2009 North American SuperLiga


The 2009 SuperLiga was the third edition of the SuperLiga competition. The top four overall Major League Soccer teams from the 2008 season not already qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League earned qualification, as well as four clubs from the Primera División de México. All games of the tournament were broadcast live on Fox Sports World in Canada, Telefutura in the United States, and Televisa and TV Azteca in Mexico and an internet stream on the SuperLiga website. Tigres UANL won their first title after beating Chicago Fire 4–3 on penalties in the final.

Qualification

The teams involved were selected based on qualification rules set by their respective leagues.
On November 21, 2008, Major League Soccer announced that for the 2009 edition, the top four teams in the 2008 MLS regular season standings not competing in the CONCACAF Champions League in 2009–10 would qualify for SuperLiga 2009. That ruling means that the top two teams from the 2008 MLS season, the Columbus Crew and the Houston Dynamo, who had already qualified for the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League, were not eligible to participate in the SuperLiga 2009.
On May 14, 2009, the Primera División de México announced that for the 2009 tournament the top four eligible teams from the Clausura 2008 and Apertura 2008 overall season standings not competing in the CONCACAF Champions League would qualify for SuperLiga 2009. That ruling meant that the Apertura-08 Champion Toluca and the runner-up Cruz Azul, who had already qualified for the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League, were not eligible to participate in the tournament. Pumas UNAM were also ineligible, while Guadalajara declined to participate.
The SuperLiga 2009 participants were:
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 stage

Bracket


Semifinals

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Goalscorers

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