2009 U.S. Open Cup

The 2009 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup was the 96th edition of the USSF's annual national soccer championship, running from June through early September.

2009 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup
CountryUnited States
Teams40
Defending championsD.C. United
ChampionsSeattle Sounders FC (1st title)
Runners-upD.C. United
Matches played39
Goals scored107 (2.74 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Taiwo Atieno
Bryan Kanu
Stephen King
Sébastien Le Toux
Keita Mandjou
Randi Patterson
Melvin Tarley
(3 goals each)
← 2008
2010 →

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 defeated defending-champion D.C. United 2–1 in the final at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. Both clubs had started in the MLS qualification tourney, and ended up playing 6 matches each.

Matchdays

Match pairings were announced on May 27.[1]

Date Round Notes
June 9 First Round 32 USL and USASA clubs enter
June 16 Second Round
June 30/July 1 Third Round 8 MLS clubs enter
July 7 Quarterfinals
July 21 Semifinals
September 2 Final

Teams
See also: 2009 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup qualification

As in the previous tournament, forty teams qualified to the tournament. The qualifying process for MLS took 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 competed for the final two berths via a playoff.

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

Major League Soccer (8 teams)
USL First Division (8 teams)
USL Second Division (8 teams)
USL PDL (8 teams)
USASA (8 teams)

Open Cup bracket

Second Round winners advance to play one of 8 clubs in 16-team knockout tournament
Home teams listed on top of bracket

First Round Second Round
      
Harrisburg City Islanders 4
Reading Rage 1
Harrisburg City Islanders (aet/pso) 0 (4)
Western Mass Pioneers 0 (3)
Western Mass Pioneers (aet) 3
Emigrantes das Ilhas 2
First Round Second Round
      
Ocean City Barons 3
Crystal Palace Baltimore 0
Ocean City Barons (aet) 1
Real Maryland Monarchs 0
Real Maryland Monarchs 1
Aegean Hawks 0
First Round Second Round
      
Carolina RailHawks 2
Richmond Kickers 1
Carolina RailHawks (aet/PSO) 3 (3)
Wilmington Hammerheads 3 (4)
Wilmington Hammerheads 2
Charlotte Eagles 0
First Round Second Round
      
Miami FC 2
Lynch's FC 1
Miami FC 0
Charleston Battery 1
Charleston Battery 2
Atlanta FC 0
First Round Second Round
      
Rochester Rhinos 1 (4)
Pittsburgh Riverhounds 1 (2)
Rochester Rhinos (aet) 2
Cleveland City Stars 1
Cleveland City Stars 3
St. Louis Lions 0
First Round Second Round
      
Minnesota Thunder 3
402 FC 2
Minnesota Thunder 4
Chicago Fire Premier 0
Chicago Fire Premier 3
Milwaukee Bavarians 1
First Round Second Round
      
Austin Aztex 2
Mississippi Brilla 0
Austin Aztex 2
El Paso Patriots 0
El Paso Patriots 2
Arizona Sahuaros 1
First Round Second Round
      
Orange County Blue Star 2
Sonoma County Sol 5
Sonoma County Sol 0
Portland Timbers 3
Kitsap Pumas 0
Portland Timbers 3
Third Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
            
D.C. United 2
Ocean City Barons 0
D.C. United 2
Harrisburg City Islanders 1
New England Revolution 1
Harrisburg City Islanders 2
D.C. United 2
Rochester Rhinos 1
Rochester Rhinos 4 (5)
Columbus Crew 4 (3)
Rochester Rhinos 2
Wilmington Hammerheads 1
Wilmington Hammerheads 1
Chicago Fire 0
D.C. United 1
Seattle Sounders FC 2
Portland Timbers 1
Seattle Sounders FC 2
Seattle Sounders FC 1
Kansas City Wizards 0
Minnesota Thunder 3 (2)
Kansas City Wizards 3 (4)
Seattle Sounders FC (aet) 2
Houston Dynamo 1
Austin Aztex 0
Houston Dynamo 2
Houston Dynamo 4
Charleston Battery 0
Charleston Battery 3
Chivas USA 1

