The 2010 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup was the 97th edition of the USSF's annual national soccer championship, running from June through early October. The tournament proper featured teams from the top five levels of the American Soccer Pyramid. These five levels, namely

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, the USSF D-2 Pro League, the United Soccer Leagues ( Second Division and

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), and the United States Adult Soccer Association, 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 received byes into the third round, while the remaining 32 teams played in the first two rounds, with brackets influenced by geography. The

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took place on October 5, with

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defeating the

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2–1 at Qwest Field in

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, in front of a U.S. Open Cup record crowd of 31,311. The Sounders became the first MLS team (and first team in 27 years) to win back-to-back Open Cups.

Matchdays

Participating teams

The tournament consisted of 40 teams. Eight teams each from the MLS, PDL, and USASA qualified according to their own procedures. All 15 American D-2 Pro league and USL Second Division teams qualified. The final slot went to the winner of a one-game playoff between the Sonoma County Sol and PSA Los Gatos Storm. ;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 ...

* Houston Dynamo * Los Angeles Galaxy *

New York Red Bulls The New York Red Bulls are an American professional soccer club based in the New York metropolitan area. The Red Bulls compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference. The club was established in October 1994 and be ...

* D.C. United ;USSF D-2 Pro League (9 teams) * Austin Aztex FC * Carolina RailHawks FC * Crystal Palace Baltimore * Miami FC * NSC Minnesota Stars *

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 * AC St. Louis * FC Tampa Bay ;USL Second Division (6 teams) * Charleston Battery * Charlotte Eagles *

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 * Real Maryland Monarchs * Richmond Kickers ;Premier Development League (8 teams) *

Kitsap Pumas Kitsap SC Pumas was an American soccer team based in Bremerton, Washington, United States. The team played in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), the fourth tier of the American soccer pyramid. From its foundation in 2009 to 2016, the c ...

Reading United 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 ...

* Ventura County Fusion * Long Island Rough Riders * Dayton Dutch Lions * Des Moines Menace * DFW Tornados * Central Florida Kraze ;United States Adult Soccer Association (9 teams) * Brooklyn Italians *

New York Pancyprian-Freedoms New York Pancyprian-Freedoms is an American amateur soccer team based in Astoria, New York, United States. Founded in 1974, the team plays in the Eastern Premier Soccer League, a league at the fifth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. The team ...

* KC Athletics * Detroit United *

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* Legends FC * Arizona Sahuaros (NPSL) * Bay Area Ambassadors (NPSL) *

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 ...

(NPSL)

Open Cup bracket

Match pairings were determined by a blind draw. The Second round winners advanced to play one of eight MLS 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

;5 goals * Paulo Araujo Jr. ( MIA) * Nate Jaqua ( SEA) ;4 goals *

Bright Dike Chinedu "Bright" Dike (born 2 February 1987) is a retired footballer who played as a forward. Born in the United States, he represented the Nigeria national team. Career College and amateur Born in Edmond, Oklahoma, Dike attended Edmond No ...

( POR) ;3 goals * Perica Marošević ( AUS) ;2 goals *

Mike Ambersley Mike Ambersley (born February 14, 1983) is a retired American soccer player who recently played for Saint Louis FC in the United Soccer League. Career College and amateur Ambersley attended De Smet Jesuit High School where he was a NSCAA and P ...

(

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) * Geoff Bloes ( HAR) * Justin Braun ( CHV) * Phil Da Silva (

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) * Matthew Delicâte ( RIC) *

John Fishbaugher John Fishbaugher (born October 7, 1985) is a former American soccer player. Career Youth and College Fishbaugher attended Redmond High School, where he was an All State soccer player, finishing his career with the school's career assists reco ...

(

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) * Andy Iro ( CLB) * Thabiso Khumalo ( DC) *

Steven Lenhart Steven Lenhart (born August 28, 1986) is a former American soccer player. Career College and amateur Lenhart grew up in Yorba Linda, California, and attended Esperanza High School. He attended Point Loma Nazarene University for one year befor ...

( CLB) * Sanna Nyassi ( SEA) * Dominic Oppong ( HAR) * Jesús Padilla ( CHV) * Tyler Rosenlund ( ROC) *

Warren Ukah Warren Ukah (born March 22, 1985 in Atlanta) is an American soccer player. Career Ukah attended Grady High School before turning professional at the age of eighteen, in 2003 with Village United in the Jamaica National Premier League. Followin ...

( MIN) * Jamie Watson ( AUS) ;1 goal *

Kwame Adjeman-Pamboe Kwame Adjeman-Pamboe (born 24 October 1987), is an English/American professional soccer player who plays as a winger. Club career Youth and college Adjeman-Pamboe grew up in Bowie, Maryland, attended Eleanor Roosevelt High School, played clu ...

( TB) *

Guillermo Barros Schelotto Guillermo Barros Schelotto (; born 4 May 1973) is an Argentine football manager and former forward who currently manages the Paraguay national team. Barros Schelotto played 16 years of his professional career in the Argentine Primera Divisió ...

( CLB) *

Simone Bracalello Simone Bracalello (born October 21, 1985), also known in Italy as Bracca, is an Italian former footballer who played as a forward. Career Italy Born in Genoa, Bracalello was a member of the youth academy at famed Italian club Sampdoria befor ...

