2012 U.S. Open Cup
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country |  United States |
| Teams | 64 |
The 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup will be the 99th edition of the USSF's annual national soccer championship, running from May through early August. The Seattle Sounders FC, of Major League Soccer enter the competition as the three-time defending champions, making this tournament the first domestic tournament since 1970 that a team enters the tournament as the three-time defending winners.
For the 2012 tournament, U.S. Soccer has increased the main tournament from a 40-club tournament, to a 64-club tournament. All Major League Soccer clubs based in the U.S. receive automatic berths. This makes the U.S. Open Cup very similar to other domestic knock-out competitions where all top tier clubs earn automatic berths.
The winner will qualify for the 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage.
Qualification
For the first time, all 32 professional teams from the first 3 tiers of American Soccer will be participating. Additionally, 32 teams will also qualify from the USL Premier Development League, National Premier Soccer League, United States Adult Soccer Association, and US Club Soccer.[1]
| Enter in First Round | Enter in Second Round | Enter in Third Round | |
| NPSL/USASA/USCS 6 teams/9 teams/1 team |
USL PDL[2] 16 teams |
NASL/USL-PRO All teams (6)/(10) |
MLS All teams (16) |
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† League Champions in 2011
* Stanislaus United Turlock Express defeated the Bay Area Ambassadors of the NPSL in a play-in game[1] on April 28th to qualify for the First Round.[10]
Brackets
Home team is listed first, winners are in bold.
| Fourth Round (June 5th) | Quarterfinals (June 26th) | SemiFinals (July 10th) | Finals (August 7th or 8th) | ||||||||||||||||
| Red Bulls/Battery | |||||||||||||||||||
| Revolution/Islanders | |||||||||||||||||||
| D.C. United/Kickers | |||||||||||||||||||
| Philadelphia Union/Rhinos | |||||||||||||||||||
| Fire/Bucks | |||||||||||||||||||
| Crew/Dutch Lions | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sporting KC/Orlando City | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rapids/Rowdies | |||||||||||||||||||
| Scorpions/Dynamo | |||||||||||||||||||
| FC Dallas/Eagles | |||||||||||||||||||
| Earthquakes/Strikers | |||||||||||||||||||
| Real Salt Lake/Stars | |||||||||||||||||||
| Timbers/Cal FC | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sounders/Silverbacks | |||||||||||||||||||
| Galaxy/Railhawks | |||||||||||||||||||
| Chivas/Fusion | |||||||||||||||||||
Schedule
Note: Scorelines use the standard U.S. convention of placing the home team on the right-hand side of box scores.
First Round
32 Teams from USL PDL, NPSL, and USASA begin competition.[11][12]
| May 15, 2012 | Croatian Eagles | 0–1 | Chicago Fire Premier | Bridgeview, IL |
| 6:00 PM CDT | Report | Kannah  5' |
Stadium: Toyota Park Practice Field |
| May 15, 2012 | Jacksonville United | 2–1 | Orlando City U-23 | Sanford, FL |
| 7:00 PM EDT | Krizanovic 82' (pen.) Safi 89' |
Report | Helm 50' |
Stadium: Seminole Soccer Complex |
| May 15, 2012 | Greek American Atlas | 1–2 | Reading United | Fleetwood, PA |
| 7:00 PM EDT | Roche 64' |
Report | Ribeiro 37' Finley 55' |
Stadium: Fleetwood Area High School |
