For three years Michael Fucito has been buried deep in the Seattle Sounders depth charts behind numerous star strikers, seeing very limited time on the field. In the Third Round Tuesday night he made his US Open Cup debut and scored both Sounders goals in a 2-1 victory, feeling the limelight many of his teammates have experienced the past two years.
2011 Third Round
2011 US Open Cup Third Round: Battle of LA sees Galaxy come back to beat Blues
Call it the Battle of Los Angeles or the Los Angles Derby, but don’t call it an easy victory for the Los Angeles Galaxy. After Cesar Rivera scored a stunner to put the Los Angeles Blues up 1-0 the Galaxy rallied back with two unanswered goals to advance to the Quarterfinals of the US Open Cup, 2-1.
2011 US Open Cup Third Round: Real Salt Lake knocks out Wilmington Hammerheads in Open Cup return
Real Salt Lake made a winning return to the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup proper. Jean Alexandre set up Tony Beltran’s 40th-minute opener – the left back’s first professional goal – and doubled the lead with a goal of his own 4 minutes later in a 2-0 victory over the Wilmington Hammerheads in front of […]
2011 US Open Cup Third Round: Sporting KC no trouble with PDL version of Chicago Fire
In front of a sparse crowd of 4,487 at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park, MLS side Sporting KC overcame Chicago Fire PDL with goals from Teal Bunbury, Milos Stojcev and Kei Kamara to send them to the Quarterfinals.
2011 US Open Cup Third Round: Richmond Kickers pull off $10,000 upset over Columbus Crew
In a round that included a number of close games, the Richmond Kickers became the only lower division team of the Third Round to pull off an upset in the US Open Cup, defeating the Columbus Crew 2-1 at Crew Stadium. Matthew Delicate’s diving header in the 85th minute proved to be the difference as the Kickers eliminated the 10-man Crew, who had reached the Open Cup Final last year.
2011 US Open Cup Third Round: Orlando City’s hearts broken, 3-2, in frenzied finish at FC Dallas
Minus overtime or penalty kicks, it does not get as dramatic a finish as what Open Cup fans witnessed from Frisco’s Pizza Hut Park Tuesday night in the Third Round of the tournament. With the host Major League Soccer side FC Dallas leading the third division Orlando City, the visitors leveled the score in stoppage time only to see the home side answer back moments later nearly at the death for a 3-2 victory.
2011 US Open Cup Third Round: Chicago Fire snare narrow 1-0 road win over Rochester Rhinos
The old adage third time’s a charm proved to come true as the Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer earned their first regulation victory in three US Open Cup trips to Rochester, downing the Rhinos 1-0 in the Third Round Tuesday night on a goal from Diego Chaves in the 37th minute.
2011 US Open Cup Third Round: Red Bulls win Big Apple showdown 2-1 over FC New York
FC New York had been looking forward to this match since they proposed an annual exhibition with the New York Red Bulls during their inaugural announcement back on April 1, 2009. The USL Pro side finally got their chance to take on Major League Soccer’s New York Red Bulls, but this game counted. It was a Third Round match in the 2011 US Open Cup, and although they scored a stunning opening goal, they couldn’t hold on, as the Red Bulls won 2-1 at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey.
2011 US Open Cup Quarterfinal Bracket A: FC New York at NY Red Bulls; Chicago Fire at Rochester Rhinos
The quarterfinal foursome features the Big Apple derby in the Third Round as USL Pro FC New York travels across the state line to face the New York Red Bulls of MLS. The other Third Round meeting pits the four-time champion versus the only non-MLS tournament winner as the MLS Chicago Fire visit the Rochester Rhinos of USL Pro.
2011 US Open Cup Quarterfinal Bracket D: Kitsap Pumas at Seattle Sounders; LA Blues at LA Galaxy
The quarterfinal foursome features two derbies as well as one of the two remaining PDL clubs. In Los Angeles the USL Pro Blues take on the MLS Galaxy in the Third Round. In the northwest, the PDL Kitsap Pumas cross the Puget Sound in the Third Round to play the Seattle Sounders.