2011 U.S. Open Cup
The 2011 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup was the 98th edition of the USSF's annual national soccer championship, running from June through early October. Seattle Sounders FC, who entered the competition as the two-time defending champions, successfully defended their title again. They became the third team in U.S. Open Cup history to win three straight U.S. Open Cups (the others being Stix, Baer and Fuller/St. Louis Central Breweries from 1933 to 1935 and Greek American AA from 1967 to 1969 — this excludes the run of Fall River Marksmen in 1930 and 1931, as the team that won in 1932, New Bedford Whalers, was the result of mergers of teams that included Fall River). As winner of the Open Cup, the Sounders earned a place in the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage (the Preliminary Round will be eliminated from the CONCACAF Champions League starting from 2012–13). The farthest advancing USL Pro team was the Richmond Kickers.
Country | United States |
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Teams | 40 |
Champions | Seattle Sounders FC (3rd title) |
Runners-up | Chicago Fire |
Top goal scorer(s) | David Bulow (6) |
← 2010 2012 → |
Like the previous edition, the Open Cup featured 40 clubs from across the five tiers of the American soccer pyramid. This season, due to late provisional sanctioning, the North American Soccer League was not allowed to send its clubs to the tournament. The event featured eight clubs from Major League Soccer, with six automatically qualifying based on their league position in the 2010 season and two qualifying through a play-in tournament. They entered the tournament in the third round. All 11 USL Pro League clubs based in the United States, nine clubs from the USL Premier Development League, four clubs from the National Premier Soccer League,[1] and eight United States Adult Soccer Association qualifiers began play in the first round.[2]
Dates
Date[2] | Round | Notes |
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June 14 | First Round | 11 USL Pro, 9 USL PDL, 4 NPSL, and 8 USASA clubs enter |
June 21 | Second Round | |
June 28 | Third Round | 8 MLS clubs enter |
July 12 | Quarterfinals | |
August 30 | Semifinals | |
October 4 | Final |
Participating teams
The tournament consisted of 40 teams, according to the following distribution:
- Major League Soccer (8 teams)
- Chicago Fire
- Columbus Crew
- FC Dallas
- Los Angeles Galaxy
- New York Red Bulls
- Real Salt Lake
- Seattle Sounders FC
- Sporting Kansas City
- North American Soccer League (0 teams)
- On February 17, 2011, the USSF announced that no NASL teams will be participating in the competition since the league did not obtain provisional sanctioning in time.[3]
- USL Pro League (11 teams)
- Charleston Battery
- Charlotte Eagles
- Dayton Dutch Lions
- Harrisburg City Islanders
- Los Angeles Blues
- F.C. New York
- Orlando City
- Pittsburgh Riverhounds
- Richmond Kickers
- Rochester Rhinos
- Wilmington Hammerheads
- Premier Development League (9 teams)
- Carolina Dynamo
- Central Florida Kraze
- Chicago Fire Premier
- Chivas El Paso Patriots
- Kitsap Pumas
- Reading United
- Real Colorado Foxes
- Ventura County Fusion
- Western Mass Pioneers
- National Premier Soccer League (4 teams)
- USASA (8 teams)
- A.A.C. Eagles
- Doxa Italia
- DV8 Defenders
- Iowa Menace
- ASC New Stars
- New York Pancyprian-Freedoms
- Phoenix SC
- Regals FC
Open Cup Bracket
First Round | Second Round | ||||||||
NY Pancyprian-Freedoms | 2 | ||||||||
Brooklyn Italians | 1 | ||||||||
NY Pancyprian-Freedoms | 0 (5) | ||||||||
F.C. New York | 0 (6) | ||||||||
F.C. New York | 3 | ||||||||
Western Mass Pioneers | 0 | ||||||||
First Round | Second Round | ||||||||
Harrisburg City Islanders | 2 | ||||||||
Reading United | 1 | ||||||||
Harrisburg City Islanders | 0 | ||||||||
Rochester Rhinos | 1 | ||||||||
Rochester Rhinos | 2 | ||||||||
Phoenix SC | 1 | ||||||||
First Round | Second Round | ||||||||
Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 3 (AET) | ||||||||
Chattanooga FC | 2 | ||||||||
Richmond Kickers | 4 | ||||||||
Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 1 | ||||||||
Richmond Kickers | 4 | ||||||||
Dayton Dutch Lions | 1 | ||||||||
First Round | Second Round | ||||||||
Carolina Dynamo | 1 | ||||||||
Charlotte Eagles | 3 | ||||||||
Wilmington Hammerheads | 3 (AET) | ||||||||
Charlotte Eagles | 2 | ||||||||
Wilmington Hammerheads | 4 | ||||||||
