Due to MLS expansion, the field has been expanded to 42 teams, necessitating a qualifying round. Qualifying Round [Jun 8] Cascade Surge (PDL) 1-1 Salinas Valley Samba (USASA) [2-4 pen] [Tony Chavez 26; Jeffrey Stepan 33] Cocoa Expos (PDL) 2-7 Roma (USASA) [Janak Altidore 44, James Phillips 47pen; Jamie Harrigan 10, 86pen, Patrick Shamu 18, 38, Juan Sastoque 24, 46, Matt Williams 59] First Round [Jun 15] Richmond Kickers Future (PDL) 3-0 Baltimore Colts (USASA) [Dominic Oduro 45, 62, Cristian Neagu 64] Roma (USASA) 5-2 Azzurri FC (USASA) [Carl Bussey 17, Juan Sastoque 36, Matt Williams 63, Mark Rowland 77, Jesus Rodriguez 89; Alex Smith 50, Jay Needham 57] NY Greek-American Atlas (USASA) 0-3 Ocean City Barons (PDL) [Byron Carmichael 63, Mike Todd 85, Tony Donatelli 87] Des Moines Menace (PDL) 1-1 Pittsburgh Riverhounds (USL-2) [aet, 4-2pen] [Brian Biggerstaff 111; Greg Victor 101] Chicago Fire Premier (PDL) 4-1 AAC Eagles (USASA) [Drew Dugurian 9, Jeff Rowland 29, Dave Leung 42, Brandon Moss 84; Marek Nowacki 48] El Paso Patriots (PDL) 3-1 Orange County Blue Star (PDL) [Omar Mora 27, Tyson Wahl 42og, Julio Frias 90; Tyler Theslof 43] Sonoma County Sol (USASA) 2-2 Salinas Valley Samba (USASA) [aet, 5-6 pen] [Trever Hurst 58, C.J. Sigler 110pen; David Frank 90+, C. Bessener 113] Reggae Boyz (USASA) 4-2 Cincinnati Kings (USL-2) [Craig Donaldson (Dave Beck?) 8, Moussa Dagnogo 25, 40, Dave Beck 70; Travis Sobers 85, George Kithas 86] Second Round [Jun 29] Remaining USL-2 and 4 USL-1 teams enter Seattle Sounders 3-1 Salinas Valley Samba [Brent Whitfield 65, 90, Roger Levesque 75; Adam Smart 51] Minnesota Thunder 2-1 Chicago Fire Premier [John Menyongar 62, own goal 89; Brandon Moss 90] Western Mass. Pioneers 5-0 Reggae Boyz [Omar McFarlane 5, 61, Kyle Fletcher 41, Rigels Qosa 59, Kevin McMenamin 79] Virginia Beach Mariners 3-0 Richmond Kickers Future [David Castellanos 5, Darren Caskey 23, Tim O'Neill 71] Wilmington Hammerheads 5-0 Roma [Kenny Bundy 9, Paul Chase 11, James Gledhill 25, 75, Junior Zarate 90] Ocean City Barons 4-0 Long Island Rough Riders [Ruben Mingo 30, Tony Donatelli 64pen, Christopher Williamson 67, Steven Wacker 70] El Paso Patriots 1-4 Charlotte Eagles [Santiago Larrosa 90pen; Taurai Daka 12, Chris Lemons 47, Dustin Swinehart 71, 77] Des Moines Menace 3-2 Charleston Battery [Tomas Boltnar 8, Michael Kraus 14, Armin Mujdzic 80; Greg Simmonds 60, Lazo Alavanja 65] Third Round Remaining USL-1 and 4 MLS teams enter [Jul 13] Portland Timbers 2-0 Seattle Sounders [Hugo Alcaraz-Cuellar 15, Daniel Antoniuk 59] Minnesota Thunder 6-4 Real Salt Lake [aet] [Melvin Tarley 15, 66, Johnny Menyongar 17, Aaron Paye 88, 108, Matt Schmidt 98; Jason Kreis 9pen, 50, 70, Jamie Watson 38] Western Mass. Pioneers 1-3 Chicago Fire [Neil Krause 5; Will John 16, 47+, Lubos Reiter 24] Rochester Rhinos 2-1 Virginia Beach Mariners [Rene Rivas 50pen, Kirk Wilson 80; John Barry Nusum 35] FC Dallas 3-1 Wilmington Hammerheads [aet] [Abe Thompson 35, Carey Talley 98, Roberto Mina 112; Derek Popovich 18] Charlotte Eagles 2-3 Chivas USA [aet] [Jacob Coggins 23, Dustin Swinehart 80; Esteban Arias 3, Thiago Martins 83, Isaac Romo 120] Atlanta Silverbacks 1-5 Des Moines Menace [David Hayes 33; Matthew Kreikemeyer 8, Tomas Boltnar 12pen, Michael Kraus 26, 51, Edwin Disang 50] [Jul 19] Richmond Kickers 8-4 Ocean City Barons [Peter Luzak 12, McColm Cephas 13, 15, 28, Kevin Jeffrey 69, Tim Brown 77, Matt Bobo 82, Matthew Delicate 84; Byron Carmichael 4, 45, Tony Donatelli 54pen, Michael Todd 84] Fourth Round [Aug 3] Remaining MLS teams enter Portland Timbers 0-2 San Jose Earthquakes [Wade Barrett 27, Brian Mullan 63] Chivas USA 2-5 Los Angeles Galaxy [Douglas Sequeira 4, Ramon Ramirez 20; Cobi Jones 16, Joseph Ngwenya 36, Herculez Gomez 45, Landon Donovan 89, Chris Albright 91+] Rochester Rhinos 3-1 MetroStars [Scott Palguta 20, Mauro Carbajal 30, Rene Rivas 58pen; Sergio Galvan Rey 85] Kansas City Wizards 6-1 Des Moines Menace [Davy Arnaud 9, 83, Joseh Wolff 16pen, 65pen, Sasha Victorine 31, Scott Sealy 75; Matt Wieland 12] Minnesota Thunder 4-1 Colorado Rapids [Melvin Tarley 38, 48, 72, 76; Alain Nkong 69] Richmond Kickers 1-3 DC United [McColm Cephas 68; Freddy Adu 26, Christian Gomez 76pen, 81] Columbus Crew 1-3 FC Dallas [aet] [Kyle Martino 36; Carey Talley 29, Abe Thompson 113, Eddie Johnson 116pen] New England Revolution 2-3 Chicago Fire [aet] [Shalrie Joseph 22, Andy Dorman 120; Andy Herron 18, 99, C.J. Brown 96] Quarterfinals [Aug 24] Rochester Rhinos 1-1 Chicago Fire [aet, 4-5 pen] [Doug Miller 60; Samuel Caballero 34] DC United 1-1 FC Dallas [aet, 1-4 pen] [Christian Gomez 47; Carlos Ruiz 90] KC Wizards 1-3 Minnesota Thunder [Ryan Pore 71; Johnny Menyongar 33, 58, Shavar Thomas 54og] SJ Earthquakes 1-2 LA Galaxy [Ronald Cerritos 76; Herculez Gomez 5, 31] Semifinals [Sep 14] FC Dallas 1-0 Chicago Fire [Ronnie O'Brien 20] Los Angeles Galaxy 5-2 Minnesota Thunder [Landon Donovan 29, Herculez Gomez 44, 81, Tyrone Marshall 77, Joseph Ngwenya 82; Johnny Menyongar 54, Chad Dombrowski 85] Final [Sep 28, Home Depot Center] Los Angeles Galaxy 1-0 FC Dallas [Herculez Gomez 25]
With thanks to Peter Sokolowski
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