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About VivalaSuperLiga.com / Q & A
Legend has it that Che Guevara once said that Latin America would be free only after it swapped baseball, which was imported by US marines, for football.
What happens to yet another prophecy of the Che remains to be seen. However, in one respect, history has already gotten ahead of the Che: football (vulgo: soccer) has caught up with the imperial force itself.
In the U.S., football advertising, broadcasting, craziness and fandom are on the rise. The advent of Juan Pablo Angel, David Beckham, Cuauhtémoc Blanco in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago mirrors what can be seen on any square where a pick-up game is taking place: Football is experiencing a renaissance in the United States. Only this time it seems to be broadly sustained, carried by international aficionados hailing from Latin America, Asia, and Old Europe who blend in nicely with the homegrown supporters of the beautiful game.
Our website VivalaSuperLiga.com is a small contribution to this movement.
VivalaSuperLiga.com is dedicated to covering the transnational football tournament La SuperLiga, a European Champions League-emulating competition between the four leading teams of Mexico’s Primera División and the U.S.’ MLS.
VivalaSuperLiga.com offers you daily blog posts, images, video, news, analysis and comment about the SuperLiga and all things football, from an independent perspective.
Please do visit our site regularly, because we rely on you: If la SuperLiga catches on, so will VivalaSuperLiga.com.
What is VivaLaSuperLiga.com?
VivalaSuperLiga.com is a web medium covering the SuperLiga.
What is the SuperLiga?
Says the NYTimes: “Modestly modeled on the European Champions League, the SuperLiga will bring together four teams from Mexico’s First Division (Chivas Guadalajara, Pachuca, Club América and Monarcas Morelia) and four M.L.S. teams (Houston, D.C. United, F. C. Dallas and Los Angeles) in a two-group round-robin format in July and August.”
Says VivalaSuperLiga.com: SuperLiga is an annual football tournament. This year is the inauguration of an annual competition. We’ll give it a chance on VivalaSuperLiga.com.
Who is behind VivalaSuperLiga.com?
Damien, a Finnish Detroiter, and Marc, a Swiss German.
For the moment, we are the founders, contributors, reporters, editors and clerical staff of VivalaSuperLiga.com.
We both live in New York City.
Contact us here!
Why SuperLiga?
MLSnet.com advertises “rivalry” between the U.S. and Mexico nursing the need for SuperLiga.
VivalaSuperLiga.com sees different obstetrics at work: a) check whether a little brother of UEFA’s Champions League might make it in the evening TV market; and b) perhaps test alternatives to the very un-footballerish Major League Soccer model. And there is the price money of 1 million USD for the winner.
Who are the SuperLiga teams?
SuperLiga 2007 teams and groups:
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Group A |
Group B
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CD Guadalajara (México)
FC Dallas (MLS)
Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS)
CF Pachuca (México) |
CD Guadalajara (México)
FC Dallas (MLS)
Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS)
CF Pachuca (México) |
When are the SuperLiga games (all times ET)?
Tuesday, July 24
FC Dallas vs. CD Guadalajara (Pizza Hut Park - Frisco, TX) 9 p.m. 1 - 1
LA Galaxy vs. Pachuca (Home Depot Center - Carson, CA) 11 p.m. 2 - 1
Wednesday, July 25
D.C. United vs. Monarcas Morelia (RFK Stadium - Washington D.C.) 8 p.m. 1 - 1
Houston Dynamo vs. América (Robertson Stadium - Houston, TX) 10 p.m. 1 - 0
Saturday, July 28
FC Dallas vs. Pachuca (Pizza Hut Park - Frisco, TX) 8:00 p.m. 1 - 1
LA Galaxy vs. CD Guadalajara (TBD) 10:00 p.m. 1 - 2
Sunday, July 29
D.C. United vs. América (RFK Stadium - Washington, DC) 8:00 p.m. 1 - 0
Houston vs. Morelia (Robertson Stadium - Houston, TX) 10:00 p.m. 1 - 1
Tuesday, July 31
FC Dallas vs. LA Galaxy (Pizza Hut Park - Frisco, TX) 8:00 p.m. 5 - 6
CD Guadalajara vs. Pachuca (Dick's Sporting Goods Park - Denver, CO) 0 - 1
Wednesday, Aug. 1
D.C. United vs. Houston Dynamo (RFK Stadium - Washington D.C.) 8 p.m. 0 - 1
América vs. Morelia (Toyota Park - Bridgeview, IL) 10p.m. 3 - 2
Tuesday, Aug. 14: Semifinal 1
Pachuca - Houston (Robertson Stadium - Houston, TX) 6 - 5 pen. (2 - 2)
Wednesday, Aug. 15: Semifinal 2
LA Galaxy - D.C. United (Home Depot Center - Carson, CA) 2 - 0
Wednesday, Aug. 29: Final
LA Galaxy - Pachuca
Where can I watch La SuperLiga?
SuperLiga games will be broadcast live in prime time by Univision's TeleFutura Network in the United States and by Televisa and TV Azteca in Mexico.
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