SuperLiga 2010 teams announced today their rosters for the Group Phase of this edition of the annual tournament. Each roster reveals a list of 30 players who will be eligible to play in the first three dates of group play. The fourth installment of the tournament – which features top U.S. and Mexican soccer clubs and awards the winner with one of the biggest purses in the region – will begin next Wednesday, July 14.
The Chicago Fire return to this edition of SuperLiga after falling to Tigres UANL in the 2009 championship match at TOYOTA PARK. Under the management of Mexican Head Coach Carlos de los Cobos, the Fire will look to improve upon their runner up status as they face off against Monarcas Morelia for the third time since 1998 and Pumas UNAM, who are competing in their first SuperLiga to date. The Men in Red will face off against Mexican club Monarcas Morelia on Wednesday, July 14 at 8:30 PM CT (TeleFutura).
Tickets for the Fire’s opening SuperLiga match start at just $22 dollars. Fire Season Ticket Holders and ten-game pack holders are eligible for a “buy one ticket, get one ticket” offer compliments of the Fire. Group prices start at just $12 per ticket for groups of 15 or more. For tickets please call 888-MLS-FIRE (657-3473) or by visiting the club’s official website www.Chicago-Fire.com, or by visiting www.Ticketmaster.com.
The participating teams are required to submit a roster with a maximum of 30 players that will be eligible for the group phase of the tournament. This roster may not be altered until the secondary and final phases of the tournament. The secondary and final phase rosters will be released at later dates.
The four MLS teams that qualified for this edition of SuperLiga are Chicago Fire, Chivas USA, Houston Dynamo and New England Revolution. The four invited Mexican clubs participating are Monarcas Morelia, Pachuca, Puebla F.C. and Pumas UNAM.
Highlighting the rosters in the tournament are Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA), Herculez Gomez (Pachuca) and Jose Torres (Pachuca), all of whom represented the United States at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Other standouts include: former Chivas USA forward Francisco “Paco” Palencia (Pumas UNAM) and four members of the Mexican National Team’s roster in South Africa – Efrain Juarez (Pumas UNAM), Israel Castro (Pumas UNAM), Pablo Barrera (Pumas UNAM) and Paul Aguilar (Pachuca).
The following are the rosters for the Group Phase in SuperLiga 2010.
GROUP A
Chivas USA
Goalkeepers: Dan Kennedy, Zach Thornton
Defenders: Carlos Borja, Jonathan Bornstein, Yamith Cuesta, Darío Delgado, Jorge Flores, Ante Jazic, Mariano Trujillo, Michael Umaña
Midfielders: Rodolfo Espinoza, Blair Gavin, Michael Lahoud, Gerson Mayen, Paulo Nagamura, Osael Romero, Marcelo Saragosa, Cesar Zamora, Ben Zemanski, Alex Zotinca
Forwards: Justin Braun, Chukqudi Chijindu, Maykel Galindo, Eduardo Lillingston, Giancarlo Maldonado, Jesús Padilla
Head Coach: Martin Vásquez
Houston Dynamo
Goalkeepers: Pat Onstad, Tyler Deric, Tally Hall
Defenders: Bobby Boswell, Michael Chabala, Ryan Cochrane, Andrew Hainault, Richard Mulrooney, Eddie Robinson, Adrian Serioux, Craig Waibel
Midfielders: Corey Ashe, Samuel Appiah, Geoffrey Cameron, Daniel Cruz, Brad Davis, Brian Mullan, Francisco Navas, Anthony Obodai
Forwards: Brian Ching, Luis Landín, Joseph Ngwenya, Dominic Oduro, Cam Weaver
Head Coach: Dominic Kinnear
Pachuca
Goalkeepers: Miguel Calero, Carlos Velásquez, Rodolfo Cota
Defenders: Leobardo López, Francisco Santillán, Marco Pérez, Juan Carlos Rojas, Daniel Arreola, Carlos Gerardo Rodríguez, Paul Aguilar, Javier Munoz Mustafá
Midfielders: Braulio Luna, Juan Francisco Torres, Marco Vidal, Edy Brambila, Luis Montes, Damián Manso, Raúl Martinez, Carlos Peña, Héctor Herrera
Forwards: Hérculez Gómez, Edgar Benítez, Víctor Mañón, Darío Cvitanich, Francisco Arizala
Head Coach: Guillermo Rivarola
Puebla F.C.
