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2008 First Round

2008 First Round: Tarley’s brace helps Thunder tame St. Louis Lions, 4-1

June 10, 2008 by

Melvin Tarley opened the scoring and then squelched any hopes of a comeback by the St. Louis Lions, as the Thunder beat the PDL side 4-1 in Blaine, Minn.

With the Thunder up 2-0 after Ricardo Sanchez’s 57th minute goal, Tommy Heinemann got the Lions on the board and sliced the lead to 2-1 in the 79th minute. But a minute later, the lead was back to two thanks to Tarley, who scored his seventh and eighth career Open Cup goals.

Filed Under: US Open Cup Tagged With: 2008 First Round, Aaron Paye, Melvin Tarley, Minnesota Thunder, Nic Platter, Ricardo Sanchez, St. Louis Lions, Tommy Heinemann

2008 First Round: Seattle Sounders survive heat, taken to brink by USASA’s Sahuaros

June 10, 2008 by

Kenji Treschuk pounced on a poor clearance and scored the game’s only goal with 92 seconds left in the second period of extra time as the Seattle Sounders avoided an upset with a 1-0 win over the Arizona Sahuaros. The game was played in front of a stadium record crowd of 3,559 fans on a blazing hot night at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Ariz.

Filed Under: US Open Cup Tagged With: 2008 First Round, Arizona Sahuaros, Chris Eylander, Kenji Treschuk, Seattle Sounders USL

2008 First Round: Miami FC (finally) earns first Open Cup win vs. Bradenton

June 10, 2008 by

Miami F.C. finally shook the Open Cup monkey off their back, earning their first win in three tries with a 4-2 victory over the PDL’s Bradenton Academics. They were not only trying to avoid their third straight Open Cup loss, but their third loss to an amateur club. In 2006, they famously were beaten by Dallas Roma F.C. of the USASA and last year the PDL’s El Paso Patriots eliminated them in a penalty kick shootout.

Filed Under: US Open Cup Tagged With: 2008 First Round, Alex Afonso, Bradenton Academics, Miami FC, Sean Cameron, Zak Boggs

2008 First Round: Richmond disarms the Fredericksburg Gunners, 3-0

June 10, 2008 by

The Fredericksburg Gunners’ first Open Cup run was cut short by the Richmond Kickers, who are making their 10th trip to the tournament. Kickers score a trio of first half goals to beat the Gunners 3-0.

Richmond scored all of its goals in the first 25 minutes, starting with midfielder Eliot Paschalis’ tally in the 11th.

Filed Under: US Open Cup Tagged With: 2008 First Round, David Bulow, Eliot Paschalis, Fredericksburg Gunners, Ken Manahan, Richmond Kickers, Ronnie Pascale, Stanley Nyazamba

2008 First Round: Pioneers survive Greek charge, top Olympiakos 2-0

June 10, 2008 by

In an ugly game hampered by the oppressive heat, the Western Mass Pioneers edged their USASA opponents from the eastern part of the state, Boston Olympiakos, by a 2-0 scoreline.

The Pioneers played the match with a heavy heart, as head coach Lesznek Wrona returned to his native Poland to attend his mother’s funeral.

Filed Under: US Open Cup Tagged With: 2008 First Round, Boston Olympiakos, Chris Charnecky, James Greenslit, Matt Glaeser, Neil Krause, Western Mass Pioneers

2008 First Round: Riverhounds get first win of year vs. AAC Eagles

June 10, 2008 by

Twos were wild for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds on Tuesday night. The ’Hounds got two first-half goals and two more in the closing stages of the match as they posted a 4-0 win over USASA Region II side AAC Eagles in Lisle, Ill. Pittsburgh got goals from four different players, in all, eight players got on the scoresheet for the Riverhounds, who are in last place in the USL Second Division with a 0-6-3 record.

Filed Under: US Open Cup Tagged With: 2008 First Round, AAC Eagles, Boyzzz Khumalo, Jean Robens Jerome, Leon Browne, Nathan Salsi, Pittsburgh Riverhounds, Travis MacKenzie

2008 First Round: Silverbacks equalize twice, win PK shootout vs. Aztex U23s

June 10, 2008 by

The Atlanta Silverbacks came from a goal behind twice, once to force extra time and again to force penalty kicks, to sneak past the Austin Aztex U23s in a PK shootout after a 2-2 draw.

After facing several good scoring opportunities from the Silverbacks, it was the PDL Aztex who held the lead at halftime.

Filed Under: US Open Cup Tagged With: 2008 First Round, Atlanta Silverbacks, Austin Aztex U23s, David Hayes, Jamie Watson, Mac Kandji, Miguel Gallardo, Willy Guadarrama

2008 First Round: Charlotte Eagles soar past Galactics after delay

June 10, 2008 by

Two goals apiece from Robert Ssejjemba and Dustin Swinehart saw the Charlotte Eagles advance over the Clearwater Galactics 5-2 in the First Round of the US Open Cup. The amateur club from the USASA’s Region III put up a fight on the road, leading the Second Division Eagles at the halftime break, but in the end the hosts proved to be too much.

Filed Under: US Open Cup Tagged With: 2008 First Round, Charlotte Eagles, Clearwater Galactics, Dustin Swinehart, Jorge Hererra, Robert Ssejjemba, Terry Boss

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U.S. Open Cup History

Ben Miller FC - 1920 National Challenge Cup champions

St. Louis’ US Open Cup legacy began in 1920 with Ben Miller FC

In front of 12,000 fans at Handlan’s Park in St. Louis, Ben Miller FC became the first team from the west to win the National Challenge Cup, defeating Fore River 2-1

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