2008 U.S. Open Cup

August 2023 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup 2008 United States D.C. United(2nd title) Charleston Battery 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League D.C. United Sébastien Le Toux(5 goals) 2007 2009 The 2008 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup was the 95th edition of the USSF's annual national soccer championship, running from June through early September. D.C. United won the final 2–1 over the Charleston Battery on September 3 at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C., on a pair of goals from Brazilians Luciano Emilio and Fred. It was United's second Open Cup title. The Battery were the first USL club in the final since the Rochester Rhinos won the cup in 1999. The Cup schedule was shortened in 2008, ending in September instead of October, so as to avoid interfering with Major League Soccer's end-of-season playoff drive in the fall and the new CONCACAF Champions League.Celebrating Presidents' Day – Soccer Insider https://web.archive.org/web/20120820004109/http://blog.washingtonpost.com/soccerinsider/2008/02/celebrating_presidents_day.html 2012-08-20 The 13 US-based MLS clubs participated, although only 8 competed in the main tournament (Chicago Fire, Chivas USA, D.C. United, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo, Kansas City Wizards, New England Revolution, New York Red Bulls). Qualifying was similar to the 2007 tournament, with the top 3 teams from each conference in 2007 qualifying automatically, and the other 7 playing off during the early part of the 2008 season for the remaining 2 spots. United Soccer Leagues had a separate qualifying plan for each tier. The 8 US-based USL-1 teams qualified automatically (Puerto Rico has its own federation, thus the Puerto Rico Islanders are not eligible to participate in the Open Cup). 8 of the 9 US-based USL-2 teams qualified. The defending USL-2 playoff champions, the Harrisburg City Islanders, and the 2007 regular-season champion Richmond Kickers qualified automatically. The remaining 7 teams played off for 6 spots, based on early regular season results. The PDL used selected early regular-season games for qualification. The top two teams in the Eastern and Central conferences, and the top teams in the Mid-South, Southeast, Northwest, and Southwest divisions qualified. The tournament was rounded out by 8 amateur USASA clubs (Adria, Arizona Sahuaros, Boston Olympiakos, Clearwater Galactics, Eagles, Hollywood United, New Stars, New York Pancyprian-Freedoms). USASA qualifying began in the fall of 2007. Clubs from the NPSL enter the Cup through USASA qualifying. Matchdays DateRoundNotesJune 10 First32 USL and USASA clubs enterJune 24 SecondJuly 1 Third8 MLS clubs enterJuly 8 QuarterfinalsAug. 12 SemifinalsSeptember 3 Final Participating teams The tournament consists of 40 teams, according to the following distribution: Classification Number of TeamsMajor League Soccer8United Soccer Leagues First Division8United Soccer Leagues Second Division8Amateur16* *Includes 8 USL Premier Development League teams and 8 USASA regional qualifiers Qualified Clubs 2008 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup qualification Tier 1: Major League Soccer (MLS) Chicago Fire Chivas USA D.C. United FC Dallas Houston Dynamo Kansas City Wizards New England Revolution New York Red Bulls Tiers 2 – 4: United