2007 U.S. Open Cup

2007 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup
Country	United States
Champions	New England Revolution; (1st title)
Runners-up	FC Dallas
Top goal scorer(s)	Sébastien Le Toux; (5 goals)
	← 2006 2008 →

The 2007 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup was the 94th edition of the USSF's annual national soccer championship, running from June through early October.

The New England Revolution defeated FC Dallas 3–2 in the final played at Pizza Hut Park, Frisco, Texas.

Pairings for the competition were announced on Tuesday, May 29, 2007. The 2007 tournament was the first since 2002 to not include all Major League Soccer teams. Instead, MLS had eight teams in the tournament; six qualified automatically, while the remaining six US-based sides participated in a playoff for the final two positions.^[1] In another change for the tournament, all nine 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.

Matchdays

Date	Round	Notes
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

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

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]

Qualifying

Qualified teams by classification

Tier 1: Major League Soccer (MLS)

Tier 2: USL First Division (USL-1)

Atlanta Silverbacks
California Victory
Carolina RailHawks
Charleston Battery
Miami FC
Minnesota Thunder
Portland Timbers
Rochester Raging Rhinos
Seattle Sounders

Tier 3: USL Second Division (USL-2)

Tier 4: Premier Development League (PDL)

Tier 5: United States Adult Soccer Association (USASA)

Aegean Hawks (Va.)
Azzurri FC (Tex.)
Banat Arsenal (Ariz.)
Danbury United (Conn.)
Indios USA (Tex./NPSL)
Lynch's Irish Pub FC (Fla.)
Milwaukee Bavarians (Wisc./NPSL)
RWB Adria (Ill.)

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 (AET)	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 (AET/PSO)	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 (AET)	2

			USL-2	Western Mass Pioneers	1
USASA	Danbury United	2

USL-2	Western Mass Pioneers (AET)	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 (AET)

2

USL-1

Charleston Battery (AET)

1

MLS

Houston Dynamo

0

USL-1

Charleston Battery

1

MLS

FC Dallas (AET)

2

MLS

FC Dallas (AET/PSO)

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 (AET)

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

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 12, 2007	Western Mass Pioneers (USL-2)	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Danbury United (USASA)	Danbury, CT
5:15 ET	Maciel 59' (pen.) Deren 105' (pen.) Wilson 109'	(Report)	Costa 86' Santos 92'	Stadium: Portuguese Cultural Center Referee: Kenneth Etheridge (USA)

June 12, 2007	Michigan Bucks (PDL)	2–4	Richmond Kickers (USL-2)	Richmond, VA
7:00 ET	Uzoigwe 62' Djokic 73' 76' Holody 80'	(Report)	Ssejjemba 7' McEachron 36' Gorres 70' Dotsenko 85' Watson 86'	Stadium: University of Richmond Stadium Attendance: 522 Referee: Shaun Papperman (USA)

June 12, 2007	Aegean Hawks (USASA)	0–4	Harrisburg City Islanders (USL-2)	Harrisburg, PA
7:05 ET	Bodiya 19'	(Report)	Morman 28' Clay 56' Velten 64' Pierce 67' Oduor 68' Schofield 69' Fisher 87'	Stadium: Skyline Sports Complex Attendance: 874 Referee: Daun White (USA)

June 12, 2007	Crystal Palace Baltimore (USL-2)	0–1	Ocean City Barons (PDL)	Ocean City, NJ
7:30 ET	Urquijo 22' Flores 90+'	(Report)	Carmichael 45'	Stadium: Carey Stadium Referee: Mark Geiger (USA)

June 12, 2007	RWB Adria (USASA)	1–4	Carolina RailHawks (USL-1)	Cary, NC
7:30 ET	Carrillo 76' Alebic 89'	(Report)	Worthen 5' Edozien 31' 34' Norkus 64'	Stadium: SAS Soccer Park Attendance: 3,062 Referee: Mark Kadlecik (USA)

June 12, 2007	Central Florida Kraze (PDL)	0–3	Charleston Battery (USL-1)	Charleston, SC
7:30 ET	Fadida 76'	(Report)	Armstrong 5' Vercollone 12' 42'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Shane Moody (USA)

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

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

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

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

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

June 12, 2007	Miami FC (USL-1)	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–4 pen)	El Paso Patriots (PDL)	El Paso, Texas
9:30 ET	Zinho 70' Sean Fraser 78'	(Report)	Michael Griego 21' Omar Mora 89'	Stadium: Patriot Stadium Attendance: -- Referee: Jeremy Vehar (USA)

