1998 U.S. Open Cup

The 1998 U.S. Open Cup ran from June through October, 1998, open to all soccer teams in the United States.

The first-year Major League Soccer club Chicago Fire won the championship with a dramatic overtime victory over Columbus.

In the early rounds of the tournament, only one MLS team lost to a minor-league side, when the A-League's Nashville Metros beat the Kansas City Wizards 3-1.

Open Cup Bracket

"Home teams listed on top of bracket"32TeamBracket | RD1=Second Round
RD2=Third Round
RD3=Quarterfinals
RD4=Semifinals
RD5=Finals

RD1-seed01=A-L
RD1-team01=Hershey
RD1-score01=2
RD1-seed02=PDL
RD1-team02=Chicago Stingers
RD1-score02=3

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RD1-seed05=A-L
RD1-team05=El Paso
RD1-score05=9
RD1-seed06=PDL
RD1-team06=Arizona
RD1-score06=1

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RD1-seed11=A-L
RD1-team11=Orange County
RD1-score11=2
RD1-seed12=PDL
RD1-team12=Austin
RD1-score12=1

RD1-seed13=A-L
RD1-team13=Nashville
RD1-score13=7
RD1-seed14=PDL
RD1-team14=Delaware
RD1-score14=1

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RD1-seed19=A-L
RD1-team19=Milwaukee
RD1-score19=1
RD1-seed20=PDL
RD1-team20=Orlando
RD1-score20=2

RD1-seed21=PDL
RD1-team21=Western Mass
RD1-score21=1
RD1-seed22=A-L
RD1-team22=Rochester
RD1-score22=3

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RD1-seed27=A-L
RD1-team27=Hampton Roads (ASDET, PSO)
RD1-score27=0 (3)
RD1-seed28=PDL
RD1-team28=Central Jersey
RD1-score28=0 (2)

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RD1-seed31=A-L
RD1-team31=Worcester
RD1-score31=2
RD1-seed32=PDL
RD1-team32=Charlotte
RD1-score32=0

RD2-seed01=PDL
RD2-team01=Chicago Stingers
RD2-score01=1
RD2-seed02=MLS
RD2-team02=Chicago Fire
RD2-score02=3

RD2-seed03=A-L
RD2-team03=El Paso
RD2-score03=0
RD2-seed04=MLS
RD2-team04=San Jose
RD2-score04=2

RD2-seed05=MLS
RD2-team05=Dallas
RD2-score05=4
RD2-seed06=A-L
RD2-team06=Orange County
RD2-score06=0

RD2-seed07=A-L
RD2-team07=Nashville
RD2-score07=3
RD2-seed08=MLS
RD2-team08=Kansas City
RD2-score08=1

RD2-seed11=A-L
RD2-team11=Rochester
RD2-score11=1
RD2-seed12=MLS
RD2-team12=Columbus (ASDET)
RD2-score12=2

RD2-seed09=MLS
RD2-team09=Miami
RD2-score09=3
RD2-seed10=PDL
RD2-team10=Orlando
RD2-score10=0

RD2-seed13=MLS
RD2-team13=MetroStars (ASDET)
RD2-score13=1
RD2-seed14=A-L
RD2-team14=Hampton Roads
RD2-score14=0

RD2-seed15=MLS
RD2-team15=Tampa Bay (ASDET, PSO
RD2-score15=2 (5)
RD2-seed16=PDL
RD2-team16=Worcester
RD2-score16=2 (4)

RD3-seed01=MLS
RD3-team01=Chicago Fire (ASDET, PSO)
RD3-score01=1 (4)
RD3-seed02=MLS
RD3-team02=San Jose
RD3-score02=1 (3)

RD3-seed03=MLS
RD3-team03=Dallas
RD3-score03=5
RD3-seed04=A-L
RD3-team04=Nashville
RD3-score04=1

RD3-seed05=MLS
RD3-team05=Columbus
RD3-score05=3
RD3-seed06=MLS
RD3-team06=Miami
RD3-score06=0

RD3-seed07=MLS
RD3-team07=MetroStars
RD3-score07=4
RD3-seed08=MLS
RD3-team08=Tampa Bay
RD3-score08=0

