MLS Sending Four Teams to SuperLiga. But…What, no Galaxy?

By: Laurie | March 19th, 2008

   

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From the New York Times:

M.L.S. and Mexico’s soccer federation have announced the eight-team field for the second SuperLiga tournament, which will be July 12-Aug. 5. The four M.L.S. teams are: Houston, winner of the last two M.L.S. Cup titles; New England, the loser in the last three M.L.S. Cup finals; D.C. United, winner of last season’s Supporters’ Shield as the No. 1 team in the regular season; and Chivas USA, the defending Western Conference champion. The four Mexican league teams are Atlante, Santos Laguna, Chivas Guadalajara and Pachuca, the defending SuperLiga and Concacaf Champions Cup champion.

Oh, come on. Even though we all knew the rules, tell me you’re not a little surprised to see that nobody slipped the Galaxy’s name in there at the last minute.

But I suppose the Galaxy are better off than New England. I’d personally rather not get in at all
than get in as “the loser in the last three M.L.S. Cup finals.”

(And the Backhanded Qualifications Standards Award goes to…)

P.S. Does anybody else think that logo looks like a scowling face? I wonder if that was the intent.

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• Ian |  March 19th, 2008 at 5:38 pm

  
  
  

  The logo looks like some sort of creepy angelfish. Nice to see one international tournament the Gals can’t Beckham their way into.

  

• Sam |  March 19th, 2008 at 5:39 pm

  
  
  

  It blew my mind when the Galaxy weren’t included. Boy am I happy though.

  

• adnan |  March 19th, 2008 at 5:41 pm

  
  
  

  well this is good..im sick of galaxy just showing up in tourneys cuz of the becks factor. they need to start earning their berth into these things.

  

• CACuzcatlan |  March 19th, 2008 at 9:58 pm

  
  
  

  I always thought it looked like some sort of hand held weapon from a first person shooter game.

  

• Nicole |  March 20th, 2008 at 5:19 am

  
  
  

  It’s going to be boring without the Galaxy there.

  

• Alex |  March 20th, 2008 at 7:34 am

  
  
  

  Those crazy tournaments… based on merit and standing. At least we know the quality of soccer on the pitch will be good.

  

• PocketKings |  March 20th, 2008 at 9:08 am

  
  
  

  Does anyone know what the FMF’s yardstick was for selecting their 4 teams? I can pretty much figure out why Pachuca is there, but the others???

  

• Lucas |  March 23rd, 2008 at 1:01 pm

  
  
  

  So Laurie, you’d rather root for a shitty traveling circus sideshow (which gets more entitlements thrown their way by MLS than Halliburton by the US gov’t) than a team good enough to qualify for the final three years running?

  Surely, you jest.