Soccer Leagues (USL) Tier 2 – First Division (USL-1) Atlanta Silverbacks Carolina RailHawks Charleston Battery Miami FC Minnesota Thunder Portland Timbers Rochester Rhinos Seattle Sounders Tier 3 – Second Division (USL-2) Charlotte Eagles Cleveland City Stars Crystal Palace Baltimore Harrisburg City Islanders Pittsburgh Riverhounds Real Maryland Monarchs Richmond Kickers Western Mass Pioneers Tier 4 – Premier Development League (PDL) Austin Aztex U23 Bradenton Academics Brooklyn Knights Fredericksburg Gunners Los Angeles Legends Michigan Bucks St. Louis Lions Yakima Reds Tier 5: United States Adult Soccer Association (USASA) RWB Adria Arizona Sahuaros Boston Olympiakos Clearwater Galactics A.A.C. Eagles Hollywood United New Stars New York Pancyprian-Freedoms Open Cup bracket Second Round winners advance to play one of 8 MLS clubs in 16-team knockout tournament Home teams listed on top of bracket First roundJune 10 Second roundJune 24 USL-2 Massachusetts Western Mass Pioneers 2 USASA Massachusetts Boston Olympiakos 0 USL-2 Virginia Richmond Kickers 3 PDL Virginia Fredericksburg Gunners 0 USL-2 Massachusetts Western Mass Pioneers 1 USL-2 Virginia Richmond Kickers 2 First roundJune 10 Second roundJune 24 USL-2 Pennsylvania Harrisburg City Islanders 5 PDL Washington Yakima Reds 1 PDL California Los Angeles Legends 1 USL-2 Maryland Crystal Palace Baltimore 2 USL-2 Pennsylvania Harrisburg City Islanders 2 (1) USL-2 Maryland Crystal Palace Baltimore (p) 2 (3) First roundJune 10 Second roundJune 24 USL-1 New York Rochester Rhinos (aet) 2 USASA Illinois RWB Adria 1 USASA Illinois A.A.C. Eagles 0 USL-2 Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Riverhounds 4 USL-1 New York Rochester Rhinos 3 USL-2 Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Riverhounds 0 First roundJune 10 Second roundJune 24 USL-1 Minnesota Minnesota Thunder 4 PDL Missouri St. Louis Lions 1 PDL Michigan Michigan Bucks 1 USL-2 Ohio Cleveland City Stars 2 USL-1 Minnesota Minnesota Thunder 0 USL-2 Ohio Cleveland City Stars (aet) 2 First roundJune 10 Second roundJune 24 USL-1 Florida Miami FC 4 PDL Florida Bradenton Academics 2 PDL Texas Austin Aztex U23 2 (4) USL-1 Georgia (U.S. state) Atlanta Silverbacks (p) 2 (5) USL-1 Florida Miami FC 1 USL-1 Georgia (U.S. state) Atlanta Silverbacks 0 First roundJune 10 Second roundJune 24 USL-1 South Carolina Charleston Battery 3 USASA Texas New Stars 0 USL-2 North Carolina Charlotte Eagles 5 USASA Florida Clearwater Galactics 2 USL-1 South Carolina Charleston Battery 2 USL-2 North Carolina Charlotte Eagles 1 First roundJune 10 Second roundJune 24 USASA Arizona Arizona Sahuaros 0 USL-1 Washington Seattle Sounders (aet) 1 USL-1 Oregon Portland Timbers 2 USASA California Hollywood United 3 USL-1 Washington Seattle Sounders 6 USASA California Hollywood United 0 First roundJune 10/13 Second roundJune 24 USL-1 North Carolina Carolina RailHawks 1 PDL New York Brooklyn Knights 0 USL-2 Maryland Real Maryland Monarchs (aet) 3 USASA New York New York Pancyprian-Freedoms 2 USL-1 North Carolina Carolina RailHawks 1 USL-2 Maryland Real Maryland Monarchs 0 Third roundJuly 1 QuarterfinalsJuly 8 SemifinalsAugust 12 FinalSeptember 3 MLS Washington, D.C. D.C. United 2 USL-1 New York Rochester Rhinos 0 MLS Illinois Chicago Fire 4 USL-2 Ohio Cleveland City Stars 1 MLS Massachusetts New England Revolution 3 USL-2 Virginia Richmond Kickers 0 USL-2 Maryland