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USOpenCup.com will be providing fans with live updates of all 8 matches of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup second round. We invite you to email your questions/comments using the site’s email form, and we will try to answer your questions throughout the night.
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Welcome to our live blog of the second round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. We’ve got some great matchups in store for tonight...and we’ll have updates for EVERY game right here. All you have to do is to hit REFRESH every so often, and we’ll have new info.
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1:02 - OK, it’s a final in Tukwila, where the Sounders rolled 6-0.
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12:33 - Now it’s quickly 6-0. LeToux blasts a shot from 22 yards out, his fourth straight goal.
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12:31 - Make it 5-0 Sounders as LeToux finishes off his hat trick in the 62nd minute.
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12:19 - Back under way in Tukwila.
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12:00 - Halftime in Tukwila, Washington, and the Sounders have more or less ended all speculation with a 4-0 lead. Some halftime stats: shots HU 6-11 SEA, shots on goal HU 5-8 SEA, saves HU 4-5 SEA, fouls HU 6-8 SEA, corners HU 3-4 SEA, throw ins HU 3-3 SEA, goal kicks HU 4-2 SEA
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11:52 - Schmid goes in on a break looking to give Seattle a five-goal lead, but Barragan makes a great save in the 42nd minute to keep it 4-0. Sounders goals tonight are by Zach Scott, Josh Gardner and two by Sebastien LeToux.
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11:10 - Finally received word on the Crystal Palace Baltimore-Harrisburg game. Palace advance on penalties, after a 2-2 extra time draw. After playing to a 1-1- draw after 90 minutes, Matthew Mbuta scored a go-ahead goal for Baltimore in the 105th minute. In the dying moments of extra time, stop me if you’ve heard this before, Harrisburg were awarded a penalty kick when Adam Clay was fouled in the box. Yu Hoshide stepped up to convert and send the game to penalties. Baltimore then won the penalty shootout 3-1 to advance and host the New York Red Bulls next Tuesday.

 

The final match of the night has begun, and Seattle is already up 1-0, on a Zach Scott goal in the 3rd minute. The match is on LIVE at www.usllive.com.

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10:25 - The full time whistle blows at Tropical Park, and Miami FC move on with a 1-0 win over Atlanta. The Blues will make a trip to FC Dallas for the third round.
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10:20 - Most be something about soccer in the Carolinas, but the Battery also won on a last minute penalty kick, after Randi PAtterson was fouled in the box. Osvaldo Alonso stepped up and converted the game-winner.
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10:00 - Extra time is through in Minnesota, and Cleveland will move on to face the Chicago Fire in the third round. Charleston have also booked a date to host the Houston Dynamo with their 2-1 win over Charlotte. In the lone game in progress, Miami is still ahead of Atlanta 1-0 in the 71st minute.
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9:47 - GK Nick Platter tripps up Ian Liebbrandt, and the referee awards Cleveladn a penalty kick late in extra time......Floyd Franks converts the penalty for his third goal in the Open Cup this year.
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9:40 - Richmond, Carolina and Rochester have advance to the third round. Rochester will travel to face D.C. United, NEw England will host Richmond, and the RailHawks will host Kansas City
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9:31 - GOAL! Carolina’s Jamil Walker was tripped in the box by Emilio Zelaya, and Kapuno Low stepped up to bury the penalty to put the Railhawks ahead 1-0 in second half stoppage time. Minnesota and Cleveland have concluded the first session of extra time
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9:26 - GOAL! Floyd Franks puts Cleveland ahead in extra time. Just after the goal, Ricardo Sanchez was knocked to the ground after a scuffle with a Cleveland player, and stayed down for a few minutes, adn has left the field for medical attention.
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9:18 - Just got word from Dan Sibor in the USOpenCup.com mailbox that Richmond is up 2-1 in the 87th minute. Also, we have unfortunatly lost updates for the Harrisburg-Baltimore match, so we will port the final score as soon as we get it.
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9:14 - GOAL! Alex Afonso scores from just outside the penalty area to put Miami ahead of the USL-1 rivals, 1-0. Also, the third Rochester was a free kick from inside the penalty area, after the Riverhounds goalkeeper handled a backpass.
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9:08 - Rochester look to have wrapped up a victory over Pittsburgh, as Luke Kreamalmeyer connects from a  Matthew Delicate free kick to make it 3-0 Rhinos at the 75th minute.
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9:04 - Cleveland and Minnesota have played the full 90 minutes toa  0-0 draw, so 30 minutes of extra time await!
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9:01 - The Rhinos will play the final 20 minutes with ten men, as Steve Guppy has been sent off in the 70th minute.
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8:59 - Four minutes of stoppage time has been added in Minnesota
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8:53 - GOAL! Mauricio Salas doubles the Rhinos lead over Pittsburgh with a Steve Guppy assisted goal in the 60th minute
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8:49 - Some halftime stats from Carolina: Corners: Maryland 2 Carolina 6, Fouls: Maryland 4 Offside: Carolina 7, Offside- Maryland 2 Carolina 1
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8:39 - Looks like the weather has cleared in Miami, and the Silverbacks and Blues are under way.
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8:14 - Looks like I spoke too soon on the weathwer report, as it looks like the kickoff in Miami is delayed by the weather. We are also having technical problems getting updates for the Western MAss=Richmond contest.
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8:02 - Halftime in Minnesota and Harrisburg, both games even going into the break
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7:58 - GOAL! Johnny Menyongar adds to his Open Cup goal total with a strike for the Rhinos in the 26th minute. Ze Roberto was credited with the assist.
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7:55 - GOAL! Charleston jumps to an early lead over Charlotte, as Darren Spicer strikes again for the home side in the 12th minute.
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7:43 - After a quick look at the national radar, the dreaded prospect of bad weather DOES NOT appear to be an issue with tonight’s games.
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7:33 - Charlotte and Charleston have kicked off, with the other three 7:30 games about to do the same
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7:29 - GOAL! Harrisburg draws level with Palace in the 24th minute through Mo Odour, on an assist from David Schofield
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7:13 - GOAL! Crystal palace Baltimore gets the first goal of the night from Kevin King to go up 1-0 at the 10 minute mark
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7:10 pm - Minnesota and Cleveland have kicked off!
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7:05 pm - Hello everyone, Chuck Nolan Jr. here for another night of Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup action! Harrisburg and CP Baltimore have kicked off, and we are waiting for the online broadcast of Minnesota vs. Cleveland to begin!
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