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Austin Aztex

2009 Third Round recap: Portland, Seattle renew rivalry, Houston face Battery (again)

July 1, 2009 by

The underdogs of the USL ruled on day one of the Third Round of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup, but the Seattle Sounders and the Houston Dynamo each earned wins on Wednesday to level the tournament with four MLS teams and four USL teams in the Quarterfinals. For the second year in a row, the USL will have at least one team in the Semifinals.

The Houston Dynamo defeated the Austin Aztex 2-0 on Wednesday to set up a date with the Charleston Battery next Tuesday at Blackbaud Stadium. This will be the third year in a row that the Battery and the Dynamo square off in the Open Cup with Charleston eliminating Houston in both years.

Filed Under: US Open Cup Tagged With: 2009 Third Round, Austin Aztex, Charleston Battery, Chicago Fire MLS, Chivas USA, Columbus Crew, DC United, Harrisburg City Islanders, Houston Dynamo, Minnesota Thunder, New England Revolution, Ocean City Barons/South Jersey Barons, Portland Timbers, Randi Patterson, Rochester Rhinos, Seattle Sounders MLS, Sporting Kansas City/Kansas City Wizards, Wilmington Hammerheads

2009 Third Round: Houston Dynamo earn first win since 2006, beating Aztex 2-0

July 1, 2009 by

The Houston Dynamo placed Major League Soccer back on track in the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup with a 2-0 victory over the Austin Aztex at Nelson Field in Austin. The win comes a day after MLS suffered four upset losses to USL opponents, with the other two receiving scares from lower division teams.

Filed Under: US Open Cup Tagged With: 2009 Third Round, Austin Aztex, Corey Ashe, Dominic Oduro, Houston Dynamo, Tally Hall

2009 Second Round recap: Thriller in Carolina, Barons are last amateur survivor

June 16, 2009 by

The Ocean City Barons and the Wilmington Hammerheads pulled off the lone upset of the US Open Cup Second Round. The Barons get a penalty kick in the 108th minute and JT Noone breaks a scoreless tie and Ocean City earns a date with DC United at the Maryland Soccerplex in Round 3. The Barons, based on the rest of the results, won the $10,000 prize money as the amateur team that has advanced the farthest in the tournament.

Filed Under: US Open Cup Tagged With: 2009 Second Round, Austin Aztex, Carolina RailHawks, Charleston Battery, Chicago Fire PDL, Cleveland City Stars, El Paso Patriots, Harrisburg City Islanders, Miami FC, Minnesota Thunder, Ocean City Barons/South Jersey Barons, Portland Timbers, Real Maryland Monarchs, Rochester Rhinos, Sonoma County Sol, Western Mass Pioneers, Wilmington Hammerheads

2009 Second Round: Red cards abound as Aztex knock off eight-man El Paso Patriots

June 16, 2009 by

Despite losing two key players to injury just before kickoff, the Austin Aztex overcame the PDL’s El Paso Patriots 2-0 in their Second Round US Open Cup contest.

Filed Under: US Open Cup Tagged With: 2009 Second Round, Austin Aztex, Ciaran O’Brien, El Paso Patriots, Jonathan Camarena, Jorge Muniz, Mario Garcia, Ryan McMahen, Sullivan Silva

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: Austin Aztex beat Mississippi 2-0 for first Open Cup win

June 9, 2009 by

The Austin Aztex won their first US Open Cup match as a USL First Division club with a 2-0 win over the Mississippi Brilla, a third year Premier Development League (PDL) team making thier first appearance in the tournament. Last year, the Austin Aztex U23s qualified for the Open Cup as a PDL side, but this was the inaugural season for Austin’s USL-1 franchise.

Filed Under: US Open Cup Tagged With: 2009 First Round, Austin Aztex, Eddie W. Johnson, Jeff Harwell, Mississippi Brilla

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