Surrounded by green, the visiting FC Dallas side was unable to find its way out of the forest at the Starfire Soccer Complex Tuesday night and into the US Open Cup Championship October 4, falling 1-0 to the host Seattle Sounders in the semifinal contest before a packed house of 4,593. Fredy Montero provided the winner on the 40-minute mark.
2011 US Open Cup Semifinals
2011 US Open Cup Semifinals: Chicago Fire end Richmond Kickers’ Cinderella run to reach 6th Open Cup Final
The Chicago Fire return to the US Open Cup Final for the sixth time with a 2-1 win over the USL’s Richmond Kickers at Toyota Park. A skillful goal from Dominic Oduro in the 61st minute proved to be the difference as the Kickers mounted a comeback with a William Yomby goal seven minutes later, but the Cinderella story came to an end for Richmond.
2011 US Open Cup Semifinal Scoreboard
2011 US Open Cup Semifinal Scoreboard Toyota Park – Bridgeview, IL VIDEO: Chicago-Fire.com Richmond Kickers 1 FT 2 Chicago Fire William Yomby – 68′ 32′ – Sebastian Grazzini 61′ – Dominic Oduro Starfire Sports Complex – Tukwila, WA VIDEO: SoundersFC.com FC Dallas 0 FT 1 Seattle Sounders 40′ – Fredy Montero
FC Dallas: Road Warriors at the end of a long path in Seattle
When FC Dallas coach Schellas Hyndman said today after the club’s training session at the Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila, WA in advance of Tuesday night’s US Open Cup Semifinal that the team has been on the road for two months, he was not kidding. Since the team’s 2-0 Open Cup quarterfinal victory over Real […]
2011 US Open Cup: Semifinal host scenarios unveiled
The United States Soccer Federation announced the pairing and hosting scenarios for the 2011 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup Semifinals Thursday, unveiling that Real Salt Lake and Sporting Kansas City would host the winners from the opposite side of their bracket with victories in the Quarterfinals. The USSF also officially revealed a schedule change for the Quarterfinals.