2009 SuperLiga Thread
A good opening game won 1-0 by Chicago over San Luis. Lots of quality play, goal scoring opportunities and saves in this one. Chivas USA and Tigres to start momentarily. All games can be seen online free at http://web.superliga2009.com/index.jsp
Enjoy!
scrap superliga plz
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
cheers
Fuck what a goal
Indeed. It was like a bicycle kick but at 90 degrees. Nice!Originally Posted by Cambridge_Red
A 2-1 win for Tigres yesterday with Lillingston getting sent off for a second yellow. Not as exciting as the earlier match but good to watch anyway.
no..its agreat tournament to have...it helps create interest in the league.
what they do need is a Canadian team in there to make it interesting
They would had TFC finished in a position to qualify and hadn't made it to the Champions League.
keep the tournament
the players need the extra money, it generates interest, and is good experience for the teams to raise their quality
I just wish it was a 2 week tourny same with champions league, no need to drag it out
i wonder how many people are in favour of superliga, but bitch about friendlies
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
I'll give people credit for taking an interest in any football when there's no TFC in it but Superliga must be scrapped until we have the larger squads needed for another tournament.
It's got to be all inclusive as well. Like the Champions league.
FORMER FULL TIME KOOL-AID DRINKER
superliga is competitive
friendlies are not
right. so competitive when you take couple of teams that rank top mid table and put them through matches that end up wearing out the players for later in the season and play offs
not necessary
CCL is good enough.
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
^which is why id like to see it in a 2 week format in June/
if possible
when the rosters expand, this probably wont be an issue
Atlas kept their first team in Guadalajara and sent a mixture of their youth team and reserves to this tournament.... yeah, they're really hungry to win this one!!!
No money goes to the players from this tourny. There was a lot of talk about that last year. By the time all the money gets divied up, the players are seeing less money then a bartender makes on tips in a night.
Thing is about June is that CCL qualification for TFC is not complete. MLS has a rule that teams participating in the CCL can't also be in Superliga (like the UEFA CL and Europa League). The timing would be problematic in this case.
then keep as is
and expand the roster.
MLS needs more competitive exposure outside of MLS teams.
This is a great way to do it. Those mexican B teams are still better than many MLS teams, and if MLS starts winning, the mexican teams will start putting out better teams.
No one wants to lose every year
p.s
this isnt for US fans.
This is to get the other fans interested.
Whatever draws attention to MLS is good attention
A canadian team means us.
We can't play in it while we are in the CL. (You know the meaningful competition, that incorporates teams from all over north and central america.)
So that's that then.
next.
SO i guess you have the same mindset for the Europa Leauge?
I suppose
I really like Superliga. I'd much rather have a meaningful game against a San Luis than the River Plate game we're getting.
Expand it and get rid of friendlies.
"There are some people who might have better technique than me, and some may be fitter than me, but the main thing is tactics. With most players, tactics are missing. You can divide tactics into insight, trust, and daring." - Johan Cruyff
Either make it into a serious UEFA Cup-like tournament with serious money prizes and more then 2 countries or scrap it ... MLS squads are too small to be be playing friendly tournaments in the middle of the season ...
Well I guess it depends what a serious prize money is for you, but the winner of SuperLiga gets 1 million dollars, which was (or maybe still is?) a record in CONCACAF.
And it's not a friendly tournament, either.
It kind of is when teams are dropping out of the tournament ... and those they do play are playing with their youth/reserve players ...
Players only get 30% of that million ... so 300k/24 = 12.5k per player for MLS teams ... meh ...
Last edited by Lennon; 06-22-2009 at 05:04 PM.
If SuperLiga were cancelled next year I wouldn't be too upset about it, but I feel it does more good than harm despite the few things that aren't ideal.
And as a side note, despite only 30% going to the players, 12.5K for a player in the MLS can be significant, especially those that are making less than 100K per year.
no.
because Europa league teams don't have roster restrictions so their teams have depth for a prolonged and increased number of games
and that tournament has more competition, unlike this mickey mouse 8 team tourney that adds really nothing much
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
Not to mention the support the tournament has as second tier as it is. Superliga was suppose to be a money maker for Mexican-Americans and doesn't generate any more attention than the CCL and is less valid as a compettion.
FORMER FULL TIME KOOL-AID DRINKER
give it time to grow people
lisbon wasnt re-built overnight
SuperLiga does generate a profit for SUM and MLS plus the winner gets $1 million.
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