2014 U.S. Open Cup Final
The 2014 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final was played on September 16, 2014, at PPL Park in Chester, Pennsylvania. Seattle Sounders FC won the match, defeating the Philadelphia Union 3–1. The Sounders earned a USD 250,000 cash prize, as well as a berth into the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League. Philadelphia received a USD 60,000Cash prize as the competition’s runner-up. The 2014 competition was the 101st edition of the oldest soccer tournament in the US.
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The 2014 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final was played on September 16, 2014, at PPL Park in Chester, Pennsylvania. The match determined the winner of the 2014 U. S. Open Cup, a tournament open to amateur and professional teams affiliated with the United States Soccer Federation. Seattle Sounders FC won the match, defeating the Philadelphia Union 3–1. The Sounders earned a USD 250,000 cash prize, as well as a berth into the 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League. Philadelphia received a USD 60,000Cash prize as the competition’s runner-up. The 2014 competition was the 101st edition of the oldest soccer tournament in the US. The Union’s alternative jersey, worn throughout the competition, featured a large letter ‘B’ in the lower left corner to honor Bethlehem Steel F. C. who won five trophies between 1915 and 1926. The Seattle Ukrainians won four times during the 1960s, and the Philadelphia Ukrainians won in 1936. The New England Revolution won the fifth round of the competition on July 8, 2014. The Cosmos were knocked out of the tournament after a melee between their players and one of the New England team’s assistant coaches led to two players being sent off for their parts in the disorder. The Revolution’s win made them the modern-era Open Cup leader with a total of 14 goals scored in the tournament. It was the first time the Cosmos had won the tournament since the 1990s, when they beat the New York City FC 2-1 in the fourth round.
The final was played in front of a crowd of 15,256, the largest crowd for an Open Cup final in the history of the event. Seattle forward Kenny Cooper, later selected as Player of the Tournament, did not appear in the final, though he had previously played for the Sounders and the Union in 2009. Philadelphia’s Maurice Edu gave his team the lead with a goal in the first half, but the Sounders equalized with a second half strike by Chad Barrett. The teams ended regulation tied at one apiece before Sébastien Toux scored a 115th minute goal to win the game for Seattle. The game went into extra time, and Obafemi Martins sealed a Seattle victory with a late goal. Seattle’s road to the final included victories over PSA Elite, the San Jose Earthquakes, the Portland Timbers and the Chicago Fire. Philadelphia secured its berth in thefinal by defeating the Harrisburg City Islanders, the New New York Cosmos, and FC Dallas. For the third consecutive season, all American-based MLS teams earned automatic qualification into the third round proper. Previously, only eight teams from MLS could qualify for the tournament: six automatically based on the previous year’s league results, and two more via a play-in tournament. The Union began the MLS regular season with only 3 wins in 16 games, and their head coach John Hackworth was fired, and Jim Curtin was named as his interim replacement, a week before the first Open Cup match.
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