The 2009 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup 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, Second Division, 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.

Seattle Sounders FC Seattle Sounders Football Club is an American professional men's soccer club based in Seattle. The Sounders compete as a member of the Western Conference of Major League Soccer (MLS). The club was established on November 13, 2007, and began ...

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 *

Chivas USA Chivas USA (pronounced ''CHEE-vahs'') was an American professional soccer team based in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California. The club played from 2005 to 2014 in Major League Soccer (MLS) and was a subsidiary of Mexican club C.D. Gua ...

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 on ...

* D.C. United * Houston Dynamo *

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New England Revolution The New England Revolution is an American professional soccer club based in the Greater Boston area that competes in Major League Soccer (MLS), in the Eastern Conference of the league. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, having compet ...

;USL First Division (8 teams) * Austin Aztex FC *

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 ...

Charleston Battery The Charleston Battery are an American professional association football, soccer club based in Charleston, South Carolina, and member of the USL Championship. Founded in 1993, the Battery are one of the oldest continuously operating professiona ...

* Cleveland City Stars *

Miami FC The Miami FC is an American professional soccer team based in Miami, Florida that competes in the USL Championship, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid. The club began play in the North American Soccer League (NASL) in the 2016 s ...

Minnesota Thunder Minnesota Thunder was an American professional soccer team based in Minnesota, United States. Founded in 1990, the team played in the USL First Division (USL-1), the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2009. The team played its h ...

Portland Timbers The Portland Timbers are an American professional men's soccer club based in Portland, Oregon. The Timbers compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member club of the league's Western Conference. The Timbers have played their home games at ...

Rochester Rhinos Rochester New York FC, formerly known as the Rochester Rhinos, are an American professional soccer team based in Rochester, New York, United States. Founded in 1996, as the Rochester Raging Rhinos, they changed their name to Rochester Rhinos t ...

;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 a ...

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 th ...

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 soc ...

Pittsburgh Riverhounds Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC is an American professional soccer team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1999 and beginning play in 1999, the club plays in the Eastern Conference of the USL Championship, the second tier of the American s ...

Real Maryland Monarchs Real Maryland F.C., commonly known as the Real Maryland Monarchs, was an American soccer team based in Rockville, Maryland, United States. Founded in 2007, the team played in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the Ameri ...

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 S ...

* Western Mass Pioneers *

Wilmington Hammerheads Wilmington Hammerheads FC was a semi-professional American soccer team based in Wilmington, North Carolina. Founded in 1996, the team last competed in the Premier Development League, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid in 2017. Histo ...

;USL PDL (8 teams) * Chicago Fire Premier *

El Paso Patriots El Paso Patriots was an American soccer team based in El Paso, Texas, United States. Founded in 1989, the team played in the Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Mid South Division of the Southe ...

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Mississippi Brilla Mississippi Brilla is an amateur American soccer club based in Clinton, Mississippi, United States. Founded in 2006, the team plays in USL League Two. The team's colors are sky blue, navy and white. Brilla is associated with Brilla Soccer Mini ...

* Ocean City Barons *

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 West ...

* Reading Rage * St. Louis Lions ;USASA (8 teams) *Region I:

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*Region II: 402 FC, Milwaukee Bavarians *Region III:

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(NPSL),

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*Region IV:

Sonoma County Sol Sonoma County Sol is an American soccer team based in Santa Rosa, California, United States. Founded in 2004, the team plays in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), a national amateur league at the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyrami ...

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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

;3 goals * Taiwo Atieno ( ROC) * Brian Cvilikas ( MIN) * Keita Mandjou ( POR) *

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) *

Randi Patterson Randi Luther Pereira-Patterson (born 16 April 1985), known as Randi Patterson, is an American-born Trinidadian footballer who plays as a forward. He has been a member of the Trinidad and Tobago national team. College career Patterson spent ...

( CHA) * Melvin Tarley ( MIN) * Bryan Kanu (

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) ;2 goals *

Kenny Bundy Kenny Bundy (born March 9, 1981, in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American former soccer player who is currently the head coach of Houston Dynamo 2 in MLS Next Pro. Career College and amateur Bundy grew up in Bixby, Oklahoma, and played college socce ...

