2010 InterLiga

The 2010 InterLiga was the seventh and last edition of the tournament. It determined the last two Mexican berths in the 2010 Copa Libertadores.

2010 InterLiga

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	January 2–12
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Monterrey, Estudiantes Tecos
Runners-up	América, Puebla
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	41 (2.93 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Salvador Cabañas (4)
← 2009 discontinued →

Venues

Stadium	City	Capacity
Home Depot Center	Carson, CA	27,000
Pizza Hut Park	Frisco, TX	20,500
Robertson Stadium	Houston, TX	32,000

Qualification

Qualification to this year's InterLiga remains the same. The qualified teams were the eight best-positioned teams in the 2009 Apertura general table who did not qualify for the 2010 Copa Libertadores directly (Morelia, San Luis, and Guadalajara) and did not qualify for the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League from the previous season (Toluca, Cruz Azul, Pachuca, and UNAM).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Toluca	17	11	2	4	32	19	+13	35	Not eligible
2	Cruz Azul	17	11	0	6	35	19	+16	33
3	Morelia	17	10	3	4	31	15	+16	33	2010 Copa Libertadores Second Stage[a]
4	América	17	8	6	3	29	16	+13	30	2010 InterLiga
5	Monterrey	17	9	3	5	27	16	+11	30
6	Santos Laguna	17	7	6	4	29	24	+5	27
7	Puebla	17	6	8	3	19	19	0	26
8	Pachuca	17	7	3	7	24	29	−5	24	Not eligible
9	Atlante	17	7	2	8	18	23	−5	23	2010 InterLiga
10	UANL	17	5	7	5	23	18	+5	22
11	San Luis	17	5	6	6	21	24	−3	21	Automatically qualified for Round of 16
12	Estudiantes Tecos	17	5	5	7	23	29	−6	20	2010 InterLiga
13	Chiapas	17	5	4	8	17	22	−5	19
14	Guadalajara	17	5	4	8	23	29	−6	19	Automatically qualified for Round of 16
15	Atlas	17	5	3	9	14	25	−11	18
16	Querétaro	17	5	3	9	17	29	−12	18
17	UNAM	17	4	5	8	16	23	−7	17	Not eligible
18	Ciudad Juárez	17	0	6	11	7	26	−19	6

Updated to match(es) played on November 14, 2009. Source: FeMexFut
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head score; 5th away goals; 6th draw
Notes:

1. The berth to the 2010 Copa Libertadores goes to the highest placed team currently not participating in the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League, or that already have a berth in the 2010 Copa Libertadores. This excludes Toluca, Pachuca, Cruz Azul, UNAM, San Luis, and Guadalajara.

Group stage

Main article: 2010 InterLiga group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
América	3	2	1	0	9	4	+5	7
Estudiantes Tecos	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4
Santos Laguna	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
Atlante	3	1	0	2	2	7	−5	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Puebla	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
Monterrey	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
Chiapas	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
UANL	3	0	2	1	4	7	−3	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Finals

Main article: 2010 InterLiga Finals

Kickoffs are given in UTC-6.

Puebla	2 – 3	Estudiantes Tecos
Acosta 4' Olivera 47'	Report	Ruíz 51', 80' Sambueza 89'

January 13, 2010

20:00

Home Depot Center, Carson, California

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: Baldomero Toledo (United States)

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América	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Monterrey
	(Report)
Penalties
Cabañas Rojas Mosquera Pardo	1 – 3	Pérez Ayoví Martínez

2010-01-13

22:30

Home Depot Center, Carson, California

Referee: Ricardo Salazar (United States)

Goalscorers

4 goals Salvador Cabañas (América) Rodrigo Ruiz (Estudiantes Tecos) 2 goals Itamar (UANL) Fredy Bareiro (Estudiantes Tecos) Álvaro González (Puebla) Daniel Ludueña (Santos Laguna) Nicolás Olivera (Puebla) Carlos Ruiz (Puebla)

1 goal Rosinei (América) Alejandro Acosta (Puebla) Edgar Andrade (Chiapas) Daniel Arreola (Atlante) José Basanta (Monterrey) Mauro Cejas (Estudiantes Tecos) Enrique Esqueda (América) Juan Carlos García (Puebla) Alfredo González Tahuilán (UANL) Lucas Lobos (UANL)

1 goal (continued) Osvaldo Martínez (Monterrey) Daniel Montenegro (América) Ezequiel Orozco (Chiapas) Luis Ernesto Pérez (Monterrey) Ángel Reyna (América) Juan Pablo Rodríguez (Santos Laguna) Guillermo Rojas (Atlante) Rubens Sambueza (Estudiantes Tecos) Luis Alonso Sandoval (América)

See also

• 2010 Copa Libertadores
• Primera División de México