Related Competitions 2010 Major League Soccer season

1 related competitions

1.1 international competitions

1.1.1 concacaf champions league
1.1.2 superliga


1.2 domestic competitions

1.2.1 lamar hunt u.s. open cup
1.2.2 canadian championship

related competitions
international competitions
concacaf champions league

the columbus crew continued concacaf champions league 2009-10 campaign began during previous season. defeated mexican club toluca in quarterfinals, 5–4 on aggregate.

seattle sounders fc became first team qualify 2010–11 concacaf champions league winning 2009 lamar hunt u.s. open cup. columbus crew qualified next winning 2009 mls supporters shield. los angeles galaxy , real salt lake qualified being 2 2009 mls cup finalists, while toronto fc took canadian berth virtue of canadian championship win. los angeles, seattle, , toronto entered competition in preliminary round, while rsl , columbus seeded directly group stage.

seattle , toronto won preliminary round ties, beating isidro metapán of el salvador , motagua of honduras, respectively. los angeles crashed out of preliminary round after losing home match 4–1 puerto rico islanders of ussf d-2 pro league , failing make deficit in away leg.

the group stage held august 17 – oct 21. real salt lake won group 13 points on cruz azul, toronto, , arabe unido of panama. toronto finished in 3rd place 8 points. columbus finished 2nd in group b behind club santos laguna ahead of c.s.d. municipal of guatemala , joe public f.c. of trinidad. seattle finished 4th in group c 3 points behind c.f. monterrey, c.d. saprissa of costa rica, , c.d. marathón of honduras.

on november 1, draw championship round held. real salt lake face columbus in quarterfinal in february/march 2011, prior 2011 mls regular season.

superliga

as case 2009 superliga, top 4 overall finishers in mls in 2009 hadn t qualified champions league qualified superliga. year s competition contested houston dynamo, chicago fire, chivas usa, , new england revolution mls. 4 mexican teams pachuca, morelia, puebla, , unam.

new england, houston, morelia , puebla advanced groups, revolution beating puebla on penalties in 1 semifinal, , morelia defeating houston in other. morelia defeated new england 2–1 in final @ gillette stadium on september 1.

domestic competitions
lamar hunt u.s. open cup

the top 6 overall teams 2009 mls season (columbus, los angeles, houston, seattle, chicago, , chivas usa) received automatic berths third round of 2010 u.s. open cup, while 8 remaining u.s.-based mls teams , expansion philadelphia union competed in single-elimination qualification tournament determine mls s final 2 official entrants competition. teams seeded 1 through nine, seventh-place mls team 2009 earning first seed (and play winner of 8 v. 9 play-in game), while each following team receive respective seed. new york red bulls , d.c. united earned final 2 mls spots in third round.

for first time since 2006, semifinals contested exclusively mls teams, seattle beating chivas usa , columbus defeating d.c. united. final played october 5 @ qwest field in seattle defending cup holders, sounders, defeating crew 2–1. sounders became first mls team ever defend u.s. open cup, , first team league since new york pancyprian-freedoms in 1983.

canadian championship

toronto fc, canadian-based mls team, not eligible compete in lamar hunt u.s. open cup, , instead contested canadian championship 2 canadian-based teams in division-2 pro league, vancouver whitecaps , montreal impact. toronto fc won tournament, claiming voyageurs cup , canada s entry preliminary round of 2010–11 concacaf champions league.