2008 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

The 2008 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup ran from June through September 2008.

The Cup schedule was shortened in 2008, ending in August 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.^[1]

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, Red Bull New York). 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.

The Charleston Battery were the first USL club in the final since the Rochester Rhinos won the cup in 1999.

D.C. United won the final 2-1 on Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at RFK Stadium on a pair of goals from Brazilians Luciano Emilio and Fred.

Matchdays

Qualified Clubs

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

United Soccer Leagues (USL)

United States Adult Soccer Association (USASA)

• Adria
• Arizona Sahuaros
• Boston Olympiakos
• Clearwater Galactics
• 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 Round June 10					Second Round June 24
	USL-2	Western Mass Pioneers	2
	USASA	Boston Olympiakos	0
						USL-2	Western Mass Pioneers	1
						USL-2	Richmond Kickers	2
	USL-2	Richmond Kickers	3
	PDL	Fredericksburg Gunners	0

	First Round June 10					Second Round June 24
	USL-2	Harrisburg City Islanders	5
	PDL	Yakima Reds	1
						USL-2	Harrisburg City Islanders	2 (1)
						USL-2	Crystal Palace Baltimore (p)	2 (3)
	PDL	Los Angeles Legends	1
	USL-2	Crystal Palace Baltimore	2

	First Round June 10					Second Round June 24
	USL-1	Rochester Rhinos (aet)	2
	USASA	Adria	1
						USL-1	Rochester Rhinos	3
						USL-2	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	0
	USASA	Eagles	0
	USL-2	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	4

	First Round June 10					Second Round June 24
	USL-1	Minnesota Thunder	4
	PDL	St. Louis Lions	1
						USL-1	Minnesota Thunder	0
						USL-2	Cleveland City Stars (aet)	2
	PDL	Michigan Bucks	1
	USL-2	Cleveland City Stars	2

	First Round June 10					Second Round June 24
	USL-1	Miami FC	4
	PDL	Bradenton Academics	2
						USL-1	Miami FC	1
						USL-1	Atlanta Silverbacks	0
	PDL	Austin Aztex U23	2 (4)
	USL-1	Atlanta Silverbacks (p)	2 (5)

	First Round June 10					Second Round June 24
	USL-1	Charleston Battery	3
	USASA	New Stars	0
						USL-1	Charleston Battery	2
						USL-2	Charlotte Eagles	1
	USL-2	Charlotte Eagles	5
	USASA	Clearwater Galactics	2

	First Round June 10					Second Round June 24
	USASA	Arizona Sahuaros	0
	USL-1	Seattle Sounders (aet)	1
						USL-1	Seattle Sounders	6
						USASA	Hollywood United	0
	USL-1	Portland Timbers	2
	USASA	Hollywood United	3

	First Round June 10/13					Second Round June 24
	USL-1	Carolina RailHawks	1
	PDL	Brooklyn Knights	0
						USL-1	Carolina RailHawks	1
						USL-2	Real Maryland Monarchs	0
	USL-2	Real Maryland Monarchs (aet)	3
	USASA	New York Pancyprian-Freedoms	2

Third Round July 1

Quarterfinals July 8

Semifinals August 12

Final September 3

MLS

D.C. United

2

USL-1

Rochester Rhinos

0

MLS

D.C. United (aet)

2

MLS

Chicago Fire

1

MLS

Chicago Fire

4

USL-2

Cleveland City Stars

1

MLS

D.C. United

3

MLS

New England Revolution

1

MLS

New England Revolution

3

USL-2

Richmond Kickers

0

MLS

New England Revolution (p)

1 (5)

USL-2

Crystal Palace Baltimore

1 (3)

USL-2

Crystal Palace Baltimore

2

MLS

New York Red Bulls

0

MLS

D.C. United

2

USL-1

Charleston Battery

1

MLS

FC Dallas

2

USL-1

Miami FC

1

MLS

FC Dallas

1

USL-1

Charleston Battery

3

USL-1

Charleston Battery (p)

1 (4)

