2009 U.S. Open Cup

2009 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup
Tournament details
Country	United States
Teams	40
Defending champions	D.C. United
Final positions
Champions	Seattle Sounders FC (1st title)
Runner-up	D.C. United
2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League	Seattle Sounders FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played	39
Goals scored	107 (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)
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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.

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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.

Match pairings were announced on May 27.^[1]

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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

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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)

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

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

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^{[permanent dead link‍]}	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	Oughton 37'	Report	Harden 32'	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^{[permanent dead link‍]}	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^{[permanent dead link‍]}	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)