Central Florida Kraze | 0 | ||||||||
First Round | Second Round | ||||||||
Orlando City | 4 | ||||||||
ASC New Stars | 0 | ||||||||
Charleston Battery | 0 | ||||||||
Orlando City | 1 | ||||||||
Charleston Battery | 2 | ||||||||
Regals FC | 0 | ||||||||
First Round | Second Round | ||||||||
Madison 56ers | 4 | ||||||||
A.A.C. Eagles | 0 | ||||||||
Madison 56ers | 0 | ||||||||
Chicago Fire Premier | 2 | ||||||||
Iowa Menace | 0 | ||||||||
Chicago Fire Premier | 1 | ||||||||
First Round | Second Round | ||||||||
Real Colorado Foxes | 5 | ||||||||
DV8 Defenders | 0 | ||||||||
Kitsap Pumas | 3 | ||||||||
Real Colorado Foxes | 1 | ||||||||
Chivas El Paso Patriots | 0 (5) | ||||||||
Kitsap Pumas | 0 (6) | ||||||||
First Round | Second Round | ||||||||
Los Angeles Blues | 3 | ||||||||
Hollywood United Hitmen | 1 | ||||||||
Ventura County Fusion | 0 | ||||||||
Los Angeles Blues | 1 | ||||||||
Ventura County Fusion | 3 | ||||||||
Doxa Italia | 1 | ||||||||
Third Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
New York Red Bulls | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
F.C. New York | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Chicago Fire | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
New York Red Bulls | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Rochester Rhinos | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Chicago Fire | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Chicago Fire | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Richmond Kickers | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Columbus Crew | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Richmond Kickers | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Sporting Kansas City | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Richmond Kickers | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Sporting Kansas City | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Chicago Fire Premier | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Seattle Sounders FC | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Chicago Fire | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
FC Dallas | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Orlando City | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
FC Dallas | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Real Salt Lake | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Real Salt Lake | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wilmington Hammerheads | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Seattle Sounders FC | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
FC Dallas | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Seattle Sounders FC | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Kitsap Pumas | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Seattle Sounders FC | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Los Angeles Galaxy | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Los Angeles Galaxy | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Los Angeles Blues | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Home teams listed on top of bracket. (AET): After Extra Time
Schedule
Note: Scorelines use the standard U.S. convention of placing the home team on the right-hand side of box scores.
First round
June 14, 2011 | Western Mass Pioneers (PDL) | 0–3 | F.C. New York (USL Pro) | Maspeth, New York |
7:00 PM EDT | Report | Arteaga |
Stadium: Met Oval Referee: Ryan Dos Reis |
June 14, 2011 | Reading United (PDL) | 1–2 | Harrisburg City Islanders (USL Pro) | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
7:00 PM EDT | Rodriguez |
Report | Noone Touray |
Stadium: Skyline Sports Complex Referee: Eric Weisbrod |
June 14, 2011 | Chattanooga FC (NPSL) | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | Pittsburgh Riverhounds (USL Pro) | Bridgeville, Pennsylvania |
7:00 PM EDT | Heredia Beattie |
Report | Yeisley Lundberg Deighton |
Stadium: Chartiers Valley Stadium Referee: Vito Testa, Jr. |
June 14, 2011 | Dayton Dutch Lions (USL Pro) | 1–4 | Richmond Kickers (USL Pro) | Richmond, Virginia |
7:00 EDT | van der Pluijm |
Report | Bulow Bangura |
Stadium: City Stadium Referee: Andrew Chapin |
June 14, 2011 | Charlotte Eagles (USL Pro) | 3–1 | Carolina Dynamo (PDL) | Browns Summit, North Carolina |
7:00 PM EDT | Toby Martins Sanchez |
Report | Lovejoy |
Stadium: Macpherson Stadium Referee: Brandon Marion |
