1999 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

1999 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup
Country  United States
Champions Rochester Rhinos
(1st title)
Runner-up Colorado Rapids

The 1999 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup ran from June through October, 1999, open to all soccer teams in the United States. It was the first Open Cup tournament to be named after Lamar Hunt.

The Rochester Raging Rhinos of the A-League defeated the Colorado Rapids by a 2-0 score in the final at Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio.

The Rhinos became the only minor-league team to win the Open Cup title since the inception of Major League Soccer by defeating four MLS teams in the tournament. Another A-League team - the Charleston Battery - also reached the semifinals, and the A-League's Staten Island Vipers were the other minor-league squad to beat an MLS team.

Contents

Open Cup Bracket

Home teams listed on top of bracket

  Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                               
A-L  Charleston Battery 2  
D3  Wilmington Hammerheads 1  
  A-L  Charleston Battery 4  
  MLS  D.C. United (ASDET) 3  
 
   
  A-L  Charleston Battery 2  
  A-L  Staten Island Vipers 1  
   
   
  MLS  MetroStars (ASDET) 2
  A-L  Staten Island Vipers 3  
A-L  Staten Island Vipers 7
USASA  United German-Hungarians 0  
  A-L  Charleston Battery 0  
  MLS  Colorado Rapids 3  
A-L  Minnesota Thunder 1  
PDL  Mid-Michigan Bucks 2  
  PDL  Mid-Michigan Bucks 1
  MLS  Tampa Bay Mutiny 2  
 
   
  MLS  Tampa Bay Mutiny 0
  MLS  Colorado Rapids 1  
   
   
  MLS  Colorado Rapids 1
  A-L  Seattle Sounders 0  
A-L  Seattle Sounders 3
PDL  Spokane Shadow 1  
MLS  Colorado Rapids 0
A-L  Rochester Rhinos 2
   
   
  MLS  Dallas Burn 3  
  A-L  Jacksonville Cyclones 0  
PDL  Cocoa Expos 2
A-L  Jacksonville Cyclones 7  
  A-L  Rochester Rhinos 2  
  MLS  Dallas Burn (ASDET) 1  
A-L  Rochester Rhinos (ASDET) 2  
PDL  New York Freedom 1  
  A-L  Rochester Rhinos 1
  MLS  Chicago Fire 0  
 
   
  A-L  Rochester Rhinos 3
  MLS  Columbus Crew 2  
A-L  San Diego Flash 7  
D3  Arizona Sahuaros 2  
  A-L  San Diego Flash 2
  MLS  Los Angeles Galaxy 3  
 
   
  MLS  Los Angeles Galaxy 1
  MLS  Columbus Crew 3  
   
   
  MLS  Columbus Crew 3
  PDL  Carolina Dynamo 0  
A-L  Orange County Zodiac 0
D3  Carolina Dynamo 2  

Schedule

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

First round

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


Second round

Eight A-League enter.


Third round

Eight MLS enter.


Quarter finals

This game doubled as an MLS regular season match.


Semi finals


Final

September 13, 1999
Rochester Raging Rhinos (A-League) 2–0 Colorado Rapids (MLS) Crew Stadium
Columbus, Ohio
Attendance: 4,555
Referee: Tim Weyland (USA)
Doug Miller 65'
Yari Allnutt 90'
(Report)

Top scorers

Position Player Club Goals
1 Mugurel Dumitru San Diego Flash 6
2 Jorge Munoz Jacksonville Cyclones 4
2 Kevin Wilson Staten Island Vipers 4
2 Brian Hunter Wilmington Hammerheads 4

See also