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2012 U.S. Open Cup
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The 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup was the 99th edition of the U.S. Open Cup, the annual national soccer championship of the United States. It ran from May to August and was organized by the United States Soccer Federation. Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer entered the competition as the three-time defending champions and appeared in their fourth consecutive U.S. Open Cup Final, losing to Sporting Kansas City on August 8, 2012.
For the 2012 tournament, U.S. Soccer increased the main tournament from a 40-club tournament, to a 64-club tournament. All Major League Soccer clubs based in the U.S. received automatic berths. This made the U.S. Open Cup very similar to other domestic knock-out competitions where all top-tier clubs earn automatic berths.
The farthest advancing NASL teams were the Minnesota Stars FC, Carolina RailHawks, and San Antonio Scorpions (all beat 1 MLS team), while the farthest advancing USL Pro teams were the Charlotte Eagles, Dayton Dutch Lions, and the Harrisburg City Islanders, who beat 2 MLS sides. All three USL Pro teams advanced a round past their division two NASL counterparts. The farthest advancing USL PDL team was the Michigan Bucks, who advanced to the 4th round after beating an MLS club. An amateur club, Cal FC of the USASA, won 1–0 away to MLS's Portland Timbers in a third round upset.
The winner, Sporting Kansas City, received a cash prize of $100,000 and also qualified for the 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League (placed in Pot B).
Qualification
Main article: 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup qualification
For the first time, all 32 professional teams from the first 3 tiers of American Soccer will be participating. Additionally, 32 teams will also qualify from the USL Premier Development League, National Premier Soccer League, United States Adult Soccer Association, and US Club Soccer.
† League Champions in 2011
‡ League Premiers in 2011
- Stanislaus United Turlock Express defeated the Bay Area Ambassadors of the NPSL in a play-in game on April 28 to qualify for the first round.
Brackets
Home team is listed first, winners are in bold. | team-width=200 (May 15) (May 22) (May 29 and 30)
| RD1-seed01=PDL | RD1-team01=Michigan Bucks | RD1-score01=6 | RD1-seed02=USASA | RD1-team02=Jersey Shore Boca | RD1-score02=0
| RD1-seed03=NPSL | RD1-team03=FC Sonic Lehigh Valley | RD1-score03=0 | RD1-seed04=PDL | RD1-team04=Long Island Rough Riders | RD1-score04=2
| RD1-seed05=PDL | RD1-team05=Kitsap Pumas | RD1-score05=1 | RD1-seed06=USASA | RD1-team06=Cal FC | RD1-score06=3
| RD1-seed07=PDL | RD1-team07=Portland Timbers U23's | RD1-score07=1 | RD1-seed08=USASA | RD1-team08=PSA Elite | RD1-score08=3
| RD1-seed09=USCS | RD1-team09=Stanislaus United Turlock Express | RD1-score09=0 | RD1-seed10=PDL | RD1-team10=Fresno Fuego | RD1-score10=2
| RD1-seed11=PDL | RD1-team11=Real Colorado Foxes | RD1-score11=1 | RD1-seed12=USASA | RD1-team12=KC Athletics | RD1-score12=3
| RD1-seed13=PDL | RD1-team13=Reading United | RD1-score13=2 | RD1-seed14=USASA | RD1-team14=Greek American Atlas | RD1-score14=1
| RD1-seed15=PDL | RD1-team15=Portland Phoenix | RD1-score15=2 | RD1-seed16=NPSL | RD1-team16=Brooklyn Italians | RD1-score16=3
| RD1-seed17=PDL | RD1-team17=Orlando City U-23 | RD1-score17=1 | RD1-seed18=NPSL | RD1-team18=Jacksonville United | RD1-score18=2
