Tuesday, June 14, 2016

US Open Cup: Rapids, RSL, Timbers, Galaxy Advance To Round of 16

Four games were contested on Tuesday as the fourth round of the Lamar Hunt Open Cup tournament commenced.

At Commerce City, Colorado:

Dillon Serna scored the only goal of the match in the 84th minute as the Colorado Rapids defeated the visiting Colorado Springs Switchbacks of the USL 1-0.

At Sandy, Utah:

After Joao Plata (68') and Juan Manuel Martinez (86') each scored once to enable Real Salt Lake to wipe out a two-goal deficit in a 2-2 regulation, which was followed by 30 scoreless overtime minutes, the aforementioned pair, along with Chris Wingert, converted their spot kicks as RSL defeated the visiting Wilmington Hammerheads (USL) in the penalty-kick shootout 3-2 to advance to the Round of 16.

At Portland, Oregoni:

Dairon Asprilla (34') and Jack McInerney (40') each scored a goal as the Portland Timbers blanked the visiting San Jose Earthquakes 2-0 in the only fourth-round match featuring two Major League Soccer clubs.

At Carson, California:

After a 1-1 deadlock in regulation time, Sebastien Lletget scored twice in overtime (PK-105', 115) as the Los Angeles Galaxy scored thrice in the extra half-hour and defeated visiting LaMaqina FC (the tourney's last remaining USASA entry) 4-1.

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