Crystal Palace Baltimore 2 MLS New Jersey New York Red Bulls 0 MLS Texas FC Dallas 2 USL-1 Florida Miami FC 1 USL-1 South Carolina Charleston Battery (p) 1 (4) MLS Texas Houston Dynamo 1 (3) USL-1 Washington Seattle Sounders 2 MLS California Chivas USA 0 USL-1 North Carolina Carolina RailHawks 2 MLS Kansas Kansas City Wizards (aet) 4 MLS D.C. United (aet) 2 MLS Chicago Fire 1 MLS New England Revolution (p) 1 (5) USL-2 Crystal Palace Baltimore 1 (3) MLS FC Dallas 1 USL-1 Charleston Battery 3 USL-1 Seattle Sounders (p) 0 (6) MLS Kansas City Wizards 0 (5) MLS D.C. United 3 MLS New England Revolution 1 USL-1 Charleston Battery (p) 1 (4) USL-1 Seattle Sounders 1 (3) MLS D.C. United 2 USL-1 Charleston Battery 1 Schedule Note: Scorelines use the standard U.S. convention of placing the home team on the right-hand side of box scores. First round June 10, 2008 7:00 ET Florida Clearwater Galactics (USASA) 2–5 Report (Charlotte)Report (USL) North Carolina Charlotte Eagles (USL-2) Cormona 42Diaz 48Garcia 61Restrepo 82 Ssejjemba 34 76Swinehart 54 pen., 66Herrara 73 Charlotte Christian School Charlotte, North Carolina Daniel Burak June 10, 2008 7:00 ET Washington Yakima Reds (PDL) 1–5 https://archive.today/20080612141041/http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/4835 Report (Yakima)Report (Harrisburg) Pennsylvania Harrisburg City Islanders (USL-2) Valencia 60Rojas 86 Schofield 1Hacker 16 o.g.Wiesner Barbosa 45+Bloes 57 Skyline Sports Complex Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Stanford Nagle June 10, 2008 7:30 ET New York Brooklyn Knights (PDL) 0–1 Report (Carolina)Report (USL) North Carolina Carolina RailHawks (USL-1) Smith 31Niebles 76 Low 86 WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, North Carolina Abbas Piran June 10, 2008 7:30 ET Massachusetts Boston Olympiakos (USASA) 0–2 Report (Western Mass) Massachusetts Western Mass Pioneers (USL-2) Walker 36 Neil Krause 32 45Augustine 35Deren 66 Lusitano Stadium Ludlow, Massachusetts Giany Barbat June 10, 2008 7:30 ET Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Riverhounds (USL-2) 4–0 Report (Pittsburgh) Illinois Eagles (USASA) Salsi Browne Jerome MacKenzie Benedictine University Lisle, Illinois Victor Herrera June 10, 2008 7:30 ET Ohio Cleveland City Stars (USL-2) 2–1 Report (Michigan)Report (USL) Michigan Michigan Bucks (PDL) Franks 23Hlavaty 34 Shipalane 4 Ultimate Soccer Arena Pontiac, Michigan Mike Sharrah June 10, 2008 7:30 ET Illinois Adria (USASA) 1–2 Report (Rochester)Report (USL) New York Rochester Rhinos (USL-1) Mesanovic 65Dugena 78Morad 86 Menyongar 55Fitzpatrick 72 pen. 116Diallo 96 PAETEC Park Rochester, New York 1,152 Chris Penso June 10, 2008 7:30 ET Texas New Stars (USASA) 0–3 https://archive.today/20080611135016/http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/jun/11/spicers_hat_trick_lifts_charleston_u_s_o44121/ Report (Charleston)Report (USL) South Carolina Charleston Battery (USL-1) Spicer 23 30 43Alonso 55 Blackbaud Stadium Charleston, South Carolina Alan Schechtman June 10, 2008 8:00 ET Virginia Fredericksburg Gunners (PDL) 0–3 https://archive.today/20130123182804/http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2008/062008/06112008/386612 Report (Fredericksburg)https://archive.today/20081013001814/http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/sports/soccerhockey.