Sounders top Fire 6-0 in US Open Cup Semifinals

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The Seattle Sounders faced off against the Chicago Fire in the semifinals of the 2014 US Open Cup in the fortress that is open-cup-scores_8-13Starfire Sports. The Sounders are unbeaten in Open Cup play at Starfire, and their streak continued last night as they topped the Fire 6-0 in front of a packed house. The scoring opened up early with a goal by Chad Barrett off an assist from Kenny Cooper in the 6th minute. The 2nd goal came from Andy Rose off a Marco Pappa corner kick in the 33rd minute. Rose would score again in the 58th minute to send the Sounders into halftime up 3 to nil.

The Sounders continued their domination in the 2nd half, scoring their remaining three goals within six minutes of one another after a match filled with a pretty incredible offensive showing. In the 79th minute, Obafemi Martins took advantage of a bad touch by the Fire and brought it all the way to goal from near half in a solo effort to put the Sounders up 4. In the 82nd minute, Cooper landed a beautiful cross by DeAndre Yedlin in the back of the net. Cooper continued the onslaught when Martins delivered a perfect through pass to win the game at 6-0.

This win sendsย the Sounders to their 5th USOC final in six years, where they will face the Philadelphia Union.

 

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2014 Sounders FC Cup Recap

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It was a great weekend here at Starfire Sports! Thank you to all the teams who came to compete in the 2014 Sounders FC Cup, and congratulations to all our champions and finalists! See the final tournament results. See the skills challenge results.

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Sounders Top Portland 3-1 in US Open Cup to Advance to Semis

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The fortress of Starfire remains standing after the Sounders topped the Timbers 3-1 in overtime. Both teams fought a toughopen-cup-scores_7-9 battle during regulation as the game remained scoreless until the 69th minute when Osvaldo Alonso landed one in the back of the net for Seattle. The Sounders would hold their ground until the final minutes of added time when Nagbe was able to tie things up for Portland and send the game into OT. Things remained tight until a red card for Portland’s Chara put the Sounders up a man. Seattle used their advantage, with goals from Kenny Cooper and Marco Pappa in the 2nd half of OT to send them on to the Open Cup Semifinals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Seattle Sounders win against San Jose Earthquakes in PKs

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The Sounders won their fifth round Open Cup match-up tonight in an extremely memorable fashion. A sold-out, sunny Starfire Stadium set the stage for a battle against the San Jose Earthquakes.

The score line opened up in the 24th minute, as Steven Lenhart ripped a volley from outside the box for a San Jose goal.

Seattle didn’t stay quiet for long though, and followed up with another goal just two minutes later in the 26th minute, as Kenny Cooper finished the equalizer open-cup-scores_6-24set up by Lamar Neagle.

The next 64 minutes were back and forth between the two teams, but while both teams had great chances, Seattle outshot the Earthquakes 31-15.

The teams remained tied throughout all of extra time as well, so it was penalty kicks that were going to be the deciding factor.

The Sounders finished all four of their penalty kicks, while San Jose made only two, with one being saved by Marcus Hahnemman and the other hitting the post.

It was Lamar Neagle’s kick that sent the Sounders through to the next round of the US Open Cup, hosting Cascadia Cup rival Portland Timbers here at Starfire on July 9th.

Check out pictures from the match in the gallery below!

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