SuperLiga Field SetYou've likely seen the schedule by now, but if you haven't, here it is. We open the tournament against partner club Atlas Sunday, June 21 at 3:30 p.m. CT in St. Louis. Season ticket holders have the option to use Special Game B from your season ticket holder packages if they want. We then play Wednesday, June 24 in New England against the Revs, before hosting Club Santos Laguna Sunday, June 28 at CommunityAmerica Ballpark at 5:30 p.m. CT. All games in the tournament will be broadcast live in Spanish on TelaFutura. Games will also be broadcast online in English via SuperLiga2009.com. The full tournament schedule is below.
You saw Atlas last year, so you already know a little bit about them. Want to know more? Want to know a little about Santos? Take a look here:
Team name: Club Santos Laguna
Established: 1983
City: Torreón (La Comarca Lagunera)
Stadium: Corona
Ownership: Grupo Modelo – Chairman, Alejandro Irarragorri Gutiérrez
Players: Oswaldo Sánchez (Mexican National Team starting goalkeeper during World Cup 2006 in Germany; He played for the most popular Mexican teams, América & Chivas); Jorge Iván Estrada (Won his first Championship of his career during Clausura 2008); Carlos Darwin Quintero (Incredible striker: He scored 24 goals in 52 games played in Russia; while playing for Deportivo Pereira he carried the team out of relegation)
In 2008, Santos Laguna won the Clausura Championship, which became the third trophy of this value for the Warriors.
The team celebrated its 25th anniversary last year.
Santos made it to the Semifinals of Apertura 2008, where the team fell to Toluca, later to be named Apertura Champion 2008.
Team name: FC Atlas
Established: 1916
City: Guadalajara (Jalisco)
Stadium: Jalisco
Ownership: Fernando Acosta Martínez
Players: Edgar Iván Pacheco (Rookie: great season with 7 goals), Bruno Marioni (Argentine striker who has played for clubs all over Europe and Mexico. He was named InterLiga 2008 top scorer. A year earlier he won Libertadores Cup 2007 with Boca Juniors)
Atlas finished in the third position of Group 3 during the Clausura tournament 2009, tied on points to second place Jaguares.
Saturday, June 20
Chicago Fire vs. San Luis (Toyota Park – Bridgeview, Ill) 7 p.m.
Chivas USA vs. Tigres UANL (The Home Depot Center – Carson, Calif.) 9 p.m.
Sunday, June 21
Kansas City Wizards vs. Atlas (Robert R. Hermann Stadium – St. Louis, Mo.) 3:30 p.m.
NE Revolution vs. Santos Laguna (Gillette Stadium – Foxborough, Mass.) 5:30 p.m.
Tuesday, June 23
Chicago Fire vs. Chivas USA (Toyota Park – Bridgeview, Ill.) 7 p.m.
San Luis vs. Tigres UANL (Toyota Park – Bridgeview, Ill.) 9 p.m.
Wednesday, June 24
NE Revolution vs. Kansas City Wizards (Gillette Stadium – Foxborough, Mass.) 6 p.m.
Santos Laguna vs. Atlas (Gillette Stadium – Foxborough, Mass.) 8 p.m.
Saturday, June 27
Chicago Fire vs. Tigres UANL (Toyota Park – Bridgeview, Ill.) 7 p.m.
Chivas USA vs. San Luis (The Home Depot Center – Carson, Calif.) 9 p.m.
Sunday, June 28
NE Revolution vs. Atlas (Gillette Stadium – Foxborough, Mass.) 3:30 p.m.
Kansas City Wizards vs. Santos Laguna (CommunityAmerica Ballpark – Kansas City, Kan.) 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, July 15
Semifinal 1 (TBD)
Semifinal 2 (TBD)
Wednesday, August 5
Final (TBD)
You saw Atlas last year, so you already know a little bit about them. Want to know more? Want to know a little about Santos? Take a look here:
Team name: Club Santos Laguna
Established: 1983
City: Torreón (La Comarca Lagunera)
Stadium: Corona
Ownership: Grupo Modelo – Chairman, Alejandro Irarragorri Gutiérrez
Players: Oswaldo Sánchez (Mexican National Team starting goalkeeper during World Cup 2006 in Germany; He played for the most popular Mexican teams, América & Chivas); Jorge Iván Estrada (Won his first Championship of his career during Clausura 2008); Carlos Darwin Quintero (Incredible striker: He scored 24 goals in 52 games played in Russia; while playing for Deportivo Pereira he carried the team out of relegation)
In 2008, Santos Laguna won the Clausura Championship, which became the third trophy of this value for the Warriors.
The team celebrated its 25th anniversary last year.
Santos made it to the Semifinals of Apertura 2008, where the team fell to Toluca, later to be named Apertura Champion 2008.
