2007 U.S. Open Cup

The 2007 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup was the 94th edition of the USSF's annual national soccer championship, running from June through early October.

The New England Revolution defeated FC Dallas 3–2 in the final played at Pizza Hut Park, Frisco, Texas.

Pairings for the competition were announced on Tuesday, May 29, 2007. The 2007 tournament was the first since 2002 to not include all Major League Soccer teams. Instead, MLS had eight teams in the tournament; six qualified automatically, while the remaining six US-based sides participated in a playoff for the final two positions. In another change for the tournament, all nine US-based USL First Division teams entered into the Cup. The Puerto Rico Islanders are not eligible for the tournament, as Puerto Rico has a soccer federation independent from US Soccer.

Participating teams
The tournament consists of 40 teams, according to the following distribution: * Includes 8 USL Premier Development League teams and 8 USASA regional qualifiers

Prize money
There is a total of $180,000 in prize money at stake in the 2007 version of the competition. The prize money breakdown is as follows: $100,000 to the champion, $50,000 to the runner up and $10,000 to the team advancing the deepest in the tournament from each of the Division II, Division III and amateur levels.

Tier 1: Major League Soccer (MLS)

 * Chicago Fire
 * Chivas USA
 * Colorado Rapids
 * D.C. United
 * FC Dallas
 * Houston Dynamo
 * Los Angeles Galaxy
 * New England Revolution

Tier 2: USL First Division (USL-1)

 * Atlanta Silverbacks
 * California Victory
 * Carolina RailHawks
 * Charleston Battery
 * Miami FC
 * Minnesota Thunder
 * Portland Timbers
 * Rochester Raging Rhinos
 * Seattle Sounders

Tier 3: USL Second Division (USL-2)

 * Charlotte Eagles
 * Cincinnati Kings
 * Cleveland City Stars
 * Crystal Palace Baltimore
 * Harrisburg City Islanders
 * Richmond Kickers
 * Western Mass Pioneers

Tier 4: Premier Development League (PDL)

 * Bakersfield Brigade
 * BYU Cougars
 * Central Florida Kraze
 * El Paso Patriots
 * Kansas City Brass
 * Long Island Rough Riders
 * Michigan Bucks
 * Ocean City Barons

Tier 5: United States Adult Soccer Association (USASA)

 * Aegean Hawks (Va.)
 * Azzurri FC (Tex.)
 * Banat Arsenal (Ariz.)
 * Danbury United (Conn.)
 * Indios USA (Tex./NPSL)
 * Lynch's Irish Pub FC (Fla.)
 * Milwaukee Bavarians (Wisc./NPSL)
 * RWB Adria (Ill.)

Open Cup bracket
Second Round winners advance to play one of 8 MLS clubs in 16-team knockout tournament Home teams listed on top of bracket

Schedule
Note: Scorelines use the standard U.S. convention of placing the home team on the right-hand side of box scores.