2002 U.S. Open Cup

2002 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup
Tournament details
Country	United States
Final positions
Champions	Columbus Crew; (1st title)
Runner-up	Los Angeles Galaxy
2003 CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Columbus Crew
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	Johnny Menyongar; (4 goals)
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The 2002 U.S. Open Cup was the 89th edition of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup was a club soccer tournament in the United States open to all men's teams in the country. It was organized by the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) and featured 32 teams. The tournament ran from June to October.^[1]^[2]

The Columbus Crew won the Open Cup with a 1–0 victory over the defending-champion Los Angeles Galaxy in the final at Columbus Crew Stadium. Just three days before, Los Angeles had won MLS Cup 2002; Columbus was the MLS Supporters' Shield champion.^[3]

Every third-round game featured an MLS team against an A-League squad. Although the MLS teams won seven of the eight games, four went to overtime, including San Jose's memorable 4–3 win over Seattle. The Des Moines Menace turned in the best performance by a PDL team, taking Rochester to overtime in a 3-2 second-round loss.

Open Cup Bracket

Home teams listed on top of bracket

Second Round

Third Round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

D3

South Jersey Barons

0

A-L

Hampton Roads Mariners

1

A-L

Hampton Roads Mariners

0

MLS

MetroStars

1

MLS

MetroStars

1

MLS

Columbus Crew

2

MLS

Columbus Crew

3

A-L

Richmond Kickers

0

PDL

Raleigh CASL Elite

0

A-L

Richmond Kickers

3

MLS

Columbus Crew (ASDET)

3

MLS

Kansas City Wizards

2

A-L

Milwaukee Rampage

4

D3

New York Freedom

0

A-L

Milwaukee Rampage

1

MLS

Chicago Fire

0

A-L

Milwaukee Rampage

0

MLS

Kansas City Wizards

2

A-L

Rochester Rhinos (ASDET)

3

PDL

Des Moines Menace

2

A-L

Rochester Rhinos (ASDET)

2

MLS

Kansas City Wizards

3

MLS

Columbus Crew

1

MLS

Los Angeles Galaxy

0

D3

Utah Blitzz

1

A-L

Seattle Sounders

2

A-L

Seattle Sounders

3

MLS

San Jose Earthquakes (ASDET)

4

MLS

San Jose Earthquakes

0

MLS

Los Angeles Galaxy (ASDET)

1

A-L

Minnesota Thunder

6

PDL

San Diego Gauchos

1

A-L

Minnesota Thunder

0

MLS

Los Angeles Galaxy

4

MLS

Los Angeles Galaxy

4

MLS

Dallas Burn

1

A-L

Atlanta Silverbacks

2

PDL

Memphis Express

0

A-L

Atlanta Silverbacks

1

MLS

Dallas Burn (ASDET)

2

MLS

Dallas Burn (ASDET)

1

MLS

Colorado Rapids

0

A-L

Charleston Battery

0

MLS

Colorado Rapids (ASDET)

1

D3

Greenville Lions

0

A-L

Charleston Battery

3

Schedule

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

First round

Seven D3 Pro League, five PDL, and four USASA teams start.

June 9, 2002	Real Madrid (Texas) (USASA)	1–3	Greenville Lions (D3 Pro)	Greenville, South Carolina
	Marlon Irias 22'	(Report)	Jerome Lee Yaw 20', 31', 69'	Stadium: Sirrine Stadium Attendance: -- Referee: John Frey (USA)

June 9, 2002	South Jersey Barons (D3 Pro)	4–0	Vereinigung Erzgebirge (USASA)	Doylestown, Pennsylvania
	James Harvey Kevin Griffin Gary Williams Matt Miles	(Report)		Stadium: Vereinigung Erzgebirge Soccer Club Attendance: -- Referee: Stanford Nagle (USA)

June 11, 2002	Carolina Dynamo (D3 Pro)	2–5	Raleigh CASL Elite (PDL)	Cary, North Carolina
	Mario Benjamin 28' Lester Felician 60'	(Report)	Matt Crawford 6' Michael Karim 36' Logan Pause 70' Trevor Perea 79' Ryan Kneipper 86'	Stadium: SAS Stadium Attendance: 815 Referee: Charles Mitchell (USA)

