2009 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

The 2009 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup is the 96th edition of the oldest competition in American soccer.

The tournament proper features teams from the top five levels of the American Soccer Pyramid. These five levels, namely Major League Soccer, the United Soccer Leagues (First Division, Second Division, and Premier Development League), and the United States Adult Soccer Association, each have their own separate qualification process to trim their ranks down to their final eight team delegations in the months leading up to the start of the tournament proper. The eight MLS clubs receive byes into the third round, while the remaining 32 teams play in the first two round with brackets influenced by geography.

Seattle Sounders FC played D.C. United in the final at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C., D.C. United's home stadium. The Sounders won 2-1 over United to win their first ever trophy.

Qualification process

The qualifying process for MLS will take the form of an eight-team play-off tournament. The top six finishers, regardless of conference, in 2008 were given six of the berths into the Third Round. The eight remaining U.S.-based clubs will compete for the final two berths via a playoff.

Continuing the format of recent seasons, no qualification process will be needed for USL-1 and USL-2 as each level has exactly eight U.S.-based clubs for the 2009 season. The PDL has announced that four selected early season games will again double as qualifying matches, as they had in recent years. Each division receives a berth, since there are eight divisions instead of the ten that existed in 2008. The qualifying process for the USASA will take the form of four regional tournaments, with the two finalists in each region being awarded berths.

Matchdays

Match pairing will be announced on May 27.^[1]

Qualified clubs

Major League Soccer (MLS)

• Chicago Fire
• Chivas USA
• Columbus Crew
• D.C. United
• Houston Dynamo
• Kansas City Wizards
• New England Revolution
• Seattle Sounders FC

United Soccer Leagues (USL)

United States Adult Soccer Association (USASA)

• Region I: Aegean Hawks F.C., Emigrantes Das Ilhas
• Region II: 402 FC, Milwaukee Bavarians
• Region III: Atlanta FC, Lynch's Irish Pub F.C.
• Region IV: Sonoma County Sol, Arizona Sahuaros

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 9, 2009 5:00 PM EDT	Sonoma County Sol	5 – 2	Orange County Blue Star	Concordia University Irvine, California Attendance: 50
	Hurst  5' Percell  55', 81' Lafon  73' Larson  78'	Report	Turner  60' Stoll  80' Ponce  83'

June 9, 2009 6:00 PM EDT	Milwaukee Bavarians	1 – 3	Chicago Fire Premier	Toyota Park Practice Field Bridgeview, Illinois Referee: Pawel Wydra
	Sabich 30' Meier 40' Zenoni  63' (pen.), 74' Asen 88'	Report	Braun  26' Akpan  28' Milien  53' Maurer  63'

June 9, 2009 7:00 PM EDT	Charlotte Eagles	0 – 2	Wilmington Hammerheads	Legion Stadium Wilmington, North Carolina Referee: Abbas Piran
	Shak 63'	Report	Watson  82' Bundy 88' Hufstader  90'

June 9, 2009 7:00 PM EDT	Emigrantes das Ilhas	2 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Western Mass Pioneers	Lusitano Stadium Ludlow, Massachusetts
	Viega  16' Fernandes  62' (pen.)	Report	Willis  45+' Krause  73' Barbosa  98'

June 9, 2009 7:00 PM EDT	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Rochester Rhinos	Rochester Rhinos Stadium Rochester, New York Attendance: 2,723
	Bonseu  22'  1', 72' Gray 29' Evans 36' Katic 48' Salsi 90' Riley 118'	Report	Bertz 57' Salles 67' Nurse 71' Atieno  90+'
		Penalties
	Hayden Salsi Evans Brown	2 – 4	Atieno Gregor Bertz Salles Fitzpatrick

June 9, 2009 7:00 PM EDT	Richmond Kickers	1 – 2	Carolina RailHawks	WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, North Carolina Attendance: 1,362
	Bulow  20' (pen.) Kalungi 59'	Report	Paladini  14' Diallo  48' McKenney 54' Kabwe 76'

June 9, 2009 7:00 PM EDT	St. Louis Lions	0 – 3	Cleveland City Stars	Middlefield Cheese Stadium Bedford, Ohio Referee: Mikael Lundqvist
		Report	Stewart  29' Pierre-Louis  33' Gillespie  68'

June 9, 2009 7:05 PM EDT	402 FC	2 – 3	Minnesota Thunder	National Sports Center Blaine, Minnesota Attendance: 245 Referee: Fotis Bazakos
	Gotsmanov  12' 84' Schmitz  57'  38', 84' Walters  90'	Report	Saint-Preux 25'  40' Cvilikas  30', 46'

June 9, 2009 7:05 PM ET	Reading Rage	1 – 4	Harrisburg City Islanders	Skyline Sports Complex Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
	Ports  8' Oblio 28' Smith 31' Wheeler 57' O'Connor 59'	Report	Fisher  1' Pelletier 22' Reinberg 30' Shipalane  42' Paterson  49' Severs  60' (pen.) Velten 68'