MLS

Houston Dynamo

1 (3)

USL-1

Charleston Battery (p)

1 (4)

USL-1

Seattle Sounders

1 (3)

USL-1

Seattle Sounders

2

MLS

Chivas USA

0

USL-1

Seattle Sounders (p)

0 (6)

MLS

Kansas City Wizards

0 (5)

USL-1

Carolina RailHawks

2

MLS

Kansas City Wizards (aet)

4

First round

June 10, 2008 7:00 ET	Clearwater Galactics (USASA)	2 – 5	Charlotte Eagles (USL-2)	Charlotte Christian School Charlotte, North Carolina Referee: Daniel Burak
	Cormona  42' Diaz  48' Garcia 61' Restrepo 82'	Report (Charlotte) Report (USL)	Ssejjemba  34'  76' Swinehart  54' (pen.),  66' Herrara  73'

June 10, 2008 7:00 ET	Yakima Reds (PDL)	1 – 5	Harrisburg City Islanders (USL-2)	Skyline Sports Complex Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Referee: Stanford Nagle
	Valencia 60' Rojas  86'	Report (Yakima) Report (Harrisburg)	Schofield  1' Hacker  16' (o.g.) Wiesner Barbosa  45+' Bloes  57'

June 10, 2008 7:30 ET	Brooklyn Knights (PDL)	0 – 1	Carolina RailHawks (USL-1)	WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, North Carolina Referee: Abbas Piran
	Smith 31' Niebles 76'	Report (Carolina) Report (USL)	Low  86'

June 10, 2008 7:30 ET	Boston Olympiakos (USASA)	0 – 2	Western Mass Pioneers (USL-2)	Lusitano Stadium Ludlow, Massachusetts Referee: Giany Barbat
	Walker 36'	Report (Western Mass)	Krause  32' 45' Augustine 35' Deren  66'

June 10, 2008 7:30 ET	Pittsburgh Riverhounds (USL-2)	4 – 0	Eagles (USASA)	Benedictine University Lisle, Illinois Referee: Victor Herrera
	Salsi Browne Jerome MacKenzie	Report (Pittsburgh)

June 10, 2008 7:30 ET	Cleveland City Stars (USL-2)	2 – 1	Michigan Bucks (PDL)	Ultimate Soccer Arena Pontiac, Michigan Referee: Mike Sharrah
	Franks  23' Hlavaty  34'	Report (Michigan) Report (USL)	Shipalane  4'

June 10, 2008 7:30 ET	Adria (USASA)	1 – 2	Rochester Rhinos (USL-1)	PAETEC Park Rochester, New York Referee: Chris Penso
	Mesanovic 65' Dugena 78' Morad  86'	Report (Rochester) Report (USL)	Menyongar 55' Fitzpatrick  72' (pen.) 116' Diallo  96'

June 10, 2008 7:30 ET	New Stars (USASA)	0 – 3	Charleston Battery (USL-1)	Blackbaud Stadium Charleston, South Carolina Referee: Alan Schechtman
		Report (Charleston) Report (USL)	Spicer  23'  30'  43' Alonso 55'

June 10, 2008 8:00 ET	Fredericksburg Gunners (PDL)	0 – 3	Richmond Kickers (USL-2)	Sports Backers Stadium Richmond, Virginia Attendance: 592 Referee: Shaun Papperman
	Bownes 23'	Report (Fredericksburg) Report (Richmond) Report (USL)	Paschalis  11' Nyazamba  20' Bulow  24' (pen.)

