2011 U.S. Open Cup

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2011 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

Country	United States
Teams	40
Champions	Seattle Sounders FC (3rd title)
Runners-up	Chicago Fire
Top goal scorer(s)	David Bulow (6)
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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.

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
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)

• Brooklyn Italians
• Chattanooga FC
• Hollywood United Hitmen
• Madison 56ers

USASA (8 teams)

• A.A.C. Eagles
• Doxa Italia
• DV8 Defenders
• Iowa Menace
• 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
			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[]

Second round[]

Third round[]

Quarterfinals[]

Semifinals[]

Final[]

Top scorers[]

Statistics current as of 4 October 2011

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	David Bulow	Richmond Kickers	6
2	Jhonny Arteaga	F.C. New York	3
	Andriy Budnyi	Wilmington Hammerheads	3
	Matthew Delicâte	Richmond Kickers	3
	Fredy Montero	Seattle Sounders FC	3
6	Darren Toby	Charlotte Eagles	2
	Orr Barouch	Chicago Fire	2
	Dominic Oduro	Chicago Fire	2
	Jackson	FC Dallas	2
		Kitsap Pumas	2
	Mehrshad Momeni	Los Angeles Blues	2
		Madison 56ers	2
	Stefan Dimitrov	New York Pancyprian-Freedoms	2
	Devorn Jorsling	Orlando City	2
	Shaka Bangura	Richmond Kickers	2
	Mike Fucito	Seattle Sounders FC	2
	Luke Mulholland	Wilmington Hammerheads	2

References[]

External links[]

• TheCup.us – Match reports and results
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