Major League Soccer 2008

Major League Soccer 2008
Aantal clubs
14
Kampioen
Columbus Crew
Runner-up
New York Red Bulls
Topscorer
Landon Donovan (20 goals)

MLS Seizoen 2008 was het dertiende seizoen in de geschiedenis van deze Amerikaanse voetbalcompetitie. Het seizoen begon op 29 maart 2008 en eindigde met de MLS Cup 2008 op 23 november 2008 in Los Angeles.

De competitie kende de terugkeer van de San Jose Earthquakes in de Western Conference waarmee beide conferences uit 7 teams bestaan.

Programma en Uitslagen MLS 2008 afkortingen Chicago Fire SC; CHI • CD Chivas USA; CHV • Colorado Rapids; COL • Columbus Crew; CLB • D.C. United; DC • FC Dallas; DAL • Houston Dynamo; HOU Kansas City Wizards; KC • Los Angeles Galaxy; LA • New England Revolution; NE • New York Red Bulls; NY • Real Salt Lake; RSL • San Jose Earthquakes; SJ • Toronto FC; TOR Win Loss Tie Home game
Club	Match
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Chicago Fire SC	RSL	NE	SJ	KC	COL	NE	DC	HOU	NY	DC	DAL	CHV	SJ	CLB	TOR	RSL	KC	CHV	NE	DC	LA	HOU	NY	COL	DAL	LA	KC	CLB	TOR	NY
	1-1	0-4	1-0	1-0	1-2	3-0	2-0	2-1	5-1	2-1	0-1	0-2	0-0	2-2	1-2	0-0	0-0	0-1	2-1	1-0	1-0	1-2	0-1	0-2	4-1	1-3	1-1	2-2	2-3	2-5
CD Chivas USA	DAL	RSL	CLB	DAL	LA	HOU	NE	DC	COL	CLB	NY	RSL	CHI	NY	SJ	LA	CHI	KC	LA	HOU	SJ	TOR	TOR	NE	RSL	KC	DC	SJ	COL	HOU
	1-1	1-3	3-4	2-0	2-5	0-0	2-1	1-3	2-1	0-2	0-1	1-0	0-2	1-1	0-1	1-1	0-1	2-3	2-2	0-4	0-0	1-2	3-1	0-4	1-0	1-2	3-0	1-0	2-1	1-1
Colorado Rapids	LA	KC	NE	SJ	CHI	DC	HOU	RSL	CHV	DAL	LA	TOR	HOU	CLB	NY	SJ	DAL	CLB	TOR	KC	DC	RSL	DAL	CHI	NE	NY	HOU	LA	CHV	RSL
	0-4	2-3	1-0	2-0	1-2	0-2	1-2	0-2	2-1	1-2	2-3	1-3	0-0	1-2	0-4	1-1	2-2	2-0	0-1	1-2	0-3	0-2	1-0	0-2	1-1	5-4	3-1	2-3	2-1	1-1
Columbus Crew	TOR	NY	CHV	DC	HOU	KC	SJ	TOR	NE	CHV	SJ	KC	LA	COL	CHI	RSL	KC	COL	HOU	DAL	RSL	DAL	NE	TOR	NY	NE	LA	CHI	NY	DC
	0-2	0-2	3-4	2-1	0-1	1-2	3-2	0-0	1-0	0-2	2-0	3-0	3-3	1-2	2-2	0-2	3-3	2-0	0-2	1-2	0-3	2-1	0-4	1-1	1-3	1-0	0-1	2-2	1-3	0-1
D.C. United	KC	TOR	RSL	CLB	RSL	COL	CHI	CHV	TOR	TOR	NE	CHI	NY	SJ	LA	HOU	KC	NY	CHI	NE	COL	NY	SJ	DAL	LA	DAL	CHV	HOU	NE	CLB
	0-2	1-4	0-4	2-1	1-4	0-2	2-0	1-3	0-1	2-3	2-2	2-1	1-4	1-3	1-4	2-0	0-2	4-1	1-0	1-2	0-3	0-0	1-2	2-2	2-5	0-3	3-0	0-0	1-2	0-1