June 9, 2009 7:30 PM EDT	Atlanta FC	0 – 2	Charleston Battery	Blackbaud Stadium Charleston, South Carolina Attendance: 1,318 Referee: Alan Schechtman
	Sand 24' Venn  28' Munilla  40', 66' Liza 42' Sandoval  49', 69' Quintero 72'	Report	Patterson  1' Yoshitake  32' Williams 64'

June 9, 2009 8:00 PM	Lynch's Irish Pub FC	1 – 2	Miami FC	Tropical Park Stadium Miami, Florida
	Catullo  35' Schell 52' Command 55'	Report	Serna 51'  65' Araujo  64' Marcina 82' Hannigan 90'

June 9, 2009 8:30 PM EDT	Mississippi Brilla	0 – 2	Austin Aztex	Nelson Field Austin, Texas Referee: Matthew Foerster
	Lawrence 16'	Report	Harwell  18' Caugherty 32' Johnson  64' Pope 69' Alcala 73'

June 9, 2009 10:00 PM EDT	Arizona Sahuaros	1 – 2	El Paso Patriots	Patriot Stadium El Paso, Texas
	Kellar  67'	Report	Morín  27' Moreira  59'

June 9, 2009 10:00 PM EDT	Portland Timbers	3 – 0	Kitsap Pumas	Memorial Stadium Bremerton, Washington Referee: Josh Wilkens
	Farber 33'  46' Savage 37' McLaughlin  90' Hayes  90'	Report	Kerr 11' Megson 74' Wheelock 90'

June 10, 2009 6:30 PM EDT	Aegean Hawks	0 – 1	Real Maryland Monarchs	Richard Montgomery HS Rockville, Maryland
	Goldman  16'	Report	Cordeiro  14'

Note: Match stopped at 74' due to lightning.

June 10, 2009 7:00 PM EDT	Crystal Palace Baltimore	0 – 3	Ocean City Barons	Carey Stadium Ocean City, New Jersey
		Report	Carmichael  7', 33' Noone  78'

Second Round

June 16, 2009 7:00 PM EDT	Real Maryland Monarchs	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Ocean City Barons	Carey Stadium Ocean City, New Jersey
	Brooks 72'	Report	Swetra 78' Noone  108' (pen.)

June 16, 2009 7:00 PM EDT	Wilmington Hammerheads	3 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Carolina RailHawks	WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, North Carolina
	Tatters 18' Bagley  21' Watson 32' Karalexis  93' Falvey 120' Bundy  120+'	Report	Diallo  34' Lowery 35' Cunliffe 43' McKenny 95' Plotkin  98' Schulte 105' Glinton  118'
		Penalties
	Murray Bundy Briggs Watson	4 – 3	Paladini Cunliffe Glinton Plotkin Schulte

June 16, 2009 7:00 PM EDT	Cleveland City Stars	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Rochester Rhinos	Marina Auto Stadium Rochester, New York Attendance: 2,788
	Kljestan 25' Stewart  59' (pen.), 66' Aguilera 101'	Report	Vallow 59' Nurse 70' Salles 77' Heins  82' 101' Gregor 89' Bertz  111'

June 16, 2009 7:05 PM EDT	Western Mass Pioneers	0 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Harrisburg City Islanders	Skyline Sports Complex Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
		Report
		Penalties
	Molinari Klukowski Barbosa Dubois Deren Tyrie	3 – 4	Severs Baker Velten Paterson Kasiguran Swartzendruber

June 16, 2009 8:00 PM EDT	Charleston Battery	1 – 0	Miami FC	Tropical Park Stadium Miami, Florida
	Hemming  65' (pen.)	Report

June 16, 2009 7:05 PM CDT	Chicago Fire Premier	0 – 4	Minnesota Thunder	National Sports Center Blaine, Minnesota Attendance: 359 Referee: Fotis Bazakos
	Adlard 79'	Report	Saint-Preux  23' Cvilikas  39' Clements 41' Dyachenko 68' Tarley  78', 81'

June 16, 2009 7:30 PM CDT	El Paso Patriots	0 – 2	Austin Aztex	Nelson Field Austin, Texas
	Castañeda 28' Garcia  75' Muniz  75' Alvarez  77'	Report	McMahen  45+' O'Brien  48' Silva 69'  75'

June 16, 2009 7:00 PM PDT	Portland Timbers	3 – 0	Sonoma County Sol	Ernie Nevers Stadium Santa Rosa, California Attendance: 2,000 approx
	Josten  7' Suzuki 45+1' Mandjou  87', 90+1'	Report	M. Daly 51'

Third Round

June 30, 2009 7:00 PM EDT	Harrisburg City Islanders	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	New England Revolution	Veteran's Stadium New Britain, Connecticut Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Lee Suckle
	Calvano 51' Odour  72' Bloes  105'	Report	Larentowicz  38' Osei 63' Nyassi 67' Colaluca  92', 117'

