2007 U.S. Open Cup


The 2007 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup was the 94th edition of the USSF's annual national soccer championship, running from June through early October.
The New England Revolution defeated FC Dallas 3–2 in the final played at Pizza Hut Park, Frisco, Texas.
Pairings for the competition were announced on Tuesday, May 29, 2007. The 2007 tournament was the first since 2002 to not include all Major League Soccer teams. Instead, MLS had eight teams in the tournament; six qualified automatically, while the remaining six US-based sides participated in a playoff for the final two positions. In another change for the tournament, all nine US-based USL First Division teams entered into the Cup. The Puerto Rico Islanders are not eligible for the tournament, as Puerto Rico has a soccer federation independent from US Soccer.

Matchdays

Participating teams

The tournament consists of 40 teams, according to the following distribution:
ClassificationNumber of Teams
Major League Soccer8
United Soccer Leagues First Division9
United Soccer Leagues Second Division7
Amateur16*

*Includes 8 USL Premier Development League teams and 8 USASA regional qualifiers

Prize money

There is a total of $180,000 in prize money at stake in the 2007 version of the competition. The prize money breakdown is as follows: $100,000 to the champion, $50,000 to the runner up and $10,000 to the team advancing the deepest in the tournament from each of the Division II, Division III and amateur levels.

Qualifying

Qualified teams by classification

Tier 1: Major League Soccer (MLS)

Second Round winners advance to play one of 8 MLS clubs in 16-team knockout tournament
Home teams listed on top of bracket

Schedule

Note: Scorelines use the standard U.S. convention of placing the home team on the right-hand side of box scores.

First round

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Second round

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Third round

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Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Final

Top scorers

PositionPlayerClubGoals
1Sébastien Le TouxSeattle Sounders5
2Taylor TwellmanNew England Revolution4
Warren UkahAtlanta Silverbacks4
Connally EdozienCarolina Railhawks4