2007 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Information & 2007 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Links at HealthHaven.com

The 2007 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup ran from June through October, 2007. Pairings for the competition were announced on Tuesday, May 29, 2007. The 2007 tournament was be the first since 2002 to not include all Major League Soccer teams. Instead, MLS had 8 teams in the tournament; six qualified automatically, while the remaining 6 US-based sides participated in a playoff for the final two positions.^[1] In another change for the tournament, all 9 US-based USL First Division teams entered into the Cup. The Puerto Rico Islanders are not eligible for the tournament, as Puerto Rico has a soccer federation independent from US Soccer.

[edit] US Open Cup Schedule

Date	Round	Notes
May 29	N/A	First Round pairings announced
June 12	First	All 32 lower division teams enter
June 26	Second
July 10	Third	8 MLS teams enter
Aug. 7	Quarterfinals
Sept. 4	Semifinals
Oct. 2	Final

[edit] 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	9
United Soccer Leagues Second Division	7
Amateur	16*

*Includes 8 USL Premier Development League teams and 8 USASA regional qualifiers

[edit] Prize money

There is a total of $180,000 in prize money at stake in the 2007 version of the competition. The prize money breakdown is as follows: $100,000 to the champion, $50,000 to the runner up and $10,000 to the team advancing the deepest in the tournament from each of the Division II, Division III and amateur levels.^[2]

[edit] Qualifying

Main article: 2007 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup qualification

[edit] Qualified teams by classification

[edit] Major League Soccer

[edit] USL First Division

[edit] USL Second Division

[edit] Premier Development League

[edit] USASA

[edit] 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 12			Second Round June 26

USL-1	Seattle Sounders	4
USASA	Banat Arsenal	1
			USL-1	Seattle Sounders	2
			USL-1	Portland Timbers	1
PDL	Bakersfield Brigade	0
USL-1	Portland Timbers	2

First Round June 12			Second Round June 26

USL-1	Minnesota Thunder	3
USASA	Indios USA	2
			USL-1	Minnesota Thunder	0
			USL-1	California Victory (OT)	1
PDL	BYU Cougars	1
USL-1	California Victory	2

First Round June 12			Second Round June 26

USL-1	Charleston Battery	3
PDL	Central Florida Kraze	0
			USL-1	Charleston Battery	1
			PDL	El Paso Patriots	0
PDL	El Paso Patriots (PK's)	2 (4)
USL-1	Miami FC	2 (3)

First Round June 12/13			Second Round June 26

USL-1	Atlanta Silverbacks	10
USASA	Azzurri FC	0
			USL-1	Atlanta Silverbacks	1
			USL-2	Charlotte Eagles	0
USL-2	Charlotte Eagles	2
USASA	Lynch's Irish Pub FC	0

First Round June 12			Second Round June 26

USL-1	Rochester Raging Rhinos	1
PDL	Long Island Rough Riders	0
			USL-1	Rochester Raging Rhinos (OT)	2
			USL-2	Western Mass Pioneers	1
USASA	Danbury United	2
USL-2	Western Mass Pioneers (OT)	3

First Round June 12			Second Round June 26

PDL	Ocean City Barons	1
USL-2	Crystal Palace Baltimore	0
			PDL	Ocean City Barons	1
			USL-2	Harrisburg City Islanders	2
USL-2	Harrisburg City Islanders	4
USASA	Aegean Hawks	0

First Round June 12			Second Round June 26

USL-1	Carolina RailHawks	4
USASA	RWB Adria	1
			USL-1	Carolina RailHawks	4
			USASA	Milwaukee Bavarians	0
USASA	Milwaukee Bavarians	1
USL-2	Cincinnati Kings	0

First Round June 12			Second Round June 26

USL-2	Richmond Kickers	4
PDL	Michigan Bucks	2
			USL-2	Richmond Kickers	2
			USL-2	Cleveland City Stars	1
PDL	Kansas City Brass	0
USL-2	Cleveland City Stars	4