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-06-11-0170.html Report (Richmond)Report (USL) Virginia Richmond Kickers (USL-2) Bownes 23 Paschalis 11Nyazamba 20Bulow 24 pen. Sports Backers Stadium Richmond, Virginia 592 Shaun Papperman June 10, 2008 8:00 ET Missouri St. Louis Lions (PDL) 1–4 Report (Minnesota) Minnesota Minnesota Thunder (USL-1) Gelvin 45Merrick 45Heinemann 70 79 Tarley 44 80Sánchez 57Paye 89 National Sports Center Blaine, Minnesota 483 Fotis Bazakos June 10, 2008 8:00 ET Florida Bradenton Academics (PDL) 2–4 Report (USL) Florida Miami FC (USL-1) Boggs Ampaipitakwong 36Ibegha 41Gutierrez 49 o.g.McFarland 56 Cameron 25Cauê 48John 49Nunes 58 78Afonso 59 90+Cristiano 0 69 Tropical Park Stadium Miami, Florida Reggie Rutty June 10, 2008 8:30 ET Georgia (U.S. state) Atlanta Silverbacks (USL-1) 2–2 y Report (Austin)Report (USL) Texas Austin Aztex U23 (PDL) Bolton 23Bobo 38Kandji 81Mahaffey 0 99Hayes 113 pen. Lewis 40Watson 45+ 75Guadarrama 101Vega 105Gallardo 113Vicens 116 Dragon Stadium Round Rock, Texas Andrew Gage Bolton Camp Kandji McLaughlin Hayes 5–4 da Luz Papandrea Guadarrama Watson Alcala June 10, 2008 10:00 ET California Hollywood United F.C. (USASA) 3–2 Report (Portland)Report (USL) Oregon Portland Timbers (USL-1) Dunseth 26Taylor 45+ pen., 58 pen.Droze 50Alexander 90 Brown 32 45Little 36Oka 51 90Thompson 65Guante 73 PGE Park Portland, Oregon 3,089 Andres Pfefferkorn June 10, 2008 10:30 ET Washington Seattle Sounders (USL-1) 1–0 y Report (Seattle)Report (Arizona)Report (USL) Arizona Arizona Sahuaros (USASA) Treschuk 118 Sumter 80 Grand Canyon University Phoenix, Arizona 3,559 Richard Heron June 10, 2008 10:30 ET Maryland Crystal Palace Baltimore (USL-2) 2–1 Report (Los Angeles)Report (USL) California Los Angeles Legends (PDL) Healey 43 88 Pacheco 44Schunk 0 59Gallaugher 62 Cougar Stadium Azusa, California Miguel Chicas June 13, 2008 8:00 ET New York NY Pancyprian-Freedoms (USASA) 2–3 y Report (USL) Maryland Real Maryland Monarchs (USL-2) Dos Santos 22Damiani 60 69Halkidis 82 1 83Reeves 119 Hassen 56Bissohong 69Perez 85Chantal 117 Maryland SoccerPlex Boyds, Maryland Bryan Roslund Second round June 24, 2008 7:00 ET Ohio Cleveland City Stars (USL-2) 2–0 y Report (Cleveland)Report (Minnesota) Minnesota Minnesota Thunder (USL-1) Williams 76Franks 104 119 pen.Stovall 0 105 Gibson 76Kallman 107Platter 118 National Sports Center Blaine, Minnesota Jorge Oconitrillo June 24, 2008 7:05 ET Maryland Crystal Palace Baltimore (USL-2) 2–2 y Report (Harrisburg) Pennsylvania Harrisburg City Islanders (USL-2) King 10 0 31Brooks 55Medd (coach) 0 56Mark 60Robson 73Harkin 102Mbuta 105 Calvano 24Marples 35Ombiji 0 63Pope 118Hoshide 120 pen. Skyline Sports Complex Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 1,100+ Tim Snyder Lookingland Kante Lewis Healey Teixeira 3–1 Hoshide Devlin Wiesner Clay June 24, 2008 7:30 ET Virginia Richmond Kickers (USL-2) 2–1 https://archive.today/20081013101636/http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/sports/more.