June 10, 2008 8:00 ET	St. Louis Lions (PDL)	1 – 4	Minnesota Thunder (USL-1)	National Sports Center Blaine, Minnesota Attendance: 483 Referee: Fotis Bazakos
	Gelvin 45' Merrick 45' Heinemann 70'  79'	Report (Minnesota)	Tarley  44'  80' Sanchez  57' Paye  89'

June 10, 2008 8:00 ET	Bradenton Academics (PDL)	2 – 4	Miami FC (USL-1)	Tropical Park Stadium Miami, Florida Referee: Reggie Rutty
	Boggs Ampaipitakwong 36' Ibegha 41' Gutierrez  49' (o.g.) McFarland 56'	Report (USL)	Cameron  25' Cauê 48' John 49' Nunes  58' 78' Afonso  59'  90+' Cristiano  69'

June 10, 2008 8:30 ET	Atlanta Silverbacks (USL-1)	2 – 2	Austin Aztex U23 (PDL)	Dragon Stadium Round Rock, Texas Referee: Andrew Gage
	Bolton 23' Bobo 38' Kandji  81' Mahaffey  99' Hayes  113' (pen.)	Report (Austin) Report (USL)	Lewis 40' Watson  45+' 75' Guadarrama  101' Vega 105' Gallardo 113' Vicens 116'

		Penalties
	Bolton Camp Kandji McLaughlin Hayes	5 – 4	da Luz Papandrea Guadarrama Watson Alcala

June 10, 2008 10:00 ET	Hollywood United F.C. (USASA)	3 – 2	Portland Timbers (USL-1)	PGE Park Portland, Oregon Attendance: 3,089 Referee: Andres Pfefferkorn
	Dunseth 26' Taylor  45+' (pen.),  58' (pen.) Droze 50' Alexander  90'	Report (Portland) Report (USL)	Brown  32' 45' Little 36' Oka  51' 90' Thompson 65' Guante 73'

June 10, 2008 10:30 ET	Seattle Sounders (USL-1)	1 – 0 (aet)	Arizona Sahuaros (USASA)	Grand Canyon University Phoenix, Arizona Attendance: 3,559 Referee: Richard Heron
	Treschuk  118'	Report (Seattle) Report (Arizona) Report (USL)	Sumter 80'

June 10, 2008 10:30 ET	Crystal Palace Baltimore (USL-2)	2 – 1	Los Angeles Legends (PDL)	Cougar Stadium Azusa, California Referee: Miguel Chicas
	Healey  43'  88'	Report (Los Angeles) Report (USL)	Pacheco 44' Schunk  59' Gallaugher  62'

June 13, 2008 8:00 ET	NY Pancyprian-Freedoms (USASA)	2 – 3 (aet)	Real Maryland Monarchs (USL-2)	Maryland SoccerPlex Boyds, Maryland Referee: Bryan Roslund
	Dos Santos  22' Damiani 60'  69' Halkidis 82'  83' Reeves 119'	Report (USL)	Hassen  56' Bissohong 69' Perez  85' Chantal  117'

Second round

June 24, 2008 7:00 ET	Cleveland City Stars (USL-2)	2 – 0 (aet)	Minnesota Thunder (USL-1)	National Sports Center Blaine, Minnesota Referee: Jorge Oconitrillo
	Williams 76' Franks  104'  119' (pen.) Stovall  105'	Report (Cleveland) Report (Minnesota)	Gibson 76' Kallman 107' Platter 118'

June 24, 2008 7:05 ET	Crystal Palace Baltimore (USL-2)	2 – 2	Harrisburg City Islanders (USL-2)	Skyline Sports Complex Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Attendance: 1,100+ Referee: Tim Snyder
	King  10'  31' Brooks 55' Medd (coach)  56' Mark 60' Robson 73' Harkin 102' Mbuta  105'	Report (Harrisburg)	Calvano  24' Marples 35' Ombiji  63' Pope 118' Hoshide  120' (pen.)

		Penalties
	Lookingland Kante Lewis Healey Teixeira	3 – 1	Hoshide Devlin Wiesner Clay

June 24, 2008 7:30 ET	Richmond Kickers (USL-2)	2 – 1	Western Mass Pioneers (USL-2)	Lusitano Stadium Ludlow, Massachusetts Referee: Niko Bratsis
	Nyazamba 48'  84' Jones  59' Bennett 62' Harding 90' Viray  90'	Report (Richmond) Report (Western Mass)	Petrarca 40' Glaeser  60', 90' Deren  63' Lima 81' Molinari  89', 90' Augustine  90'

June 24, 2008 7:30 ET	Real Maryland Monarchs (USL-2)	0 – 1	Carolina RailHawks (USL-1)	WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, North Carolina Referee: Mark Kadlecik
	Basso 17' Ramirez 74'	Report (Carolina)	Segovia 45' Low 72'  90+' (pen.)

