2008 U.S. Open Cup

2008 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup
Tournament details
Country	United States
Final positions
Champions	D.C. United; (2nd title)
Runner-up	Charleston Battery
2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League	D.C. United
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	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.

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

CONCACAF Champions League.^[1]

The 13 US-based

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.

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

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

Date	Round	Notes
June 10	First	32 USL and USASA clubs enter
June 24	Second
July 1	Third	8 MLS clubs enter
July 8	Quarterfinals
Aug. 12	Semifinals
September 3	Final

Participating teams

The tournament consists of 40 teams, according to the following distribution:

Classification	Number of Teams
Major League Soccer	8
United Soccer Leagues First Division	8
United Soccer Leagues Second Division	8
Amateur	16*

*Includes 8

USASA

regional qualifiers

Qualified Clubs

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)

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)

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	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	RWB Adria	1
			USL-1	Rochester Rhinos	3

			USL-2	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	0
USASA	A.A.C. 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	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

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

p
)

1 (4)

MLS

Houston Dynamo

1 (3)

USL-1

p
)

1 (4)

USL-1

Seattle Sounders

1 (3)

USL-1

Seattle Sounders

2

MLS

Chivas USA

0

USL-1

p
)

0 (6)

MLS

Kansas City Wizards

0 (5)

USL-1

Carolina RailHawks

2

MLS

Kansas City Wizards (aet

)

4

Schedule

Note: Scorelines use the standard U.S. convention of placing the home team on the right-hand side of box scores.

First round

PDL) v

Harrisburg City Islanders (USL-2

)

June 10, 2008	PDL)	1–5	Harrisburg City Islanders (USL-2)	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
7:00 ET	Valencia 60' Rojas 86'	Report (Yakima) Report (Harrisburg)	Bloes 57'	Stadium: Skyline Sports Complex Referee: Stanford Nagle

Carolina RailHawks (USL-1

)

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

USASA) v

Western Mass Pioneers (USL-2

)

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

Rochester Rhinos (USL-1

)

June 10, 2008	Rochester Rhinos (USL-1)	Rochester, New York
7:30 ET	Mesanovic 65' Dugena 78' Morad 86'	Report (Rochester) Report (USL)	Diallo 96'	Stadium: PAETEC Park Attendance: 1,152 Referee: Chris Penso

USASA) v

Charleston Battery (USL-1

)

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

PDL) v

Richmond Kickers (USL-2

)

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

PDL) v

Minnesota Thunder (USL-1

)

June 10, 2008	PDL)	1–4	Minnesota Thunder (USL-1)	Blaine, Minnesota
8:00 ET	Heinemann 70' 79'	Report (Minnesota)	Tarley 44' 80' Sánchez 57' Paye 89'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 483 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

Miami FC (USL-1

)

June 10, 2008	Miami, Florida
8:00 ET	Boggs Ampaipitakwong 36' Ibegha 41' Gutierrez 49' (o.g.) McFarland 56'	Report (USL)	Nunes 58' 78' Afonso 59' 90+' Cristiano 69'	Stadium: Tropical Park Stadium Referee: Reggie Rutty

Portland Timbers (USL-1

)

June 10, 2008	Portland Timbers (USL-1)	Portland, Oregon
10:00 ET	Dunseth 26' Taylor 45+' (pen.), 58' (pen.) Droze 50' Alexander 90'	Report (Portland) Report (USL)	Oka 51' 90' Thompson 65' Guante 73'	Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 3,089 Referee: Andres Pfefferkorn

Real Maryland Monarchs (USL-2

)

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

Second round

Cleveland City Stars (USL-2) v

Minnesota Thunder (USL-1)

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

June 24, 2008	Crystal Palace Baltimore (USL-2)	2 – 2 (aet) (3–1 p)	Harrisburg City Islanders (USL-2)	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
7:05 ET	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.)	Stadium: Skyline Sports Complex Attendance: 1,100+ Referee: Tim Snyder
	Penalties
	Lookingland Kante Lewis Healey Teixeira		Hoshide Devlin Wiesner Clay

June 24, 2008	Richmond Kickers (USL-2)	2–1	Western Mass Pioneers (USL-2)	Ludlow, Massachusetts
7:30 ET	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'	Stadium: Lusitano Stadium Referee: Niko Bratsis

