Charleston Battery 0 D.C. United 4 DC – Moreno 62 DC – Diaz Arce 67 DC – Diaz Arce 78 DC – Diaz Arce 84 Raul Diaz Arce’s hat trick led D.C. United to a 4-0 victory over the Charleston Battery at Blackbaud Stadium in Charleston, South Carolina. It was sweet revenge for D.C. as the Battery bested United 4-3 in a third-round thriller in the 1999 U.S. Open Cup. Cape Cod Crusaders 0 Columbus Crew 2 CLB – West 46′ CLB – Aguilera 55′ Second-half substitute Brian West recorded a goal and an assist, leading the Columbus Crew to a 2-0 victory over the Cape Cod Crusaders at Dennis Yarmouth High School in Yarmouth, Massachusetts. Tampa Bay Mutiny 1 Miami Uruguay SC 0 TB – Diallo 94′ Mamadou Diallo’s goal in the fourth minute of the first overtime period led the Tampa Bay Mutiny to a 1-0 victory over amateur club Uruguay S.C. at the University of South Florida in Tampa. The match was delayed 35 minutes in the second half by lightning. Four players, two from each team, were sent off in the 88th minute of the match for fighting. Miami Fusion 6 New Jersey Stallions 1 MIA – Vargas 13′ MIA – Welton 27′ MIA – Welton 40′ MIA – Welton 48′ MIA – Welton 71′ NJ – Cesar 83′ MIA – Serna 88′ Brazilian forward Welton exploded for four goals as the Miami Fusion routed the D3 New Jersey Stallions at Lockhart Stadium. New England Revolution 0 Mid Michigan Bucks 1 MM – Schomaker 93+ Chad Schomaker recorded the game-winner three minutes into extra time of the second half as the Premier Development League (PDL) side Mid Michigan Bucks upset the Eastern Division leading New England Revolution 1-0 at Foxboro Stadium. New England’s Shaker Asad had an 8th-minute penalty kick saved by Mid Michigan goalkeeper Eric Pogue. Los Angeles Galaxy 2 Seattle Sounders 1 LA – Vanney (PK) 23′ SEA – Howes 48′ LA – Jones 90′ Though the Los Angeles Galaxy dominated much of the second half, it took a last-second goal by Cobi Jones to give the Galaxy a 2-1 win over the A-League’s Seattle Sounders in front of a crowd of 3,063 fans at Cal State Fullerton’s Titan Field. Chicago Fire 4 Texas Rattlers 0 CHI – Razov 19′ CHI – Own Goal 27′ CHI – Razov 61′ CHI – Kovalenko 87′ Chicago forward Ante Razov displayed the scoring touch that has put him atop the MLS scoring leaders, netting two goals against the D3 Texas Rattlers. Fire forward Dema Kovalenko added a goal and an assist in the 4-0 win. Wilmington Hammerheads 1 MetroStars 2 MET – Chung 39′ MET – Mathis 43′ WIL – Corrie 67′ First-half goals by Mark Chung and Clint Mathis were enough as the MetroStars defeated the D3 Wilmington Hammerheads 2-1 in front of an overflow crowd of 5,426 at Legion field in Wilmington, North Carolina. Wilmington nearly tied the match in the 89th minute as James Proffer’s shot hit the crossbar. Hampton Roads Mariners 3 Northern Virginia Royals 2 NV – Englefried 4′, HR – Lawrence 47′ HR – Clarke 53′ HR – Scrofani 64′ NV – Vita 88′ The A-League’s Hampton Roads Mariners notched three goals in the first 20 minutes of the second half to defeat the D3’s Northern Virginia Royals 3-2 at the Virginia Beach Sportsplex in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Hampton Roads outshot Northern Virginia, 21-9. Pittsburgh Riverhounds 1 Rochester Raging Rhinos 2 ROC – Nash 15′ PIT – Karn 20′ ROC – Lowe 74′ Second-half substitute Onandi Lowe’s 74th minute goal was the game winner as the defending U.S. Open Cup champion Rochester Raging Rhinos of the A-League defeated the Pittsburgh Riverhounds 2-1 at Bethel Park High School Stadium. Chicago Sockers 0 Kansas City Wizards 0 (Chicago wins 7-6 on penalty kicks) The PDL’s Chicago Sockers upset Western Division leading Kansas City on penalty kicks (7-6) after the match went scoreless during regulation and two 15-minute overtime periods. The Wizards outshot Chicago 23-8 through regulation and overtime. Kansas City has never won an Open Cup match. Richmond Kickers 3 Colorado Rapids 0 RIC – DeRosario 65′ RIC – Donahue 72′ RIC – Williams 77′ Three second-half goals by the A-League’s Richmond Kickers sent the Colorado Rapids, the 1999 U.S. Open Cup runner-up, home as Richmond prevailed 3-0 at the University of Richmond Stadium in Richmond, Virginia. The start of the match was delayed for more than one hour due to torrential rain and lightning. Dallas Burn 3 Tennessee Rhythm 0 DAL – Deering 27′ DAL – Alavanja 72′ DAL – Deering 75′ Chad Deering had two goals and Lazo Alavanja added one as the Dallas Burn defeated the Tennessee Rhythm 3-0 at the Cotton Bowl. The game was delayed 25 minutes in the first half due to torrential rain and lightning. Dallas outshot Tennessee 21-3. Minnesota Thunder 7 Fresno Mexico SC 0 MIN – Menyongar 8′ MIN – Menyongar 20′ MIN – Mladenov 45+’ MIN – Lagos 48′ MIN – Schneider 55′ MIN – Zeba 60′ MIN – Menyongar 68′ Johnny Menyongar’s hat trick led the A-League’s Minnesota Thunder to a 7-0 rout of amateur squad Mexico S.C. at Macalester College in suburban Minneapolis. Riverside County Elite 1 San Diego Flash 2 RC – Owens 44′ SD – Farias 56′ SD – Phillips 60′ Carlos “Chile” Farias had a goal and an assist as the A-League’s San Diego Flash came from behind to pull off a 2-1 win over the D3 Riverside County Elite at West Valley High School in Riverside. Stanislaus Utd. 0 San Jose Earthquakes 5 SJ-Karapetyan 26 SJ-Russell 61 SJ-Russell 71 SJ-Thompson Conteh 75 SJ-Thompson Conteh 88 Both Ian Russell and Abdul Thompson Conteh scored a pair of second-half goals to help the San Jose Earthquakes to a successful debut in the 2000 U.S. Open Cup, as they posted a 5-0 victory over the Stanislaus United Cruisers at Central Catholic High School. In a match that began in 100-plus-degree heat, the Earthquakes took a 1-0 halftime lead and eventually wore down the Cruisers with four second-half goals. Harut Karapetyan scored the first-half goal, Russell scored twice and Conteh added the final two in front of an estimated crowd of 3,600. With the victory, the Earthquakes won a road match for the first time this season. San Jose opened up MLS play with a 0-7-2 mark away from Spartan Stadium.