For the second year in a row, Andy Williams was the hero for Real Salt Lake in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. He scored the game-winner 19 minutes into extra time as RSL defeated the Kansas City Wizards 2-1 at Rice-Eccles Stadium.
With the victory, RSL will travel to Dick’s Sporting Goods Park to take on the Colorado Rapids on May 28. The winner will qualify for the 2007 tournament. This is the first time since 2002 that MLS has not entered every one of their teams into the U.S. Open Cup. In addition, this is the debut of a "play-in" qualifying system for MLS with games separate from regular season play.
Freddy Adu helped open the scoring early in the first half when he drew a penalty after Wizards’ goalkeeper Kevin Hartman fouled him in the area. Jeff Cunningham, who already has two goals in the opening two regular season games, converted the spot kick to give the home side a 1-0 lead.
The game seemed to be in hand until the 88th minute when rookie Chris Seitz made a great save on a shot by Will John, but the rebound was buried by Sasha Victorine to send the match into extra time.
In the extra frame, Cunningham set up Williams for a rocket shot from 15 yards out, giving Hartman no chance to make a save and putting RSL through to the next round of qualifying. Williams also scored a game-winning goal in extra time in the club’s 2-1 win over the USL First Division’s Virginia Beach Mariners in last year’s Third Round cup match.
Match Report - Real Salt Lake
Match Report - Kansas City Wizards
From MLSnet.com
Kansas City Wizards (0-1-0) vs. Real Salt Lake (1-0-0)
April 18, 2007 -- Rice-Eccles Stadium
Scoring Summary:
RSL -- Jeff Cunningham 1 (penalty kick) 12
KC -- Sasha Victorine 1 (unassisted) 88
RSL -- Andy Williams 1 (Jeff Cunningham ) 109
Kansas City Wizards -- Kevin Hartman, Jack Jewsbury (Davy Arnaud 72), Jimmy Conrad, Nick Garcia, Michael Harrington, Ryan Raybould, Kurt Morsink, Kerry Zavagnin (Carlos Marinelli 61), Will John, Eddie Johnson (Scott Sealy 46) (Sasha Victorine 76), Yura Movsisyan.
Substitutes Not Used: Jose Burciaga Jr., Aaron Hohlbein, Eric Kronberg
Real Salt Lake -- Chris Seitz, Jack Stewart, Eddie Pope (Chris Lancos 62), Daniel Torres, Willis Forko, Chris Klein (Andy Williams 69), Mehdi Ballouchy (Duke Hashimoto 85), Kenny Cutler (Chris Brown 12), Carey Talley, Freddy Adu, Jeff Cunningham,
Substitutes Not Used: Nikolas Besagno, Atiba Harris, Nick Rimando
| |
Real Salt Lake |
Kansas City Wizards |
| total shots: |
8 |
(Chris Klein 2,
Andy Williams 2) |
15 |
(Yura Movsisyan 3,
Sasha Victorine 3) |
| shots on goal: |
5 |
(Andy Williams 2) |
5 |
(Sasha Victorine 3) |
| fouls: |
15 |
(Mehdi Ballouchy 4) |
12 |
(Ryan Raybould 4) |
| offsides: |
2 |
(Freddy Adu 1,
Mehdi Ballouchy 1) |
5 |
(Eddie Johnson 3) |
| corner kicks: |
5 |
(Freddy Adu 2,
Mehdi Ballouchy 2) |
5 |
(Carlos Marinelli 3) |
| saves: |
4 |
(Chris Seitz 4) |
3 |
(Kevin Hartman 3) |
Misconduct Summary:
RSL -- Jeff Cunningham (caution; Reckless Foul) 4
KC -- Ryan Raybould (caution; Reckless Foul) 68
KC -- Yura Movsisyan (caution; Delaying a Restart) 90
KC -- Carlos Marinelli (caution; Game Disrepute) 105
RSL -- Daniel Torres (caution; Game Disrepute) 105
RSL -- Andy Williams (caution; Game Disrepute) 109
Referee: Colin Tait
Referee’s Assistants: Feliciano Palomino; Brett Stephens
4th official: Jeff Young
Time of game: 2:24
Attendance:
Weather: Flurries -and- 37 degrees