( WIL) * Geoff Cameron ( HOU) * Byron Carmichael ( OCC) *

Hamed Diallo Hamed Modibo Diallo (born December 18, 1976) is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Career Professional Born in Zahia, Ivory Coast, Diallo began his career in France, initially in the youth academy of Le Havre, a ...

(

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) * Nate Jaqua (

) * Roger Levesque (

) * J.T. Noone ( OCC) *

Dominic Oduro Dominic Oduro (born 13 August 1985) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a forward. Early career and education Oduro started his playing career in Ghana, playing for both Prempeh College and the University of Ghana before tr ...

( 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 ( SON) * Leonel Saint-Preux ( MIN) * Ricardo Sánchez ( MIN) * Ryan Stewart ( CLE) * Jamie Watson ( WIL) *

Tsuyoshi Yoshitake is a Japanese former football player. Playing career Japan Yoshitake attended Tsu Technical High School, where he was selected to the prefecture's select team to take part in a tournament in Brazil. He began his professional career in the Wint ...

( CHA) *

Thabiso Khumalo Thabiso "Boyzzz" Khumalo (born 27 October 1980 in Soweto) is a former South African Association football, footballer. Since 2019, he has been head coach of AFC Ann Arbor's women's side in the USL W League. Early life and education As a boy, Kh ...

( DC) ;1 goal * Ade Akinbiyi ( 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 and ...

(

CHI Chi or CHI may refer to: Greek *Chi (letter), the Greek letter (uppercase Χ, lowercase χ); Chinese * ''Chi'' (length) (尺), a traditional unit of length, about ⅓ meter * Chi (mythology) (螭), a dragon * Chi (surname) (池, pinyin: ''chí ...

) * Paulo Araujo Jr. ( MIA) *

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 m ...

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

Chris Bagley Chris Bagley (born May 20, 1980 in Weymouth, Massachusetts) is an American former soccer player. Career College and amateur Bagley played club soccer for South Shore United and Boston Lightning, and played college soccer at Saint Anselm Colle ...

( WIL) *

Almir Barbosa Almir Barbosa (born June 2, 1980) is a Cape Verdean footballer. Career College and Amateur Born in Cape Verde, Barbosa spent his early childhood in Portugal, before moving to Quincy, Massachusetts, in the United States aged 15. He played for the ...

( WM) *

Kenney Bertz Kenney Bertz (born December 7, 1983 in Fountain Valley, California) is an Americans, American former soccer player. He spent the majority of his professional career in the United States with the Rochester Rhinos in the USL First Division. Colle ...

( ROC) * Geoff Bloes ( HAR) * Tenywa Bonseu (

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) * Bobby Boswell ( 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 ...

(

) * David Bulow ( RIC) *

Carl Catullo Carl may refer to: * Carl, Georgia, city in USA * Carl, West Virginia, an unincorporated community *Carl (name), includes info about the name, variations of the name, and a list of people with the name * Carl², a TV series * "Carl", an episode of ...

( LYN) *

Ryan Cordeiro Ryan Cordeiro (born May 6, 1986) is an American former professional soccer player. Cordeiro attended Monroe-Woodbury High School and played college soccer at the University of Connecticut The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public ...

( RM) * Brian Farber ( POR) * Carlos Fernandes ( EI) *

Steve Fisher Steve Fisher may refer to: * Steve Fisher (American basketball coach) (born 1945), American college basketball coach * Steve Fisher (writer) (1913–1980), American writer of satirical stories * Steve Fisher (soccer) (born 1981), American soccer pl ...

( HAR) * Steve Gillespie ( CLE) *

Gavin Glinton Gavin Glinton (born 1 March 1979 in Grand Turk) is a Turks and Caicos Islands football coach and former professional soccer player. He played for the LA Galaxy, Dallas Burn, and San Jose Earthquakes in the MLS. He also played for the Charlesto ...

(

) *

Christian Gómez Christian Gómez (born 7 November 1974) is an Argentine former professional footballer. Career Argentina Gómez began playing professional soccer at the age of 17 with Argentine club Nueva Chicago, which was at the time playing in the se ...

( DC) *

Andrei Gotsmanov Andrei Gotsmanov (born 6 May 1986) is a Belarusian footballer. Career College Gotsmanov grew up in Woodbury, Minnesota and played college soccer at Creighton University, with whom he earned the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year Awa ...

