2013 U.S. Open Cup final
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The 2013 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final was the 100th edition of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, the oldest ongoing competition in American soccer. The match featured Major League Soccer (MLS) teams D.C. United and Real Salt Lake. It was played on October 1, 2013, at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah, a southern suburb of Salt Lake City. It was the first Open Cup final to be held in the state of Utah. The final score was D.C. United 1, Real Salt Lake 0. This was D.C. United's third title.
Event | 2013 U.S. Open Cup | ||||||
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Date | October 1, 2013 (2013-10-01) | ||||||
Venue | Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, Utah, United States | ||||||
Man of the Match | Bill Hamid | ||||||
Referee | Juan Guzman (California) | ||||||
Attendance | 17,608 | ||||||
Weather | Clear, 71 °F (22 °C) [1] | ||||||
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It was the first final since 2008 not to feature Seattle Sounders FC. It was Salt Lake's first trip to the Open Cup final, and marked their first time in a final of any competition since the 2011 CONCACAF Champions League Finals. It was D.C. United's fifth, and their first time in the final of a major North American sporting competition since 2009, when they lost the 2009 Open Cup final to Seattle.
D.C. United, the winner of the match, earned a $250,000 cash prize, as well as a berth into the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League. Real Salt Lake, the runner-up, received a $60,000 cash prize. D.C. United had a 5–0 record in the tournament, despite posting a 3-24-7 record in MLS play.