June 30, 2009 7:00 PM EDT	Chicago Fire	0 – 1	Wilmington Hammerheads	Legion Stadium Wilmington, North Carolina
	Soumare 42'	Report	Walters 6' Bundy  37' Briggs 66' Watson 70'

June 30, 2009 7:00 PM EDT	Columbus Crew	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Rochester Rhinos	Marina Auto Stadium Rochester, New York Attendance: 6,098 Referee: Shane Moody
	Grendi  30', 55' Oughton  37' Elenio 85'	Report	Harden  31' Ambersley 34' Menyongar 48'Nurse 103'
		Penalties
	Ekpo Moreno Oughton Garey	3 – 5	Kenton Salles Gregor Bertz Heins

June 30, 2009 7:30 PM EDT	Ocean City Barons	0 – 2	D.C. United	Maryland SoccerPlex Boyds, Maryland Attendance: 2,021 Referee: Jeff Gontarek
	Brown 67'	Report	Gómez  74' N'Silu  93'

June 30, 2009 7:30 PM EDT	Chivas USA	1 – 3	Charleston Battery	Blackbaud Stadium Charleston, South Carolina Attendance: 3,268 Referee: Mark Kadlecic
	Marsch  28' Victorine 43' Nagamura 54' Harris 83' Galindo 86' Marsch 89' Talley  90'	Report	Patterson  9', 45' Hemming 66' Wilson 86' Treschuk 87' Hudock 89' Yoshitake  90+'

June 30, 2009 7:05 PM CDT	Kansas City Wizards	3 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Minnesota Thunder	National Sports Center Blaine, Minnesota Attendance: 3,878 Referee: Chris Penso
	Kraus  17' Thompson  20' (pen.) Wolff 103' McKenzie  105+'	Report	Sánchez  41' (pen.), 84' (pen.) Arango 56' Tarley 85'  117'
		Penalties
	López Wolff Thompson Gomez	4 – 2	Greenfield Sánchez Bass Weiler

July 1, 2009 7:30 PM CDT	Houston Dynamo	2 – 0	Austin Aztex	Nelson Field Austin, Texas Attendance: 4,826 Referee: Jeremy Vehar
	Ashe  70' Oduro  90'	Report	Caugherty 37' Callahan 62'

July 1, 2009 7:00 PM PDT	Seattle Sounders FC	2 – 1	Portland Timbers	PGE Park Portland, Oregon Attendance: 16,382 (SO)
	Ianni 5' Levesque  1' King  26' Nyassi 59' Riley 93+'	Report	Hayes 26' Mandjou  43' McManus 61'

Quarterfinals

July 7, 2009 7:00 PM EDT	Wilmington Hammerheads	1 – 2	Rochester Rhinos	Marina Auto Stadium Rochester, New York Attendance: 3,598 Referee: Niko Bratsis
	Walters 43' Watson  72'	Report	Short 41' Atieno  54' Menyongar 62' Gregor  67' (pen.), 69'

July 7, 2009 7:30 PM EDT	Harrisburg City Islanders	1 – 2	D.C. United	Maryland SoccerPlex Boyds, Maryland Attendance: 2,137 Referee: Lee Suckle
	Oduor  49' Paterson  64'	Report	Khumalo  8' Jacobson  18' N'Silu 83' Gómez 86'

July 7, 2009 7:30 p.m. EDT	Houston Dynamo	4 – 0	Charleston Battery	Blackbaud Stadium Charleston, South Carolina Attendance: 2,473 Referee: Tony Russo
	Cameron  16', 73' Boswell  47' Oduro  52' Ustruck 53'	Report	Buete 1' Treschuk 80' Yoshitake 90+'

July 7, 2009 7:00 PM PDT	Kansas City Wizards	0 – 1	Seattle Sounders FC	Starfire Sports Complex Tukwila, Washington Attendance: 4,352 Referee: Abiodun Okulaja
	Hirsig  76', 93+'	Report	Montero 79' Le Toux  89' (pen.)

Semifinals

July 21, 2009 7:00 PM EDT	Rochester Rhinos	1 – 2	D.C. United	Maryland SoccerPlex Boyds, Maryland Attendance: 2,457 Referee: Abiodun Okulaja
	Gregor 18' Atieno  68' Bertz 88'		Jacobson 39' Moreno  41' (pen.) John 42' Khumalo  83'

July 21, 2009 7:00 PM PDT	Houston Dynamo	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Seattle Sounders FC	Starfire Sports Complex Tukwila, Washington Attendance: 4,895
	James 30' Boswell 30' Akinbiyi  32' Davis 42' Mullan 70' Chabala 91+'		Jaqua 62'  89' Hurtado  67', 110' Marshall 80' King  94'

Final

September 2, 2009 7:30 PM EDT	Seattle Sounders FC	2 - 1	D.C. United	RFK Stadium Washington, D.C. Attendance: 17,329 Referee: Alex Prus (USA)
	Ianni 25' González 49' Montero  67' Vagenas 79' Levesque  86'	(Report)	Wicks  69' Simms  89'

Goal Scorers

References