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 9, 2009 Sonoma County Sol (USASA) 5 – 2 Orange County Blue Star (PDL) Irvine, California
5:00 PM EDT Hurst 5'
Percell 55', 81'
Lafon 73'
Larson 78'		 Report Turner  60'
Stoll 80'
Ponce 83'		 Stadium: Concordia University
Attendance: 50
Referee: Miguel Chicas
June 9, 2009 Milwaukee Bavarians (USASA) 1 – 3 Chicago Fire Premier (PDL) Bridgeview, Illinois
6:00 PM EDT Sabich  30'
Meier  40'
Zenoni 63' (pen.),  74'
Asen  88'		 Report Braun 26'
Akpan 28'
Milien 53'
Maurer  63'		 Stadium: Toyota Park Practice Field
Referee: Pawel Wydra
June 9, 2009 Charlotte Eagles (USL-2) 0 – 2 Wilmington Hammerheads (USL-2) Wilmington, North Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Shak  63' Report Watson 82'
Bundy  88'
Hufstader 90'		 Stadium: Legion Stadium
Referee: Abbas Piran
June 9, 2009 Emigrantes das Ilhas (USASA) 2 – 3 (a.e.t.) Western Mass Pioneers (USL-2) Ludlow, Massachusetts
7:00 PM EDT Viega 16'
Fernandes 62' (pen.)		 Report Willis 45+'
Neil Krause 73'
Barbosa 98'		 Stadium: Lusitano Stadium
Attendance: 1,401
Referee: Niko Bratsis
June 9, 2009 Pittsburgh Riverhounds (USL-2) 1 – 1 (a.e.t.)
(2 – 4 p)		 Rochester Rhinos (USL-1) Rochester, New York
7:00 PM EDT Bonseu 22'  1'  72'
Gray  29'
Evans  36'
Katic  48'
Salsi  90'
Riley  118'		 Report Bertz  57'
Salles  67'
Nurse  71'
Atieno 90+'		 Stadium: Rochester Rhinos Stadium
Attendance: 2,723
Referee: Jason Krnac
Penalties
Hayden
Salsi
Evans
Brown 		Atieno
Gregor
Bertz
Salles
Fitzpatrick
June 9, 2009 Richmond Kickers (USL-2) 1 – 2 Carolina RailHawks (USL-1) Cary, North Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Bulow 20' (pen.)
Kalungi  59'		 Report Paladini 14'
Diallo 48'
McKenney  54'
Kabwe  76'		 Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 1,362
Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald
June 9, 2009 St. Louis Lions (PDL) 0 – 3 Cleveland City Stars (USL-1) Bedford, Ohio
7:00 PM EDT Report Stewart 29'
Pierre-Louis 33'
Gillespie 68'		 Stadium: Middlefield Cheese Stadium
Attendance: 827
Referee: Mikael Lundqvist
June 9, 2009 402 FC (USASA) 2 – 3 Minnesota Thunder (USL-1) Blaine, Minnesota
7:05 PM EDT Gotsmanov 12'  84'
Schmitz 57'  38'  84'
Walters  90'		 Report Saint-Preux  25' 40'
Cvilikas 30', 46'		 Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 245
Referee: Elias Bazakos
June 9, 2009 Reading Rage (PDL) 1 – 4 Harrisburg City Islanders (USL-2) Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
7:05 PM ET 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'		 Stadium: Skyline Sports Complex
Referee: Ian Bongaardt
June 9, 2009 Atlanta FC (USASA) 0 – 2 Charleston Battery (USL-1) Charleston, South Carolina
7:30 PM EDT Sand  24'
Venn  28'
Munilla  40'  66'
Liza  42'
Sandoval  49'  69'
Quintero  72'		 Report Patterson 1'
Yoshitake 32'
Williams  64'		 Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium
Attendance: 1,318
Referee: Alan Schechtman
June 9, 2009 Lynch's Irish Pub FC (USASA) 1 – 2 Miami FC (USL-1) Miami, Florida
8:00 PM Catullo 35'
Schell  52'
Command  55'		 Report Serna  51' 65'
Araujo 64'
Marcina  82'
Hannigan  90'		 Stadium: Tropical Park Stadium
Referee: Brian Poeschel
June 9, 2009 Mississippi Brilla (PDL) 0 – 2 Austin Aztex (USL-1) Austin, Texas
8:30 PM EDT Lawrence  16' Report Harwell 18'
Caugherty  32'
Johnson 64'
Pope  69'
Alcala  73'		 Stadium: Nelson Field
Referee: Matthew Foerster
June 9, 2009 Arizona Sahuaros (USASA) 1 – 2 El Paso Patriots (PDL) El Paso, Texas
10:00 PM EDT Kellar 67' Report Morín 27'
Moreira 59'		 Stadium: Patriot Stadium
Referee: Carlos Salas
June 9, 2009 Portland Timbers (USL-1) 3 – 0 Kitsap Pumas (PDL) Bremerton, Washington
10:00 PM EDT Farber  33' 46'
Savage  37'
McLaughlin 90'
Hayes 90'		 Report Kerr  11'
Megson  74'
Wheelock  90'		 Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Referee: Josh Wilkens
June 10, 2009 Aegean Hawks (USASA) 0 – 1 Real Maryland Monarchs (USL-2) Rockville, Maryland
6:30 PM EDT Note: Match stopped at 74' due to lightning. Goldman  16' Report Cordeiro 14' Stadium: Richard Montgomery HS
Referee: Matthew Kreitzer
June 10, 2009 Crystal Palace Baltimore (USL-2) 0 – 3 Ocean City Barons (PDL) Ocean City, New Jersey
7:00 PM EDT Report Carmichael 7', 33'
Noone 78'		 Stadium: Carey Stadium
Referee: Hossam Saad