June 24, 2008 7:30 ET	Pittsburgh Riverhounds (USL-2)	0 – 3	Rochester Rhinos (USL-1)	PAETEC Park Rochester, New York Attendance: 3,526 Referee: Jeffrey Mellen
		Report (Pittsburgh) Report (Rochester)	Menyongar  26' Roberto 40' Salles  61' 64' Charles 66' Guppy  70' Kreamalmeyer  75' Vallow 87'

June 24, 2008 7:30 ET	Charlotte Eagles (USL-2)	1 – 2	Charleston Battery (USL-1)	Blackbaud Stadium Charleston, South Carolina Referee: Skye Arthur-Banning
	Bryant 35' Herrara  67' Swinehart 84'	Report (Charlotte) Report (Charleston)	Spicer  12' Alonso  90+' (pen.)

June 24, 2008 8:00 ET	Atlanta Silverbacks (USL-1)	0 – 1	Miami FC (USL-1)	Tropical Park Stadium Miami, Florida Referee: Roni Canales
	Buete 67'	Report (Atlanta) Report (Miami)	Afonso  40' Saunders 53' Inacio 54' Ramirez 69' Cameron 83'

June 24, 2008 11:00 ET	Hollywood United F.C. (USASA)	0 – 6	Seattle Sounders (USL-1)	Starfire Sports Complex Tukwila, Washington Referee: Kevin O'Daniel
	Barragan 2' Pinto 56' Dunseth 57'	Report (Seattle)	Scott  3' Gardner  15' 16' Le Toux  22'  38'  60'  63' Treschuk 50' Besagno 80'

Third round

July 1, 2008 7:00 ET	Richmond Kickers (USL-2)	0 – 3	New England Revolution (MLS)	Veteran's Stadium New Britain, Connecticut Attendance: 3,950 Referee: Tony Russo
		Report (Richmond) Report (New England)	Brill  46' Germanese  63' Twellman  67'

July 1, 2008 7:30 ET	Houston Dynamo (MLS)	1 – 1	Charleston Battery (USL-1)	Blackbaud Stadium Charleston, South Carolina Attendance: 3,103 Referee: Joe Caroccio
	S. Wondolowski  89'	Report (Houston) Report (Charleston)	Reda  31'

		Penalties
	Holden C. Wondolowski Cameron Hayden Caraccio	3 – 4	Alonso Armstrong Spicer Velten

July 1, 2008 7:30 ET	New York Red Bulls (MLS)	0 – 2	Crystal Palace Baltimore (USL-2)	Lawrence E. Knight Stadium Annapolis, Maryland Attendance: 1,654 Referee: Andrew Chapin
	Magee  26', 90+2'	Report (New York) Report (Baltimore)	Marshall  18' Mark 21' Harkin 26' Brooks 30'  75' Kante  30', 34' Mbuta 44'

July 1, 2008 7:30 ET	Kansas City Wizards (MLS)	4 – 2 (aet)	Carolina RailHawks (USL-1)	WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, North Carolina Attendance: 3,116 Referee: Niko Bratsis
	Trujillo  68'  94' López  82' (pen.) Morsink 104' López 111' Pore 117'  119'	Report (Kansas City) Report (Carolina)	Fusilier  43' Watson  58' Solle  89', 108' Dombrowski  120'

July 1, 2008 7:30 ET	Rochester Rhinos (USL-1)	0 – 2	D.C. United (MLS)	Maryland SoccerPlex Boyds, Maryland Attendance: 2,752 Referee: Mark Kadlecik
	Bonseu 79' Fitzpatrick 84' Salles 90'	Report (Rochester) Report (D.C.)	Burch  78'  85'

