| Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup | |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Country: | United States |
| Champions: | New England Revolution (1st title) |
| Runner-Up: | FC Dallas |
| Continentalcup1: | 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | New England Revolution |
| Top Goal Scorer: | Sébastien Le Toux (5 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 2006 |
| Nextseason: | 2008 |
The 2007 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup was the 94th edition of the USSF's annual national soccer championship, running from June through early October.
The New England Revolution defeated FC Dallas 3–2 in the final played at Pizza Hut Park, Frisco, Texas.
Pairings for the competition were announced on Tuesday, May 29, 2007. The 2007 tournament was the first since 2002 to not include all Major League Soccer teams. Instead, MLS had eight teams in the tournament; six qualified automatically, while the remaining six US-based sides participated in a playoff for the final two positions.[1] In another change for the tournament, all nine US-based USL First Division teams entered into the Cup. The Puerto Rico Islanders are not eligible for the tournament, as Puerto Rico has a soccer federation independent from US Soccer.
| Date | Round | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 12 | First | All 32 lower division teams enter | |
| June 26 | Second | ||
| July 10 | Third | 8 MLS teams enter | |
| Aug. 7 | Quarterfinals | ||
| Sept. 4 | Semifinals | ||
| Oct. 2 | Final |
The tournament consists of 40 teams, according to the following distribution:
| Classification | Number of Teams | |
|---|---|---|
| Major League Soccer | 8 | |
| United Soccer Leagues First Division | 9 | |
| United Soccer Leagues Second Division | 7 | |
| Amateur | 16* |
There is a total of $180,000 in prize money at stake in the 2007 version of the competition. The prize money breakdown is as follows: $100,000 to the champion, $50,000 to the runner up and $10,000 to the team advancing the deepest in the tournament from each of the Division II, Division III and amateur levels.[2]
See main article: 2007 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup qualification.
Second Round winners advance to play one of 8 MLS clubs in 16-team knockout tournament
Home teams listed on top of bracket
Note: Scorelines use the standard U.S. convention of placing the home team on the right-hand side of box scores.
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See main article: 2007 U.S. Open Cup final.
| Position | Player | Club | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sébastien Le Toux | Seattle Sounders | 5 | |
| 2 | Taylor Twellman | New England Revolution | 4 | |
| Warren Ukah | Atlanta Silverbacks | 4 | ||
| Connally Edozien | Carolina Railhawks | 4 |