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

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

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

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

Second round

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

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

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

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

June 26, 2007	Western Mass Pioneers (USL-2)	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Rochester Raging Rhinos (USL-1)	Rochester, New York
7:35 ET	Omar McFarlane 43'	(Report)	Matthew Delicâte 83' Aaran Lines 105'	Stadium: PAETEC Park Attendance: -- Referee: Rizal Milliken (USA)

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

June 26, 2007	California Victory (USL-1)	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Minnesota Thunder (USL-1)	St. Paul, Minnesota
8:05 ET	Ricardo Sanchez 95'	(Report)		Stadium: James Griffin Stadium Attendance: 1,258 Referee: Edvin Jurisevic (USA)

June 26, 2007	Portland Timbers (USL-1)	1–2	Seattle Sounders (USL-1)	Tukwila, Washington
10:00 ET	Justin Thompson 19' Cameron Knowles 40'	(Report)	Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar 41' (pen.) Jacob Besagno 70'	Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 711 Referee: Hidajet Tica (USA)

Third round

July 9, 2007	Atlanta Silverbacks (USL-1)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	FC Dallas (MLS)	Frisco, Texas
8:30 ET	Dan Antoniuk 78'	(Report)	Carlos Ruiz 74'	Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Attendance: 2,510 Referee: Colin Tait (USA)
	Penalties
	Rodrigo Rios scored Justin Moore saved Dayton O'Brien missed Angel Rivillo scored David Hayes scored Scott Buete missed		Carlos Ruiz scored Pablo Ricchetti saved Juan Carlos Toja saved Chris Gbandi scored Abe Thompson scored Arturo Alvarez scored

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

July 10, 2007	Houston Dynamo (MLS)	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Charleston Battery (USL-1)	Charleston, South Carolina
7:30 ET		(Report)	Stephen Armstrong 108'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 2,569 Referee: Shane Moody (USA)

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

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

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

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

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

Quarterfinals

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

August 7, 2007	FC Dallas (MLS)	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Charleston Battery (USL-1)	Charleston, South Carolina
7:30 ET	Clarence Goodson 22' Arturo Alvarez 95'	(Report)	Stephen Armstrong 17'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 3,262 Referee: Hilario Grajeda (USA)

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

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

Semifinals

September 4, 2007	Carolina RailHawks (USL-1)	1–2 (a.e.t.)	New England Revolution (MLS)	New Britain, Connecticut
7:00 ET	Anthony Maher 6'	(Report)	Jeff Larentowicz 47'+ Pat Noonan 94'	Stadium: Veteran's Stadium Attendance: 4,203 Referee: Shane Moody (USA)

September 4, 2007	FC Dallas (MLS)	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Seattle Sounders (USL-1)	Seattle, Washington
10:00 ET	Carlos Ruiz 92' Abe Thompson 119'(pen)	(Report)	Leighton O'Brien 120'+	Stadium: Qwest Field Attendance: 10,385 Referee: Abiodun Okulaja (USA)

Final

October 3, 2007
8:00 EDT

New England Revolution (MLS)	3–2	FC Dallas (MLS)
Pat Noonan 21' Taylor Twellman 41' Wells Thompson 57'	Report	Arturo Alvarez 30' Abe Thompson 64'

Pizza Hut Park, Frisco, Texas

Attendance: 10,618

Referee: Alex Prus (USA)

New England Revolution

FC Dallas

Top scorers

Position	Player	Club	Goals
1	Sébastien Le Toux	Seattle Sounders	5
2	Taylor Twellman	New England Revolution	4
	Warren Ukah	Atlanta Silverbacks	4
	Connally Edozien	Carolina Railhawks	4

References

^ "Major League Soccer introduces qualification procedure for 2007 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup". MLSnet.com. Archived from the original on May 6, 2007. Retrieved January 30, 2007.
^ "US Soccer announces potential pairings for round 3". USOpenCup.com. Archived from the original on 27 June 2007. Retrieved June 21, 2007.

External links

TheCup.us - 2007 match reports and results

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]

2007 U.S. Open Cup

Matchdays

Participating teams

Prize money

Qualifying

Qualified teams by classification

Tier 1: Major League Soccer (MLS)

Tier 2: USL First Division (USL-1)

Tier 3: USL Second Division (USL-2)

Tier 4: Premier Development League (PDL)

Tier 5: United States Adult Soccer Association (USASA)

Open Cup bracket

Schedule

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Top scorers

References

External links

Notes

See also