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Chris Eylander

2008 Semifinals: Battery beat Sounders in PKs to reach first Open Cup Final

August 12, 2008 by

The Charleston Battery earned a place in the US Open Cup Final for the first time in club history after winning a penalty kick shootout with the Seattle Sounders in the Semifinals. The Battery are the first non-MLS team to advance to the Final since the Rochester Raging Rhinos won the tournament in 1999.

Filed Under: US Open Cup Tagged With: 2008 Semifinals, Charleston Battery, Chris Eylander, Dusty Hudock, Everett BigFoot, Marcus Hahnemann, Osvaldo Alonso, Randi Patterson, Seattle Sounders USL

2008 Quarterfinals: Sounders’ Chris Eylander unanimous as Player of the Round

July 9, 2008 by

Seattle Sounders goalkeeper Chris Eylander was a unanimous selection as the TheCup.us Player of the Round for the Quarterfinals. The award was voted on by the TheCup.us staff and members of the North American Soccer Reporters.

Eylander was challenged for the award by Jamie Moreno of DC United, along with goalkeepers Doug Warren of the New England Revolution and Eric Kronberg of the Kansas City Wizards.

Filed Under: US Open Cup Tagged With: 2008 Quarterfinals, Carolina RailHawks, Chris Eylander, Chris McClellan, Colorado Rapids, Dallas Roma FC, DC United, Doug Warren, Dusty Hudock, Eric Kronberg, Ian Feuer, Jaime Moreno, Jeff Causey, Jesse Llamas, Joe Cannon, John O'Hara, Jon Conway, Keith Wiggans, Mark Simpson, Nestor Merlo, New England Revolution, Paul Grafer, Player of the Round, San Jose Earthquakes/San Jose Clash, Scott Garlick, Seattle Sounders USL, Sporting Kansas City/Kansas City Wizards

2008 US Open Cup Quarterfinals: Sounders create all-USL Semifinal with upset of Wizards

July 8, 2008 by Aaron Stollar

With the steady hands of goalkeeper Chris Eylander leading the way, the Seattle Sounders are on their way to a second straight US Open Cup Semifinal appearance.

Filed Under: US Open Cup Tagged With: 2008 Quarterfinals, Chris Eylander, Eric Kronberg, Seattle Sounders USL, Sporting Kansas City/Kansas City Wizards

2008 Third Round: Deja-vu all over again as Sounders oust Chivas USA

July 1, 2008 by

Chivas USA will be one MLS club that will be happy to see the Sounders, at least this version, move to Major League Soccer.

For the second year in a row, the USL First Division’s Seattle Sounders ousted Chivas USA from the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup with a 2-0 victory at the Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila, Wash.

Filed Under: US Open Cup Tagged With: 2008 Third Round, Brad Guzan, Chivas USA, Chris Eylander, Seattle Sounders USL, Sebastien Le Toux, Taylor Graham

2008 Second Round: Seattle Sounders dominate, end United’s Hollywood story

June 24, 2008 by

Zach Scott scored off a corner kick in the 3rd minute to set the tone, and Sebastien Le Toux scored four straight goals as the Seattle Sounders routed amateur side Hollywood United 6-0 at the Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila, Wash.

Hollywood United was the only one of the eight USASA teams to win in the First Round, seeing off the Portland Timbers 3-2, but they were never in this match.

Filed Under: US Open Cup Tagged With: 2008 Second Round, Chris Eylander, Hollywood United, Javier Barragan, Josh Gardner, Seattle Sounders USL, Sebastien Le Toux, Zach Scott

2008 First Round: Seattle Sounders survive heat, taken to brink by USASA’s Sahuaros

June 10, 2008 by

Kenji Treschuk pounced on a poor clearance and scored the game’s only goal with 92 seconds left in the second period of extra time as the Seattle Sounders avoided an upset with a 1-0 win over the Arizona Sahuaros. The game was played in front of a stadium record crowd of 3,559 fans on a blazing hot night at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Ariz.

Filed Under: US Open Cup Tagged With: 2008 First Round, Arizona Sahuaros, Chris Eylander, Kenji Treschuk, Seattle Sounders USL

2007 Semifinals: FC Dallas headed to Final after OT battle with Seattle

September 4, 2007 by

For the second time in three years, FC Dallas will return to the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup Final after a 2-1 overtime win against the USL First Division’s Seattle Sounders. In front of over 10,000 fans at Qwest Field in Seattle, the second-biggest crowd in modern Sounders history, the two teams battled to a scoreless draw at the end of regulation. The best scoring chance of the evening came in the second half when Seattle defender Taylor Graham nodded a corner kick delivery toward goal, and had it rattle off the crossbar.

Filed Under: US Open Cup Tagged With: 2007 Semifinals, Abe Thompson, Andre Schmid, Arturo Alvarez, Carlos Ruiz, Chris Eylander, Dario Sala, FC Dallas/Dallas Burn, Leighton O'Brien, Seattle Sounders USL

2007 Quarterfinals: Sounders hand Rapids worst-ever loss by MLS team

August 7, 2007 by adamspangler

The Seattle Sounders rolled past another Major League Soccer side Tuesday night, throttling the Colorado Rapids 5-0 at Qwest Field to return to the US Open Cup Semifinals for the first time since 1995.

Defenders Taylor Graham and Zach Scott scored on headers off set pieces in a 2-minute span midway through the first half to set the tone for the Sounders, who earned a home match against FC Dallas in a Sept. 4 Semifinal.

Filed Under: US Open Cup Tagged With: 2007 Quarterfinals, Chris Eylander, Colorado Rapids, Josh Gardner, Leighton O'Brien, Seattle Sounders USL, Sebastien Le Toux, Taylor Graham, Ugo Ihemelu, Zach Scott, Zach Thornton

2007 Third Round: French connection helps Sounders knock out Chivas USA

July 18, 2007 by

A bad bounce put the Seattle Sounders behind early in Wednesday night’s US Open Cup Third Round match, but the duo of Sebastien Le Toux and Roger Levesque made sure the USL First Division team still bounced Chivas USA from the tournament. It was the second year in a row that Chivas had been eliminated in the opening round, and their third straight Open Cup loss.

Filed Under: US Open Cup Tagged With: 2007 Third Round, Chivas USA, Chris Eylander, Preston Burpo, Roger Levesque, Seattle Sounders USL, Sebastien Le Toux

2007 Second Round: Sounder beat Timbers 2-1 in another chapter in rivalry

June 26, 2007 by

The rivalry between the two clubs from the Northwest has always been an intense one, and Tuesday’s Second Round US Open Cup match just added another chapter to the book. A total of seven yellow cards and one ejection marked the Sounders 2-1 victory over Portland.

Filed Under: US Open Cup Tagged With: 2007 Second Round, Andrew Gregor, Chris Eylander, Greg Howes, Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar, Jake Besagno, Josh Wicks, Justin Thompson, Portland Timbers, Roger Levesque, Seattle Sounders USL

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