The Carolina RailHawks are getting the July 4th weekend started a day early with a soccer doubleheader on Thursday night. The festivities start at 4pm on July 3rd as the Carolina RailHawks Women take on the high-flying Charlotte Eagles, who currently sit 2nd in the Atlantic Division with a 9-1-1 overall record. Click to continue reading...

Last night is the perfect example of why I enjoy the US Open Cup so much. Seeing all these underweight teams try to out punch MLS sides really is enjoyable. Sure, the MLS teams see this as little more then a reserves match, but it is still good fun.

As bad as it is that MLS teams dropped three of the eight games last night, it is actually much better then last season when five top teams fell. Click to continue reading...

Chivas USA:
*Lost yet again Tuesday in the U.S. Open Cup (and for the second successive year) against the USL Seattle Sounders, falling 2-0 in the Pacific Northwest.

*Had the experienced likes of Claudio Suárez, Jesse Marsch, Carey Talley and Francisco Mendoza on the bench. Striker Ante Razov and defender Bobby Burling (Loyola Marymount) remained in Southern California after picking up minor knocks over the weekend.

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- Seattle Sounders 1, Arizona Sahuaros 0
- Atlanta Silverbacks 3, Austin Aztex 2
- Crystal Palace Baltimore 2, L.A. Legends 1
- Minnesota Thunder 4, St. Louis Lions 1
- Rochester Rhinos 2, RWB Adria 1
- Pittsburgh Riverhounds 4, AAC Eagles 0
- Harrisburg City Islanders 5, Yakima Reds 1
- Miami FC Blues 4, Bradenton Academics 2
- Cleveland City Stars 2, Michigan Bucks 1
- Charleston Battery 3, ASC New Stars 0
- Carolina Railhawks 1, Brooklyn Knights 0
- Charlotte Eagles 5, Clearwater Galactics 2
- Hollywood United 3, Portland Timbers 2
- Western Mass Pioneers 2, Boston Olympiakos 0
- Richmonds Kickers 3, Fredericksburg Gunners 0 Click to continue reading...

The first round is all but done (one game was rained out) and things pretty much went as expected as the team in the tougher league won every match except one. So what underdog sunk a higher division side? None other then Hollywood United (USASA) who dropped the Portland Timbers (USL-1) in Portland. Click to continue reading...

Perhaps disproving the notion of a USA TODAY jinx, Hollywood United was the only amateur team to advance in 15 U.S. Open Cup games last night, winning 3-2 at Portland. You can catch a free replay at usllive.com

The 16th game was stormed out -- New York Pancyprian Freedoms will wait until Friday to take their shot at Ronald Cerritos and Real Maryland.

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As promised, in MLSR's effort to help in the task of giving our country's oldest knockout competition and out National Cup some exposure we are providing the following links to watch or listen to tonight's games. Some are carried on Video others on Radio or Online Audio. We are hoping to provide a centralized "one-stop" to listen or watch tonight's 94th US Open Cup First Round. Click to continue reading...

The longest running club cup competition in American soccer roars back to life again tonight as the first round of the US Open Cup kicks off. Thirty-two teams from across the county have earned the right to play in this opening night. These teams range from the rag-tag best of the adult leagues to the, "hay we are only one level below MLS" USL First Division. Click to continue reading...

Saturday, August 18, 2007

Charlotte Eagles @ Richmond Kickers – 7:00 pm ET

The Kickers have become a USL-2 powerhouse mainly due to the quality injection of talent often produced by their PDL squad the Richmond Kickers Future. The Eagles - the New England Revolution of the USL-2 - look to make it 2 out of 4 as their last Championship win came in 2005 sandwiched between 2 losses in the final - 2004 and 2006. Click to continue reading...