• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • US Open Cup Central
  • US Open Cup Qualifying
  • US Open Cup History

Complete U.S. Open Cup Coverage

  • 2022 Schedule/Results
  • 2022 Statistical Leaders
  • Support TheCup.us
  • TheCup.us Store
  • TheCup.us Awards
  • Contact Us

2022 US Open Cup Round 2: New Mexico United dominates Las Vegas to earn first home win

April 6, 2022 by Seth Biddulph

New Mexico United vs Las Vegas Legends 2022 US Open Cup
New Mexico United moves the ball up the field against the Las Vegas Legends in the Second Round of the 2022 US Open Cup. Photo: Seth Biddulph

New Mexico United knows all about playing against Goliath in the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup. Tonight, though, they were Goliath when they hosted the Las Vegas Legends (NPSL) in United’s first-ever home Open Cup match. And it showed on the pitch from the second the opening whistle blew.

If you appreciate our coverage of the US Open Cup for the last (nearly) two decades, and want to see it grow in the future, consider joining our Patreon team by clicking above.

With a 5-0 win over Las Vegas, New Mexico United picks up the club’s first win over an amateur team and the first win in front of their home fans.

“You just try to take it like every game, it doesn’t matter who you play,” said United midfielder Will Seymore. “The objective is to win. When you underestimate a team that you don’t really know anything about, you can get giant killed like that. I think we just had to approach it like the professionals we are, like every other game and hold our standards.”

The hosts set the tone of the night early, showing a willingness to take what the Legends were willing to give them. While the visitors played narrow at the back, United looked to play through the wingbacks, Raddy Ovouka and Daniel Bruce. By utilizing the wide areas, it allowed other members of United to make runs through the back line, and in the 7th minute, Sergio Rivas was played in behind and drew out Legends keeper Hector Casillas, who conceded an early penalty.

Chris Wehan would get the nod and coolly slotted home the attempt, going to the bottom left corner.

From there, the floodgates opened. In the 17th, Jerome Kiesewetter, who opened his club account, doubled the lead after cleaning up the rebound after a header from Rivas went off the crossbar.

Ovouka would increase the lead to three goals in the 40th, finishing from just outside the six-yard box.

Even the halftime break couldn’t slow down United’s momentum, as moments into the second half, Carl Sainte extended the lead once again. After a Rivas cross was cleared away from the face of the goal, the ball fell to the young Haitian midfielder. Sainte stepped into his shot from 21 yards out and laced it into the left corner of the net.

An already bad night for Las Vegas got even worse when Eduardo Guzman saw yellow for the second time in the 82nd minute and was sent off. Down to 10 men and scrambling to prevent any further damage, Casillas conceded a second penalty in the 86th. Kiesewetter was given the opportunity to stand over the spot and converted once again to give United their fifth goal of the evening.

FT@NewMexicoUTD 5
Las Vegas Legends 0

Season high 5 goals for the Black and Yellow

They’re off to the 3rd round of the US Open Cup

Highlights on @KOB4 @USLChampionship @opencup @TheCurseNM pic.twitter.com/FqPALza8jA

— Brandon Ortega (@Brandega) April 6, 2022


Scoring Summary
7’ – New Mexico United – Chris Wehan (Pen)
17′ – New Mexico United – Jerome Kiesewetter
40′ – New Mexico United – Raddy Ovouka (Chris Wehan)
47′ – New Mexico United – Carl Sainte
86′ – New Mexico United – Jerome Kiesewetter

Lineups
New Mexico United: Ford Parker (GK), Will Seymore, Alexis Souahy (Austin Yearwood 45′), Rashid Tetteh (Sam Hamilton 79′), Carl Sainte, Mike Azira, Chris Wehan (Tabort-Etaka Preston 52′), Raddy Ovouka, Daniel Bruce, Sergio Rivas (Justin Portillo 79′), Jerome Kiesewetter
Manager: Zach Prince

Las Vegas Legends: Hector Casillas (GK), Eduardo Guzman, Abdel Kuwa, Jameel Neptune, Maliek Howell (Daniel Osuji 63′), Jesus Gonzalez (Julio Vargas 56′), Elad Cohen (Mohamed Kuwa 46′), Roberto Soto, Samuel Aina (Esequiel Coronel 46′), Brandon Vargas (Yuval Cohen 56′), Daniel Rangel
Manager: Jose Rivera

Yellow Cards
Daniel Rangel, Las Vegas 57′
Abdel Kuwa, Las Vegas 64′
Eduardo Guzman, Las Vegas 73′
Jerome Kiesewetter, New Mexico 78′
Hector Casillas, Las Vegas 86′

Red Cards
Eduardo Guzman, Las Vegas 82′ (second yellow)
Attendance: 2,128

 

Filed Under: 2022 US Open Cup, Feature - Main, US Open Cup Tagged With: 2022 US Open Cup, Las Vegas Legends FC, New Mexico United

Primary Sidebar

Featured Video

Follow Us on Social Media

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

U.S. Open Cup History

Weck Henney (left) and Davidson (right) of Chicago's Manhattan Beer fight for the ball with St. Mary's Celtic in the second leg of the 1939 National Challenge Cup Final at Starlight Park in the Bronx. Photo: Brooklyn Daily Eagle

1938-1939 National Challenge Cup: The first time the US Open Cup was invite-only

The 2021 US Open Cup is expected to be reduced to 24 teams and few may know this will mark the second time in the tournament’s history that the entire field was selected by invitation only instead of individual club entry.

  • American soccer’s greatest modern underdog story: Rochester Raging Rhinos win 1999 US Open Cup
  • US Open Cup officially cancelled for first time in tournament’s 106-year history
  • Spanish Flu, severe weather, Olympic Games: 2020 US Open Cup isn’t first tournament to be delayed
  • 1918/1919 National Challenge Cup Semifinals & Final: Bethlehem Steel earn back-to-back shutouts to win 4th title
  • 1918/1919 National Challenge Cup Quarterfinals: Bethlehem Steel flattens Goodyear’s tires as snow causes problems elsewhere

Analytics powered by

Copyright © 2022 • Built by Jacob Martella Web Development