The format consisted of a group stage, followed by playoffs or "knockout" rounds, with all games held at MLS sites. The tournament had an invitational format for its
2007 debut, with four teams invited from both Major League Soccer and the Primera División de México. For successive tournaments, MLS announced that "the four MLS teams with the best regular season records in
2007 will qualify for
SuperLiga 2008". However, after problems of fixture congestion during the
2008 season, Major League Soccer announced that starting with
SuperLiga 2009 it would no longer allow teams to compete in both the
CONCACAF Champions League and the SuperLiga, so the criteria for MLS teams was amended to the top four teams not already qualified for the Champions League. For the Primera División de México, the champions of the last 4 semi-annual tournaments earned berths to SuperLiga. The tournament was discontinued after the
2010 edition, with MLS commissioner
Don Garber stating that “SuperLiga was a great tournament which served its purpose during its time. CONCACAF got more and more committed to a continental tournament with the Champions League, which we’re very supportive of. It has delivered the value we intended in SuperLiga to put our teams against the best competition in this region.” A new inter-league competition, the
Leagues Cup, was established by Major League Soccer and Liga MX in 2019. ==Broadcasting==