| RD1-seed19=USASA | RD1-team19=Aegean Hawks | RD1-score19=3 | RD1-seed20=PDL | RD1-team20=Carolina Dynamo | RD1-score20=1
| RD1-seed21=NPSL | RD1-team21=Georgia Revolution (aet) | RD1-score21=1 | RD1-seed22=PDL | RD1-team22=Mississippi Brilla | RD1-score22=0
| RD1-seed23=PDL | RD1-team23=Laredo Heat | RD1-score23=4 | RD1-seed24=USASA | RD1-team24=ASC New Stars | RD1-score24=2
| RD1-seed25=PDL | RD1-team25=Chicago Fire Premier | RD1-score25=1 | RD1-seed26=USASA | RD1-team26=Croatian Eagles | RD1-score26=0
| RD1-seed27=NPSL | RD1-team27=Milwaukee Bavarians | RD1-score27=1 | RD1-seed28=PDL | RD1-team28=Des Moines Menace (aet) | RD1-score28=3
| RD1-seed29=PDL | RD1-team29=El Paso Patriots | RD1-score29=3 | RD1-seed30=USASA | RD1-team30=NTX Rayados | RD1-score30=1
| RD1-seed31=NPSL | RD1-team31=Fullerton Rangers | RD1-score31=2 | RD1-seed32=PDL | RD1-team32=Ventura County Fusion (aet) | RD1-score32=6
| RD2-seed01=USLP | RD2-team01=Pittsburgh Riverhounds | RD2-score01=0 | RD2-seed02=PDL | RD2-team02=Michigan Bucks | RD2-score02=1
| RD2-seed03=USLP | RD2-team03=Harrisburg City Islanders | RD2-score03=2 | RD2-seed04=PDL | RD2-team04=Long Island Rough Riders | RD2-score04=0
| RD2-seed05=USLP | RD2-team05=Wilmington Hammerheads | RD2-score05=0 | RD2-seed06=USASA | RD2-team06=Cal FC | RD2-score06=4
| RD2-seed07=NASL | RD2-team07=Carolina RailHawks | RD2-score07=6 | RD2-seed08=USASA | RD2-team08=PSA Elite | RD2-score08=0
| RD2-seed09=NASL | RD2-team09=Fort Lauderdale Strikers | RD2-score09=7 | RD2-seed10=PDL | RD2-team10=Fresno Fuego | RD2-score10=2
| RD2-seed11=USLP | RD2-team11=Orlando City | RD2-score11=7 | RD2-seed12=USASA | RD2-team12=KC Athletics | RD2-score12=0
| RD2-seed13=USLP | RD2-team13=Charleston Battery | RD2-score13=2 | RD2-seed14=PDL | RD2-team14=Reading United | RD2-score14=1
| RD2-seed15=USLP | RD2-team15=Rochester Rhinos | RD2-score15=3 | RD2-seed16=NPSL | RD2-team16=Brooklyn Italians | RD2-score16=0
| RD2-seed17=NPSL | RD2-team17=Jacksonville United | RD2-score17=0 | RD2-seed18=NASL | RD2-team18=Tampa Bay Rowdies | RD2-score18=3
| RD2-seed19=USASA | RD2-team19=Aegean Hawks | RD2-score19=0 | RD2-seed20=USLP | RD2-team20=Richmond Kickers | RD2-score20=4
| RD2-seed21=NPSL | RD2-team21=Georgia Revolution | RD2-score21=0 | RD2-seed22=NASL | RD2-team22=Atlanta Silverbacks | RD2-score22=1
| RD2-seed23=NASL | RD2-team23=San Antonio Scorpions | RD2-score23=2 | RD2-seed24=PDL | RD2-team24=Laredo Heat | RD2-score24=0
| RD2-seed25=PDL | RD2-team25=Chicago Fire Premier | RD2-score25=1 | RD2-seed26=USLP | RD2-team26=Dayton Dutch Lions | RD2-score26=2
| RD2-seed27=PDL | RD2-team27=Des Moines Menace | RD2-score27=0 | RD2-seed28=NASL | RD2-team28=Minnesota Stars | RD2-score28=2
| RD2-seed29=PDL | RD2-team29=El Paso Patriots | RD2-score29=0 | RD2-seed30=USLP | RD2-team30=Charlotte Eagles | RD2-score30=1
| RD2-seed31=USLP | RD2-team31=Los Angeles Blues | RD2-score31=1 | RD2-seed32=PDL | RD2-team32=Ventura County Fusion (aet) | RD2-score32=3
| RD3-seed01=PDL | RD3-team01=Michigan Bucks (aet) | RD3-score01=3 | RD3-seed02=MLS | RD3-team02=Chicago Fire | RD3-score02=2
| RD3-seed03=USLP | RD3-team03=Harrisburg City Islanders (aet) | RD3-score03=3 (4) | RD3-seed04=MLS | RD3-team04=New England Revolution | RD3-score04=3 (3)
| RD3-seed05=MLS | RD3-team05=Portland Timbers | RD3-score05=0 | RD3-seed06=USASA | RD3-team06=Cal FC (aet) | RD3-score06=1
| RD3-seed07=NASL | RD3-team07=Carolina RailHawks | RD3-score07=2 | RD3-seed08=MLS | RD3-team08=Los Angeles Galaxy | RD3-score08=1
