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2008 SuperLiga 2008 North American SuperLiga Tournament details Host country 
USADates July 12 - August 5 Teams 8 (from 1 confederation) Venue(s) 7 (in 7 host cities) Final positions Champions New England RevolutionRunners-up Houston DynamoTournament statistics Matches played 14 Goals scored 32 (2.29 per match) Attendance 185,172 (13,227 per match) Top scorer(s) 
Shalrie Joseph
Stuart Holden
Ante Razov (3 goals) The 2008 North American SuperLiga, is the second edition of the SuperLiga competition. The top four Major League Soccer teams by point totals at the end of the 2007 season earn qualification.[1] All games of the tournament are expected to be broadcast live on Fox Sports World in Canada (English), Telefutura in the United States (Spanish) and Televisa and TV Azteca in Mexico (both Spanish).
Contents
Qualification
The eight teams in the 2008 edition were selected based on qualification rules set by their respective leagues. The 2008 SuperLiga contestants are:[2]
- D.C. United (2007 Supporters' Shield)
- Chivas USA (2007 season 2nd overall)
- Houston Dynamo (2007 season 3rd overall)
- New England Revolution (2007 season 4th overall)
From
La Primera División- Guadalajara (2006 Apertura champion)
- Pachuca (2007 Clausura champion)
- Atlante (2007 Apertura champion)
- Santos Laguna (2008 Clausura champion)
Group stage
The competition will consist of an initial group stage with the top two teams from each groups advancing to the semifinals.
Tie-breaking criteria
If two teams are equal on points, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings:[4]
- Head-to-Head Results (points only)
- Goal Differential
- Goals Scored
- Coin Toss
In the event that three or more teams are equal on points and no one team has defeated the other two (Head-to-Head Results), then the remaining tiebreakers are employed to advance a single team. The tiebreakers are applied again between the teams that failed to advance if it is necessary to determine a second-place team.
If the tiebreakers fail to advance a single team, the tiebreakers are then used to eliminate one of the three teams.
Group A
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Houston Dynamo6 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 Atlante6 3 2 0 1 5 6 -1 Guadalajara6 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 D.C. United0 3 0 0 3 4 8 -4 Fixtures
2008-07-12
20:00 EDTD.C. United 1 – 2 Guadalajara RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 22,453
Referee: Walter Quesada (Costa Rica)Emilio 
76'Report Arellano 23'
Pineda 72'2008-07-12
22:00 EDTHouston Dynamo 4 – 0 Atlante Robertson Stadium, Houston, TX
Attendance: 13,105
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)De Rosario 20' 
44'
Holden 21' 29'
Mullan 54'Report Mustafá 45'
2008-07-15
20:00 EDTD.C. United 2 – 3 Atlante RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 12,122
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)Doe 28'
Emilio 79'Report Gabriel Rey 15' 44'
Bermudez 49'2008-07-15
22:00 EDTHouston Dynamo 0 – 1 Guadalajara Robertson Stadium, Houston, TX
Attendance: 28,723
Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)Report Arellano 71'
2008-07-19
20:00 EDTD.C. United 1 – 3 Houston Dynamo RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 12,893
Referee: Alex Prus (United States)Doe 76'Report Clark 12'
Boswell 29'
Holden 84'2008-07-19
22:00 EDTAtlante 2 – 0 Guadalajara Buck Shaw Stadium, Santa Clara, CA
Attendance: 10,370
Referee: Hugo Leon Guajardo (Mexico)Maldonado 42'
Espinoza 88'Report
Group B
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD New England Revolution7 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 Pachuca4 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 Chivas USA4 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 Santos Laguna1 3 0 1 2 1 3 -2 Fixtures
2008-07-13
20:00 EDTNew England Revolution 1 – 0 Santos Laguna Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA
Attendance: 10,118
Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)Dube 70'Report Rodriguez 40'2008-07-13
22:00 EDTChivas USA 1 – 2 Pachuca Home Depot Center, Carson, CA
Attendance: 14,528
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)Razov 16'Report Marioni 23'
Caballero 42'
2008-07-16
20:00 EDTNew England Revolution 1 – 0 Pachuca Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA
Attendance: 9,614
Referee: Walter Quesada (Costa Rica)Smith 90+6' (pen.)Report 2008-07-16
22:00 EDTChivas USA 1 – 0 Santos Laguna Home Depot Center, Carson, CA
Attendance: 16,343
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)Razov 73'Report
2008-07-20
20:00 EDTChivas USA 1 – 1 New England Revolution Titan Stadium,[5] Fullerton, CA
Attendance: 4,738
Referee: Abiodun Okulaja (United States)Razov 59'Report Joseph 78'2008-07-20
22:00 EDTSantos Laguna 1 – 1 Pachuca Pizza Hut Park, Frisco, TX
Attendance: 6,157
Referee: German Arredondo (Mexico)Benítez 72'Report Álvarez 4'Bracket
Semi-finals Final 29 July - Robertson Stadium Houston Dynamo2 Pachuca0 5 August - Gillette Stadium Houston Dynamo2 (5) New England Revolution2 (6) 30 July - Gillette Stadium New England Revolution1 Atlante0 Semifinals
2008-07-29
22:00 EDTHouston Dynamo 2 – 0 Pachuca Robertson Stadium, Houston, TX
Attendance: 16,679
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad & Tobago)Boswell 77'
Ashe 87'Report 2008-07-30
20:00 EDTNew England Revolution 1 – 0 Atlante Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA
Attendance: 8,302
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)Joseph 30'
Heaps 90+'Report Rey 85'
Zamora
90+'
Vilar 90+'
Mustafá 90+'
Venegas 90+'Final
2008-08-05
20:00 EDTNew England Revolution 2 – 2 Houston Dynamo Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA
Attendance: 9,242
Referee: Howard Webb (England)Ralston 41'
Joseph 82'
Joseph 102'Report Davis 14'
Jaqua 18'
Kamara 98'Penalties Ralston
Reis
Joseph
Twellman
Smith
Larentowicz
Tierney
Albright6 – 5 Waibel
Wondolowski
De Rosario
Ching
Clark
Barrett
Kamara
AsheChampion
SuperLiga
2008 Champion
New England Revolution
First TitleTop scorers
Aggregate Table
Pos Team Pts Pld W L T GF GA GD PPG 1 New England Revolution 13 5 4 0 1 6 3 +3 2.600 2 Houston Dynamo 9 5 3 2 0 11 4 +7 1.800 3 Guadalajara 6 3 2 1 0 3 3 0 2.000 4 Atlante 6 4 2 2 0 5 7 -2 1.500 5 Chivas USA 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 1.333 6 Pachuca 4 4 1 2 1 3 5 -2 1.000 7 Santos Laguna 1 3 0 2 1 1 3 -2 0.333 8 D.C. United 0 3 0 3 0 4 8 -4 0.000 References
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