( MIN) * Branko Bošković ( DC) * Sallieu Bundu ( CAR) ;1 goal ''(continued)'' *

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( CLB) *

Chad Burt Chad Burt (born March 3, 1988) is an American soccer coach and retired player. Career College and amateur Burt attended Northeast High School and played college soccer at the University of Tampa from 2005 to 2006. During his college years, Bur ...

( TB) * Robby Christner (

) *

Levi Coleman Levi Coleman (born December 14, 1986 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American soccer player who currently is the head coach of Tulsa Athletic and an assistant at Oral Roberts University. Career Youth and college Coleman attended Broken Arrow High Scho ...

(

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) *

Kevin Cornwall Kevin Cornwall (born 16 May 1988 in Dublin) is an Irish footballer who plays for Vanguard University of Southern California. Cornwall plays as a centre forward. Career Cornwall joined St. Patrick's Athletic under 21 squad in the summer of ...

( AZ) *

Nick DeLeon Nicholas Lee DeLeon (born July 17, 1990) is an American soccer player. Although he is capable of playing as a full-back, he typically plays as a wide midfielder, working towards the center. He is highly regarded for his work rate and 1-on-1 sk ...

( AZ) * Yendry Diaz ( TB) * Bobby Foglesong ( RIC) * Jamie Franks ( ROC) *

Eddie Gaven Eddie Gaven (born October 25, 1986) is an American former soccer player who played 11 seasons in Major League Soccer, primarily with the Columbus Crew. In July 2012, Gaven became the youngest player to play in 250 MLS matches at 25 years and 257 ...

( CLB) *

Adam Gazda Adam Gazda (born March 20, 1987 in Carnegie, Pennsylvania) is a former American soccer player. Career College and amateur Gazda attended Chartiers Valley High School and played four years of college soccer at Lehigh University. During his coll ...

(

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) * Christian Gómez ( MIA) *

Alex Grendi Alex Grendi (born July 28, 1987) is a men's sex coach and former professional soccer player. Career College Grendi played college soccer at the University of Pennsylvania. During his college years Grendi also played with Long Island Rough Rider ...

( LI) * Marco Hamilton ( BRK) *

Tommy Heinemann Tom Heinemann (born April 23, 1987) is an American former professional soccer player who is currently head coach for the United States U15 team. Career Youth and college Heinemann attended Christian Brothers College High School, and play ...

(

) * Pablo Hernández ( DC) *

Neil Hlavaty Neil Hlavaty (born December 27, 1986) is a former American soccer player who is currently an assistant coach for Forward Madison FC. Career College and Amateur Hlavaty attended Glenbard East High School in Lombard, Illinois, played club soccer ...

( MIN) * Stephen Hoffman ( KC) * Taylor Hyde (

) * Nate Jafta ( HAR) *

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( VEN) * Juninho ( LA) * Aaron King ( TB) * Chris Klein ( LA) *

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( LI) * Michael Lahoud ( CHV) *

James Marcelin James Marcelin (born 13 June 1986) is a Haitian professional footballer who last played for Canadian club FC Edmonton. Club career Early career Born in Saint-Marc, Haiti, Marcelin began his career with Roulado when he was sixteen, helping t ...

( POR) * Brandon Massie (

) * Pierre-Rudolph Mayard (

) *

Tim Merritt Tim Merritt (born June 28, 1982 in Gig Harbor, Washington) is an American soccer player who currently plays for USASA amateur team CASL Elite. Career High school and college Merritt attended Bellarmine Preparatory School and played college socc ...

(

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) ;1 goal ''(continued)'' * Josiah Millar ( CF) * Fredy Montero ( SEA) * Jaime Moreno ( DC) *

Alex Nimo Alexander Frank Nimo (born March 21, 1990) is a former soccer player. Born in Liberia, he represented the United States at youth level. Early life Alex moved with his parents, Tommy and Maima Nimo, to a refugee camp in Ghana as an infant. There ...

( POR) * Paul Nittoli ( BRK) * J.T. Noone ( HAR) *

Jyler Noviello Jyler Noviello (born December 22, 1984, in Wilmington, North Carolina) is an American soccer player who most recently played for Wilmington Hammerheads in the USL Professional Division. Noviello is currently coaching with the Penn Fusion Soccer ...

( RMM) * Tino Nuñez ( ROC) *

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) * Lovel Palmer ( 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 ...

( RMM) * Kyle Perkins ( KC) * Stephen Phillips (

) *

Aaron Pitchkolan Aaron Pitchkolan (born March 14, 1983, in Aurora, Colorado) is a retired American soccer player and coach. Career College Pitchkolan played high school soccer at Regis Jesuit High School in Aurora. He also featured for club sides Real Colora ...

( ROC) * Zach Prince (

) *

Santino Quaranta Santino Quaranta (born October 14, 1984) is an American former soccer player. Career Youth Quaranta partially attended Baltimore's Archbishop Curley High School for his freshman and sophomore years, where he started both years, and was recogn ...

( DC) *

Emilio Rentería Emilio Rentería García (born October 9, 1984) is a Venezuelan footballer who currently plays as a forward for Academia Puerto Cabello. Career Club Rentería began his professional career in Spain, where he competed in the Spanish second divis ...

( CLB) * Alan Sanchez ( RMM) *

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( REA) * Greg Shields ( CAR) * Ross Smith ( POR) * Darren Spicer ( ROC) * Takayuki Suzuki ( POR) * Dustin Swinehart (

) * Abe Thompson ( MIA) * Alex Weekes (

) * Yomby William ( RIC) * Joey Worthen ( AUS)

External links

TheCup.us 2010 match reports and results

References

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