Rochester Rhinos (USL-1

)

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

Charlotte Eagles (USL-2) v

Charleston Battery (USL-1)

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

USASA) v

Seattle Sounders (USL-1

)

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

Third round

Richmond Kickers (USL-2) v

New England Revolution (MLS)

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

New York Red Bulls (MLS) v

Crystal Palace Baltimore (USL-2)

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

Rochester Rhinos (USL-1) v

D.C. United (MLS

)

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

Chicago Fire (MLS

)

July 1, 2008	Chicago Fire (MLS)	Bridgeview, Illinois
8:30 ET	Stewart 78'	Report	Banner 13' 73' Carr 23' Barrett 26' Mármol 57'	Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 6,678 Referee: Hidajet Tica (Iowa)

Miami FC (USL-1) v

FC Dallas (MLS

)

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

Chivas USA (MLS) v

Seattle Sounders (USL-1)

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

Quarterfinals

July 8, 2008	Crystal Palace Baltimore (USL-2)	1 – 1 (aet) (3–5 p)	New England Revolution (MLS)	New Britain, Connecticut
7:00 ET	Flores 119'	Report (Baltimore) Report (New England)	Mansally 6' Igwe 33' Hilgenbrinck 59'	Stadium: Veteran's Stadium Attendance: 2,590 Referee: Hilario Grajeda (Ohio)
	Penalties
	Harada Harkin Mbuta Teixeira		Hilgenbrinck Dube Tierney Igwe Castro

Charleston Battery (USL-1) v

FC Dallas (MLS)

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

Semifinals

New England Revolution (MLS) v

D.C. United (MLS)

August 12, 2008	New England Revolution (MLS)	1–3	D.C. United (MLS)	Washington, D.C.
7:30 ET	Germanese 34' Iqwe 38' Thompson 54' 71'	Report (New England) Report (D.C.)	Emilio 4' 81' Quaranta 48'	Stadium: RFK Stadium Attendance: 6,797 Referee: Jorge Gonzalez (New York)

August 12, 2008	Seattle Sounders (USL-1)	1–1 (3–4 p)	Charleston Battery (USL-1)	Charleston, South Carolina
7:30 ET	Alonso 20' (o.g.) Scott 43' Graham 63' Forrest 97'	Report (Seattle)	Patterson 32' Fuller 58'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 3,798 Referee: Oscar Ortiz (Florida)
	Penalties
	Jackson Le Toux Sakuda C. O'Brien Forrest		Armstrong Alonso Richardson Velten Akwari

Final

September 3, 2008

7:30 ET

Charleston Battery (USL-1)	1–2	D.C. United (MLS)
Fuller 10' Nylen 33' Alonso 62'	Report (D.C.) Report (Charleston)	Fred 50'

RFK Stadium
Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 8,212

Referee: Mark Geiger

(New Jersey)

Charleston Battery

D.C. United

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup 2008 Champion

D.C. United 2nd 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

^ Celebrating Presidents' Day – Soccer Insider Archived 2012-08-20 at the Wayback Machine

[1] Celebrating Presidents' Day – Soccer Insider Archived 2012-08-20 at the Wayback Machine

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

June 10, 2008	PDL)	Pontiac, Michigan
7:30 ET	Franks 23' Hlavaty 34'	Report (Michigan) Report (USL)	Shipalane 4'	Stadium: Ultimate Soccer Arena Referee: Mike Sharrah

June 10, 2008	PDL)	Round Rock, Texas
8:30 ET	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'	Stadium: Dragon Stadium Referee: Andrew Gage
	Penalties
	McLaughlin Hayes		Alcala

June 10, 2008	USASA)	Phoenix, Arizona
10:30 ET	Treschuk 118'	Report (Seattle) Report (Arizona) Report (USL)	Sumter 80'	Stadium: Grand Canyon University Attendance: 3,559 Referee: Richard Heron

June 10, 2008	PDL)	Azusa, California
10:30 ET	Healey 43' 88'	Report (Los Angeles) Report (USL)	Pacheco 44' Schunk 59' Gallaugher 62'	Stadium: Cougar Stadium Referee: Miguel Chicas