| RD3-seed09=MLS | RD3-team09=San Jose Earthquakes | RD3-score09=2 | RD3-seed10=NASL | RD3-team10=Fort Lauderdale Strikers | RD3-score10=1
| RD3-seed11=MLS | RD3-team11=Sporting Kansas City | RD3-score11=3 | RD3-seed12=USLP | RD3-team12=Orlando City | RD3-score12=2
| RD3-seed13=USLP | RD3-team13=Charleston Battery | RD3-score13=0 | RD3-seed14=MLS | RD3-team14=New York Red Bulls | RD3-score14=3
| RD3-seed15=MLS | RD3-team15=Philadelphia Union | RD3-score15=3 | RD3-seed16=USLP | RD3-team16=Rochester Rhinos | RD3-score16=0
| RD3-seed17=NASL | RD3-team17=Tampa Bay Rowdies | RD3-score17=1 | RD3-seed18=MLS | RD3-team18=Colorado Rapids | RD3-score18=3
| RD3-seed19=USLP | RD3-team19=Richmond Kickers | RD3-score19=1 | RD3-seed20=MLS | RD3-team20=D.C. United (aet) | RD3-score20=2
| RD3-seed21=MLS | RD3-team21=Seattle Sounders FC | RD3-score21=5 | RD3-seed22=NASL | RD3-team22=Atlanta Silverbacks | RD3-score22=1
| RD3-seed23=NASL | RD3-team23=San Antonio Scorpions | RD3-score23=1 | RD3-seed24=MLS | RD3-team24=Houston Dynamo | RD3-score24=0
| RD3-seed25=MLS | RD3-team25=Columbus Crew | RD3-score25=1 | RD3-seed26=USLP | RD3-team26=Dayton Dutch Lions | RD3-score26=2
| RD3-seed27=MLS | RD3-team27=Real Salt Lake | RD3-score27=1 | RD3-seed28=NASL | RD3-team28=Minnesota Stars | RD3-score28=3
| RD3-seed29=MLS | RD3-team29=FC Dallas | RD3-score29=0 | RD3-seed30=USLP | RD3-team30=Charlotte Eagles | RD3-score30=2
| RD3-seed31=PDL | RD3-team31=Ventura County Fusion | RD3-score31=0 | RD3-seed32=MLS | RD3-team32=Chivas USA | RD3-score32=1
(June 5) (June 26) (July 11) (August 8) |team-width=
|RD1-seed01=MLS |RD1-team01=D.C. United |RD1-score01= 1 |RD1-seed02=MLS |RD1-team02=Philadelphia Union (aet) |RD1-score02= 2
|RD1-seed03=USLP |RD1-team03=Harrisburg City Islanders (aet) |RD1-score03=3 |RD1-seed04=MLS |RD1-team04=New York Red Bulls |RD1-score04=1
|RD1-seed05=MLS |RD1-team05=Sporting Kansas City |RD1-score05=2 |RD1-seed06=MLS |RD1-team06=Colorado Rapids |RD1-score06=0
|RD1-seed07=PDL |RD1-team07=Michigan Bucks |RD1-score07=1 |RD1-seed08=USLP |RD1-team08=Dayton Dutch Lions (aet) |RD1-score08=2
|RD1-seed09=MLS |RD1-team09=San Jose Earthquakes |RD1-score09=1 |RD1-seed10=NASL |RD1-team10=Minnesota Stars FC |RD1-score10=0
|RD1-seed11=MLS |RD1-team11=Seattle Sounders FC |RD1-score11=5 |RD1-seed12=USASA |RD1-team12=Cal FC |RD1-score12=0
|RD1-seed13=NASL |RD1-team13=Carolina RailHawks |RD1-score13=1 |RD1-seed14=MLS |RD1-team14=Chivas USA |RD1-score14=2
|RD1-seed15=NASL |RD1-team15=San Antonio Scorpions |RD1-score15= 1 |RD1-seed16=USLP |RD1-team16=Charlotte Eagles (aet) |RD1-score16= 2
|RD2-seed01=MLS |RD2-team01=Philadelphia Union |RD2-score01=5 |RD2-seed02=USLP |RD2-team02=Harrisburg City Islanders |RD2-score02=2
|RD2-seed03=MLS |RD2-team03=Sporting Kansas City |RD2-score03=3 |RD2-seed04=USLP |RD2-team04=Dayton Dutch Lions |RD2-score04=0
|RD2-seed05=MLS |RD2-team05=San Jose Earthquakes |RD2-score05=0 |RD2-seed06=MLS |RD2-team06=Seattle Sounders FC |RD2-score06=1
|RD2-seed07=MLS |RD2-team07=Chivas USA |RD2-score07=2 |RD2-seed08=USLP |RD2-team08=Charlotte Eagles |RD2-score08=1
|RD3-seed01=MLS |RD3-team01=Philadelphia Union |RD3-score01=0 |RD3-seed02=MLS |RD3-team02=Sporting Kansas City |RD3-score02=2
|RD3-seed03=MLS |RD3-team03=Seattle Sounders FC |RD3-score03=4 |RD3-seed04=MLS |RD3-team04=Chivas USA |RD3-score04=1
|RD4-seed01=MLS |RD4-team01=Sporting Kansas City (aet) |RD4-score01= 1(3) |RD4-seed02=MLS |RD4-team02=Seattle Sounders FC |RD4-score02=1(2)
Schedule
Note: Scorelines use the standard U.S. convention of placing the home team on the right-hand side of box scores.
First round
32 Teams from USL PDL, NPSL, and USASA begin competition. Safi Finley Higgins Ney Crnkic Catalano Miller Ogunyemi Turizo Harewood Moloto Kozlowski Villanueva Buduri Griego Aghasyan Ramirez F. López Chongo Rupert R. López Roldan
Second round
16 teams from NASL and USL Pro enter. Antoniuk Keith Savage Halowaty Ombiji Aghasyan Pe. Ferreira-Mendes Lowery Schilawski Reinhart Anderson Restrepo Moráles Griffin Rooney Watson Luzunaris Paterson Chinn Banks dos Santos Hiroyama Ibarra Harmse Bowen
Third round
16 teams from MLS enter.
Fagundez
Rowe
Nguyen
Feilhaber
Pelletier
Ombiji ,
Noone
Rowe
Roach
Brettschneider
Feilhaber
Basso
Duckett
Yates
Marshall
Saragosa
Kitchen
Garcia
Shriver
Pearce
Lade
Bartels
Knotek
Vargas
Traynor
Rosenlund
Adu
Lahoud
Bone
Puppo
Crnkic ,
Boyden
Akpan
Thompson
Marshall
Hill
Claire
Molino
Pulis
Chin
Nagamura
Saad
Peterson
Dixon
Wagner
Denissen
Kling
Gold
Pitchkolan
Roberts
Williams
Thornton
Thornton
Hlavaty
Bracalello
Velásquez
Olave
Gordon
Ángel
Chongo
Chavez
Lorenz
Restrepo
Garza ,
Davis
Alonso
Caskey
Burch
Ochoa
Rivera
Fourth round
Gavin
Riley
Ángel
Ortiz
Lowery
Palacio
Arteaga
Holgersson
Duckett
Welker
Pelletier
Basso
Noble
Mkosana
Valdes
Martinez
M. Farfan
Hoppenot
Dudar
Wolff
DeLasse
Freeman
LaBauex
Pickens
César
Bunbury
Bateau
Salles
Ochoa
Alonso
Montero
Caskey
Davis
Kallman
Corrales
Lenhart
Quarterfinals
Langley
Marshall
Langley
Pelletier
McInerney
Pajoy
Gómez
McInerney
Zusi
Scott
Rose
Burch
Beitashour
Morrow
Semifinals
Peterson
Collin
Zusi
M. Farfan
Lahoud
Williams
Romero
Califf
Alonso
Evans
Ochoa
Final
Main article: 2012 U.S. Open Cup Final
(a.e.t.)
Report
Ianni
Scott
Burch
Alonso
Tiffert
Johnson
Espinoza
Besler
Zusi
Nagamura
Top scorers
Statistics current through the Cup Final.
| Rank | Scorer | Club | Goals | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA Brian Shriver | Carolina RailHawks | 5 | |||||
| USA Danny Barrera | Cal FC | 4 | |||||
| CUB Osvaldo Alonso | Seattle Sounders FC | 4 | |||||
| USA Frankie López | Ventura County Fusion | 4 | |||||
| ARM Artur Aghasyan | Cal FC | 3 | |||||
| USA Nate Thornton | Charlotte Eagles | 3 | |||||
| USA Aly Hassan | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 3 | |||||
| KEN Brian Ombiji | Harrisburg City Islanders | 3 | |||||
| GAM Sainey Touray | Harrisburg City Islanders | 3 | |||||
| USA Freddy Adu | Philadelphia Union | 3 | |||||
| USA Sammy Ochoa | Seattle Sounders FC | 3 |
References
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