The 2000
Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup ran from June through October, 2000, open to all
soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
teams in the United States.
The
Chicago Fire earned their second Open Cup by defeating the
Miami Fusion 2–1 in the final at
Soldier Field,
Chicago.
Amateur club
Uruguay SC narrowly missed a major second-round upset, losing in overtime to the
Tampa Bay Mutiny. Two
PDL PDL is an initialism for:
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teams - the
Mid Michigan Bucks
Flint City Bucks is an American soccer team based in Flint, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1995, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid.
The club was founded in 1995 as the Mid-Michigan Bucks, play ...
and the
Chicago Sockers - beat MLS teams in the second round, but the quarterfinals were an all-MLS affair. Mid Michigan came closest to duplicating its second-round upset, losing in a
shootout to eventual runner-up Miami.
Two referees were used for all games from the second round through the semifinals as part of a
FIFA
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experiment.
Open Cup Bracket
''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
Four PDL and four USASA teams start.
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Second round
Twelve MLS, nine A-League, seven D3 Pro League teams enter.
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Third round
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Quarterfinals
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Semifinals
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Final
Top scorers
See also
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United States Soccer Federation
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Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup
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Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer (MLS) is a men's professional soccer league sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation, which represents the sport's highest level in the United States. The league comprises 29 teams—26 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada ...
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United Soccer Leagues
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USASA
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National Premier Soccer League
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Cup