1997 United States Open Cup
| Third Round - July 23, 1997 | Third Round - July 30, 1997 | |||||||
| University of Richmond Stadium - Richmond, Virginia | Forest View Park - Arlington Heights, Illinois | |||||||
| Richmond Kickers | 0 | 3 | MetroStars | Chicago Stingers | 2 | 1 | Colorado Rapids | |
| 66' | Shaun Bartlett | Matt Hamnett | 43' | 56' | Chris Henderson | |||
| 78' | Shaun Bartlett | Chris Jahr | 46'' | |||||
| 80' | Miles Joseph | Match Reports MLSnet.com met-net.com | ||||||
| Match Reports MLSnet.com Richmond Times-Dispatch | Lineups | |||||||
| Lineups | Marcus Roy - GK | Paul Grafer - GK | ||||||
| Alex Deegan - GK | Tony Meola - GK | Iain Williams | Marcelo Balboa | |||||
| Scott Cannon | Andrew Lewis | Michael Richardson | 17' | Chris Martinez | ||||
| Chris Fox | Rhett Harty | Greg Muhr | Tahj Jakins | |||||
| Josh McKay | Brian Bliss | Chris Jahr | 75' | Matt Kmosko | ||||
| Paul Lekics | Carlos Parra | Jose Fleita | n/a | Sean Henderson | ||||
| Fabian Davis | 42' | Tab Ramos | Phil Wolf | 68' | Rafael Amaya | |||
| Dian Anguelov | Roberto Donadoni | Jim Harkness | 46' | Ross Paule | ||||
| Gabe Garcia | 76' | Mike Sorber | Pat White | 66' | Tote Castaneda | |||
| Gerson Echeverry | 64' | 75' | Manny Lagos | David Deck | Paul Bravo | |||
| Mac Cozier | 54' | Shaun Bartlett | Matt Hamnett | Wolde Harris | ||||
| Rob Ukrop | 72' | Antony De Avila | Substitutions | |||||
| Substitutions | Kevin Deck | n/a | 17' | Marcus Hahnemann - GK | ||||
| Mario Lone | 54' | 42' | Miles Joseph | Brandon Hardy | 66' | 46' | Chris Henderson | |
| Carlos Garcia | 64' | 72' | Giovanni Savarese | Ricky Goettel | 75' | 68' | David Patino | |
| Kwaku Adu-Gyamfi | 76' | 75' | Brian Kelly | Bookings | ||||
| Bookings | Greg Muhr | 36' | 17' | Paul Grafer | ||||
| Paul Lekics | 20' | n/a | Antony De Avila | Chris Jahr | 74' | 35' | Wolde Harris | |
| Chris Fox | 42' | Ricky Goettel | 78' | 62' | Rafael Amaya | |||
| Carlos Garcia | 70' | Stats | ||||||
| Stats | Shots | 13 | 19 | Shots | ||||
| Shots | 11 | 9 | Shots | Saves | 4 | 5 | Saves | |
| Saves | 6 | 5 | Saves | Corner Kicks | 2 | 5 | Corner Kicks | |
| Corner Kicks | 5 | 4 | Corner Kicks | Fouls | 23 | 12 | Fouls | |
| Fouls | 12 | 19 | Fouls | Offside | 6 | 0 | Offside | |
| Offside | 8 | 6 | Offside | Referee | Ali Saheli | |||
| Referee | Paul Tamberino | Assisstant Referees | John Paul Spicer | |||||
| Assistant Referees | George Vergera | Att-4,730 | Ted Covaciu | |||||
| Att-2,751 | Dan Stead | |||||||
| Third Round - July 24, 1997 | ||||||||
| Negoesco Stadium - San Francisco, California | Third Round - August 1, 1997 | |||||||
| San Francisco Bay Seals | 2 | 1 | Kansas City Wizards | Willow Brook Veterans Memorial Stadium - New Britan, Connecticut | ||||
| Marquis White | 1' | 40' | Frank Klopas | New England Revolution | 3 | 4 | Long Island Rough Riders | |
| Marquis White | 59' | John Kerr | 9' | 43' | Travis Rinker | |||
| Match Reports MLSnet.com sfbayseals.com | Darren Sawatzky | 19' | 74' | Jim Rooney | ||||
| Lineups | Joe-Max Moore | 50' | 79' | Jim Rooney | ||||
| JJ Wozniak - GK | Chris Snitko - GK | 108' | Dahir Mohammed | |||||
| Shani Simpson | Ryan Tinsley | Match Reports MLSnet.com Newsday | ||||||
| Angelo Sablo | Matt McKeon | Lineups | ||||||
| Tim Weaver | Sean Bowers | Jeff Causey - GK | Manuel Carou - Gk | |||||
| CJ Brown | Steve Pittman | Erik Imler | 46' | Laurence Pitturo | ||||