June 14, 2011 | Brooklyn Italians (NPSL) | 1–2 | NY Pancyprian-Freedoms (USASA) | Jamaica, New York |
7:30 PM EDT | Samuel |
Report | Dimitrov Andreou |
Stadium: Belson Stadium Referee: Robert Sibiga |
June 14, 2011 | Central Florida Kraze (PDL) | 0–4 | Wilmington Hammerheads (USL Pro) | Wilmington, North Carolina |
7:30 PM EDT | Report | Noviello Mulholland Budnyi |
Stadium: Legion Stadium Referee: Daniel Burak |
June 14, 2011 | ASC New Stars (USASA) | 0–4 | Orlando City (USL Pro) | Orlando, Florida |
7:30 PM EDT | Report | Jorsling Molino Chin |
Stadium: UCF Soccer and Track Stadium Attendance: 1,139 Referee: Kian Attai |
June 14, 2011 | Regals FC (USASA) | 0–2 | Charleston Battery (USL Pro) | Charleston, South Carolina |
7:30 PM EDT | Report | Paterson Kelly |
Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 1,761 Referee: Skye Arthur-Banning |
June 14, 2011 | Phoenix SC (USASA) | 1–2 | Rochester Rhinos (USL Pro) | Rochester, New York |
7:35 PM EDT | Rowling |
Report | Banks Hamilton |
Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Referee: Steve Montanino |
June 14, 2011 | A.A.C. Eagles (USASA) | 0–4 | Madison 56ers (NPSL) | Madison, Wisconsin |
7:00 PM CDT | Report | Rampa Hohlbein Lysak |
Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Attendance: 702 Referee: Kyle Trimble |
June 14, 2011 | Chicago Fire Premier (PDL) | 1–0 | Iowa Menace (USASA) | West Des Moines, Iowa |
7:30 PM CDT | Estridge |
Report | Stadium: Valley Stadium Referee: Kevin Mesman |
June 14, 2011 | Hollywood United Hitmen (NPSL) | 1–3 | Los Angeles Blues (USL Pro) | Norco, California |
5:30 PM PDT | Miranda |
Report | Momeni Bravo |
Stadium: Riverside Community College Referee: Maurizio Laudani |
June 14, 2011 | DV8 Defenders (USASA) | 0–5 | Real Colorado Foxes (PDL) | Highlands Ranch, Colorado |
7:00 PM MDT | Report | Kemp Schafer Christensen Copeland Thompson |
Stadium: Shea Stadium Referee: Younes Marrakchi |
June 14, 2011 | Kitsap Pumas (PDL) | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p) | Chivas El Paso Patriots (PDL) | El Paso, Texas |
8:00 PM MDT | Report | Stadium: Patriot Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Jason Rector | ||
Penalties | ||||
Christner Hyde Mohn Gray Fauske Andre Lee Besagno Burke |
June 14, 2011 | Doxa Italia (USASA) | 1–3 | Ventura County Fusion (PDL) | Ventura, California |
7:05 PM PDT | Byrne |
Report | Rose Magee Williams |
Stadium: Ventura College Attendance: 340 Referee: Reed Christy |
Second round
June 21, 2011 | Rochester Rhinos (USL Pro) | 1–0 | Harrisburg City Islanders (USL Pro) | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
7:00 PM EDT | Donatelli |
Report | Stadium: Skyline Sports Complex Referee: Ian Bongaardt |
June 21, 2011 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds (USL Pro) | 1–4 | Richmond Kickers (USL Pro) | Richmond, Virginia |
7:00 PM EDT | Severs |
Report | Bulow Delicâte |
Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 1,161 Referee: Jim Sadowski |
June 21, 2011 | NY Pancyprian-Freedoms (USASA) | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p) | F.C. New York (USL Pro) | Jamaica, New York |
7:30 PM EDT | Report | Stadium: Belson Stadium Referee: Ken Henriques | ||
Penalties | ||||
Dimitrov Koutsounadis Simos Zisimatos Halkidis Damiani Julio Cesar |
June 21, 2011 | Charlotte Eagles (USL Pro) | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | Wilmington Hammerheads (USL Pro) | Wilmington, North Carolina |
7:30 PM EDT | Roberts Toby |
Report | Budnyi Banks Mulholland |
Stadium: Legion Stadium Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald |
June 21, 2011 | Orlando City (USL Pro) | 1–0 | Charleston Battery (USL Pro) | Charleston, South Carolina |
7:30 EDT | Valentino |
Report | Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Referee: Patrick Baker |
June 21, 2011 | Real Colorado Foxes (PDL) | 1–3 | Kitsap Pumas (PDL) | Bremerton, Washington |
7:00 PM PDT | Mohn |
Report | Hepple Christner |
Stadium: Bremerton Memorial Stadium Attendance: 1,298 Referee: Ronald Lagraff |
June 21, 2011 | Los Angeles Blues (USL Pro) | 1–0 | Ventura County Fusion (PDL) | Ventura, California |
7:05 PM PDT | Sesay |
Report | Stadium: Ventura College Referee: Daniel Radford |
June 22, 2011 | Chicago Fire Premier (PDL) | 2–0 | Madison 56ers (NPSL) | Madison, Wisconsin |
7:00 PM CDT | Ribeiro Zahui |
Report | Stadium: Breese Stevens Field Referee: Margaret Domka |
Third round
June 28, 2011 | Richmond Kickers (USL Pro) | 2–1 | Columbus Crew (MLS) | Columbus, Ohio |