June 11, 2002	New Jersey Stallions (D3 Pro)	1–3	Des Moines Menace (PDL)	Des Moines, Iowa
	Júlio Santos 53' (pen)	(Report)	Tomas Boltnar 45', 48' Matt Nickell 62'	Stadium: Cara McGrane Stadium Attendance: 2,780 Referee: Terry Vaughn (USA)

June 11, 2002 (forfeit)	Mexico SC (USASA)	0–2 / f	San Diego Gauchos (D3 Pro)	Chula Vista, California
		(Report)		Stadium: Stan Canaris Stadium Attendance: -- Referee: -- (USA)
Note: San Diego was awarded a 2–0 victory due to an ineligible player for Mexico SC. The match was originally a 2–2 draw with a 6–5 victory on penalty kicks for Mexico SC.^[2]

June 12, 2002	Utah Blitzz (D3 Pro)	2–0	Chico Rooks (PDL)	Chico, California
	Sterling Wescott 5', 90'	(Report)		Stadium: University Soccer Stadium Attendance: -- Referee: David Bragg (USA)

June 12, 2002	AAC Eagles (USASA)	0–1 (asdet)	New York Freedom (D3 Pro)	Queens, New York
		(Report)	Shalrie Joseph 119'	Stadium: St. John's University Attendance: -- Referee: John Konstantinidis (USA)

June 12, 2002	Memphis Express (PDL)	2–0	Texas Spurs (PDL)	Richardson, Texas
	Tony Kuhn 67', 84'	(Report)		Stadium: UT-Dallas Attendance: -- Referee: Troy Travis (USA)

Second round

Eight A-League teams enter.

June 25, 2002	Seattle Sounders (A-League)	2–1	Utah Blitzz (D3 Pro)	Salt Lake City, Utah
	Leighton O'Brien 61' (pen) Greg Foisie 81'	(Report)	Jorge Estrada 89'	Stadium: Cottonwood High School Attendance: -- Referee: Cory Dean (USA)

June 26, 2002	San Diego Gauchos (D3 Pro)	1–6	Minnesota Thunder (A-League)	Blaine, Minnesota
	Ralph Dartt 58'	(Report)	Johnny Menyongar 24', 32', 77', 89' Johnny Torres 64' Zafer Kilickan 75'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 4,789 Referee: Robert Petersen (USA)

June 26, 2002	Memphis Express (PDL)	0–2	Atlanta Silverbacks (A-League)	Clarkston, Georgia
		(Report)	John Barry Nusum 22', 78'	Stadium: DeKalb Memorial Stadium Attendance: -- Referee: Brian D'Amato (USA)

June 26, 2002	Charleston Battery (A-League)	3–0	Greenville Lions (D3 Pro)	Greenville, South Carolina
	Steve Klein 58' John Jones 61' Raúl Díaz Arce 68'	(Report)		Stadium: Sirrine Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Roni Canales (USA)

June 26, 2002	Des Moines Menace (PDL)	2–3 (asdet)	Rochester Raging Rhinos (A-League)	Rochester, New York
	Tomas Boltnar 35' Edward Child 70'	(Report)	Kirk Wilson 2' Martin Nash 21' Lenin Steenkamp 93'	Stadium: Frontier Field Attendance: 8,485 Referee: Islam Sallaj (USA)

June 26, 2002	New York Freedom (D3 Pro)	0–4	Milwaukee Rampage (A-League)	Franklin, Wisconsin
		(Report)	Angel Rivillo 54' Jason Russell 70' John Wolyniec 81' Destin Makumbu 90'	Stadium: Milwaukee Rampage Sports Complex Attendance: 2,241 Referee: Francisco Sanchez (USA)

June 26, 2002	Richmond Kickers (A-League)	3–0	Raleigh CASL Elite (PDL)	Cary, North Carolina
	Josh Henderson 40', 81' Tony Williams 86'	(Report)		Stadium: SAS Stadium Attendance: 347 Referee: Daniel Purak (USA)

June 26, 2002	Hampton Roads Mariners (A-League)	1–0	South Jersey Barons (D3 Pro)	Camden, New Jersey
	Richard Hansen 64'	(Report)		Stadium: Rutgers University Attendance: -- Referee: William Guarini (USA)

Third round

Eight MLS teams enter.

