US Open Cup Semifinals Set

The defend­ing US Open Cup Cham­pion New Eng­land Rev­o­lu­tion needed Penalty kicks to defeat USL-2 side Crys­tal Palace USA of Bal­ti­more after the game was level 1–1 at the end of 120 min­utes. The Revs will now play DC United in the semi­fi­nals. The Red and Black used an extra time goal from Brian Namoff to seal the victory.

In the match Cuauhte­moc Blanco and Marc Burch were both sent off for an alter­ca­tion towards the end of the first period of extra time. The matchup between these two sides is set for RFK Sta­dium on August 12th. For all of DC United’s league and inter­na­tional suc­cess, the club has not won this com­pe­ti­tion since its first sea­son, 1996.

Seat­tle needed penalty kicks to defeat Kansas City after a score­less draw. Seat­tle now trav­els to Charleston for the semi­fi­nals, after the Bat­tery crushed FC Dal­las 3–1 at Pizza Hut Park. The Charleston-Seattle match is set for Black­baud Sta­dium on August the 12th. The win­ner of this year’s US Open Cup gets an auto­matic birth in the 2009–2010 CONCACAF