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California derby
Galaxy-Quakes match highlights Open Cup quarterfinals
Posted: Monday August 05, 2002 3:15 PM
Updated: Wednesday August 07, 2002 11:53 AM
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Ezra Hendrickson (right) and L.A. will try to contain Landon Donovan. John Todd/Getty Images/MLS |
ATLANTA (CNNSI.com) -- The 2002 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup reaches its final eight as three of the four quarterfinal games take place on Wednesday.
In the marquee matchup, last year's Open Cup champion Los Angeles Galaxy will travel to take on the defending MLS champion San Jose Earthquakes live on Fox Sports World (FSW) and Fox Sports World Espaņol (FSWE) from Spartan Stadium at 10 p.m. ET.
The Galaxy-Earthquakes matchup marks the third consecutive year that the two MLS rivals will be meeting in the Open Cup quarterfinals. L.A. has twice eliminated San Jose from the Open Cup, winning 10-9 on penalty kicks after a 1-1 draw in 2001 and downing the Quakes 2-0 in 2000.
San Jose got a measure of revenge for those two defeats, though, by beating L.A. in overtime to claim the 2001 MLS Cup.
In other quarterfinal matches set for Wednesday, the NY/NJ MetroStars will host the Columbus Crew at the Mitchel Athletic Complex in Uniondale, N.Y., at 9:15 p.m. ET, while the Colorado Rapids travel to meet the Dallas Burn at the Cotton Bowl at 7:30 p.m. CT.
Rounding out the quarterfinals will be the MLS' Kansas City Wizards visiting the last remaining A-League squad, the Milwaukee Rampage, at the Rampage Sports Complex in Franklin, Wis., on August 24. The Rampage-Wizards match was originally slated for August 7, but was rescheduled for August 24 in order to accommodate the Wizards participation in the CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinals.
FSW and FSWE will also broadcast both Open Cup semifinal matches, set for Sept. 3 and 10, and the Open Cup final on Oct. 26 or 27.
QUARTERFINALS PREVIEW -- August 7 and 24
2002 U.S. Open Cup Quarterfinals Match-ups (Overall Record Since 1996):
Dallas Burn (10-5-1) vs. Colorado Rapids (5-5-0)
@ Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, on August 7, at 7:30 p.m. CT
One of three intra-league matchups ... First-ever meeting between the two squads in Open Cup competition ... Burn - The 1997 U.S. Open Cup champions are the only MLS club to appear in every tournament since 1996 ... Earned a spot in the 2002 quarterfinals with a 2-1 sudden-death overtime victory over the host Atlanta Silverbacks (A-League) in the third found ... Reached the quarterfinals on six occasions (1996-2000, 2002) ... Rapids - Making their sixth tournament appearance (1996-97, 1999, 2000-02) ... Snapped a three-game losing streak in Open Cup competition after posting a 1-0 overtime win over the host Charleston Battery (A-League) in third-round action ... Best performance was in 1999, advancing to the championship final but falling 2-0 to the Rochester Raging Rhinos (A-League) in Columbus, Ohio.
Columbus Crew (10-3-1) vs. NY/NJ MetroStars (7-5-1)
@ Mitchel Athletic Complex in Uniondale, N.Y., on August 7, at 9:15 p.m. ET
The third meeting between the two teams in tournament play ... Crew holds a 1-0-1 edge in the Open Cup as the squad topped the MetroStars in their first meeting 1-0 in the semifinals in 1998 ... Two years later, both squads met again in the 2000 quarterfinals, but it was the MetroStars prevailing 7-6 on penalty kicks after a 1-1 draw at the end of regulation and two sudden-death overtime periods ... Crew - Advanced to the 2002 Quarterfinals after blanking the visiting Richmond Kickers (A-League) 3-0 in third-round play ... Making their fifth appearance in the Open Cup ... Best finish for the Crew in tournament history was second place in 1998, losing to the Chicago Fire (MLS) in the championship final ... MetroStars - Knocked off the host Hampton Roads Mariners (A-League) 1-0 in third-round action for a spot in the 2002 quarterfinals ... Making their fifth consecutive tournament appearance ... Reached the semifinals on three occasions (1997-98, 2000).
Los Angeles Galaxy (9-2-1) vs. San Jose Earthquakes (6-2-3)
@ Spartan Stadium in San Jose, Calif., on August 7, at 7 p.m. PT
A marquee quarterfinal encounter that pits the defending Open Cup champion Los Angeles Galaxy traveling to take on San Jose ... These two squads have met twice in tournament play and the Galaxy have eliminated the Earthquakes on both occasions in the quarterfinals ... Galaxy downed the Earthquakes 2-0 in the 2000 quarterfinals and then won 10-9 on penalty kicks after a 1-1 draw in the 2001 quarters ... Galaxy - Won the Open Cup last year ... Making their fourth consecutive appearance (1999-2002) ... Coming off a convincing 4-0 road victory over the Minnesota Thunder (A-League) in the Third Round ... Earthquakes - Have five Open Cup appearances (1997-98, 2000-02) to their credit ... Earned a thrilling 4-3 overtime victory against the host Seattle Sounder (A-League) in Third Round action ... Have advanced to the quarterfinals in the last five tournaments.
Milwaukee Rampage (3-1-1) vs. Kansas City Wizards (2-4-1) @ Rampage Sports Complex in Franklin, Wis., on August 24, at 7:30 p.m. CT
First-ever meeting between these two Midwest teams in the Open Cup ... Rampage are putting a four-game unbeaten streak on the line in tournament play and have also not given up a goal in the last 430 minutes ... Rampage - Have made three appearances in the Open Cup (1998, 2001-02) ... Advanced to the 2002 tournament by topping the Cincinnati Riverhawks (A-League) by a 5-4 aggregate score in a two-game qualifying series ... Opened the competition in the Second Round and easily topped the visiting New York Freedoms (D3) 4-0 ... Rampage continued their winning streak posting a 1-0 victory over the Chicago Fire (MLS) in third-round play. ... Wizards - Have made five previous appearances (1996-98, 2000-01) in the Open Cup, but amazingly only have two total victories in tournament play ... Coming off a dramatic come-from-behind 3-2 overtime road win over the Rochester Raging Rhinos (A-League) in the third round.
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