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Founded - 2005
Location - Los Angeles, California
Home Stadium - Home Depot Center (Carson, CA)
Head Coach - Preki
League - Major League Soccer
How they qualified - Automatic Bid
Last entry into USOC - 2007, Third Round
Best Open Cup finish - 2005, Fourth Round
Notable Players - Brad Guzan (GK), Jesse Marsch (M), Maykel Galindo (F),
Sacha Kljestan (M), Ante Razov (F)
Not-So-Shining Moment: In the third round of the 2006 tournament, they became the first Major League Soccer team to be eliminated by a USASA club. Dallas Roma FC (USASA Region III) held Chivas to a scoreless draw, and defeated them in penalty kicks 4-2.
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Founded - 1996
Location -
Denver, Colorado
Home Stadium - Dick’s
Sporting
Goods
Park
Head Coach - Fernando Clavijo
League - Major League Soccer
How they qualified - Won play-in match vs. Kansas City Wizards, 2-2 (5-3 on PKs) on 6/4/08
Last entry into USOC - 2007, Quarterfinals
Best Open Cup finish - 1999, Runner-up
Notable Players - Roberto Brown (F), Herculez Gomez (M), Jovan Kirovski (M),
Pablo Mastroeni (D/M), Kyle Beckerman (M), Bouna Coundoul (GK)
Not So Shining Moment: As if losing their 2007 Quarterfinal match to the Seattle Sounders 5-0 wasn’t bad enough, it marked the sixth time the Rapids fell to a lower division club in the Open Cup by a margin of two or more goals
Founded - 1996
Location - Washington D.C.
Home Stadium - RFK Stadium (Washington D.C.)
Head Coach - Tom Soehn
League - Major League Soccer
How they qualified - Automatic Bid
Last entry into USOC - 2007, Third Round
Best Open Cup finish - Open Cup Champions: 1996
Notable Players - Luciano Emilio (F), Jaime Moreno (F), Marcelo Gallardo (M),
Ben Olsen (M), Fred (M)
Shining Moment: Winning the tournament in 1996 when they defeated Rochester
Raging Rhinos (A-League) 3-0 in front of a home crowd at RFK Stadium.
Founded - 1996
Location - Dallas, Texas
Home Stadium - Pizza Hut Park (Frisco, TX)
Head Coach - Schellas Hyndman
League - Major League Soccer
How they qualified - Automatic Bid
Last entry into USOC - 2007, Runner-up
Best Open Cup finish - Open Cup Champions: 1997
Notable Players - Kenny Cooper (F), Dominic Oduro (F), Juan Toja (M), Arturo Alvarez (F), Pablo Ricchetti (M)
Shining Moment: After battling to a scoreless draw after extra time, FC Dallas
(then known as the Dallas Burn) won the 1997 U.S. Open Cup on penalty kicks,
5-3, over defending champion, DC United.
Founded - 2006
Location - Houston, Texas
Home Stadium - Robertson Stadium (University of Houston)
Head Coach - Dominic Kinnear
League - Major League Soccer
How they qualified - Automatic Bid
Last entry into USOC - 2007, Third Round
Best Open Cup finish - 2006, Semifinals
Notable Players - Brian Ching (F), Dwayne DeRosario (M/F), Pat Onstad (GK),
Wade Barrett (D), Eddie Robinson (D)
Shining Moment: Made their debut in 2006, highlighted by their dominating 3-0
win over in-state rival FC Dallas (MLS) in the Quarterfinals.
Founded - 1996
Location - Foxborough, Massachusetts
Home Stadium - Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, MA)
Head Coach - Steve Nicol
League - Major League Soccer
How they qualified - Automatic Bid
Last entry into USOC - 2007, Champions
Best Open Cup finish - Open Cup Champions: 2007
Notable Players - Taylor Twellman (F), Steve Ralston, (M),
Matt Reis (GK), Michael Parkhurst (D), Shalrie Joseph (M)
Shining Moment: After falling once in the Open cup final, and three times in
the MLS Cup final, the Revs finally broke through and won the Open Cup in 2007,
with a 3-2 win over FC Dallas. Player of the Tournament, Pat Noonan was the star of the game, registering
a goal and assisting on the other two.
Founded - 1996
Location - East Rutherford, New Jersey
Hoem Stadium - Giants Stadium (East Rutherford, NJ)
Head Coach - Juan Carlos Osorio
League - Major League Soccer
How they qualified - Automatic Bid
Last entry into USOC - 2006, Quarterfinals
Best Open Cup finish - 2003, Runner-up
Notable Players – Juan Pablo Angel (F), Jon Conway (GK), Claudio Reyna (M)
Dave van den Bergh (M), Dane Richards (M)
Shining Moment: While half of their Cup appearances ended with losses to
lower division clubs, reaching the 2003 U.S. Open Cup Final (then known as the Metrostars) against the Chicago
Fire remains as the bright spot in the Red Bulls’ Open Cup legacy.