FC Dallas	CHV	HOU	NY	CHV	NE	SJ	RSL	LA	RSL	HOU	COL	NE	CHI	NY	HOU	KC	COL	LA	TOR	CLB	KC	CLB	COL	DC	CHI	DC	SJ	TOR	RSL	LA
	1-1	3-3	0-2	2-0	1-0	0-0	1-2	5-1	1-2	2-2	1-2	1-2	0-1	0-1	1-1	1-1	2-2	0-4	2-0	1-2	1-1	2-1	1-0	2-2	4-1	0-3	1-1	2-2	1-3	2-2
Houston Dynamo	NE	DAL	KC	LA	CLB	CHV	COL	CHI	SJ	DAL	NY	TOR	NE	COL	DAL	RSL	DC	CLB	RSL	CHV	NY	CHI	KC	SJ	TOR	COL	DC	SJ	LA	CHV
	0-3	3-3	0-0	2-2	0-1	0-0	1-2	2-1	1-2	2-2	0-1	1-3	2-0	0-0	1-1	0-0	2-0	0-2	3-4	0-4	0-3	1-2	1-3	1-1	1-1	3-1	0-0	1-2	0-3	1-1
Kansas City Wizards	DC	COL	NE	HOU	CHI	TOR	CLB	NY	LA	RSL	CLB	TOR	RSL	DAL	NY	CLB	CHI	DC	CHV	COL	DAL	SJ	HOU	LA	TOR	CHV	CHI	NE	SJ	NE
	0-2	2-3	3-1	0-0	1-0	0-2	1-2	1-1	1-3	0-0	3-0	0-0	0-1	1-1	1-2	3-3	0-0	0-2	2-3	1-2	1-1	1-2	1-3	0-2	0-2	1-2	1-1	0-1	2-3	3-1
Los Angeles Galaxy	COL	SJ	TOR	HOU	CHV	RSL	NY	DAL	KC	TOR	COL	SJ	CLB	DC	NE	CHV	NY	DAL	SJ	CHV	CHI	NE	RSL	KC	DC	CHI	CLB	COL	HOU	DAL
	0-4	0-2	3-2	2-2	2-5	2-2	2-1	5-1	1-3	0-2	2-3	3-0	3-3	1-4	2-1	1-1	2-2	0-4	2-3	2-2	1-0	2-2	2-2	0-2	2-5	1-3	0-1	2-3	0-3	2-2
New England Revolution	HOU	CHI	KC	COL	NY	DAL	CHI	CHV	SJ	CLB	DC	DAL	HOU	NY	RSL	TOR	LA	CHI	SJ	DC	TOR	LA	CLB	CHV	COL	CLB	RSL	KC	DC	KC
	0-3	0-4	3-1	1-0	1-1	1-0	3-0	2-1	0-2	1-0	2-2	1-2	2-0	1-1	1-2	1-2	2-1	2-1	0-4	1-2	1-1	2-2	0-4	0-4	1-1	1-0	2-2	0-1	1-2	3-1
New York Red Bulls	CLB	DAL	NE	SJ	TOR	LA	KC	CHI	HOU	CHV	DC	NE	DAL	CHV	COL	KC	LA	SJ	DC	TOR	HOU	DC	CHI	RSL	CLB	COL	TOR	RSL	CLB	CHI
	0-2	0-2	1-1	0-2	1-1	2-1	1-1	5-1	0-1	0-1	1-4	1-1	0-1	1-1	0-4	1-2	2-2	1-1	4-1	0-2	0-3	0-0	0-1	1-2	1-3	5-4	3-1	1-1	1-3	2-5
Real Salt Lake	CHI	CHV	DC	TOR	DC	LA	DAL	COL	DAL	SJ	KC	CHV	SJ	NE	KC	HOU	CLB	CHI	TOR	HOU	CLB	COL	LA	NY	CHV	SJ	NE	NY	DAL	COL
	1-1	1-3	0-4	0-1	1-4	2-2	1-2	0-2	1-2	1-3	0-0	1-0	0-0	1-2	0-1	0-0	0-2	0-0	1-2	3-4	0-3	0-2	2-2	1-2	1-0	3-2	2-2	1-1	1-3	1-1
San Jose Earthquakes	LA	CHI	COL	NY	DAL	CLB	NE	HOU	RSL	CLB	LA	RSL	DC	CHI	CHV	COL	TOR	NY	LA	NE	CHV	KC	DC	HOU	RSL	DAL	CHV	HOU	KC	TOR
	0-2	1-0	2-0	0-2	0-0	3-2	0-2	1-2	1-3	2-0	3-0	0-0	1-3	0-0	1-0	1-1	0-0	1-1	2-3	0-4	0-0	1-2	1-2	1-1	3-2	1-1	1-0	1-2	2-3	0-2
Toronto FC	CLB	DC	LA	RSL	KC	NY	CLB	DC	DC	LA	HOU	COL	KC	NE	CHI	SJ	RSL	DAL	COL	NY	NE	CHV	CHV	CLB	KC	HOU	NY	DAL	CHI	SJ
	0-2	1-4	3-2	0-1	0-2	1-1	0-0	0-1	2-3	0-2	1-3	1-3	0-0	1-2	1-2	0-0	1-2	2-0	1-0	0-2	1-1	1-2	3-1	1-1	0-2	1-1	3-1	2-2	2-3	0-2

