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1996 U.S. Open Cup


FieldValue
titleU.S. Open Cup
year1996
countryUnited States
num_teams17
winnersD.C. United
(1st title)
secondRochester Rhinos
matches15
goals56
prev_season1995
next_season1997

(1st title) The 1996 United States Open Cup was the 83rd edition of the tournament, and the first Open Cup to include Major League Soccer teams.

D.C. United defeated the Rochester Raging Rhinos 3–0 in the final at RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Originally, four of the ten MLS teams entered the tournament. Five ended up participating, as D.C. United replaced the Los Angeles Galaxy (due to the Galaxy's congested schedule), and the Colorado Rapids replaced the Colorado Foxes (when the team could not reschedule its third-round match against Kansas City). The A-League Rochester side beat two MLS teams en route to the final before falling to already-crowned MLS Cup champion United.

Bracket

| RD1-seed01= | RD1-team01= | RD1-score01= | RD1-seed02= | RD1-team02= | RD1-score02= | RD1-seed03=USASA | RD1-team03=San Jose Oaks | RD1-score03=0 | RD1-seed04=A-L | RD1-team04=Seattle Sounders | RD1-score04=1 | RD1-seed05= | RD1-team05= | RD1-score05= | RD1-seed06= | RD1-team06= | RD1-score06= | RD1-seed07=A-L | RD1-team07=New York Fever | RD1-score07=0 | RD1-seed08=USISL | RD1-team08=Carolina Dynamo | RD1-score08=1 | RD1-seed09=A-L | RD1-team09=Rochester Rhinos | RD1-score09=2 | RD1-seed10=USISL | RD1-team10=Fort Myers Manatees | RD1-score10=0 | RD1-seed11= | RD1-team11= | RD1-score11= | RD1-seed12= | RD1-team12= | RD1-score12= | RD1-seed13= | RD1-team13= | RD1-score13= | RD1-seed14= | RD1-team14= | RD1-score14= | RD1-seed15=A-L | RD1-team15=Colorado Foxes | RD1-score15=5 | RD1-seed16=USISL | RD1-team16=El Paso Patriots | RD1-score16=1 | RD2-seed01=MLS | RD2-team01=Dallas Burn | RD2-score01=3 | RD2-seed02=A-L | RD2-team02=Seattle Sounders | RD2-score02=2 | RD2-seed03=MLS | RD2-team03=D.C. United | RD2-score03=2 | RD2-seed04=USISL | RD2-team04=Carolina Dynamo | RD2-score04=0 | RD2-seed05=A-L | RD2-team05=Rochester Rhinos (AET) | RD2-score05=4 | RD2-seed06=MLS | RD2-team06=Tampa Bay Mutiny | RD2-score06=3 | RD2-seed07=MLS | RD2-team07=Kansas City Wiz | RD2-score07=2 | RD2-seed08=MLS | RD2-team08=Colorado Rapids | RD2-score08=3 | RD3-seed01=MLS | RD3-team01=Dallas Burn | RD3-score01=0 | RD3-seed02=MLS | RD3-team02=D.C. United | RD3-score02=2 | RD3-seed03=A-L | RD3-team03=Rochester Rhinos | RD3-score03=3 | RD3-seed04=MLS | RD3-team04=Colorado Rapids | RD3-score04=0 | RD4-seed01=MLS | RD4-team01=D.C. United | RD4-score01=3 | RD4-seed02=A-L | RD4-team02=Rochester Rhinos | RD4-score02=0

First Round

  • Adair
  • Schweitzer
  • Gailey
  • Sloan
  • Beall

Second Round

  • Allnutt
  • Steenkamp
  • Marinaro
  • Thompson
  • McCreath
  • Siersbaek
  • Boyd
  • Epstein
  • Guardado ,

Quarterfinals

  • Rammel

  • Gutierrez
  • Miller
  • Kennell
  • Lassiter
  • Valderrama
  • Wise

  • Bowers
  • Takawira
  • Henderson

Note: The Colorado Rapids replaced the Colorado Foxes when the team could not reschedule its Quarterfinal match after player availability conflicts due to CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying.

  • Lozzano
  • Elliott
  • Eck
  • Leonetti
  • Hoggan

Semifinals

  • Steenkamp
  • Miller

date = October 27, 1996

  • Moreno

Final

(MLS) (A-League)

  • Díaz Arce
  • Pope
  • Moreno
USA Bruce Arena
CAN Pat Ercoli
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