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-06-25-0148.html Report (Richmond)Report (Western Mass) Massachusetts Western Mass Pioneers (USL-2) Nyazamba 48 84Jones 59Bennett 62Harding 90Viray 0 90 Petrarca 40Glaeser 2 60 90Deren 63Lima 81Molinari 2 89 90Augustine 0 90 Lusitano Stadium Ludlow, Massachusetts Niko Bratsis June 24, 2008 7:30 ET Maryland Real Maryland Monarchs (USL-2) 0–1 Report (Carolina) North Carolina Carolina RailHawks (USL-1) Basso 17Ramirez 74 Segovia 45Low 72 90+ pen. WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, North Carolina Mark Kadlecik June 24, 2008 7:30 ET Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Riverhounds (USL-2) 0–3 Report (Pittsburgh)Report (Rochester) New York Rochester Rhinos (USL-1) Menyongar 26Roberto 40Salles 61 64Charles 66Guppy 0 70Kreamalmeyer 75Vallow 87 PAETEC Park Rochester, New York 3,526 Jeffrey Mellen June 24, 2008 7:30 ET North Carolina Charlotte Eagles (USL-2) 1–2 Report (Charlotte)https://archive.today/20080627142441/http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/jun/25/date_dynamo45541/ Report (Charleston) South Carolina Charleston Battery (USL-1) Bryant 35Herrara 67Swinehart 84 Spicer 12Alonso 90+ pen. Blackbaud Stadium Charleston, South Carolina Skye Arthur-Banning June 24, 2008 8:00 ET Georgia (U.S. state) Atlanta Silverbacks (USL-1) 0–1 Report (Atlanta)Report (Miami) Florida Miami FC (USL-1) Buete 67 Afonso 40Saunders 53Inacio 54Ramirez 69Cameron 83 Tropical Park Stadium Miami, Florida Roni Canales June 24, 2008 11:00 ET California Hollywood United F.C. (USASA) 0–6 Report (Seattle) Washington Seattle Sounders (USL-1) Barragan 2Pinto 56Dunseth 57 Scott 3Gardner 15 16Le Toux 22 38 60 63Treschuk 50Besagno 80 Starfire Sports Complex Tukwila, Washington Kevin O'Daniel Third round July 1, 2008 7:00 ET Virginia Richmond Kickers (USL-2) 0–3 Report (Richmond)Report (New England) Massachusetts New England Revolution (MLS) Brill 46Germanese 63Twellman 67 Veteran's Stadium New Britain, Connecticut 3,950 Tony Russo (Georgia) July 1, 2008 7:30 ET Texas Houston Dynamo (MLS) 1–1 y Report (Houston)https://archive.today/20080702150439/http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/jul/02/cloud_nine46221/ Report (Charleston) South Carolina Charleston Battery (USL-1) S. Wondolowski 89 Reda 31 Blackbaud Stadium Charleston, South Carolina 3,103 Joe Caroccio (Florida) Holden C. Wondolowski Cameron Hayden Caraccio 3–4 Alonso Armstrong Spicer Velten July 1, 2008 7:30 ET New Jersey New York Red Bulls (MLS) 0–2 Report (New York)Report (Baltimore) Maryland Crystal Palace Baltimore (USL-2) Magee 2 26 90+2 Marshall 18Mark 21Harkin 26Brooks 30 75Kante 2 30 34Mbuta 44 Lawrence E. Knight Stadium Annapolis, Maryland 1,654 Andrew Chapin (Virginia) July 1, 2008 7:30 ET Kansas Kansas City Wizards (MLS) 4–2 y Report (Kansas City)Report (Carolina) North Carolina Carolina RailHawks (USL-1) Trujillo 68 94López 82 pen.Morsink 104López 111Pore 117 119 Fusilier 43Watson 58Solle 2 89 108Dombrowski 0 120 WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, North Carolina 3,116 Niko Bratsis (Massachusetts) July 1, 2008 7:30 ET New York Rochester Rhinos (USL-1) 0–2 Report (Rochester)Report (D.C.) Washington, D.C. D.C. United (MLS) Bonseu 79Fitzpatrick 84Salles 90 Burch 78 85 Maryland SoccerPlex Boyds, Maryland 2,752 Mark Kadlecik (North Carolina) July 1, 2008 8:30 ET Ohio Cleveland City Stars (USL-2) 1–4 Report Illinois Chicago Fire (MLS) McClung 61Stewart 78 Banner 13 73Carr 23Barrett 26Mármol 57 Toyota Park Bridgeview, Illinois 6,678 Hidajet Tica (Iowa) July 1, 2008 8:30 ET Florida Miami FC (USL-1) 1–2 Report (Miami)Report (Dallas) Texas FC Dallas (MLS) Afonso 7Nunes 36de Mata 88 Thompson 45+3 90+2Moor 84 Pizza Hut Park Frisco, Texas 6,559 Jasen Anno (Texas) July 1, 2008 10:00 ET California Chivas