What we've all been waiting for

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  1. GIO17

    GIO17 Member

    Nov 29, 1998
    From ussocceruk.com

    US Soccer has announced the final dates for the 2002 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup Semi-finals, which are set to take place on September 3 and 10.

    The first Semi-final match is slated for Tuesday, September 3, at either 8 p.m. ET or 8 p.m. PT with the Dallas Burn/Colorado Rapids Quarterfinal winner taking on the San Jose Earthquakes/Los Angeles Galaxy victor.

    The other Semi-final encounter is set for the following week (Tuesday, September 10) at 8 p.m. ET as the NY/NJ MetroStars/Columbus Crew Quarterfinal winner meets the survivor of the Milwaukee Rampage/Kansas City Wizards match.

    The venues for each Semi-final will be determined by U.S. Soccer as one team from each of the match-ups will be designated as host.

    Rounding out the FSW and FSWE Open Cup broadcasts in 2002 will the Championship game on the weekend of October 26-27.

    U.S. Soccer also announced that the Kansas City; Milwaukee Rampage Quarterfinal, originally slated for August 7, has been rescheduled for Saturday, August 24, at the Rampage Sports Complex in Franklin, Wis. at 7:30 p.m. CT. The change was made to accommodate the Wizards, who are currently in the 2002 Football Confederation (CONCACAF) Champions Cup Semi-finals, scheduled to be completed by late-August.

    The Rampage made several moves in their A-League regular season schedule to fit the Open Cup Quarterfinal encounter against the MLS; Wizards on August 24. The Rampage's match-up against the visiting Cincinnati Riverhawks, previously set for Wednesday, August 21, will now take place on Tuesday, August 27 at 7:30 p.m. CT. Milwaukee will also host the Portland Timbers on August 21, at 7:30 p.m. CT rather than on August 24 as originally scheduled.

    In the marquee match-up of the quarterfinals, the defending 2002 U.S. Open Cup champion Los Angeles Galaxy will travel to take on the defending 2002 MLS champion San Jose Earthquakes in a match that will be broadcast live on FSW and FSWE from Spartan Stadium on Wednesday, August 7, at 7 p.m. PT (10 p.m. ET).

    The other Quarterfinals on August 7 will be the NY/NJ MetroStars (MLS) hosting the Columbus Crew (MLS) at the Mitchell Athletic Complex in Uniondale, N.Y. at 9:15 p.m. ET, and the Colorado Rapids (MLS) travelling to meet the Dallas Burn (MLS) at the Cotton Bowl at 7:30 p.m. CT.
     

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