7:30 PM EDT | Hiroyama Delicâte |
Report | Grossman |
Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium Attendance: 1,845 Referee: Sorin Stoica (Ohio) |
June 28, 2011 | Chicago Fire (MLS) | 1–0 | Rochester Rhinos (USL Pro) | Rochester, New York |
7:35 PM EDT | Chaves |
Report | Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 5,558 Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald (North Carolina) |
June 28, 2011 | F.C. New York (USL Pro) | 1–2 | New York Red Bulls (MLS) | Harrison, New Jersey |
8:00 PM EDT | Morrison |
Report | Hertzog Rooney |
Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 2,074 Referee: Jose Carlos Rivero (New York) |
June 28, 2011 | Chicago Fire Premier (PDL) | 0–3 | Sporting Kansas City (MLS) | Kansas City, Kansas |
7:30 PM CDT | Report | Bunbury Stojčev Kamara |
Stadium: Livestrong Sporting Park Attendance: 4,487 Referee: Landis Wiley (Iowa) |
June 28, 2011 | Orlando City (USL Pro) | 2–3 | FC Dallas (MLS) | Frisco, Texas |
8:00 PM CDT | Griffin Álvarez |
Report | Jackson Villar Rodríguez |
Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Attendance: 1,876 Referee: Armando Villarreal (Texas) |
June 28, 2011 | Wilmington Hammerheads (USL Pro) | 0–2 | Real Salt Lake (MLS) | Sandy, Utah |
7:00 PM MDT | Report | Beltran Alexandre |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Attendance: 7,620 Referee: Allen Chapman (Utah) |
June 28, 2011 | Kitsap Pumas (PDL) | 1–2 | Seattle Sounders FC (MLS) | Tukwila, Washington |
7:00 PM PDT | Besagno |
Report | Fucito |
Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 3,811 Referee: Tyler Ploeger (Utah) |
June 28, 2011 | Los Angeles Blues (USL Pro) | 1–2 | Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS) | Fullerton, California |
7:30 PM PDT | Rivera |
Report | Gonzalez Magee |
Stadium: Titan Stadium Attendance: 3,627 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal (California) |
Quarterfinals
July 12, 2011 | New York Red Bulls (MLS) | 0–4 | Chicago Fire (MLS) | Bridgeview, Illinois |
5:30 PM CDT (Rescheduled from 7:30 PM CDT due to power outage) | Report | Oduro Cuesta Barouch |
Stadium: Toyota Park Referee: Hilario Grajeda (Ohio) |
July 12, 2011 | Richmond Kickers (USL Pro) | 2–0 | Sporting Kansas City (MLS) | Kansas City, Kansas |
7:30 PM CDT | Bangura Bulow |
Report | Stadium: Livestrong Sporting Park Attendance: 4,794 Referee: Mark Kadlecik (North Carolina) |
July 12, 2011 | Real Salt Lake (MLS) | 0–2 | FC Dallas (MLS) | Frisco, Texas |
8:00 PM CDT | Report | Benítez Jackson |
Stadium: Pizza Hut Park Referee: Michael Kennedy (Wisconsin) |
July 13, 2011 | Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS) | 1–3 | Seattle Sounders FC (MLS) | Tukwila, Washington |
7:00 PM PDT | Cristman |
Report | Jaqua Montero Neagle |
Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 4,322 Referee: Kevin Stott (California) |
Semifinals
August 30, 2011 | Richmond Kickers (USL Pro) | 1–2 | Chicago Fire (MLS) | Bridgeview, Illinois |
7:30 PM CDT | William |
Report | Grazzini Oduro |
Stadium: Toyota Park Attendance: 8,909 Referee: Jasen Anno (Texas) |
August 30, 2011 | FC Dallas (MLS) | 0–1 | Seattle Sounders FC (MLS) | Tukwila, Washington |
7:00 PM PDT | Report | Montero |
Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 4,593 Referee: Hilario Grajeda (Ohio) |
Final
Chicago Fire (MLS) | 0–2 | Seattle Sounders FC (MLS) |
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Report | Montero Alonso |
Top scorers
Statistics current as of 4 October 2011
Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals |
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1 | Richmond Kickers | 6 | |
2 | F.C. New York | 3 | |
Wilmington Hammerheads | 3 | ||
Richmond Kickers | 3 | ||
Seattle Sounders FC | 3 | ||
6 | Charlotte Eagles | 2 | |
Chicago Fire | 2 | ||
Chicago Fire | 2 | ||
FC Dallas | 2 | ||
Kitsap Pumas | 2 | ||
Los Angeles Blues | 2 | ||
Madison 56ers | 2 | ||
New York Pancyprian-Freedoms | 2 | ||
Orlando City | 2 | ||
Richmond Kickers | 2 | ||
Seattle Sounders FC | 2 | ||
Wilmington Hammerheads | 2 |
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-09-22. Retrieved 2011-03-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://thecup.us/2011-us-open-cup-team-allocations-dates-finalized-mls-qualifying-returns-npsl-gets-automatic-berths-pdl-gets-extra-team/
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2011-02-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)