Goalkeepers: Edgar Hernández, Juan García Rulfo, Alexandro Álvarez
Defenders: Alejandro Acosta, Álvaro Ortiz, Juan Carlos García, Oscar Velásquez, Roberto Juárez,
Midfielders: Melvin Brown, Orlando Rincón, Jose González, Andrés Olivera, Edgar Lugo, Yasser Corona, Carlos Rivera, Félix González, Pablo Aja, Rodrigo Salinas, Felipe de Jesús Ayala
Forwards: Gabriel Pereyra, Mario Ortiz, Álvaro González, Isidro Sánchez
Head Coach: Jose Luis Sánchez Sola
GROUP B
Chicago Fire
Goalkeepers: Andrew Dykstra, Sean Johnson
Defenders: Michael Banner, C.J. Brown, Wilman Conde, Steven Kinney, Kyzysztof Krol, Dasan Robinson, Deris Umanzor, Tim Ward, Kwame Watson-Siriboe
Midfielders: Corben Bone, Baggio Husidic, Peter Lowry, Justin Mapp, Patrick Nyarko, Logan Pause, Bratislav Ristic, John Thorrington, Marco Pappa
Forwards: Calen Carr, Stefan Dimitrov, Collins John, Brian McBride
Head Coach: Carlos de los Cobos
Monarcas Morelia
Goalkeepers: Federico Vilar, Roberto Arciga, Jesús Urbina, Carlos Rodríguez
Defenders: Enrique Pérez, Adrian García, Jose Manuel Cruz, Luis Fernando Silva, Fernando Salazar, Mauricio Romero, Francisco Dórame
Midfielders: Aldo Ramírez, Adrian Aldrete, Hugo Droguet, Ismael Pineda, Jaime Lozano, Jorge Gastelum, Luis Miguel Noriega, Rodolfo Vilchis, Mario Antonio Moreno
Forwards: Luis Gabriel Rey, Miguel Sabah, Elías Hernández, Miguel Ángel Sansores, Rafael Márquez Lugo, Cristian Gordillo, Jesús Castillo
Head Coach: Tomas Boy
New England Revolution
Goalkeepers: Preston Burpo, Tim Murray, Matt Reis, Robert Shuttleworth
Defenders: Kevin Alston, Darrius Barnes, Zak Boggs, Cory Gibbs, Emmanuel Osei, Seth Sinovic
Midfielders: Nico Colaluca, Jason Griffiths, Shalrie Joseph, Joseph Niouky, Sainey Nyassi, Marko Perovic, Pat Phelan, Steve Ralston, Khano Smith, Chris Tierney, Michael Videira
Forwards: Kheli Dube, Edgaras Jankauskas, Zack Schilawski, Taylor Twellman, Kenny Mansally
Head Coach: Steve Nicol
Pumas UNAM
Goalkeepers: Sergio Bernal, Alejandro Palacios
Defenders: Efraín Juárez, Darío Verón, Marco Palacios, Efraín Velarde, Luis Fuentes, Víctor Rosales, Erick Vera
Midfielders: Pablo Barrera, Israel Castro, Leandro Augusto, Oscar Rojas, Jehu Chiapas, Javier Cortes, Fernando Espinosa, Carlos Campos, Eduardo Gámez
Forwards: Francisco “Paco” Palencia, Juan Carlos Cacho, Dante López, Martin Bravo
Head Coach: Guillermo Vázquez
