The 2009

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was the 96th edition of the USSF's annual national soccer championship, running from June through early September. The tournament proper features teams from the top five levels of the

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. These five levels, namely

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, the

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( First Division,

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, and

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), and the

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, each have their own separate qualification process to trim their ranks down to their final eight team delegations in the months leading up to the start of the tournament proper. The eight MLS clubs receive byes into the third round, while the remaining 32 teams play in the first two round with brackets influenced by geography.

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defeated defending-champion D.C. United 2–1 in the

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in Washington, D.C. Both clubs had started in the MLS qualification tourney, and ended up playing 6 matches each.

Matchdays

Match pairings were announced on May 27.

Teams

As in the previous tournament, forty teams qualified to the tournament. The qualifying process for MLS took the form of an eight-team play-off tournament. The top six finishers, regardless of conference, in

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were given six of the berths into the Third Round. The eight remaining U.S.-based clubs competed for the final two berths via a playoff. Continuing the format of recent seasons, no qualification process was needed for USL-1 and USL-2 as each level has exactly eight U.S.-based clubs for the 2009 season. The PDL announced that four selected early season games will again double as qualifying matches, as they had in recent years. Each division received a berth, since there are eight divisions instead of the ten that existed in 2008. The qualifying process for the USASA took the form of four regional tournaments, with the two finalists in each region being awarded berths. ;Major League Soccer (8 teams) * Chicago Fire *

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Columbus Crew The Columbus Crew, formerly known as Columbus Crew SC, is an American professional soccer club based in Columbus, Ohio. The Crew competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference and began play in 1996 as one ...

* D.C. United *

Houston Dynamo Houston Dynamo FC (formerly officially, but still commonly, called the Houston Dynamo) is an American professional soccer club based in Houston. The Dynamo compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference. Establish ...

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;USL First Division (8 teams) *

Austin Aztex FC Austin Aztex FC was an American professional soccer team based in Austin, Texas, United States. Founded in 2008, the team played in the USL First Division, and in the USL Division of the USSF D2 Pro League, the second tier of the American Soccer ...

Carolina RailHawks FC North Carolina FC is an American professional soccer team in Cary, North Carolina, a suburb of Raleigh. Founded in 2006, the team plays in USL League One, the third tier of the American league system. The team has played its home games a ...

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* Rochester Rhinos ;USL Second Division (8 teams) *

Charlotte Eagles The Charlotte Eagles are an American professional soccer team based in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1991, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. The team plays its home games at ...

Crystal Palace Baltimore Crystal Palace Baltimore was an American professional soccer team based in Baltimore, Maryland, US. Founded in 2006, the club was originally named Crystal Palace USA and was affiliated with English side Crystal Palace. The club was a member of t ...

Harrisburg City Islanders Penn FC (formerly the Harrisburg City Islanders) was an American professional soccer team based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 2003, the team most recently played in the USL Pro, the second tier of the United States soccer ...

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Richmond Kickers Richmond Kickers is an American professional soccer club based in Richmond, Virginia. The Kickers compete as a member of USL League One (USL-1). The club was established in 1993, and began play that same year as a United States Interregional ...

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;USL PDL (8 teams) *

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Orange County Blue Star Orange County Blue Star was an American soccer team based in Irvine, California. Founded in 1997, the team played in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Southwest Division of the Wester ...

Reading Rage Reading United AC is an American soccer team based in Reading, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1995, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. The club plays its home games at Don Thomas Stadium on the campus of ...

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;USASA (8 teams) *Region I: Aegean Hawks, Emigrantes das Ilhas *Region II: 402 FC,

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*Region III: Atlanta FC (NPSL), Lynch's Irish Pub F.C. *Region IV:

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Open Cup bracket

Second Round winners advance to play one of 8 clubs in 16-team knockout tournament
''Home teams listed on top of bracket''

Schedule

Note: Scorelines use the standard U.S. convention of placing the home team on the right-hand side of box scores.

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Goal scorers

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Brian Cvilikas Brian Cvilikas (born March 16, 1984 in Highlands Ranch, Colorado) is a former American soccer player. He now is a US Soccer Federation certified A License Coach. Career College and Amateur Cvilikas grew up in Colorado, attending Highlands Ran ...