July 16, 2002	MetroStars (MLS)	1–0	Hampton Roads Mariners (A-League)	Virginia Beach, Virginia
	Rodrigo Faria 76'	(Report)		Stadium: Virginia Beach Sportsplex Attendance: 828 Referee: Mike Stutts (USA)

July 17, 2002	Richmond Kickers (A-League)	0–3	Columbus Crew (MLS)	Columbus, Ohio
		(Report)	Brian McBride 34' (pen) Dante Washington 68', 73'	Stadium: Crew Stadium Attendance: 7,887 Referee: Misail Tsapos (USA)

July 17, 2002	Kansas City Wizards (MLS)	3–2 (asdet)	Rochester Raging Rhinos (A-League)	Webster, New York
	Darío Fabbro 86' Igor Simutenkov 90' Chris Brown 105'	(Report)	Temoc Suarez 6' Kirk Wilson 63'	Stadium: Webster Municipal Stadium Attendance: 4,665 Referee: Kevin Barci (USA)

July 17, 2002	Chicago Fire (MLS)	0–1	Milwaukee Rampage (A-League)	Franklin, Wisconsin
		(Report)	Ranko Golijanin 54'	Stadium: Milwaukee Rampage Sports Complex Attendance: 5,323 Referee: Marcel Yonan (USA)

July 17, 2002	San Jose Earthquakes (MLS)	4–3 (asdet)	Seattle Sounders (A-League)	Seattle, Washington
	Ronnie Ekelund 30', 78' (pen) Dwayne De Rosario 39' Ariel Graziani 120'	(Report)	Andrew Gregor 11' Scott Jenkins 58' Brian Ching 60'	Stadium: Interbay Stadium Attendance: 1,275 Referee: Cory Dean (USA)

July 17, 2002	Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS)	4–0	Minnesota Thunder (A-League)	Blaine, Minnesota
	Alejandro Moreno 18' Chris Albright 26' Carlos Ruiz 59' Chris Albright 70'	(Report)		Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 5,154 Referee: Sean O'Grady (USA)

July 17, 2002	Dallas Burn (MLS)	2–1 (asdet)	Atlanta Silverbacks (A-League)	Clarkston, Georgia
	Antonio Martínez 82', 102'	(Report)	Velco Iotov 18'	Stadium: DeKalb Memorial Stadium Attendance: -- Referee: Robert Mann (USA)

July 17, 2002	Colorado Rapids (MLS)	1–0 (asdet)	Charleston Battery (A-League)	Charleston, South Carolina
	John Spencer 98'	(Report)		Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 4,125 Referee: Brian Poeschel (USA)

Quarterfinals

August 7, 2002	Columbus Crew (MLS)	2–1	MetroStars (MLS)	Uniondale, New York
	Brian McBride 34' Kyle Martino 46'	(Report)	Rodrigo Faria 49'	Stadium: Mitchel Athletic Complex Attendance: 8,314 Referee: Brian Poeschel (USA)

August 7, 2002	Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS)	1–0 (asdet)	San Jose Earthquakes (MLS)	San Jose, California
	Carlos Ruiz 101'	(Report)		Stadium: Spartan Stadium Attendance: 6,481 Referee: Terry Vaughn (USA)

August 7, 2002	Colorado Rapids (MLS)	0–1 (asdet)	Dallas Burn (MLS)	Dallas, Texas
		(Report)	Ronnie O'Brien 111'	Stadium: Cotton Bowl Attendance: 1,301 Referee: Jair Marrufo (USA)

August 24, 2002	Kansas City Wizards (MLS)	2–0	Milwaukee Rampage (A-League)	Franklin, Wisconsin
	Eric Quill 1' Preki 21'	(Report)		Stadium: Milwaukee Rampage Sports Complex Attendance: 6,576 Referee: Jesse Johnson (USA)

Semifinals

September 3, 2002	Dallas Burn (MLS)	1–4	Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS)	Fullerton, California
	Ronald Cerritos 89'	(Report)	Carlos Ruiz 11' Mauricio Cienfuegos 17' Cobi Jones 34' Simon Elliott 81'	Stadium: Titan Stadium Attendance: 3,132 Referee: Kevin Stott (USA)

September 10, 2002	Kansas City Wizards (MLS)	2–3 (asdet)	Columbus Crew (MLS)	Columbus, Ohio
	Chad McCarty 2' (og) Chris Brown 62'	(Report)	Edson Buddle 76' John Wilmar Perez 90' John Wilmar Perez 108'	Stadium: Crew Stadium Attendance: 2,103 Referee: Casey Frankewicz (USA)