Club		Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
Eastern Conference
1	Columbus Crew	57	30	17	7	6	50	36	14
2	Chicago Fire SC	46	30	13	10	7	44	33	11
3	New England Revolution	43	30	12	11	7	40	43	−3
4	Kansas City Wizards	42	30	11	10	9	37	39	−2
5	New York Red Bulls	39	30	10	11	9	42	48	−6
6	D.C. United	37	30	11	15	4	43	51	−8
7	Toronto FC1	35	30	9	13	8	34	43	−9
Western Conference
1	Houston Dynamo	51	30	13	5	12	45	32	13
2	CD Chivas USA	43	30	12	11	7	40	41	−1
3	Real Salt Lake	40	30	10	10	10	40	39	1
4	Colorado Rapids	38	30	11	14	5	44	45	−1
5	FC Dallas	36	30	8	10	12	45	41	4
6	Los Angeles Galaxy	33	30	8	13	9	55	62	−7
7	San Jose Earthquakes	33	30	8	13	9	32	38	−6

	MLS Cup Playoffs 2008, Derde Ronde U.S. Open Cup 2009
	MLS Cup Playoffs 2008
	MLS Cup Playoffs 2008, Derde Ronde U.S. Open Cup 2009
	MLS Cup Playoffs 2008

¹ - Toronto FC kan zich niet kwalificeren voor de U.S. Open Cup,omdat het een Canadese club is .
als zij zich kwalificeren voor een automatische plaats in de U.S. Open Cup,
de volgende best geplaatste team in de Eastern Conference zal hun plaats innemen.

Club		Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD
1	Columbus Crew (E1)	57	30	17	7	6	50	36	14
2	Houston Dynamo (W1)	51	30	13	5	12	45	32	13
3	Chicago Fire SC (E2)	46	30	13	10	7	44	33	11
4	New England Revolution (E3)	43	30	12	11	7	40	43	−3
5	CD Chivas USA (W2)	43	30	12	11	7	40	41	−1
6	Kansas City Wizards	42	30	11	10	9	37	39	−2
7	Real Salt Lake (W3)	40	30	10	10	10	40	39	1
8	New York Red Bulls	39	30	10	11	9	42	48	−6
9	Colorado Rapids	38	30	11	14	5	44	45	−1
10	D.C. United	37	30	11	15	4	43	51	−8
11	FC Dallas	36	30	8	10	12	45	41	4
12	Toronto FC2	35	30	9	13	8	34	43	−9
13	Los Angeles Galaxy	33	30	8	13	9	55	62	−7
14	San Jose Earthquakes	33	30	8	13	9	32	38	−6