RD4-seed01=MLS
RD4-team01=Chicago Fire
RD4-score01=3
RD4-seed02=MLS
RD4-team02=Dallas
RD4-score02=2

RD4-seed03=MLS
RD4-team03=Columbus
RD4-score03=1
RD4-seed04=MLS
RD4-team04=MetroStars
RD4-score04=0

RD5-seed01=MLS
RD5-team01=Chicago Fire
RD5-score01=2
RD5-seed02=MLS
RD5-team02=Columbus
RD5-score02=1

First Round

Eight D3 Pro, four PDL, and four USASA teams start.

econd Round

Eight A-League enter.

Third Round

Eight MLS enter.

Quarterfinals

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date = July 22, 1998

team1 = Columbus Crew (MLS)
score = 3–0
report = [http://lhusoc.tripod.com/history/1998/1998d.htm (Report)]
team2 = Miami Fusion (MLS)
goals1 = Jeff Cunningham 12'
Brian McBride 36', 44'
goals2 =
stadium = Finley Stadium
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Attendance: 3,757
Referee: Sandra Hunt (USA)----footballbox
date = July 22, 1998

team1 = MetroStars (MLS)
score = 4–0
report = [http://lhusoc.tripod.com/history/1998/1998d.htm (Report)]
team2 = Tampa Bay Mutiny (MLS)
goals1 = Giovanni Savarese 33', 35'
Jim Rooney 75'
Mike Sorber 77'
goals2 =
stadium = Finley Stadium
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Attendance: 3,757
Referee: Kevin Stott (USA)----footballbox
date = July 22, 1998

team1 = Chicago Fire (MLS)
score = 1–1 (AET)
4-3 PSO
report = [http://lhusoc.tripod.com/history/1998/1998d.htm (Report)]
team2 = San Jose Clash (MLS)
goals1 = Lubos Kubik 55'
goals2 = Jeff Baicher 65'
stadium = Cotton Bowl
Dallas, Texas
Attendance: 3,812
Referee: Kevin Terry (USA)----footballbox
date = July 22, 1998

team1 = Nashville Metros (A-League)
score = 1–5
report = [http://lhusoc.tripod.com/history/1998/1998d.htm (Report)]
team2 = Dallas Burn (MLS)
goals1 = John Jones 87'
goals2 = Dante Washington 9', 53'
Mickey Trotman 48'
Temoc Suarez 78'
Richard Farrer 81'
stadium = Cotton Bowl
Dallas, Texas
Attendance: 3,812
Referee: Gerry Corrie (USA)

emifinals

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date = August 4, 1998

team1 = Chicago Fire (MLS)
score = 3–2
report = [http://lhusoc.tripod.com/history/1998/1998e.htm (Report)]
team2 = Dallas Burn (MLS)
goals1 = Ante Razov 11'
Roman Kosecki 56'
Lubos Kubik 74'
goals2 = Mickey Trotman 23'
Leonel Alvarez 83' (pen)
stadium = Zephyr Field
New Orleans, Louisiana
Attendance: 6,514
Referee: Rich Grady (USA)----footballbox
date = August 4, 1998

team1 = Columbus Crew (MLS)
score = 1–0
report = [http://lhusoc.tripod.com/history/1998/1998e.htm (Report)]
team2 = MetroStars (MLS)
goals1 = Ricardo Iribarren 5'
goals2 =
stadium = Zephyr Field
New Orleans, Louisiana
Attendance: 6,514
Referee: Tim Weyland (USA)

Final

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date = October 30, 1998

team1 = Columbus Crew (MLS)
score = 1–2 (ASDET)
report = [http://lhusoc.tripod.com/history/1998/1998e.htm (Report)]
team2 = Chicago Fire (MLS)
goals1 = Stern John 53'
goals2 = Jerzy Podbrozny 45' (pen)
Frank Klopas 99'
stadium = Soldier Field
Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 18,615
Referee: Arturo Angeles (USA)

Top Scorers

ee also

* United States Soccer Federation
* Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup
* Major League Soccer
* United Soccer Leagues
* USASA
* National Premier Soccer League