The quarterfinal round of the 2010 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup is fast approaching and with that, TheCup.us is testing your knowledge. For each team taking part in the round of eight, we have a related trivia question. The answers will be posted periodically. Check our twitter account (@usopencup) for updates.
Including the 2010 Quarterfinals, the Charleston Battery will have played 34 US Open Cup matches. How many of those games have NOT been played at Blackbaud Stadium?
(A) 12
(B) 10
(C) 7
(D) 15
ANSWER: (B) 10
The upcoming Quarterfinal match at Columbus Crew Stadium will be just the second time the Battery have played two Cup matches away from Blackbaud in the same tournament. The only other time this happened was in 2004, when the Battery played the Rochester Rhinos at Frontier Field and the Chicago Fire at Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium in Naperville, IL.
Which Los Angeles area team has made the most appearances in the US Open Cup Quarterfinals?
(A) Maccabee AC
(B) Los Angeles Kickers
(C) Los Angeles Galaxy
(D) A & C
ANSWER: (D) A & C
The Galaxy’s appearance in this year’s quarterfinal round puts them even with five-time Open Cup champs Maccabee AC with eight appearances (1973, 1975-1978, 1980-1983) in the final 8. Maccabee only lost one of those Quarterfinal appearances, another mark the Galaxy will look to equal this year.
What major controversy took place at the 1983 Open Cup Semifinals and Final in Houston in 1983?
(A) One of the teams in the semifinals were later found to use ineligible players
(B) The Region IV Final was replayed the night before the semifinals due to a court injunction
(C) Bad weather forced the winner of one semifinal to play the Final on the same day
(D) The stadium the games were scheduled at was unavailable, forcing games to be played at a local park
ANSWER: (B) The Region IV Final was replayed due to a court injunction.
On May 29, the Seattle’s FOE Eagles had beaten Greek American A.C. of San Francisco 1-0 in the Region IV final, but were later disqualified for using an ineligible player. The Eagles managed to get a court-ordered replay of the match for July 1, the night before the Open Cup semifinals in Houston, Texas. By midnight, the Eagles walked away with another 1-0 win on a goal by Peter Fewing. John and Jim Rally, owners of the Greek American team announced they would sue the USSF, and threatened to have their players take the field against NY Pancyprian Freedoms in the semifinals. The Rallys were upset that no USSF officials were present in Seattle for the court hearing, and planned to sue the USSF for the expense of traveling to Houston, which they estimated at $50,000. The Eagles went on to lose their semifinal match to the Pancyprian Freedoms 4-2.
Who is the all-time leading US Open Cup goalscorer for the Columbus Crew?
(A) Jeff Cunningham
(B) Edson Buddle
(C) Brian McBride
(D) John Wilmar Perez
ANSWER: (C) Brian McBride.
The MLS and the U.S. National team veteran has scored seven goals for the Columbus Crew in Open Cup play over three tournaments. Three came during the Crew’s run to the 1998 final, and he had two each in 1999 and 2002.
DC United holds the Professional Era record for consecutive US Open Cup home games.
(A) True
(B) False
ANSWER: (B) False.
The Pro Era record is currently held by the Rochester Rhinos, who played 11 straight Open Cup games at home (Frontier Field and PAETEC Park) between 2004 and 2008. The streak could have been 17 games between 2004 and 2010, except it was interrupted twice by, you guessed it, DC United. DC United will tie the Rhinos once their Quarterfinal game with Harrisburg is official. The last time DC United did not play a home Open Cup game was in 2007, against the very same Harrisburg City Islanders. A game that they lost 1-0.
What year did a team from Seattle make its first appearance in the US Open Cup?
(A) 1965
(B) 1963
(C) 1967
(D) 1962
ANSWER: (A) 1965.
The Hungarian Soccer Club was Seattle’s first Open Cup representative. It took part in San Francisco’s qualifying tournament that year, winning it’s first game against Teutonia AAC (3-2), before falling to eventual San Fran winners Greek American AC, 2-1. In following tournaments, the Seattle representative (only one team entered from Seattle for a number of years) would face the San Francisco winner for the right to play the Los Angeles qualifying champion.
How many times have two Los Angeles area clubs reached the US Open Cup Quarterfinals in the same year?
(A) 3
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) 0
ANSWER: (B) 1
2010 is the first year this has happened. In pre-Pro era Open Cup tournaments, the Los Angeles area teams played off until one team was left. That team faced the winner of the San Francisco knockout games (or the San Francisco/Seattle winner in the late 60s/early 70s). This game was usually one half of the Western semifinals (i.e., National Quarterfinals).
Who is the Harrisburg City Islanders all-time leading US Open Cup goalscorer?
(A) Geoff Bloes
(B) David Schoffeld
(C) Steve Fisher
(D) Chad Severs
ANSWER: (A) Geoff Bloes
Bloes became the City Islanders leader with his goal against the Long Island Rough Riders in this year’s second round. Bloes’ four goals is one ahead of Fisher and Schoffeld.
The win sends Seattle, the defending Cup champion, into the semifinals against Chivas USA on Sept. 1. Chivas earned its spot Tuesday with a 3-1 victory against the Houston Dynamo.
Late in the 50th minute, rookie forward Miguel Montano took a shot that bounced off the underside of the crossbar, but Jaqua was right there to head it into a wide-open net.
Midway through the 62nd minute, a Montano cross from the left side floated right to Jaqua on the far side of the box, and his diving header beat Galaxy goalkeeper Josh Saunders to the back left corner.
Terry Boss earned the shutout for Seattle.
While the Sounders have struggled to a 4-8-3 record in MLS play this season, they now have won eight straight U.S. Open Cup games, including six last season when they won it all as an expansion team for the first cup of any kind in franchise history.
Los Angeles, which has dominated MLS play this year with an 11-1-3 record — including a 3-1 rout of Seattle last Sunday in Carson, Calif. — was trying to make the Open Cup semifinals for the seventh time in club history.
Although it was the quarterfinal stage, both teams kept most of their starters on the sidelines. The Galaxy’s two U.S. World Cup players, Landon Donovan and Edson Buddle, didn’t even dress for the game. Buddle, the leading scorer in MLS, had the first goal last Sunday in the Galaxy’s win over Seattle.
Seattle outshot Los Angeles 21-10, including 14-3 in the second half.