July 1, 2008 8:30 ET	Cleveland City Stars (USL-2)	1 – 4	Chicago Fire (MLS)	Toyota Park Bridgeview, Illinois Attendance: 6,678 Referee: Hidajet Tica
	McClung  61' Stewart 78'	Report (Cleveland) Report (Chicago)	Banner  13'  73' Carr  23' Barrett  26' Mármol 57'

July 1, 2008 8:30 ET	Miami FC (USL-1)	1 – 2	FC Dallas (MLS)	Pizza Hut Park Frisco, Texas Attendance: 6,559 Referee: Jasen Anno
	Afonso  7' Nunes 36' de Mata 88'	Report (Miami) Report (Dallas)	Thompson  45+3'  90+2' Moor 84'

July 1, 2008 10:00 ET	Chivas USA (MLS)	0 – 2	Seattle Sounders (USL-1)	Starfire Sports Complex Tukwila, Washington Attendance: 2,997 Referee: Yader Reyes
	Kljestan 69'	Report (Chivas) Report (Seattle)	Graham  43' Schmid 64' Le Toux  80' O'Brien 81'

Quarterfinals

July 8, 2008 7:00 ET	Crystal Palace Baltimore (USL-2)	1 – 1	New England Revolution (MLS)	Veteran's Stadium New Britain, Connecticut Attendance: 2,590 Referee: Hilario Grajeda
	Lader  20' Teixeira 78' Harkin 109' Flores  119'	Report (Baltimore) Report (New England)	Mansally  6' Igwe 33' Hilgenbrinck 59'

		Penalties
	Harada Harkin Mbuta Teixeira	3 – 5	Hilgenbrinck Dube Tierney Igwe Castro

July 8, 2008 7:30 ET	Chicago Fire (MLS)	1 – 2 (aet)	D.C. United (MLS)	Maryland SoccerPlex Boyds, Maryland Attendance: 4,118 Referee: Shane Moody
	Woolard  36' Soumare 48' Pause 78' Thorrington 81' Blanco  108'	Report (Chicago) Report (D.C.)	Doe 52'  77' Moreno 89' Namoff  99' Fred 107' Burch  108'

July 8, 2008 8:30 ET	Charleston Battery (USL-1)	3 – 1	FC Dallas (MLS)	Pizza Hut Park Frisco, Texas Attendance: 5,911 Referee: Doug Wolff
	Alavanja  28' Fuller  43' King 77' Patterson  91+'	Report (Charleston) Report (Dallas)	Cooper  94+'

July 8, 2008 10:00 ET	Kansas City Wizards (MLS)	0 – 0	Seattle Sounders (USL-1)	Qwest Field Seattle, Washington Attendance: 4,674 Referee: Jeremy Vehar
		Report (Kansas City) Report (Seattle)

		Penalties
	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	New England Revolution (MLS)	1 – 3	D.C. United (MLS)	RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. Attendance: 6,797 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez
	Germanese  34' Iqwe 38' Thompson  54', 71'	Report (New England) Report (D.C.)	Emilio  4'  81' Quaranta  48'

August 12, 2008 7:30 ET	Seattle Sounders (USL-1)	1 – 1	Charleston Battery (USL-1)	Blackbaud Stadium Charleston, South Carolina Attendance: 3,798
	Alonso  20' (o.g.) Scott 43' Graham 63' Forrest 97'	Report (Charleston)	Patterson  32' Fuller 58'

		Penalties
	Jackson Le Toux Sakuda C. O'Brien Forrest	3 – 4	Armstrong Alonso Richardson Velten Akwari

Final

September 3, 2008 7:30 ET	Charleston Battery (USL-1)	1 – 2	D.C. United (MLS)	RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. Attendance: 8,212 Referee: Mark Geiger
	Fuller  10' Nylen 33' Alonso 62'	Report (D.C.) Report (Charleston)	Emilio  4' Martinez 35' Simms 46' Fred  50'

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