Football league season
| Season | 2008-09 |
|---|---|
| Champions | St. Louis Illusion |
| Highest scoring | 19-4 Games |
| Longest winning run | 3- Stockton |
| Highest attendance | 3,116- Detroit, 1/25/09 (QF)(DH w/ XSL Ignition) |
| ← None 2009-10 → | |
The 2008–09 United States Open Cup for Arena Soccer was the first open knockout style tournament for Arena/Indoor Soccer. In its inaugural season, the St. Louis Illusion were cup winners, due to their victory over the Detroit Waza and the Stockton Cougars inability to field a team for the final due to the late finish of the competition.
US Arena Open Cup bracket
| Wild Card Round December 2008-January 2009 | Round of 16 December 2008-January 2009 | Quarterfinals January 2009 | Semifinals March 1, April 18 | Final † April 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Independent |  San Diego Sockers
| 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| PASL-Premier | San Diego Fusion
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Independent | San Diego Sockers
| 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| PASL-Pro | Stockton Cougars
| 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| PASL-Premier | OTW Santa Clara
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| PASL-Pro | Stockton Cougars
| 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| PASL-Pro | Stockton Cougars
| 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| PASL-Premier |  Tacoma Stars
| 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| PASL-Premier | Tacoma Stars
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| PASL-Premier | Wenatchee Fire Reserves
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| PASL-Premier | Tacoma Stars
| 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| PASL-Pro | Wenatchee Fire
| 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| PASL-Premier | Tacoma Stars
| 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| PASL-Pro |  Denver Dynamite
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| PASL-Pro | Colorado Lightning
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| PASL-Pro | Denver Dynamite
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| PASL-Pro | Denver Dynamite
| 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| PASL-Premier | Fort Collins Fury
| 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| PASL-Pro |  Detroit Waza
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| PASL-Pro |  St. Louis Illusion†
| 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| PASL-Pro | Detroit Waza
| 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| PASL-Premier |  West Virginia Quantum Force
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| PASL-Pro | Detroit Waza
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| PASL-Pro |  1790 Cincinnati
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| PASL-Pro | 1790 Cincinnati
| 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| PASL-Premier |  Maryland Tigers
| 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| PASL-Pro | 1790 Cincinnati
| 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| PASL-Premier | Swanner United
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| PASL-Pro | Detroit Waza
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| PASL-Pro | St. Louis Illusion
| 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| PASL-Pro | St. Louis Illusion
| - | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bye | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| PASL-Pro | St. Louis Illusion
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| PASL-Premier |  Kansas City Kings
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| PASL-Premier | Kansas City Kings
| - | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bye | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||
† Due to the withdrawal of the Semifinal Winning Stockton Cougars before April 18, what was originally supposed to be a Semifinal Match between the St. Louis Illusion and Detroit Waza became the Championship Match.
Qualifying
| Place | Team | GP | W/L | Pct | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Qualifying | ||||||||
| 1 | San Diego Fusion (PASL-Premier) | 2 | 2-0 | 1.000 | ||||
| 2 | Pumitas (Independent) | 2 | 1-1 | .500 | ||||
| 3 | San Diego Select (Independent) | 2 | 0-2 | .000 | ||||
San Diego Fusion qualify for US Arena Open Cup Round of 16
| Place | Team | GP | W/L/T | Pct | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Qualifying | ||||||||
| 1 | OTW Santa Clara (PASL-Premier) | 3 | 2-0-1 | .833 | ||||
| 2 | Turlock Express (PASL-Premier) | 3 | 1-0-2 | .667 | ||||
| 3 | Chico Bigfoot (PASL-Premier) | 3 | 1-2 | .333 | ||||
| 4 | Sacramento Scorpions (PASL-Premier) | 3 | 0-2-1 | .167 | ||||
Final: November 22, 2008
OTW Santa Clara 7, Turlock Express 2
OTW Santa Clara qualify for US Arena Open Cup Round of 16
| Place | Team | GP | W/L | Pct | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Mountain Qualifying | ||||||||
| 1 | Fort Collins Fury (PASL-Premier) | 3 | 3-0 | 1.000 | ||||
| 2 | Dynamite Reserves (PASL-Premier) | 3 | 2-1 | .667 | ||||
| 3 | Golden Strikers (PASL-Premier) | 3 | 1-2 | .333 | ||||
| 4 | Nah Nah's (PASL-Premier) | 3 | 0-3 | .000 | ||||
- Final
- November 30, 2008
- Fort Collins Fury 4, Dynamite Reserves 0
- Fort Collins Fury qualify for US Arena Open Cup Wild Card Round
References
- "St. Louis Illusion Capture First US Open Championship, 8-3". arenaleague.com. April 18, 2009. Archived from the original on November 9, 2013. Retrieved April 18, 2009.
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