| Kenneth Folan | 53' | 75' | Uche Okafor | Brian Dunseth | Travis Rinker | |||
| Troya Cowell | Mark Chung | Francis Okaroh | 46' | Dahir Mihammed | ||||
| Robert Gallo | Preki | Seth George | Tom Lips | |||||
| Chris Davini | Frank Klopas | Darren Sawazky | David Price | |||||
| Shane Watkins | 78' | Mo Johnston | Ted Chronopolous | 46' | Anderson | |||
| Marquis White | Paul Wright | Alberto Naveda | 46' | Sal Leanti | ||||
| Substitutions | Leonardo Squadrone | Jim Rooney | ||||||
| Kimtai Simpson | 53' | 75' | Brian Johnson | Joe-Max Moore | 60' | Ernest Inneh | ||
| Roman Ritz | 78' | John Kerr | 80' | Saul Martinez | ||||
| Bookings | Substitutions | |||||||
| Kenneth Folan | 18' | 60' | Mo Johnston | Evans Wise | 46' | 46' | Jim McElderly | |
| Kimtai Simpson | 60' | 66' | Matt McKeon | Rob Jachym | 46' | 46' | Carlos Ledesma | |
| 87' | Preki | Mike Burns | 60' | 80' | Burns | |||
| Stats | Bookings | |||||||
| Shots | Shots | Francis Okaroh | 27' | 22' | Travis Rinker | |||
| Saves | Saves | Ted Chronopolous | 34' | 24' | Tom Lips | |||
| Corner Kicks | Corner Kicks | Brian Duneth | 35' | 53' | Jim Rooney | |||
| Fouls | Fouls | Alberto Squadrone | 81' | |||||
| Offside | Offside | Evans Wise | 107' | |||||
| Referee | Tim Wayland | Stats | ||||||
| Assistant Referees | Reggie Rutty | Shots | 12 | 17 | Shots | |||
| Att-1,400 | Joe Pimentel | Saves | 3 | 4 | Saves | |||
| Corner Kicks | 3 | 1 | Corner Kicks | |||||
| Fouls | Fouls | |||||||
| Third Round - July 27, 1997 | Offside | Offside | ||||||
| Mustang Stadium - San Luis Obispo, California | Referee | Reuben Rodhas | ||||||
| Central Coast Roadrunners | 2 | 5 | San Jose Clash | Assistant Referees | ||||
| Jeremy Schultz | 2' | 28' | Lawrence Lozzano | Att-2,031 | ||||
| Abel Gutierrez | 74' | 44'p | Zico | |||||
| 75' | Jeff Baicher | |||||||
| 81' | Lawrence Lozzano | Third Round - August 1, 1997 | ||||||
| 83' | Ronald Cerritos | Frontier Field - Rochester, New York | ||||||
| Match Reports MLSnet.com sanluisobispo.com | Rochester Raging Rhinos | 0 | 1 | Tampa Bay Mutiny | ||||
| Lineups | 79' | Gilmar | ||||||
| Alan Belle - GK | David Kramer - GK | Match Reports MLSnet.com | ||||||
| Ricardo Ramirez | Arnold Cruz | Lineups | ||||||
| Jonathan Bedrosian | Tim Martin | Bill Andracki - GK | Scott Budnick - GK | |||||
| Mario Sanchez | John Doyle | Kevin Koetters | Frankie Hejduk | |||||
| Jeremy Oetman | Troy Dayak | Fuseini Dauda | 65' | Cle Kooiman | ||||
| Joseph Munoz | Michael Emenalo | Yuriy Smotrich | Adam Frye | |||||
| Nelson Warley | 67' | Shawn Medved | Yogi McKay | Mike Duhaney | ||||
| Jeremy Schultz | 76' | Zico | Gustavo Villarga | Steve Ralston | ||||
| Abel Gutierrez | 56' | Eddie Lewis | Tommy Tanner | Martin Vasquez | ||||
| Clay Harty | Jeff Baicher | Henry Gutierrez | Carlos Valderrama | |||||
| Craig Tomlinson | Lawrence Lozzano | Mike Kirmse | Gilmar | |||||
| Substitutions | Nikola Vignjevic | 69' | 82' | Giuseppe Galderisi | ||||
| None | 56' | Ramiro Corrales | Jimmy Glenn | 46' | 73' | Roy Lassiter | ||
| 67' | Dominic Kinnear | Substitutions | ||||||
| 76' | Ronald Cerritos | Lenin Steenkamp | 46' | 73' | Ivan McKinley | |||
| Bookings | Nate Houser | 65' | 82' | Marco Ferruzzi | ||||
| Mario Sanchez | 20' | 57' | Jeff Baicher | Doug Miller | 69' | |||
| Craig Tomlinson | 62' | 77' | Jeff Baicher | Bookings | ||||
