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The New England Revolution have an extra One Million clams in the bank after downing the Houston
Dynamo in a nail biter of a final.
The two MLS teams bested their Mexican league competition as well as MLS compatriots DC United and
Chivas USA over the last month for the right to battle for the second SuperLiga trophy and the one
million dollar purse.
The All American 2008 Super Liga final kicks off tonight at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough,
Massachusetts.
The New England Revolution will face the Houston Dynamo for the one million dollar prize as we
reach the crescendo of the month long eight team tournament.
According to the pre match press release, "Houston beat New England in the previous two MLS
Cup Finals, but the Revs, who have never lost to the Orange during the regular season, are perfect
in the SuperLiga tournament and have been the best overall team in North America since the
beginning of the MLS regular season.
If there is any interest, I'm happy to set up this post as a live match discussion thread...so I'll
start with - why is the feed from MLS not working??!! Is anyone else having a problem with the
connection.
Before last night's exciting finale of an otherwise hot and cold 2008 SuperLiga tournament,
officials had been talking up the "one million dollar purse" quite a bit.
Of course in most American professional sports, one million dollars is a drop in the bucket, but
(sadly) to the average MLS team, that's no small chunk of change.