   41' Report
Attendance: 18,112
Referee: Samir Osman[2] (Egypt)

D.C. United  1– 0Club América  
Dyachenko   12' Report Rojas   49'
Houston Dynamo  1– 1Monarcas Morelia  
Ngwenya   1' Report Batista   74'
Attendance: 11,236

Houston Dynamo  1– 0D.C. United  
Ching   50' Report
Attendance: 11,013
Referee: Baldomero Toledo (United States)
Club América  3– 2Monarcas Morelia  
Mosqueda   17'
Cabañas   56' (pen.)
Insúa   85'
Report Romero   54'
Choy   67'
Landín   73'
Attendance: 10,623
Referee: Hugo Leon Guajardo (Mexico)

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
14 August – Houston
 
 
  Houston2 (3)
 
29 August – Carson
 
  Pachuca (p)2 (4)
 
  Los Angeles1 (3)
 
15 August – Carson
 
  Pachuca (p)1 (4)
 
  Los Angeles2
 
 
  D.C.0
 

Semi-finals

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Houston Dynamo  2 – 2 (a.e.t.)CF Pachuca  
DeRosario   4'
Ianni   13'
Robinson   83'
Ashe   102'
Report[permanent dead link] Cacho   28'
Chitiva   62'
Chitiva   85'  
Penalties
Barrett  
Wondolowski  
Mulrooney  
Ching  
Ngwenya  
3 – 4   Salazar
  Caballero
  Rey
  Álvarez
  Lugo

Los Angeles Galaxy  2 – 0D.C. United  
Beckham   27'
Donovan   47'
Report
Attendance: 17,223
Referee: Alex Prus (United States)

Final

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Los Angeles Galaxy  1 – 1 (a.e.t.)CF Pachuca  
Klein   90+3' Report Vagenas   29' (og)
Penalties
Vagenas  
Jones  
Klein  
Buddle  
Donovan  
Xavier  
3 – 4   Lugo
  Rey
  Caballero
  Manzur
  Cabrera
  Rodríguez
SuperLiga
2007 Champion
 
Pachuca
First title

Goalscorers

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4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References

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  1. ^ "TargetMedia | SMS Diensten, Betaal Diensten en IVR Diensten". Archived from the original on September 2, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  2. ^ Rakes, Jeremy. "Dynamo blank Club America 1-0" Archived June 23, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. MLSNet.com, July 25, 2007. Retrieved on April 16, 2013.
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