| May 15, 2012 | Long Island Rough Riders | 2–0 | FC Sonic Lehigh Valley | Whitehall, PA |
| 7:05 PM EDT | Wharf 19' Higgins 22' |
Report | Stadium: Whitehall High School |
| May 15, 2012 | Carolina Dynamo | 1–3 | Aegean Hawks | Germantown, MD |
| 7:30 PM EDT | McCready 85' |
Report | Larrabee 21', 46' Ney 86' |
Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex Referee: Sean Fitch |
| May 15, 2012 | Mississippi Brilla | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | Georgia Revolution | Conyers, GA |
| 7:30 PM EDT | Report | Habtom 105' |
Stadium: RYSA Soccerplex |
| May 15, 2012 | Jersey Shore Boca | 0–6 | Michigan Bucks | Pontiac, MI |
| 7:30 PM EDT | Report | St. Louis 31', 38' Crnkic 36'Catalano 74'Miller 83'Ogunyemi 89' |
Stadium: Ultimate Soccer Arenas |
| May 15, 2012 | Brooklyn Italians | 3–2 | Portland Phoenix | Portland, ME |
| 8:00 PM EDT | Simons 5' Turizo 7'Harewood 78' |
Report | Woodruff 80', 90+1' |
Stadium: Memorial Stadium |
| May 15, 2012 | Des Moines Menace | 3–1 (a.e.t.) | Milwaukee Bavarians | Milwaukee, WI |
| 8:00 PM CDT | Jupic 70' Moloto 102', 108' |
Report | Simmons 25' |
Stadium: Bavarian Soccer Park |
| May 15, 2012 | ASC New Stars | 2–4 | Laredo Heat | Laredo, TX |
| 8:15 PM CDT | Serrato 11' (pen.) Kozlowski |
Report | Simon Villanueva 47'Buduri 105', 119' |
Stadium: Texas A&M International University Soccer Complex |
| May 15, 2012 | KC Athletics | 3–1 | Real Colorado Foxes | Golden, CO |
| 7:00 PM MDT | Stadium: CSM Soccer Stadium |
| May 15, 2012 | NTX Rayados | 1–3 | El Paso Patriots | El Paso, TX |
| 8:00 PM MDT | Rodriguez 78' |
Report | Aizawa 26', 84' Griego 61' |
Stadium: Patriot Stadium |
| May 15, 2012 | Fresno Fuego | 2–0 | Stanislaus United Turlock Express | Turlock, CA |
| 7:00 PM PDT | Campos 43', 70' |
Report | Stadium: Academica Fields |
| May 15, 2012 | Cal FC | 3–1 | Kitsap Pumas | Bremerton, WA |
| 7:15 PM PDT | Barrera 44', 66' Aghasyan 86' |
Report | Friesen 72' |
Stadium: Bremerton Memorial Stadium |
| May 15, 2012 | PSA Elite | 3–1 | Portland Timbers U23's | Portland, OR |
| 7:30 PM PDT | Paul 24', 89' Ramirez 39' |
Report | Miller 56' |
Stadium: Jeld-Wen Field Attendance: 1,524 |
| May 15, 2012 | Ventura County Fusion | 6–2 (a.e.t.) | Fullerton Rangers | Fullerton, CA |
| TBD PDT | Roman F. Lopez Chongo Rupert R. Lopez |
Report | Arvizu Roldan |
Stadium: Santa Ana Stadium |
Second Round
16 teams from NASL and USL Pro enter.[11]
| May 22, 2012 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 3−0 | Jacksonville United | Jacksonville, FL |
| 7:00 PM EDT | Mike Ambersley 2' Daniel Antoniuk 19'Keith Savage 65' |
[1] | Stadium: Patton Park Attendance: 925 |
| May 22, 2012 | Dayton Dutch Lions | 2−1 | Chicago Fire Premier | Bridgeview, IL |
| 6:00 PM CDT | Eli Garner 38' Daniel Holowaty 90+2' |
[2] | 90' Brendan King |
Stadium: Toyota Park Practice Field Referee: Miguel Panduro Jr. |
| May 22, 2012 | Long Island Rough Riders | 0−2 | Harrisburg City Islanders | Harrisburg, PA |
| 7:00 PM EDT | [3] | 48' Yann Ekra 77' Brian Ombiji |
Stadium: Skyline Sports Complex |
| May 22, 2012 | Michigan Bucks | 1−0 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | Pittsburgh, PA |
| 7:00 PM EDT | Stew Givens 90' (pen.) |
[4] | Stadium: Highmark Stadium |
| May 22, 2012 | Cal FC | 4−0 | Wilmington Hammerheads | Wilmington, NC |
| 7:00 PM EDT | Danny Barrera 25' 57' Artur Aghasyan 35'Pedro Ferreira-Mendez 79' |