Third Round
July 9 - 18

Quarterfinals
August 7 - 8

Semifinals
September 4

Final
October 3

USL-1

Seattle Sounders

3

MLS

Chivas USA

1

USL-1

Seattle Sounders

5

MLS

Colorado Rapids

0

MLS

Colorado Rapids

3

USL-1

California Victory

1

USL-1

Seattle Sounders

1

MLS

FC Dallas (OT)

2

USL-1

Charleston Battery (OT)

1

MLS

Houston Dynamo

0

USL-1

Charleston Battery

1

MLS

FC Dallas (OT)

2

MLS

FC Dallas (PK's)

1 (4)

USL-1

Atlanta Silverbacks

1 (3)

MLS

FC Dallas

2

MLS

New England Revolution

3

USL-1

Rochester Raging Rhinos

2

MLS

New England Revolution

4

MLS

New England Revolution

2

USL-2

Harrisburg City Islanders

1

USL-2

Harrisburg City Islanders

1

MLS

D.C. United

0

MLS

New England Revolution (OT)

2

USL-1

Carolina RailHawks

1

USL-1

Carolina RailHawks

1

MLS

Chicago Fire

0

USL-1

Carolina RailHawks

1

USL-2

Richmond Kickers

0

USL-2

Richmond Kickers

1

MLS

Los Angeles Galaxy

0

[edit] First round

June 12, 2007 5:15 ET	Western Mass Pioneers (USL-2)	3–2 (OT)	Danbury United (USASA)	Portuguese Cultural Center; Danbury, Connecticut Attendance: -- Referee: Kenneth Etheridge (USA)
	Everson Maciel 59' (pen) Jeff Deren 105' (pen) Easton Wilson 109'	(Report)	Mauro Costa 86' Mauro Santos 92'

June 12, 2007 7:00 ET	Michigan Bucks (PDL)	2–4	Richmond Kickers (USL-2)	University of Richmond Stadium; Richmond, Virginia Attendance: -- Referee: Shaun Papperman (USA)
	Nik Djokic 73' Xavier Balc 76'	(Report)	Robert Ssejjemba 7' Trevor McEachron 36' Sascha Gorres 70' Matt Watson 86'

June 12, 2007 7:05 ET	Aegean Hawks (USASA)	0–4	Harrisburg City Islanders (USL-2)	Skyline Sports Complex; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Attendance: 874 Referee: Daun White (USA)
		(Report)	Adam Clay 56' Mo Oduor 68' David Schofield 69' Steve Fisher 87'

June 12, 2007 7:30 ET	Crystal Palace Baltimore (USL-2)	0–1	Ocean City Barons (PDL)	Carey Stadium; Ocean City, New Jersey Attendance: -- Referee: Mark Geiger (USA)
		(Report)	Byron Charmichael 45'

June 12, 2007 7:30 ET	RWB Adria (USASA)	1–4	Carolina RailHawks (USL-1)	SAS Soccer Park; Cary, North Carolina Attendance: 3,062 Referee: Mark Kadlecik (USA)
	Carlos Carrillo 76'	(Report)	Joey Worthen 5' Connally Edozien 31', 34' Caleb Norkus 64'

June 12, 2007 7:30 ET	Central Florida Kraze (PDL)	0–3	Charleston Battery (USL-1)	Blackbaud Stadium; Charleston, South Carolina Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Shane Moody (USA)
		(Report)	Stephen Armstrong 5' Luke Vercollone 12', 42'

June 12, 2007 7:35 ET	Long Island Rough Riders (PDL)	0–1	Rochester Raging Rhinos (USL-1)	PAETEC Park; Rochester, New York Attendance: 3,712 Referee: Jason Krnac (USA)
		(Report)	Matthew Delicâte 20'

June 12, 2007 7:55 ET	Azzurri FC (NTPSA)	0–10	Atlanta Silverbacks (USL-1)	Silverbacks Park; Chamblee, Georgia Attendance: -- Referee: Tony Russo (USA)
		(Report)	Dayton O'Brien 10' Rodrigo Rios 14', 25', 90' Rafique Hassim 19', 74' Dan Antoniuk 80' Warren Ukah 84', 86', 88'

June 12, 2007 8:05 ET	Indios USA (NPSL)	2–3	Minnesota Thunder (USL-1)	James Griffin Stadium; St. Paul, Minnesota Attendance: 1,132 Referee: Troy Cohrs (USA)
	Marco Vidal 5' Joel Rios 77'	(Report)	Jeremiah Bass 37' Darren Spicer 40' Leo Gibson 66'

June 12, 2007 8:30 ET	Cleveland City Stars (USL-2)	4–0	Kansas City Brass (PDL)	William Jewell College; Liberty, Missouri Attendance: -- Referee: Younasse Tarbouni (USA)
	Ian Leibbrant 19', 81' Adam Moffat 34' Nigel Codrington 63'	(Report)

June 12, 2007 8:30 ET	Cincinnati Kings (USL-2)	0–1	Milwaukee Bavarians (NPSL)	Bavarian Soccer Park; Milwaukee, Wisconsin Attendance: -- Referee: Pawel Wydra (USA)
		(Report)	Steve Sperl 10'

June 12, 2007 9:30 ET	Miami FC (USL-1)	2–2 (3–4 PK's)	El Paso Patriots (PDL)	Patriot Stadium; El Paso, Texas Attendance: -- Referee: Jeremy Vehar (USA)
	Zinho 70' Sean Fraser 78'	(Report)	Michael Griego 21' Omar Mora 89'

June 12, 2007 9:30 ET	California Victory (USL-1)	2–1	BYU Cougars (PDL)	South Stadium; Provo, Utah Attendance: -- Referee: Tyler Ploeger (USA)
	Raul Palomares 23' Yuri Morales 65'	(Report)	Daniel McKinley 89'

June 12, 2007 10:30 ET	Portland Timbers (USL-1)	2–0	Bakersfield Brigade (PDL)	Bakersfield Christian HS; Bakersfield, California Attendance: -- Referee: Miguel Chicas (USA)
	Lawrence Olum 4' Luc Harrington 18'	(Report)

June 12, 2007 11:00 ET	Banat Arsenal (USASA)	1–4	Seattle Sounders (USL-1)	Starfire Sports Complex; Tukwila, Washington Attendance: -- Referee: Mike Rottersman (USA)
	Hughes 18'	(Report)	Nathan Knox 9' Sébastien Le Toux 32', 37' Greg Howes 45'

June 13, 2007 7:30 ET	Lynch's Irish Pub FC (BASL)	0–2	Charlotte Eagles (USL-2)	Transamerica Field; Charlotte, North Carolina Attendance: -- Referee: Daniel Burak (USA)
		(Report)	Dustin Swinehart 21' Jacob Coggins 84'

[edit] Second round

June 26, 2007 7:00 ET	Cleveland City Stars (USL-2)	1–2	Richmond Kickers (USL-2)	University of Richmond Stadium; Richmond, Virginia Attendance: 1,107 Referee: Robert Velbis (USA)
	Nigel Codrington 64'	(Report)	Matt Watson 28' Robert Ssejjemba 45'+

June 26, 2007 7:30 ET	Harrisburg City Islanders (USL-2)	2–1	Ocean City Barons (PDL)	Carey Stadium; Ocean City, New Jersey Attendance: 1,019 Referee: Hossam Saad (USA)
	Chad Severs 44' David Schofield 48'	(Report)	Leon Brown 42'

June 26, 2007 7:30 ET	Milwaukee Bavarians (NPSL)	0–4	Carolina RailHawks (USL-1)	SAS Soccer Park; Cary, North Carolina Attendance: 3,000+ Referee: Charles Mitchell (USA)
		(Report)	Connally Edozien 37' Anthony Maher 45', 56' Marcio Leite 79'

June 26, 2007 7:30 ET	El Paso Patriots (PDL)	0–1	Charleston Battery (USL-1)	Blackbaud Stadium; Charleston, South Carolina Attendance: -- Referee: Roni Canales (USA)
		(Report)	Anthony Catalano 74'

June 26, 2007 7:35 ET	Western Mass Pioneers (USL-2)	1–2 (OT)	Rochester Raging Rhinos (USL-1)	PAETEC Park; Rochester, New York Attendance: -- Referee: Rizal Milliken (USA)
	Omar McFarlane 43'	(Report)	Matthew Delicâte 83' Aaran Lines 105'

June 26, 2007 7:55 ET	Charlotte Eagles (USL-2)	0–1	Atlanta Silverbacks (USL-1)	Silverbacks Park; Atlanta, Georgia Attendance: -- Referee: William Cleland (USA)
		(Report)	Warren Ukah 49'

June 26, 2007 8:05 ET	California Victory (USL-1)	1–0 (OT)	Minnesota Thunder (USL-1)	James Griffin Stadium; St. Paul, Minnesota Attendance: 1,258 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic (USA)
	Ricardo Sanchez 95'	(Report)

June 26, 2007 10:00 ET	Portland Timbers (USL-1)	1–2	Seattle Sounders (USL-1)	Starfire Sports Complex; Tukwila, Washington Attendance: -- Referee: Hidajet Tica (USA)
	Justin Thompson 19'	(Report)	Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar 42' (pen) Jacob Besagno 70'

[edit] Third round

July 9, 2007 8:30 ET	Atlanta Silverbacks (USL-1)	1–1 (3–4 PK's)	FC Dallas (MLS)	Pizza Hut Park; Frisco, Texas Attendance: 2,510 Referee: Colin Tait (USA)
	Dan Antoniuk 78'	(Report)	Carlos Ruiz 74'

		Penalties
	Rodrigo Rios scored Justin Moore saved Dayton O'Brien missed Angel Rivillo scored David Hayes scored Scott Buete missed	3–4	Carlos Ruiz scored Pablo Ricchetti saved Juan Carlos Toja saved Chris Gbandi scored Abe Thompson scored Arturo Alvarez scored

July 10, 2007 7:00 ET	Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS)	0–1	Richmond Kickers (USL-2)	University of Richmond Stadium; Richmond Kickers Attendance: 4,578 Referee: Andrew Chapin (USA)
		(Report)	David Bulow 31'

July 10, 2007 7:30 ET	Houston Dynamo (MLS)	0–1 (OT)	Charleston Battery (USL-1)	Blackbaud Stadium; Charleston, South Carolina Attendance: 2,569 Referee: Shane Moody (USA)
		(Report)	Stephen Armstrong 108'

July 10, 2007 7:35 ET	New England Revolution (MLS)	4–2	Rochester Raging Rhinos (USL-1)	PAETEC Park; Rochester, New York Attendance: 8,551 Referee: Richard Sanchez (USA)
	Steve Ralston 19', 94'+ (pen) Taylor Twellman 67', 90'	(Report)	Hamed Diallo 76', 85'

July 10, 2007 9:00 ET	California Victory (USL-1)	1–3	Colorado Rapids (MLS)	Dick's Sporting Goods Park; Commerce City, Colorado Attendance: -- Referee: Ramon Hernandez (USA)
	Juan Epitié 79'	(Report)	José Cancela 22' Herculez Gomez 50' Omar Cummings 89'

July 11, 2007 7:30 ET	D.C. United (MLS)	0–1	Harrisburg City Islanders (USL-2)	Hempfield High School; Landisville, Pennsylvania Attendance: 5,219 Referee: Jeff Gonerik (USA)
		(Report)	Steve Fisher 44'

July 15, 2007 7:30 ET	Chicago Fire (MLS)	0–1	Carolina RailHawks (USL-1)	SAS Soccer Park; Cary, North Carolina Attendance: 4,485 Referee: Roni Canales (USA)
		(Report)	McColm Cephas 56'

July 18, 2007 10:30 ET	Chivas USA (MLS)	1–3	Seattle Sounders (USL-1)	Qwest Field; Seattle, Washington Attendance: 3,589 Referee: Richard Heron (USA)
	Laurent Merlin 16'	(Report)	Sébastien Le Toux 44', 50' Roger Levesque 81'

[edit] Quarterfinals

August 7, 2007 7:30 ET	Richmond Kickers (USL-2)	0–1	Carolina RailHawks (USL-1)	SAS Soccer Park; Cary, North Carolina Attendance: 2,900+ Referee: Alex Prus (USA)
		(Report)	Connally Edozien 64'

August 7, 2007 7:30 ET	FC Dallas (MLS)	2–1 (OT)	Charleston Battery (USL-1)	Blackbaud Stadium; Charleston, South Carolina Attendance: 3,262 Referee: Hilario Grajeda (USA)
	Clarence Goodson 22' Arturo Alvarez 95'	(Report)	Stephen Armstrong 17'

August 7, 2007 10:00 ET	Colorado Rapids (MLS)	0–5	Seattle Sounders (USL-1)	Qwest Field; Seattle, Washington Attendance: 6,619 Referee: Ricardo Salazar (USA)
		(Report)	Taylor Graham 23' Zach Scott 25' Ugo Ihemelu og 41' Josh Gardner 56' Sébastien Le Toux 68'

August 8, 2007 7:30 ET	Harrisburg City Islanders (USL-2)	1–2	New England Revolution (MLS)	Gillette Stadium; Foxborough, Massachusetts Attendance: 1,512 Referee: Richard Heron (USA)
	Matt Tanzini 78'		Andy Dorman 4' Taylor Twellman 17'

[edit] Semifinals

September 4, 2007 7:00 ET	Carolina RailHawks (USL-1)	1–2 (OT)	New England Revolution (MLS)	Veteran's Stadium; New Britain, Connecticut Attendance: 4,203 Referee: Shane Moody (USA)
	Anthony Maher 6'	(Report)	Jeff Larentowicz 47'+ Pat Noonan 94'

September 4, 2007 10:00 ET	FC Dallas (MLS)	2–1 (OT)	Seattle Sounders (USL-1)	Qwest Field; Seattle, Washington Attendance: 10,385 Referee: Abiodun Okulaja (USA)
	Carlos Ruiz 92' Abe Thompson 119'(pen)	(Report)	Leighton O'Brien 120'+

[edit] Final

October 3, 2007 8:00 EDT	New England Revolution (MLS)	3–2	FC Dallas (MLS)	Pizza Hut Park, Frisco, Texas Attendance: 10,618 Referee: Alex Prus (USA)
	Pat Noonan 21' Taylor Twellman 41' Wells Thompson 57'	Report	Arturo Alvarez 30' Abe Thompson 64'

[edit] References

^ "Major League Soccer introduces qualification procedure for 2007 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup". MLSnet.com. http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20070130&content_id=82747&vkey=pr_mls&fext=.jsp. Retrieved January 30 2007.
^ "US Soccer announces potential pairings for round 3". USOpenCup.com. http://www.usopencup.com/home/189314.html. Retrieved June 21 2007.

[edit] Notes

Charlotte v. Lynch's Irish Pub was postponed after delayed and cancelled flights prevented Lynch's Irish Pub from arriving in North Carolina on time. The game was pushed back one day.
Top goal scorers [1]

[edit] See also

[mls1-0] "Major League Soccer introduces qualification procedure for 2007 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup". MLSnet.com. http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20070130&content_id=82747&vkey=pr_mls&fext=.jsp. Retrieved January 30 2007.

[prizemoney-1] "US Soccer announces potential pairings for round 3". USOpenCup.com. http://www.usopencup.com/home/189314.html. Retrieved June 21 2007.

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Contents

[edit] US Open Cup Schedule

[edit] Participating Teams

[edit] Prize money

[edit] Qualifying

[edit] Qualified teams by classification

[edit] Major League Soccer

[edit] USL First Division

[edit] USL Second Division

[edit] Premier Development League

[edit] USASA

[edit] Open Cup bracket

[edit] First round

[edit] Second round

[edit] Third round

[edit] Quarterfinals

[edit] Semifinals

[edit] Final

[edit] References

[edit] Notes

[edit] See also