USA (MLS) 0–2 Report (Chivas)Report (Seattle) Washington Seattle Sounders (USL-1) Kljestan 69 Graham 43Schmid 64Le Toux 80O'Brien 81 Starfire Sports Complex Tukwila, Washington 2,997 Yader Reyes (California) Quarterfinals July 8, 2008 7:00 ET Maryland Crystal Palace Baltimore (USL-2) 1–1 y Report (Baltimore)Report (New England) Massachusetts New England Revolution (MLS) Lader 20Teixeira 78Harkin 109Flores 0 119 Mansally 6Igwe 33Hilgenbrinck 59 Veteran's Stadium New Britain, Connecticut 2,590 Hilario Grajeda (Ohio) Harada Harkin Mbuta Teixeira 3–5 Hilgenbrinck Dube Tierney Igwe Castro July 8, 2008 7:30 ET Illinois Chicago Fire (MLS) 1–2 y https://archive.today/20130123075640/http://firefootballrecords.com/39637.html Report (Chicago)Report (D.C.) Washington, D.C. D.C. United (MLS) Woolard 36Soumaré 48Pause 78Thorrington 81Blanco 0 108 Doe 52 77Moreno 89Namoff 99Fred 107Burch 0 108 Maryland SoccerPlex Boyds, Maryland 4,118 Shane Moody (Florida) July 8, 2008 8:30 ET South Carolina Charleston Battery (USL-1) 3–1 https://archive.today/20080713001448/http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/jul/09/third_times_charm_battery46889/ Report (Charleston)Report (Dallas) Texas FC Dallas (MLS) Alavanja 28Fuller 43King 77Patterson 91+ Cooper 94+ Pizza Hut Park Frisco, Texas 5,911 Doug Wolff (Missouri) July 8, 2008 10:00 ET Kansas Kansas City Wizards (MLS) 0–0 y Report (Seattle) Washington Seattle Sounders (USL-1) Qwest Field Seattle, Washington 4,674 Jeremy Vehar (New Mexico) Pore Conrad McMahen Espinoza Zavagnin Harrington Wahl 5–6 Jackson Le Toux Treschuk Sakuda O'Brien Kanté Scott Semifinals August 12, 2008 7:30 ET Massachusetts New England Revolution (MLS) 1–3 Report (New England)Report (D.C.) Washington, D.C. D.C. United (MLS) Germanese 34Iqwe 38Thompson 2 54 71 Emilio 4 81Quaranta 48 RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. 6,797 Jorge Gonzalez (New York) August 12, 2008 7:30 ET Washington Seattle Sounders (USL-1) 1–1 Report (Seattle) South Carolina Charleston Battery (USL-1) Alonso 20 o.g.Scott 43Graham 63Forrest 97 Patterson 32Fuller 58 Blackbaud Stadium Charleston, South Carolina 3,798 Oscar Ortiz (Florida) Jackson Le Toux Sakuda C. O'Brien Forrest 3–4 Armstrong AlonsoRichardson Velten Akwari Final 2008 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final September 3, 2008 7:30 ET South Carolina Charleston Battery (USL-1) 1–2 Report (D.C.)Report (Charleston) Washington, D.C. D.C. United (MLS) Fuller 10Nylen 33Alonso 62 Emilio 4Martínez 35Simms 46Fred 50 RFK StadiumWashington, D.C. 8,212 Mark Geiger (New Jersey) FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FFFFFF FF0000 Charleston Battery _adidasstripeswhite _DCU_08h _adidasstripeswhite _TROFEO_WHITE _3_stripes_white 000000 FFFFFF 000000 000000 000000 D.C. United Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup2008 ChampionWashington, D.C. 100pxD.C. United2nd title Top scorers Position Player Club Goals 1 Sébastien Le Toux Seattle Sounders 5 2 Darren Spicer Charleston Battery 4 Alex Afonso Miami FC 4 4 Emilio D.C. United 3 External links TheCup.us – 2008 match reports and results References 2008 Open Cup United States United States Category:June 2008 sports events in the United States Category:July 2008 sports events in the United States Category:August 2008 sports events in the United States Category:September 2008 sports events in the United States