[5] | Stadium: Legion Stadium |
| May 22, 2012 | PSA Elite | 0−6 | Carolina RailHawks | Cary, NC |
| 7:07 PM EDT | [6] | 7' 23' 40' 90' Brian Shriver 9' Amir Lowery 41' Zack Schilawski |
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park |
| May 22, 2012 | Fresno Fuego | 2−7 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Fort Lauderdale, FL |
| 7:30 PM EDT | Justin Finch 54' Tyler Reinhart 86' |
[7] | 42' 57' 69' Aly Hassan 61' Mark Anderson 78' Walter Restrepo 89' 90' Polo Morales |
Stadium: Lockhart Stadium |
| May 22, 2012 | KC Athletics | 0−7 | Orlando City | Sanford, FL |
| 7:30 PM EDT | [8] | 4' (o.g.) Coady Andrews 26' 42' Max Griffin 28' 71' John Rooney 60' Jamie Watson 86' Matt Luzunaris |
Stadium: Seminole Soccer Complex Attendance: 946 Referee: Ted Unkel |
| May 22, 2012 | Reading United | 1−2 | Charleston Battery | Charleston, SC |
| 7:30 PM EDT | Tolani Ibikunle 64' |
[9] | 69' Dane Kelly 79' Nicki Paterson |
Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Referee: Skye Arthur-Banning |
| May 22, 2012 | Brooklyn Italians | 0−3 | Rochester Rhinos | Rochester, NY |
| 7:35 PM EDT | [10] | 25' Tam McManus 43' Conor Chinn 76' J. C. Banks |
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium |
| May 22, 2012 | Richmond Kickers | 4−0 | Aegean Hawks | Germantown, MD |
| 7:00 or 7:30 PM EDT | Christopher Agorsor 20' 82' Gerson Dos Santos 30'Nozomi Hiroyama 84' |
[11] | Stadium: Maryland Soccerplex Attendance: 150 Referee: Charles Carson |
| May 22, 2012 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 1−0 | Georgia Revolution | Conyers, GA |
| 7:30 PM EDT | Raphael Cox |
[12] | Stadium: RYSA Soccerplex |
| May 22, 2012 | Minnesota Stars | 2−0 | Des Moines Menace | West Des Moines, IA |
| 7:00 PM/7:30 PM CDT | Simone Bracalello 19' Miguel Ibarra 84' |
[13] | Stadium: Valley Stadium |
| May 22, 2012 | Laredo Heat | 0−2 | San Antonio Scorpions | San Antonio, TX |
| 7:30 PM CDT | [14] | 67' Pablo Campos 74' Kevin Harmse |
Stadium: Blossom Athletic Center |
| May 22, 2012 | Charlotte Eagles | 1−0 | El Paso Patriots | El Paso, TX |
| 8:00 PM MDT | 72' (o.g.) |
[15] | Stadium: Patriot Stadium Referee: Mark DeClouet |
| May 22, 2012 | Ventura County Fusion | 3−1 (a.e.t.) | Los Angeles Blues | Fullerton, CA |
| 5:00 PDT | Frankie López 35' (pen.) 107' Travis Bowen 116' |
[16] | 14' (o.g.) Tim Pontius |
Stadium: Hal Sherbeck Field House |
Third Round
16 teams from MLS enter.[13][14]
| May 29, 2012 | New England Revolution | v | Harrisburg City Islanders | Harrisburg, PA |
| 7:00 PM EDT | Stadium: Skyline Sports Complex |
| May 29, 2012 | D. C. United | v | Richmond Kickers | Richmond, VA |
| 7:00 PM EDT | Stadium: City Stadium |
| May 29, 2012 | Los Angeles Galaxy | v | Carolina RailHawks | Cary, NC |
| 7:07 PM EDT | Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park |
| May 29, 2012 | New York Red Bulls | v | Charleston Battery | Charleston, SC |
| 7:30 PM EDT | Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium |
| May 29, 2012 | Dayton Dutch Lions | v | Columbus Crew | Columbus, OH |
| 7:30 PM EDT | Stadium: Crew Stadium |
| May 29, 2012 | Rochester Rhinos | v | Philadelphia Union | Chester, PA |
| 7:30 PM EDT | Stadium: PPL Park |
| May 29, 2012 | Chicago Fire | v | Michigan Bucks | Pontiac, MI |
| 7:30 PM EDT | Stadium: Ultimate Soccer Arenas |
| May 29, 2012 | Colorado Rapids | v | Tampa Bay Rowdies | St. Petersburg, FL |
