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USASA Region II first round draw announced, Michigan championship decided Sunday

April 8, 2010 by Eric Anderson

The draw for the USASA Region II Open Cup tournament is set, with several new teams among the eight amateur sides that will vie for two berths in the 2010 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup. The Michigan Open Cup final will take place Sunday with Ann Arbor United hosting Detroit United at Saline High School.

Filed Under: US Open Cup Tagged With: 2010 USASA Qualifying, 402, AAC Eagles, Ann Arbor United, Des Moines Menace USASA, Detroit United, Fire SC ‘00, KC Athletics, Milwaukee Kickers, St. Paul Twin Stars, USASA Region II

Meet the USASA: Class of 2009

September 13, 2009 by Aaron Stollar

Every year, TheCup.us introduces all eight of the USASA clubs who qualify for the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup to American soccer fans everywhere.

The clubs profiled in this feature don’t often make headlines during the long qualifying process, but all of them have a goal once the tournament begins: to become this year’s Open Cup Cinderella story.

Filed Under: Meet the Underdogs, US Open Cup, US Open Cup Qualifying Tagged With: 2009 Meet The USASA, 2009 USASA Qualifying, 402, Aegean Hawks, Arizona Sahuaros, Atlanta FC, Bavarian SC, Emigrantes Das Ilhas, Lynch's FC, Sonoma County Sol, USASA

2009 Meet the Underdogs: 402 from Nebraska

August 19, 2009 by TheCup.us Staff

Creighton University's Morrison Stadium. File Photo: Creighton University

When discussing the hotbeds of soccer in the US, Nebraska usually doesn’t enter the conversation. But Jason Mims will tell you that when it comes to adult soccer in the state what’s been lacking is organization, not talent.

Filed Under: Meet the Underdogs, US Open Cup, US Open Cup Qualifying Tagged With: 2009 Meet The USASA, 2009 USASA Qualifying, 402, Nebraska, USASA Region II

2009 First Round recap: Favorites survive first day, Barons pull off upset, Hawks just upset on day 2

June 11, 2009 by

If seeing the underdogs prevail is your thing, then you went to sleep disappointed last night.

Of the fourteen matches first round U.S. Open Cup matches last night, only one was won by a team from the lower division, and even that wasn’t much of an upset.

Filed Under: US Open Cup Tagged With: 2009 First Round, 402, Aegean Hawks, Arizona Sahuaros, Atlanta FC, Austin Aztex, Bavarian SC, Carolina RailHawks, Charleston Battery, Charlotte Eagles, Chicago Fire PDL, Cleveland City Stars, Crystal Palace Baltimore, El Paso Patriots, Emigrantes Das Ilhas, Harrisburg City Islanders, Kitsap Pumas, Lynch’s FC, Miami FC, Minnesota Thunder, Mississippi Brilla, Ocean City Barons/South Jersey Barons, Orange County Blue Star, Pittsburgh Riverhounds, Portland Timbers, Reading Rage, Real Maryland Monarchs, Richmond Kickers, Rochester Rhinos, Sonoma County Sol, St. Louis Lions, Western Mass Pioneers, Wilmington Hammerheads

2009 First Round: Late red cards ruin 402’s comeback attempt as Thunder win 3-2

June 9, 2009 by

The Minnesota Thunder survived the challenge of Nebraska’s 402 with a 3-2 victory to advance to the Second Round.

402, named after Eastern Nebraska’s telephone area code, struck first when former Thunder player Johnny Torres assisted on Andrei Gotsmanov’s 12th minute goal. Minnesota nearly tied the score twice shortly after, but attempts from Brian Cvilikas and Rod Dyachenko could not cross the goal line.

Filed Under: US Open Cup Tagged With: 2009 First Round, 402, Andrei Gotsmanov, Brian Cvilikas, Johnny Torres, Leonel Saint-Prioux, Minnesota Thunder, Nic Platter, Ross Kaufman, Tim Walters, Tony Schmidtz

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