	MLS Supporters' Shield, MLS Cup Playoffs 2008, SuperLiga 2009, CONCACAF Champions League 2009-10 Groepsfase4
	MLS Cup Playoffs 2008, SuperLiga 2009
	MLS Cup Playoffs 2008

	Halve finale Conference						Finale Conference					MLS Cup 2008
	E1	Columbus Crew	1	2
	E4	Kansas City Wizards	1	0
							E1	Columbus Crew	2
	Eastern Conference
							E2	Chicago Fire SC	1
	E3	New England Revolution	0	0
	E2	Chicago Fire SC	0	3
												E1	Columbus Crew	3
												W5	New York Red Bulls	1
	E1	Houston Dynamo	1	0
	W5	New York Red Bulls	1	3
							W5	New York Red Bulls	1
	Western Conference
							E3	Real Salt Lake	0
	E3	Real Salt Lake	1	2
	E2	CD Chivas USA	0	2

1 november 7:00 PM CDT	Kansas City Wizards	1 – 1	Columbus Crew	Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City Toeschouwers: 10.385 Scheidsrechter: Jorge Gonzalez
	Davy Arnaud  53'	[1]	92' Steven Lenhart

8 november 7:30 PM EST	Columbus Crew	2 – 0	Kansas City Wizards	Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus Toeschouwers: 11.153 Scheidsrechter: Ricardo Salazar
	Brad Evans  7' Robbie Rogers  57'	[2]

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30 oktober 7:30 PM EDT	New England Revolution	0 – 0	Chicago Fire SC	Gillette Stadium, Foxborough Toeschouwers: 5.221 Scheidsrechter: Alex Prus
		[3]

6 november 7:30 PM CST	Chicago Fire SC	3 – 0	New England Revolution	Toyota Park, Bridgeview Toeschouwers: 17.312 Scheidsrechter: Jair Marrufo
	Chris Rolfe  45+2' Wilman Conde  47' Gonzalo Segares  74'	[4]

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1 november 4:00 PM EDT	New York Red Bulls	1 – 1	Houston Dynamo	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford Toeschouwers: 11.578 Scheidsrechter: Kevin Stott
	Juan Pablo Ángel  48'	[5]	85' Kei Kamara

9 november 2:00 PM CST	Houston Dynamo	0 – 3	New York Red Bulls	Robertson Stadium, Houston Toeschouwers: 30.053 Scheidsrechter: Baldomero Toledo
		[6]	25' Dane Richards  36' (pen.) Juan Pablo Ángel  81' John Wolyniec

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1 november 4:00 PM MDT	Real Salt Lake	1 – 0	CD Chivas USA	Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy Toeschouwers: 14.719 Scheidsrechter: Ricardo Salazar
	Joera Movsisjan  90'	[7]

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8 november 7:30 PM PST	CD Chivas USA	2 – 2	Real Salt Lake	Home Depot Center, Carson Toeschouwers: 19.256 Scheidsrechter: Michael Kennedy
	Dema Kovalenko  39' Javier Morales  77'	[8]	30' (pen.) Sacha Kljestan  83' Justin Braun

13 november 7:30PM EST	Columbus Crew	2 – 1	Chicago Fire SC	Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus Toeschouwers: 14.688 Scheidsrechter: Terry Vaughan
	Chad Marshall  49' Eddie Gaven  55'	[9][dode link]	29' Brian McBride

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15 november 7:30PM MST	Real Salt Lake	0 – 1	New York Red Bulls	Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy Toeschouwers: 20.008 Scheidsrechter: Jair Marrufo
		[10]	28' Dave van den Bergh

