2008 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup bracket

Posted on 01. Nov, 2008 by Josh Hakala in 2008, 2008 US Open Cup bracket, USOC brackets

CLICK THE HEADLINE ABOVE TO VIEW THE BRACKET. D.C. United won their first Open Cup title since 1996 with a 2-1 win in the Final over the USL First Division’s Charleston Battery. The Battery were trying to become the first non-MLS team to win the championship (1999 – Rochester Raging Rhinos) but Fred’s go-ahead goal in the 50th minute was all United would need to lift the trophy.

2008 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup results

Posted on 28. Aug, 2008 by Josh Hakala in 2008

Click the article title for a list of results of the 2008 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup

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2008 Final: DC United brings the Open Cup back to the nation’s capital

Posted on 26. Aug, 2008 by in 2008, Final, Recaps

DC United captured their second US Open Cup championship with a 2-1 win over the Charleston Battery of the USL First Division. Luciano Emilio scored in the fifth minute when the ball was cleared just outside the box, and while striking the ball he slips onto the turf, but somehow finds a way to put it in the upper 90 to give DC United the lead.

Emilio injured himself on the play, hurting his groin, and he had to be subsequently subbed out of the match. Charleston answered five minutes later after Chris Williams found Ian Fuller deep in United territory, who fired a shot past DC goalkeeper Louis Crayton to level the match at 1-1.

2008 Semifinals: Battery beat Sounders in PKs to reach first Open Cup Final

Posted on 12. Aug, 2008 by in 2008, Recaps, Semifinals

The Charleston Battery earned a place in the US Open Cup Final for the first time in club history after winning a penalty kick shootout with the Seattle Sounders in the Semifinals. The Battery are the first non-MLS team to advance to the Final since the Rochester Raging Rhinos won the tournament in 1999.

2008 Semifinals: DC United knock off defending champs to reach Open Cup Final

Posted on 12. Aug, 2008 by in 2008, Recaps, Semifinals

A pair of goals from reigning Major League Soccer Most Valuable Player Luciano Emilio were enough to put DC United one win match away from their first championship in four years with a 3-1 victory over the defending Open Cup champion New England Revolution.

The 1996 Open Cup champions opened the scoring on four minutes with Emilio’s first tally, finishing off a Brian Namoff cross. The Revolution responded in the 34th minute on a goal from Joe Germanese, and the match went to halftime level at one.