Second round
June 16, 2009 Real Maryland Monarchs (USL-2) 0 – 1 (a.e.t.) Ocean City Barons (PDL) Ocean City, New Jersey
7:00 PM EDT Brooks  72' Report Swetra  78'
Noone 108' (pen.)		 Stadium: Carey Stadium
Referee: Garry Beauliere
June 16, 2009 Wilmington Hammerheads (USL-2) 3 – 3 (a.e.t.)
(4 – 3 p)		 Carolina RailHawks (USL-1) Cary, North Carolina
7:00 PM EDT 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'		 Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Referee: Mark Kadlecik
Penalties
Murray
Bundy
Briggs
Watson 		Paladini
Cunliffe
Glinton
Plotkin
Schulte
June 16, 2009 Cleveland City Stars (USL-1) 1 – 2 (a.e.t.) Rochester Rhinos (USL-1) Rochester, New York
7:00 PM EDT Kljestan  25'
Stewart 59' (pen.),  66'
Aguilera  101'		 Report Vallow  59'
Nurse  70'
Salles  77'
Heins 82'  101'
Gregor  89'
Bertz 111'		 Stadium: Marina Auto Stadium
Attendance: 2,788
Referee: Steve Montanino
June 16, 2009 Western Mass Pioneers (USL-2) 0 – 0 (a.e.t.)
(3 – 4 p)		 Harrisburg City Islanders (USL-2) Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
7:05 PM EDT Report Stadium: Skyline Sports Complex
Referee: Ed Marco
Penalties
Molinari
Klukowski
Barbosa
Dubois
Deren
Tyrie 		Severs
Baker
Velten
Paterson
Kasiguran
Swartzendruber
June 16, 2009 Charleston Battery (USL-1) 1 – 0 Miami FC (USL-1) Miami, Florida
8:00 PM EDT Hemming 65' (pen.) Report Stadium: Tropical Park Stadium
Referee: Carlos Sandoval
June 16, 2009 Chicago Fire Premier (PDL) 0 – 4 Minnesota Thunder (USL-1) Blaine, Minnesota
7:05 PM CDT Adlard  79' Report Saint-Preux 23'
Cvilikas 39'
Clements  41'
Dyachenko  68'
Tarley 78', 81'		 Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 359
Referee: Fotis Bazakos
June 16, 2009 El Paso Patriots (PDL) 0 – 2 Austin Aztex (USL-1) Austin, Texas
7:30 PM CDT Castañeda  28'
Garcia  75'
Muniz  75'
Alvarez  77'		 Report McMahen 45+'
O'Brien 48'
Silva  69'  75'		 Stadium: Nelson Field
Referee: Luis Guardia
June 16, 2009 Portland Timbers (USL-1) 3 – 0 Sonoma County Sol (USASA) Santa Rosa, California
7:00 PM PDT Josten 7'
Suzuki  45+1'
Mandjou 87', 90+1'		 Report M. Daly  51' Stadium: Ernie Nevers Stadium
Attendance: 2,000 approx
Referee: Andres Pfefferkorn

Third round
June 30, 2009 Harrisburg City Islanders (USL-2) 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) New England Revolution (MLS) New Britain, Connecticut
7:00 PM EDT Calvano  51'
Odour 72'
Bloes 105'		 Report Larentowicz 38'
Osei  63'
Nyassi  67'
Colaluca  92'  117'		 Stadium: Veteran's Stadium
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Lee Suckle
June 30, 2009 Chicago Fire (MLS) 0 – 1 Wilmington Hammerheads (USL-2) Wilmington, North Carolina
7:00 PM EDT Soumaré  42' Report Walters  6'
Bundy 37'
Briggs  66'
Watson  70'		 Stadium: Legion Stadium
Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald
June 30, 2009 Columbus Crew (MLS) 4 – 4 (a.e.t.)
(3 – 5 p)		 Rochester Rhinos (USL-1) Rochester, New York
7:00 PM EDT Kanu 33' 38' 74'
Oughton 37'		 Report Harden 31'
Ambersley 87' 34'
Menyongar  48'
Nurse 15' 18' 103'		 Stadium: Marina Auto Stadium
Attendance: 6,098
Referee: Shane Moody
Penalties
Ekpo
Moreno
Oughton
Garey 		Kenton
Salles
Gregor
Bertz
Heins
June 30, 2009 Ocean City Barons (PDL) 0 – 2 D.C. United (MLS) Boyds, Maryland
7:30 PM EDT Brown  67' Report Gómez 74'
N'Silu 93'		 Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 2,021
Referee: Jeff Gontarek
June 30, 2009 Chivas USA (MLS) 1 – 3 Charleston Battery (USL-1) Charleston, South Carolina
7:30 PM EDT 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+'		 Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium
Attendance: 3,268
Referee: Mark Kadlecik
June 30, 2009 Kansas City Wizards (MLS) 3 – 3 (a.e.t.)
(4 – 2 p)		 Minnesota Thunder (USL-1) Blaine, Minnesota
7:05 PM CDT Kraus 17'
Thompson 20' (pen.)
Wolff  103'
McKenzie 105+'		 Report Sánchez 41' (pen.), 84' (pen.)
Arango  56'
Tarley  85' 117'		 Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 3,878
Referee: Chris Penso
Penalties
López
Wolff
Thompson
Gomez 		Greenfield
Sánchez
Bass
Weiler
July 1, 2009 Houston Dynamo (MLS) 2 – 0 Austin Aztex (USL-1) Austin, Texas
7:30 PM CDT Ashe 70'
Oduro 90'		 Report Caugherty  37'
Callahan  62'		 Stadium: Nelson Field
Attendance: 4,826
Referee: Jeremy Vehar
July 1, 2009 Seattle Sounders FC (MLS) 2 – 1 Portland Timbers (USL-1) Portland, Oregon
7:00 PM PDT Ianni  5'
Levesque 1'
King 26'
Nyassi  59'
Riley  93+'		 Report Hayes  26'
Mandjou 43'
McManus  61'		 Stadium: PGE Park
Attendance: 16,382 (SO)
Referee: Yader Reyes

Quarterfinals
July 7, 2009 Wilmington Hammerheads (USL-2) 1 – 2 Rochester Rhinos (USL-1) Rochester, New York
7:00 PM EDT Walters  43'
Watson 72'		 Report Short  41'
Atieno 54'
Menyongar  62'
Gregor 67' (pen.),  69'		 Stadium: Marina Auto Stadium
Attendance: 3,598
Referee: Niko Bratsis (Massachusetts)
July 7, 2009 Harrisburg City Islanders (USL-2) 1 – 2 D.C. United (MLS) Boyds, Maryland
7:30 PM EDT Oduor  49'
Paterson 64'		 Report Khumalo 8'
Jacobson 18'
N'Silu  83'
Gómez  86'		 Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 2,137
Referee: Lee Suckle (New York)
July 7, 2009 Houston Dynamo (MLS) 4 – 0 Charleston Battery (USL-1) Charleston, South Carolina
7:30 p.m. EDT Cameron 16', 73'
Boswell 47'
Oduro 52'
Ustruck  53'		 Report Buete  1'
Treschuk  80'
Yoshitake  90+'		 Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium
Attendance: 2,473
Referee: Tony Russo (Georgia)
July 7, 2009 Kansas City Wizards (MLS) 0 – 1 Seattle Sounders FC (MLS) Tukwila, Washington
7:00 PM PDT Hirsig  76'  93+' Report Montero  79'
Le Toux 89' (pen.)		 Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex
Attendance: 4,352
Referee: Abbey Okulaja (Illinois)

Semifinals
July 21, 2009 Rochester Rhinos (USL-1) 1 – 2 D.C. United (MLS) Boyds, Maryland
7:00 PM EDT Gregor  18'
Atieno 68'
Bertz  88'		 Jacobson  39'
Moreno 41' (pen.)
John  42'
Khumalo 83'		 Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
Attendance: 2,457
Referee: Abbey Okulaja (Illinois)
July 21, 2009 Houston Dynamo (MLS) 1 – 2 (a.e.t.) Seattle Sounders FC (MLS) Tukwila, Washington
7:00 PM PDT James  30'
Boswell  30'
Akinbiyi 32'
Davis  42'
Mullan  70'
Chabala  91+'		 Jaqua  62' 89'
Hurtado  67'  110'
Marshall  80'
King 94'		 Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex
Attendance: 4,895
Referee: Edvin Jurisevic (Nebraska)

Final
Main article: 2009 U.S. Open Cup Final
Seattle Sounders FC (MLS)2 – 1D.C. United (MLS)
Ianni  25'
González  49'
Montero 67'
Vagenas  79'
Levesque 86'		 (Report) Wicks  69'
Simms 89'
RFK Stadium
Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 17,329
Referee: Alex Prus (South Carolina)

Goal scorers

References
  1. "The Official Site of U.S. Soccer - Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup". Archived from the original on 2009-05-04. Retrieved 2009-05-01.
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