| 7:30 PM EDT | Stadium: Al Lang Stadium |
| May 29, 2012 | Orlando City | v | Sporting Kansas City | Kansas City, KS |
| 7:30 PM CDT | Stadium: Livestrong Sporting Park |
| May 29, 2012 | Houston Dynamo | v | San Antonio Scorpions | San Antonio, TX |
| 7:30 PM CDT | Stadium: Heroes Stadium |
| May 29, 2012 | Charlotte Eagles | v | FC Dallas | Frisco, TX |
| 7:30 PM CDT | Stadium: FC Dallas Stadium |
| May 29, 2012 | Minnesota Stars | v | Real Salt Lake | Sandy, UT |
| 7:00 PM MDT | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Referee: Tyler Ploeger |
| May 29, 2012 | Chivas USA | v | Ventura County Fusion | Ventura, CA |
| 7:00 PM PDT | Stadium: Ventura College Sportsplex |
| May 29, 2012 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | v | San Jose Earthquakes | Stanford, CA |
| 7:30 PM PDT | Stadium: Cagan Stadium |
| May 30, 2012 | Atlanta Silverbacks | v | Seattle Sounders FC | Tukwila, WA |
| 7:00 PM PDT | Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex |
| May 30, 2012 | Cal FC | v | Portland Timbers | Portland, OR |
| 7:30 PM PDT | Stadium: JELD-WEN Field |
Fourth Round
Note: Double slashes are used to differentiate between hosting scenarios, ie: if Portland wins, they will host the winner of Atlanta-Seattle; if Cal FC and Seattle win, Seattle hosts; if Cal FC and Atlanta win, Cal FC hosts.
Quarterfinals
| June 26, 2012 | TBD | v | TBD |
| June 26, 2012 | TBD | v | TBD |
| June 26, 2012 | TBD | v | TBD |
| June 26, 2012 | TBD | v | TBD |
Semifinals
| July 10, 2012 | TBD | v | TBD |
| July 10, 2012 | TBD | v | TBD |
Final
| August 7 or 8, 2012 | TBD | v | TBD |
See also
References
- ^ a b Format, Composition and Schedule Finalized for 99th Edition of Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup
- ^ "Report: PDL selects 16 entries for 2012 US Open Cup; No qualification matches". December 16, 2011. Retrieved December 17, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e Lamar Hunt/U.S. Open Cup Qualifying
- ^ "LOCALS: Fullerton Rangers in Open Cup". April 2, 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
- ^ a b c NY Greek American Atlas, Dulles Sportsplex Aegean Hawks emerge from USASA Region I
- ^ a b "USASA Region III tournament updates: ASC New Stars, NTX Rayados clinch US Open Cup berths". TheCup.us. April 28, 2012. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
- ^ a b "2012 US Open Cup qualifying updates: Cal FC, PSA Elite emerge from Region IV tournament". TheCup.us. May 6, 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
- ^ "2012 US Open Cup qualifying: Croatian Eagles from Milwaukee return to the Open Cup". TheCup.us. April 15, 2012. Retrieved April 20, 2012.
- ^ KC Athletics qualify; AAC Eagles, Croatian Eagles play Sunday in a “Win & You’re In” match
- ^ "Stanislaus United Turlock Express become first US Club Soccer team to qualify for US Open Cup". TheCup.us. April 30, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
- ^ a b 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Pairings Announced for First and Second Rounds.
- ^ OPEN CUP: Coin flip falls as choices did (7 May 2012). ESPN.
- ^ UPDATED: US Open Cup Third Round Pairings Unveiled: 11 MLS clubs could travel for Round 3; 2 PDL clubs with shot to host from USSoccer.com.
- ^ USL PRO, NASL Sides Provide Offensive Pop During Second Round of 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup