USA Cup (USA Open Cup) 2000

Qualifiers 
---------- 
12 MLS Teams 
 8 A-League Teams 
 8 D3 Teams 
 4 PDL Teams 
 4 USASA (amateur) teams 

USASA and PDL teams face each other in a preliminary round. The remaining 
32 teams were then split into East and West brackets (16 teams each) and 
drawn into brackets. 

USASA qualifying--regional finals 
Region   I: Jerry D's           2-1 Stamford Olympia 
Region  II: Milwaukee Bavarians 5-0 Southfield Arsenal 
Region III: Los Lobos           0-5 Uruguay SC 
Region  IV: Real                2-3 Mexico SC 

First Round 
[Jun 4]
San Gabriel Valley              2-3 Mexico SC 
[Jun 5]
Central Florida                 1-2 Uruguay SC 
[Jun 6]
Chicago Sockers                 3-0 Milwaukee Bavarians 
Mid-Michigan Bucks              6-0 Jerry D's 
  [Jerry D's is an over-30 team, Mid-Michigan have no players over 26] 

Second Round 
West 
[Jun 13]
San Diego Flash                 2-1 Riverside County          
  [Farias 56, Phillips 60; Owen 44]
[Jun 14]
LA Galaxy                       2-1 Seattle Sounders        (at Fullerton, CA)
  [Vanney 23pen, Jones 90; Howes 48]
Richmond Kickers                3-0 Colorado Rapids    
  [Messam 65, Donohue 74, DeRosario 77] 
Stanislaus United               0-5 San Jose Earthquakes
  [Karapetyan 27, Russell 61, 71, Conteh 75, 88]
Chicago Fire                    4-0 Texas Rattlers
  [Razov 19, 61, own goal 27, Kovalenko 87] 
Chicago Sockers                 0-0 Kansas City Wizards     [7-6 pen]  
Dallas Burn                     3-0 Tennessee Rhythm 
  [Deering 27, 75, Alavanja 72]
Minnesota Thunder               7-0 Mexico SC
  [Menyonger 9, 20, 68, Mladenov 45, Lagos 48, Schneider 55, Zeba 60] 
East 
[Jun 14]
Charleston Battery              0-4 DC United       
  [Moreno 62, Diaz Arce 68, 80, 84]
Pittsburgh Riverhounds          1-2 Rochester Rhinos
  [Karn 20; Nash 15, Lowe 75] 
Miami Fusion                    6-1 New Jersey
  [Vargas 13, Welton 27, 40, 48, 71, Serna 88; Cesar 83] 
New England Revolution          0-1 Mid-Michigan Bucks
  [Schomaker 90]
Tampa Bay Mutiny                1-0 Uruguay SC              [asdet]
  [Diallo 94]
Wilmington Hammerheads          1-2 MetroStars            
  [Corrie 67; Chung 39, Mathis 43] 
Cape Cod Crusaders              0-2 Columbus Crew    
  [West 46, Aguilera 55]
Hampton Roads Mariners          3-2 Northern Virginia Royals 
  [Lawrence 47, Clark 53, Scrofani 64; Engelfried 4, Vita 88]

Third Round 
West
[Jul 25]
San Diego Flash                 0-2 LA Galaxy        
San Jose Earthquakes            2-0 Richmond Kickers         
Chicago Sockers                 0-1 Chicago Fire                    
Minnesota Thunder               0-2 Dallas Burn       
East
[Jul 19]
Columbus Crew                   4-1 Hampton Roads Mariners  
[Jul 25]
Mid-Michigan Bucks              3-3 Miami Fusion            [asdet, 5-6 pen]                  
MetroStars                      3-0 Tampa Bay Mutiny                 
[Jul 26]
DC United                       3-0 Rochester Rhinos      
     
Quarterfinals [Aug 9]
West
LA Galaxy                       2-0 San Jose Earthquakes        
Chicago Fire                    5-1 Dallas Burn       
East
DC United                       2-3 Miami Fusion            [asdet]                
Columbus Crew                   1-1 MetroStars              [asdet, 6-7 pen]

Semifinals
West [Aug 23]
LA Galaxy                       1-2 Chicago Fire            [asdet]
East [Sep 12]
MetroStars                      2-3 Miami Fusion

Final [Oct 21, Soldier Field, Chicago]
Chicago Fire                    2-1 Miami Fusion
list of finals
About this document

Prepared and maintained by James Goloboy for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: James Goloboy
Last updated: 2 Sep 2010