23 november 12:30 PM PST	Columbus Crew	3 – 1	New York Red Bulls	Home Depot Center, Carson Toeschouwers: 27.000 Scheidsrechter: Baldomero Toledo
	Alejandro Moreno  31' Chad Marshall  53' Frankie Hejduk  82'		51' John Wolyniec

Volledig artikel: MLS Golden Boot

Positie	Doelpuntenmaker	Team	GP	G	A
1	Landon Donovan	Los Angeles Galaxy	25	20	9
2	Kenny Cooper	FC Dallas	30	18	3
3	Edson Buddle	Los Angeles Galaxy	27	15	3
4	Juan Pablo Ángel	New York Red Bulls	23	14	3
5	Brian Ching	Houston Dynamo	25	13	5
6	Luciano Emilio	D.C. United	27	11	5
7	Conor Casey	Colorado Rapids	21	11	2
8	Jaime Moreno	D.C. United	25	10	10
9	Chad Barrett	Chicago Fire SC / Toronto FC	29	9	7
	Chris Rolfe	Chicago Fire SC	26	9	7

Reguliere competitie (exclusief play-offs)

Naam	Club	Duels	Min.
Nick Rimando	Real Salt Lake	30	2.700	0	0
Jon Busch	Chicago Fire SC	30	2.700	0	0
Joe Cannon	San Jose Earthquakes	30	2.700	0	0
Jay Heaps	New England Revolution	30	2.700	0	0
Jimmy Conrad	Kansas City Wizards	30	2.700	0	0
Kevin Hartman	Kansas City Wizards	30	2.700	0	0

Bijgaand een overzicht van de Nederlandse voetballers die in het seizoen 2008 uitkwamen in de Major League Soccer.

Naam	Club	Debuut	Duels	Goals
Bergh, Dave van den Dave van den Bergh	New York Red Bulls	22.07.2006	26	7
Sikora, Victor Victor Sikora	FC Dallas	16.08.2008	5	1

Laatst geüpdatet op 26 oktober,2008

Rank	Doelman	Team	GP	MINS	SHTS	SVS	GA	GAA	W-L-T	SHO
1	Pat Onstad	Houston Dynamo	24	2098	105	76	24	1.03	10-4-9	7
2	Jon Busch	Chicago Fire SC	30	2700	156	122	33	1.10	13-10-7	10
3	Will Hesmer	Columbus Crew	28	2520	129	94	33	1.18	16-6-6	9
4	Bouna Coundoul	Colorado Rapids	17	1530	77	54	21	1.24	6-8-3	5
5	Joe Cannon	San Jose Earthquakes	30	2700	166	124	38	1.27	8-13-9	9

