Eric Vormelker netminder@jump.net provided much of the following information:
Home Teams Listed First
aet. = After Extra Time HPW = Home Penalty Win APW = Away Penalty Win
US Open Cup Final DC United - Dallas Burn 0:0 aet. 28 Oct (Dallas wins on penalties, 3:5)
Semifinal Round NY/NJ MetroStars - Dallas Burn 1:2 aet. 2 Sep SF Bay Seals - DC United 1:2 3 Sep
Quarterfinal Round Chicago Stingers - Dallas Burn 1:4 10 Aug DC United - Tampa Bay Mutiny 2:0 19 Aug San Jose Clash - SF Bay Seals 1:2 20 Aug Long Island RR - NY/NJ MetroStars 0:1 aet. 26 Aug
Round: 3 Richmond Kickers - NY/NJ MetroStars 0:3 23 Jul SF Bay Seals - Kansas City Wizards 2:1 24 Jul CC Roadrunners - San Jose Clash 2:5 27 Jul New Orleans RbG - Dallas Burn 0:3 29 Jul Chicago Stingers - Colorado Rapids 2:1 30 Jul New England Revolution - Long Island RR 3:4 aet. 1 Aug Rochester Rhinos - Tampa Bay Mutiny 0:1 1 Aug Hershey Wildcats - DC United 0:0 APW 6 Aug
Round: 2 Austin Lone Stars - New Orleans RbG 0:1 aet. 1 Jul Richmond Kickers - Philadelphia Freedom 6:1 2 Jul CC Roadrunners - California Jaguars 3:2 aet. 7 Jul SF Bay Seals - Seattle Sounders 1:0 8 Jul Chicago Stingers - Orlando Sundogs 3:0 8 Jul Hershey Wildcats - Cent. Jersey Riptide 4:1 8 Jul Rochester Rhinos - Mid Michigan Bucks 3:2 aet. 8 Jul Long Island RR - Bridgeport Italians 1:0 13 Jul
Round: 1 Austin Lone Stars - Tucson Amigos 4:2 18 Jun CC Roadrunners - Albuquerque Geckos 4:2 20 Jun Inter FC - SF Bay Seals 0:4 20 Jun Wilmington Hammerheads - Mid Michigan Bucks 2:3 24 Jun Chicago Stingers - Mequon United 2:0 24 Jun Los Lobos - Cent. Jersey Riptide 0:1 25 Jun Philadelphia Freedom - Lincoln Brigade 1:1 HPW 25 Jun RI Stingrays - Bridgeport Italians 2:3 26 Jun
Overview
Round 1: 4 USASA winners + 4 USISL Premier League + 8 D-3 League Round 2: July 2-8 Round 1 winners + 8 A-League Round 3: July 23-29 Round 2 winners + 8 MLS Quarterfinals: August 13-19 Semifinals: September 3 Final: September ??
In the USISL, ALL Pro and A-League teams will be involved. The first four conference games for each team will count as Open Cup qualifiers. Highest point total send the teams into Round 1. These four games must be completed by the end of May or perhaps the first week of June. As the USISL season will be starting in early April, all teams are sure to have four conference games finished. It'll only be a matter of clarifying which games count. Starting in Round 1, the tournament will be a BLIND DRAW. For Round 1, the USSF will provide up to $5,000 for the 8 travel teams. After that, the home team will reimburse the travel team for expenses up until the semifinal, when the USSF will step back in, covering up to $10,000 for travel to the semifinal and final. The USSF is putting up $10,000 for the highest amateur finisher. If more than one team gets equally far, the money is split. The USSF is putting up $10,000 for the highest D-3 finisher. If more than one team gets equally far, the money is split. The luck of the draw could produce some high-stakes match-ups! The semifinalist and finalist split 25% of the semi-final and championship gate, a value to be no less than $20,000 for the semifinalist, and no less than $30,000 for the finalist. Upper figures are $30K for 2nd and $50K for first. Granted, this doesn't match MLS's $100K that DC collected this fall, but considering that Rochester walked away with nothing this year, this is a HUGE improvement.
For complete information on the US Open Cup, see Eric Vormelker's web page: http://www.jump.net/~netminder/quitameehu/opencup
US Open Cup 1996
This page was created by TOTO written by Andreas Werner werner@ira.uka.de.