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Andrew Gregor Andrew Gregor (born November 22, 1975) is a retired United States, American soccer midfielder who played professionally in Major League Soccer, the USL First Division, the USL Premier Development League and Major Indoor Soccer League (2001–2008 ...

( ROC) * Ty Harden ( ROC) *

Jeff Harwell Jeff Harwell (born September 7, 1986) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Austin Aztex The Austin Aztex were a soccer team based in Austin, Texas, United States. Founded in 2011 as a member of the Premier Development League, t ...

( AUS) * David Hayes ( POR) * Ryan Heins ( ROC) * Tyler Hemming ( CHA) * Philip Hufstader ( WIL) * Trevor Hurst ( SON) * Andrew Jacobson ( DC) *

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( AUS) *

George Josten George Josten (born May 12, 1986) is a retired American association football, soccer player who last played for Portland Timbers (2001–10), Portland Timbers in the USSF Division 2 Professional League, USSF Division-2 Professional League. Caree ...

( POR) *

Tim Karalexis Tim Karalexis (born September 18, 1980 in Weymouth, Massachusetts) is an American soccer player, currently without a club. Career Youth and College Karalexis attended Weymouth High School, graduating in 1998. While at Weymouth, he led the sch ...

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

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( SON) * Jeff Larentowicz ( NE) * Eric Larson ( SON) *

Jesse Marsch Jesse Alan Marsch (born November 8, 1973) is an American professional soccer coach and former player who is the current head coach of club Leeds United. Marsch played 14 seasons as a midfielder in Major League Soccer (MLS) with D.C. United ...

( CHV) *

Rauwshan McKenzie Rauwshan Isaam McKenzie (born November 19, 1986, in Stamford, Connecticut) is an American former professional association football, soccer player. Career College and amateur McKenzie played college soccer for Michigan State University from 2004 ...

( KC) *

Jason McLaughlin Jason McLaughlin (born April 14, 1982 in Provo, Utah) is an American soccer player who last played for Portland Timbers U23s in the USL Premier Development League. Career College and amateur McLaughlin grew up in Wetumpka, Alabama, and attend ...

( POR) * Ryan McMahen ( AUS) *

Pascal Milien Pascal Millien (born 3 May 1986) is a Haitian professional footballer who plays for Winter Haven United in the United Premier Soccer League. Career Youth and college Millien was born in Léogâne, Haiti, but moved to Lakeland, Florida as a ...

(

) * Fredy Montero (

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

Ciaran O'Brien Ciaran Patrick O'Brien (born November 17, 1987) is an American soccer coach and former player. Early life and education O'Brien played center midfield for four years at Decatur High School in Federal Way, Washington, where he earned NSCAA ...

( AUS) * Mo Oduor ( HAR) *

Duncan Oughton Duncan Oughton (born 14 June 1977 in Karori) is a retired New Zealand association football player. Oughton played professionally in the United States for Major League Soccer club Columbus Crew and represented New Zealand internationally. He ...

(

) * Daniel Paladini (

) * Ricardo Pierre-Louis ( CLE) *

Brian Plotkin Brian Plotkin (born August 3, 1984 in Lisle, Illinois) is the head Coach of the Army Black Knights men's soccer team and is a retired professional soccer player. Career College and Amateur Brian Plotkin played college soccer for Indiana Univer ...

(

) * David Ponce ( ORC) * Jon Ports (

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) * Tony Schmitz (

) * Diego Serna ( MIA) * Chad Severs ( HAR) * Ty Shipalane ( HAR) * Clyde Simms ( DC) *

Ange N'Silu Ange N'Silu (born February 17, 1986) is a Congolese footballer who currently plays for Lancy FC. Career Europe N'Silu was born in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), but was raised in Paris, France. He signed with Le Havre ...

( DC) * Kevin Stoll ( ORC) * Abe Thompson ( KC) * Zico Viega ( EI) * Jay Willis ( WM) * Kyle Zenoni ( MIL)

External links

TheCup.us - 2009 match reports and results

References

{{2009–10 in North and Central America, and Caribbean Football (CONCACAF) U.S. Open Cup

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