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Earl Alexander

2008 First Round: Hollywood (United) ending; USASA club stuns Portland Timbers

June 10, 2008 by

You all know the cliché, if you turned this story in to a movie producer, he would laugh at you because of the ridiculous ending. Well, since someone already turned this script in two years ago with the name Dallas Roma FC on it, perhaps it was time for a more dramatic sequel.

Hollywood United became only the second USASA club to defeat a USL First Division team in the US Open Cup, knocking off the Portland Timbers with a stoppage-time goal from Earl Alexander.

Filed Under: US Open Cup Tagged With: 2008 First Round, Arsene Oka, Chris Brown, Dombrowski Family, Earl Alexander, Hollywood United, Javier Barragan, Jordan James, Matt Taylor, Neil Dombrowski, Portland Timbers

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