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
Champions Pachuca (1st title)
Runners-up Los Angeles Galaxy
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored42 (2.8 per match)
Attendance234,751 (15,650 per match)
Top scorer(s) Landon Donovan (4 Goals)

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

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

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

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
LA Galaxy 6320198+1
Pachuca 43111330
Guadalajara 43111330
FC Dallas 2302178-1
FC Dallas 1 1Guadalajara
Alvarez  56'
Moor  72'
Report Olvera  67'
Pizza Hut Park, Frisco
Attendance: 12,641
Referee: Walter Quesada (Costa Rica)
LA Galaxy 2 1Pachuca
Gordon  50'
Donovan  81'
Report Márquez Lugo  78'
The Home Depot Center, Carson
Attendance: 19,317

FC Dallas 1 1Pachuca
Ruíz  75' Report Giménez  87' (pen.)
Pizza Hut Park, Frisco
Attendance: 7,953
Referee: Samir Osman (Egypt)
LA Galaxy 1 2Guadalajara
Donovan  88' Report Rodríguez  59'
Bravo  82'
Los Angeles Coliseum, Los Angeles
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'
Pizza Hut Park, Frisco
Attendance: 21,576
Guadalajara 0 1CF Pachuca
Report Márquez Lugo  62'
Attendance: 14,069
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodriguez (Mexico)

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Houston Dynamo 7321031+2
D.C. United 43111220
Club América 3310234-1
Monarcas Morelia 2302145-1
D.C. United 1 1Monarcas Morelia
Gomez  7' Report Landín  58'
Martínez  79'
RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
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'
RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 18,604
Houston Dynamo 1 1Monarcas Morelia
Ngwenya  1' Report Batista  74'
Attendance: 11,236
Referee: Walter Quesada (Costa Rica)

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'
Toyota Park, Bridgeview
Attendance: 10,623
Referee: Hugo Leon Guajardo (Mexico)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
14 August - Robertson Stadium
 
 
Houston Dynamo 2 (3)
 
29 August - The Home Depot Center
 
Pachuca (AET, PSO) 2 (4)
 
Pachuca1 (4)
 
15 August - The Home Depot Center
 
Los Angeles Galaxy1 (3)
 
Los Angeles Galaxy 2
 
 
D.C. United 0
 

Semifinals

Houston Dynamo 2 2 (a.e.t.)CF Pachuca
DeRosario  4'
Ianni  13'
Robinson  83'
Ashe  102'
Report Cacho  28'
Chitiva  62'
Chitiva  85' 
Penalties
Barrett
Wondolowski
Mulrooney
Ching
Ngwenya
3 4 Salazar
Caballero
Rey
Álvarez
Lugo
Attendance: 21,712

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

Final

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
The Home Depot Center, Carson
Attendance: 12,500
SuperLiga
2007 Champion
Pachuca
First Title

Goalscorers

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-09-02. Retrieved 2020-05-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Rakes, Jeremy. "Dynamo blank Club America 1-0". MLSNet.com, July 25, 2007. Retrieved on April 16, 2013.
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