Last year's Open Cup cinderella story, the Fresno Fuego defeated the Orange County Blue Star 2-1 on Sunday night to deny the Blue Star access to the Open Cup. Orange County was shorthanded for the majority of the match, accumulating three red cards.

 

Orange County, who advanced to the PDL semi-finals last season, suffered their first loss of the young season, giving the final PDL Open Cup berth to the unbeaten (4-0-0) Spokane Shadow.