Another round is in the books for the 2011 US Open Cup and the trend of the favorites advancing through the tournament continued in full force Tuesday night as there were no surprise results in the seven completed matches with one to be replayed Wednesday afternoon. The biggest headline of the night was the end of the Charleston Battery’s status of being unbeaten against non-MLS opposition at the famous Blackbaud Stadium.
2011 US Open Cup Second Round
2011 US Open Cup Second Round: Chicago Fire PDL win 2-0 in lightning-forced replay in Madison
Creighton’s Andrew Ribeiro and Thierry Zahui scored in a three-minute span in the second half as the Chicago Fire PDL team knocked off the Madison 56ers 2-0 in a second round match of the U.S. Open Cup on Wednesday at Breese Stevens Field.
2011 US Open Cup Second Round: Kitsap Pumas top Real Colorado Foxes 3-1 to earn date with Sounders
A long awaited match, the Kitsap Pumas have been on the path to meet the Seattle Sounders of Major League Soccer the past two years only to be knocked out of the potential Puget Sound derby by a professional club, the Portland Timbers. By downing the visiting Real Colorado Foxes 3-1 Tuesday night in the US Open Cup Second Round a second consecutive win over rival PDL competition, the finally got to turn in that ticket.
2011 US Open Cup Second Round: Shorthanded FC New York survive Pancyprian Freedoms in PK shootout
Scoreless after regulation, a shot off the post in the seventh round of penalties sent the first-year USL Pro FC New York side through 6-5 against the New York Pancyprian Freedoms in the tiebreaker to a Third Round US Open Cup contest against the New York Red Bulls of MLS.