City Stars Head To Rochester For Tuesday's U.S. Open Cup Second Round Match
Published on June 15, 2009 under USL First Division (USL-1)
Cleveland City Stars News Release
CLEVELAND, Ohio - The City Stars travel to Rochester, NY Tuesday for the second round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup against the Rochester Rhinos. The winner advances to take on the MLS Columbus Crew in the third round on Tuesday June 30th at Crew Stadium in Columbus.
Cleveland defeated the St. Louis Lions of the PDL 3-0 in the first round at Middlefield Cheese Stadium. Ryan Stewart led the way for the City Stars with a goal and two assists. Ricardo Pierre-Louis and Steven Gillespie tallied the other two goals for Cleveland.
Rochester advanced by defeating the Pittsburgh Riverhounds of USL-2. After trailing for much of the match, Rochester sent the match into overtime with a goal in the 90th minute. The teams played two scoreless overtime periods before the Rhinos eventually advanced on penalty kicks.
Tuesday will be the second meeting between Cleveland and Rochester in four days as the City Stars defeated the Rhinos 3-0 in Saturday's league match. Godfrey Tenoff, Julian Valentin and Joshua Boateng all recorded goals for the City Stars. Pato Aguilera added two assists to bring his season total to five and Stewart chipped in the other assist.
It was a reversal of fortune as Rochester defeated Cleveland 3-0 in the first meeting of the season between the two sides on May 1st. Tai Atieno, Johnny Menyongar and Mike Ambersley scored goals for the Rhinos. Menyongar leads the Rhinos and is second in the league with four goals scored on the season.
Tuesday's second round match kicks off at 7:00 p.m. and can be viewed live on usllive.com. A live blog of all of the U.S. Open Cup matches will be conducted at usopencup.com.
The City Stars return to league play on Thursday June 18th with a home match against the Miami FC Blues. All tickets for the match are $5 and can be purchased at clevelandcitystars.com or by calling 330-425-2003.
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