| 77' | Jeff Baicher | Tommy Tanner | 43' | 32' | Giuseppe Galderisi | |||
| Stats | Yogi McKay | 54' | 80' | Ivan McKinley | ||||
| Shots | 15 | 15 | Shots | Fuseini Dauda | 60' | |||
| Saves | 7 | 3 | Saves | Nate Houser | 76' | |||
| Corner Kicks | 3 | 2 | Corner Kicks | Stats | ||||
| Fouls | 17 | 9 | Fouls | Shots | 12 | 15 | Shots | |
| Offside | Offside | Saves | 6 | 3 | Saves | |||
| Referee | Arturo Angeles | Corner Kicks | 5 | 2 | Corner Kicks | |||
| Assistant Referees | Raymundo Prisco | Fouls | 36 | 15 | Fouls | |||
| Att-7,112 | Ted Bennett | Offside | 0 | 2 | Offside | |||
| Referee | Brian Hall | |||||||
| Assistant Referees | Ken Tanner | |||||||
| Third Round - July 23, 1997 | Att-8,781 | Kevin Barci | ||||||
| Zephyr Field - Metairie, Louisiana | ||||||||
| NO Riverboat Gamblers | 0 | 3 | Dallas Burn | |||||
| 39' | Jason Kries | Third Round - August 6, 1997 | ||||||
| 70' | Mark Santel | Hersheypark Stadium - Hershey, Pennsylvania | ||||||
| 74' | Gerell Elliott | Hershey Wildcats | 0 | 0 | DC United | |||
| Match Reports MLSnet.com 3rd Degree | DC United wins on Penalties, 3-2 | |||||||
| Lineups | Penalty Summary | |||||||
| Quinn O'Sullivan - GK | Garth Lagerway - GK | Christian Penny | G | SV | Jaime Moreno | |||
| Andrew Restropo | 86' | Brandon Pollard | Brandon Lieb | SV | G | Roy Wegerle | ||
| Dale Edwards | 74' | Richard Farrer | Lee Tschantret | G | SV | Jeff Agoos | ||
| Colin Rocke | Joey Martinez | Mike Feniger | SV | G | Brian Kamler | |||
| Glenn Benjamin | Jorge Flores | Nate Fairchild | SV | G | Tony Sanneh | |||
| Christopher Brown | 73' | Mark Santel | Match Reports MLSnet.com | |||||
| William Owens | Jason Kries | Lineups | ||||||
| Louis Smotherman | 57' | 65' | Temoc Suarez | Doug Petras - GK | 119' | Scott Garlick - GK | ||
| Gabriel Gentile | Ted Eck | Manny Oudin | John Maessner | |||||
| Mickey Trotman | Gerell Elliott | Williams | 60' | Eddie Pope | ||||
| Stern John | 77' | Dante Washington | Brandon Lieb | Jeff Agoos | ||||
| Substitutions | Christian Penny | Mario Gori | ||||||
| Lynus Rhode | 57' | 65' | Jorge Rodriguez | Mark Waite | 105' | 60' | Kris Kelderman | |
| Ricardo Blanchard | 73' | 74' | Juan Sastoque | Lee Tschantret | 86' | Jessie Marsch | ||
| Clinton Browne | 86' | 77' | Dan Stebbins | Brent Longenecker | Ben Iroha | |||
| Bookings | Sasa Zoric | Tony Sanneh | ||||||
| Andrew Restopo | 36' | 50' | Brandon Pollard | Don D'Ambria | 70' | Jaime Moreno | ||
| 65' | Dante Washington | Rob Johnson | Roy Wegerle | |||||
| 89' | Jason Kries | Substitutions | ||||||
| Stats | Kyle Swords | 60' | 60' | Richie Williams | ||||
| Shots | 15 | 11 | Shots | Mike Feniger | 70' | 86' | Brian Kamler | |
| Saves | 5 | 6 | Saves | Nate Fairchild | 105' | 119' | Tom Presthus - GK | |
| Corner Kicks | 8 | 2 | Corner Kicks | Bookings | ||||
| Fouls | 15 | 16 | Fouls | Lee Tschantret | 77' | 78' | Jaime Moreno | |
| Offside | 2 | 4 | Offside | Kyle Swords | 95' | 84' | John Maessner | |
| Referee | Zim Boulos | Sasa Zoric | 112' | 112' | Richie Williams | |||
| Assistant Referees | Andrew Barnes | Stats | ||||||
| Att-6,269 | Mike Williams | Shots | 13 | 19 | Shots | |||
| Saves | 3 | 3 | Saves | |||||
| Corner Kicks | 6 | 9 | Corner Kicks | |||||
| Fouls | 24 | 23 | Fouls | |||||
| Offside | 4 | 2 | Offside | |||||
| Referee | Paul Tamberino | |||||||
| Assistant Referees | Michael Tamberino | |||||||
| Att-5,921 | Craig Lowry | |||||||