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( POR) *

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) * Stephen King (

) * Randi Patterson ( CHA) * Melvin Tarley (

) * Bryan Kanu ( CLB) ;2 goals * Kenny Bundy (

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) * Geoff Cameron ( HOU) * Byron Carmichael ( OCC) * Hamed Diallo ( CAR) *

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) * J.T. Noone ( OCC) * Dominic Oduro ( HOU) *

Nicki Paterson Nicholas Stephen "Nicki" Paterson (born 19 January 1985, in Lanark) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a midfielder. Career Early career in Scotland Paterson grew up in Motherwell, and was a member of the academy at Scottish football club ...

( HAR) * Shawn Percell (

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) * Leonel Saint-Preux (

) * Ricardo Sánchez (

) * Ryan Stewart ( CLE) * Jamie Watson (

) * Tsuyoshi Yoshitake ( CHA) *

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( DC) ;1 goal *

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( HOU) *

Andre Akpan Andre Ubong Akpan (born December 9, 1987) is an American former soccer player who most recently played for New England Revolution in Major League Soccer. Career Youth and college Akpan was born in Grand Prairie, Texas, to a Nigerian father an ...

( CHI) *

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Corey Ashe Corey Alan Ashe (born March 14, 1986) is a retired American soccer player. He played 10 seasons in Major League Soccer, mostly with the Houston Dynamo, but also with Orlando City SC and Columbus Crew SC. Originally a wide midfielder, Ashe ...

( HOU) ;1 goal ''(continued)'' *

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( WM) * Kenney Bertz ( ROC) * Geoff Bloes ( HAR) *

Tenywa Bonseu Tenywa "T-Bone" Bonseu (born October 28, 1976 in Kampala) is a retired Ugandan footballer, who played nine years of professional soccer in the United States. Career Amateur and college Bonseu began his career playing for Horizon FC in his nati ...

( PIT) *

Bobby Boswell Robert Allen "Bobby" Boswell (born March 15, 1983) is an American retired soccer player. He played his entire professional career in Major League Soccer, mostly with the Houston Dynamo and D.C. United. He retired in 2017 with over 360 appearances ...

( HOU) *

Freddie Braun Freddie Braun (born May 13, 1988, in Royal Oak, Michigan) is an American soccer player who currently plays for FC Mulhouse Portland in the National Premier Soccer League. Career College and amateur Braun grew up in Rochester Hills, Michigan, a ...

( CHI) *

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( RIC) * Carl Catullo ( LYN) * Ryan Cordeiro ( RM) * Brian Farber ( POR) * Carlos Fernandes ( EI) * Steve Fisher ( HAR) * Steve Gillespie ( CLE) *

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( CAR) * Christian Gómez ( DC) * Andrei Gotsmanov ( 402) * Andrew Gregor ( ROC) *

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( ROC) * Jeff Harwell ( AUS) * David Hayes ( POR) *

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( ROC) * Tyler Hemming ( CHA) * Philip Hufstader (

) *

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) * Skelly Kellar ( ARI) * Michael Kraus ( KC) * Neil Krause ( WM) ;1 goal ''(continued)'' * Eric Lafon (

) *

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( NE) *

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( CHV) * Rauwshan McKenzie ( KC) * Jason McLaughlin ( POR) * Ryan McMahen ( AUS) * Pascal Milien ( CHI) *

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(

) * Gerardo Moreira ( EP) * Jaime Moreno ( DC) * Rodrigo Morín ( EP) *

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( AUS) * Mo Oduor ( HAR) * Duncan Oughton ( CLB) * Daniel Paladini ( CAR) *

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( CLE) * Brian Plotkin ( CAR) * David Ponce (

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) * Tony Schmitz ( 402) *

Diego Serna Diego Alonso Serna Lopera (born October 2, 1973) is a Colombian football player who last played for Miami Dade FC. He is the all-time leading scorer for the now-defunct Miami Fusion of Major League Soccer. Career Early Career, Major League Socc ...

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) *

Chad Severs Chad Severs (born August 13, 1982 in Vineland, New Jersey) is an American soccer player. Career College and Amateur Severs attended Ocean City High School in Ocean City, New Jersey where he is currently the second all-time leading scorer in N ...

( HAR) *

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( HAR) * Clyde Simms ( DC) * Ange N'Silu ( DC) * Kevin Stoll (

) * Abe Thompson ( KC) * Zico Viega ( EI) * Jay Willis ( WM) *

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( MIL)

External links

TheCup.us - 2009 match reports and results

References

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