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
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.

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.^[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, 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

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 USL Premier Development League teams and 8 USASA regional qualifiers

Qualified Clubs

Tier 1: Major League Soccer (MLS)

Tiers 2 – 4: United Soccer Leagues (USL)

Tier 2 – First Division (USL-1)

Tier 3 – Second Division (USL-2)

Tier 4 – Premier Development League (PDL)

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	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	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	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

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

June 10, 2008	Brooklyn Knights (PDL)	0–1	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

June 10, 2008	Boston Olympiakos (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

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

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

June 10, 2008	New Stars (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

June 10, 2008	Fredericksburg Gunners (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

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

June 10, 2008	Bradenton Academics (PDL)	2–4	Miami FC (USL-1)	Miami, Florida
8:00 ET	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'	Stadium: Tropical Park Stadium Referee: Reggie Rutty

June 10, 2008	Atlanta Silverbacks (USL-1)	2 – 2 (aet) (5–4 p)	Austin Aztex U23 (PDL)	Round Rock, Texas
8:30 ET	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'	Stadium: Dragon Stadium Referee: Andrew Gage
	Penalties
	Bolton Camp Kandji McLaughlin Hayes		da Luz Papandrea Guadarrama Watson Alcala

June 10, 2008	Hollywood United F.C. (USASA)	3–2	Portland Timbers (USL-1)	Portland, Oregon
10:00 ET	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'	Stadium: PGE Park Attendance: 3,089 Referee: Andres Pfefferkorn

June 10, 2008	Seattle Sounders (USL-1)	1 – 0 (aet)	Arizona Sahuaros (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	Crystal Palace Baltimore (USL-2)	2–1	Los Angeles Legends (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

June 13, 2008	NY Pancyprian-Freedoms (USASA)	2 – 3 (aet)	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

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	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'	Stadium: Lusitano Stadium Referee: Niko Bratsis

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

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

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

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

June 24, 2008	Hollywood United F.C. (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

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)

July 1, 2008	Houston Dynamo (MLS)	1 – 1 (aet) (3–4 p)	Charleston Battery (USL-1)	Charleston, South Carolina
7:30 ET	S. Wondolowski 89'	Report (Houston) Report (Charleston)	Reda 31'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 3,103 Referee: Joe Caroccio (Florida)
	Penalties
	Holden C. Wondolowski Cameron Hayden Caraccio		Alonso Armstrong Spicer Velten

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)

July 1, 2008	Kansas City Wizards (MLS)	4 – 2 (aet)	Carolina RailHawks (USL-1)	Cary, North Carolina
7:30 ET	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'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 3,116 Referee: Niko Bratsis (Massachusetts)

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

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

July 1, 2008	Miami FC (USL-1)	1–2	FC Dallas (MLS)	Frisco, Texas
8:30 ET	Afonso 7' Nunes 36' 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)

July 1, 2008	Chivas USA (MLS)	0–2	Seattle Sounders (USL-1)	Tukwila, Washington
10:00 ET	Kljestan 69'	Report (Chivas) Report (Seattle)	Graham 43' Schmid 64' 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	Lader 20' Teixeira 78' Harkin 109' 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

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

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)

July 8, 2008	Kansas City Wizards (MLS)	0 – 0 (aet) (5–6 p)	Seattle Sounders (USL-1)	Seattle, Washington
10:00 ET		Report (Seattle)		Stadium: Qwest Field Attendance: 4,674 Referee: Jeremy Vehar (New Mexico)
	Penalties
	Pore Conrad McMahen Espinoza Zavagnin Harrington Wahl		Jackson Le Toux Treschuk Sakuda O'Brien Kanté Scott

Semifinals

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