Slightly Less Super

Was Tigres' penalty-kick win over Chicago in last night's SuperLiga championship game the end of the line for the summer money-grab tournament?

Thanks to a (cough cough) paid crowd of 20,000 at TOYOTA Park (biggest for a final in the short history of the tournament), overall attendance for the 2009 version of the event matching MLS and MFL teams got a bit of a boost, but the numbers are still way down from 2007:

Year G Total Average 2007 15 247,251 16,483 2008 15 195,390 13,026 2009 15 135,882 9,059 TOTAL 45 578,523 12,856

Having the home field for every game, MLS teams went 12-8-9 against their Mexican counterparts in the three years (losing two of three finals in penalties).

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