Team name: FC Atlas
Established: 1916
City: Guadalajara (Jalisco)
Stadium: Jalisco
Ownership: Fernando Acosta Martínez
Players: Edgar Iván Pacheco (Rookie: great season with 7 goals), Bruno Marioni (Argentine striker who has played for clubs all over Europe and Mexico. He was named InterLiga 2008 top scorer. A year earlier he won Libertadores Cup 2007 with Boca Juniors)
Atlas finished in the third position of Group 3 during the Clausura tournament 2009, tied on points to second place Jaguares.
Saturday, June 20
Chicago Fire vs. San Luis (Toyota Park – Bridgeview, Ill) 7 p.m.
Chivas USA vs. Tigres UANL (The Home Depot Center – Carson, Calif.) 9 p.m.
Sunday, June 21
Kansas City Wizards vs. Atlas (Robert R. Hermann Stadium – St. Louis, Mo.) 3:30 p.m.
NE Revolution vs. Santos Laguna (Gillette Stadium – Foxborough, Mass.) 5:30 p.m.
Tuesday, June 23
Chicago Fire vs. Chivas USA (Toyota Park – Bridgeview, Ill.) 7 p.m.
San Luis vs. Tigres UANL (Toyota Park – Bridgeview, Ill.) 9 p.m.
Wednesday, June 24
NE Revolution vs. Kansas City Wizards (Gillette Stadium – Foxborough, Mass.) 6 p.m.
Santos Laguna vs. Atlas (Gillette Stadium – Foxborough, Mass.) 8 p.m.
Saturday, June 27
Chicago Fire vs. Tigres UANL (Toyota Park – Bridgeview, Ill.) 7 p.m.
Chivas USA vs. San Luis (The Home Depot Center – Carson, Calif.) 9 p.m.
Sunday, June 28
NE Revolution vs. Atlas (Gillette Stadium – Foxborough, Mass.) 3:30 p.m.
Kansas City Wizards vs. Santos Laguna (CommunityAmerica Ballpark – Kansas City, Kan.) 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, July 15
Semifinal 1 (TBD)
Semifinal 2 (TBD)
Wednesday, August 5
Final (TBD)
9 comments:
St. Louis?
AKA NOT the home of the Kansas City Wizards!!!!
Oh well at least it's Atlas whom we played last season.
Come on both of you clowns, the reasons for playing in stl have been pretty well explained around the blogosphere today. If not, start paying attention, then get over it and get ready for a short road trip. We can mock the stl fans about being the only soccer city in the state. Oh then write the Mayor and tell him why we need Hillcrest Road built A-S-A-f'ing-P!
Very mature anon 3. How about a double header for the T-Bones? A money incentive maybe to give us the night we need. Do you really think that the T-Bones will refuse the money.
Clowns? really? how about they are fans that care about the team and who have the right to be pissed.
The fact that the FO "gave an explanation" doesn't mean that we have to like it nor does it mean that we have to take as the "great undeniable truth"
Short road trip? I'm glad some people have no issue driving 8 hours for a game that we should have at home. Game ends at 18:30 + 4 hr drive at least. Yes that's really easy to pull of if you want the family to go.
I really wish the STL peopl don't show and that we get half of the 10,500 we would have gotten here in KC with a Mexican team.
"I really wish the STL peopl don't show and that we get half of the 10,500 we would have gotten here in KC with a Mexican team."
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Now who's the immature one. Hint: Look in the mirror.
Chill out boys, why the Oliver Stone paranoia approach to the FO? Think about it for a minute...do you really think the FO WANTED to put it in SL?????? And you know more than them about CABP's avaialbility? Do tell.Not excusing everything, but come on, give them the benefit of the doubt here.
That's why blogs run by the teams suck. Someone posts something against a front office decision or the team and some little minion is tasked to refute everything and make personnal attacks.
Fans have the right to be pissed Sparky because alot will miss the game. Stop attacking them and let them speak their mind.
You guys should try and be (and sorry for the cliche) "like Mike" (@ downbytheline) and respect people's comments. BTW, respect doesn't mean agree with them, but it sure as hell means not calling the "clowns"
Just 2c worth from another perspective...but it seems the fact that the team allows all comments to remain on here is a pretty good indication of the FO's "freedom of speech" approach. I can't remember a single time I've read about a post being deleted. I could be wroong, but seems that way.
What would be nice is for someone from the FO to post a hoinest discussion of why the game was moved so we all can judge for ourselves instead of a bunch of infighting among those who dont really know whats going on.
Can you help with that Hillcrest?
Previous Anon. I agree with you completely, but allowing someone to attack fans at a personal level (like Anon#3) is in a way curtailing their freedom of expression at a certain level.
The 1st 2 posters expressed their opinion and got called clowns, eventhough they just showed their displeasure at the decision. A serious blog would limit or flag the personal attacks. Here it seems like they take on the position of "an enemy of my enemy (the disgruntled fan) is my friend" and let it go.
I also agree that either here or on the BigSoccer forums something should be said by the FO, not just a press release.
A bit overly sensitive aren't we? Yes "clown" wasnt "nice", but for goodness sakes clown isn't really in the personal attack category is it???
And in spite of being mean, I agree with anon 11:44 that I have a hard time thinking the FO would want to put the game in St Louis unless they had no choice.
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