FC Dallas and Charleston meet in Open Cup quarterfinals

Kenny Cooper 1 (Simo Valakari 1) 45+

CHB -- Ben Hollinsworth 1 (penalty kick) 63

FCD -- Kenny Cooper 2 (unassisted) 89

CHB -- Ian Fuller 1 (penalty kick) 91+

CHB -- Luc Harrington 1 (Troy Lesesne) 114

FCD -- Kenny Cooper 3 (Dominic Oduro) 120


Penalty Kicks:

FCD -- Ronnie O'Brien (Goal)

CHB -- Luc Harrington (Goal)

FCD -- Chris Gbandi (Goal)

CHB -- Lazo Alavanja (Goal)

FCD -- Ramon Nunez (Goal)

CHB -- Troy Lesesne (Goal)

FCD -- Kenny Cooper (Goal)

CHB -- Luke Vecollone (Saved)

FCD -- Simo Valakari (Goal)


Charleston Battery -- Dusty Hudock, Tim Karalexis, Mark Watson, Brandon Curran, Anthony Catalano (Luc Harrington 112), Omar Daley (Troy Lesesne 90), Stephen Armstrong (Luke Vercollone 78), Lazo Alvanja, Ben Hollingsworth (Teba McKnight 82), Ian Fuller, Gavin Glinton.


FC Dallas -- Dario Sala, Chris Gbandi, Justin Moore (Dominic Oduro 102), Alex Yi, Clarence Goodson, Marcelo Saragosa (Aaron Pitchkolan 78), Simo Valakari, Ramon Nunez, Kenny Cooper, Abe Thompson (Ronnie O'Brien 71), Arturo Alvarez (David Wagenfuhr 65).


Misconduct Summary:

FCD -- Marcelo Saragosa (Yellow) 21

FCD -- Alex Yi (Yellow) 33

FCD -- Chris Gbandi (Yellow) 53

FCD -- Clarence Goodson (Red) 62

CHB -- Teba McKnight (Yellow) 86

FCD -- Ronnie O'Brien (Yellow) 101


ABOUT THE U.S. OPEN CUP

The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, the U.S. Soccer Federation's National Championship, is an annual competition open to all amateur and professional soccer teams affiliated with U.S. Soccer. It is the oldest annual team tournament in U.S. sports history and among the oldest soccer tournaments of its type in the world. In 1999, the competition was renamed to honor long-time soccer pioneer Lamar Hunt.


At stake in the tournament is $180,000 in prize money broken down as follows: $100,000 to the champion, $50,000 to the runner up and $10,000 to the team which advances deepest in the tournament from each of the Division II, Division III and amateur levels.


The tournament initially kicked off on June 12, with 32 teams from the United Soccer Leagues First Division, USL Second Division, Premier Development League and United States Adult Soccer Association ranks. The final match of the Open Cup will be played on Tuesday, October 2.