Laatst geüpdatet op 26 oktober,2008

Week	Speler van de week	Team	Reden van Nominatie
Week 1	Terry Cooke	Colorado Rapids	1 G (10') GWG, 2 A (67',80')
Week 2	David Beckham	Los Angeles Galaxy	1 G (9') GWG, 1 A (38')
Week 3	Guillermo Barros Schelotto	Columbus Crew	1 G (26'), 2 A (35', 71')
Week 4	Landon Donovan	Los Angeles Galaxy	2 G (67', 84') GTG
Week 5	Landon Donovan	Los Angeles Galaxy	3 G (18', 59', 77'), 1 A (84')
Week 6	David Beckham	Los Angeles Galaxy	2 G (36', 40') GTG
Week 7	Robbie Rogers	Columbus Crew	2 G (73', 81')
Week 8	Edson Buddle	Los Angeles Galaxy	3 G (31', 39', 85') GWG
Week 9	Cuauhtémoc Blanco	Chicago Fire SC	1 G (55'), 3 A (8', 48', 60') GWA
Week 10	Robbie Findley	Real Salt Lake	1 G (48') 1 A (60') GWA
Week 11	Brian Ching	Houston Dynamo	2 G (52', 69') GWG, 1 A (46')
Week 12	Edson Buddle	Los Angeles Galaxy	3 G (6', 63', 68') GWG
Week 13	Landon Donovan	Los Angeles Galaxy	2 G (4', 83')
Week 14	Steve Ralston	New England Revolution	2 G (12', 59') GWG
Week 15	Adam Cristman	New England Revolution	2 G (33', 37') GWG
Week 16	John Thorrington	Chicago Fire SC	1 G (90+2') GWG
Week 17	Guillermo Barros Schelotto	Columbus Crew	1 G (26') 2 A (33', 38')
Week 18	Kenny Cooper	FC Dallas	2 G (15', 17') GWG, 1 A (36')
Week 19	Kenny Cooper	FC Dallas	2 G (81', 90+1') GWG
Week 20	Juan Pablo Ángel	New York Red Bulls	2 G (27', 50')
Week 21	Ronnie O'Brien	San Jose Earthquakes	2 G (11', 87') 1 A (71')
Week 22	Guillermo Barros Schelotto	Columbus Crew	1 G (25') 2 A (15', 55')
Week 23	Fabian Espindola	Real Salt Lake	2 G (23', 59')
Week 24	Guillermo Barros Schelotto	Columbus Crew	1 G (39') 2 A (45', 67')[dode link]
Week 25	Steve Ralston	New England Revolution	1 G (90+2') 2 A (53', 83') GWA[dode link]
Week 26	Landon Donovan	Los Angeles Galaxy	3 G (23', 35', 90+2') 1 A (81')[dode link]
Week 27	Conor Casey	Colorado Rapids	3 G (11', 45', 90') GWG[dode link]
Week 28	Brian Ching	Houston Dynamo	2 G (2', 9') GWG 1 A (19')[dode link]
Week 29	Brian McBride	Chicago Fire SC	2 G (13', 79') GTG[dode link]
Week 30	Claudio Lopez	Kansas City Wizards	1 G (18') 2 A (27', 90+3') GWA[dode link]
Week 31	Chris Rolfe	Chicago Fire SC	3 G (11', 38', 44') 2 A (53', 75') GWG[dode link]

Maand	Speler van de Maand	Team	Reden van nominatie
April	Landon Donovan	Los Angeles Galaxy	8 G, 2 A, Galaxy 2-2-1 in april
mei	Cuauhtémoc Blanco	Chicago Fire SC	2 G, 4 A, Fire 3-1-0 in Mei
juni	Luciano Emilio	D.C. United	7 G, 1 A, D.C. United 4-0-0 in juni
juli	Nick Rimando	Real Salt Lake	3 SHO, Real Salt Lake 2-0-2 in juli
Augustus	Guillermo Barros Schelotto	Columbus Crew	1 G, 6 A, Crew 3-1-0 in Augustus
september	Darren Huckerby	San Jose Earthquakes	3 G, 1 A, Earthquakes 1-1-1 in september
oktober	Juan Pablo Ángel	New York Red Bulls	3 G, 1 A, Red Bulls 1-2-1 in oktober

Week	Speler	Team	Doelpunt
Week 1	Sainey Nyassi	New England Revolution	(90+3')
Week 2	Geoff Cameron	Houston Dynamo	(90+1')
Week 3	Sacha Kljestan	CD Chivas USA	(33')
Week 4	Landon Donovan	Los Angeles Galaxy	(67')
Week 5	Marcelo Gallardo	D.C. United	(80')
Week 6	Chris Rolfe	Chicago Fire SC	(29')
Week 7	Cuauhtémoc Blanco	Chicago Fire SC	(62')
Week 8	Marcelo Gallardo	D.C. United	(30')
Week 9	Tam McManus	Colorado Rapids	(80')
Week 10	Robbie Findley	Real Salt Lake	(48')
Week 11	Luciano Emilio	D.C. United	(90+3')
Week 12	Clyde Simms	D.C. United	(26')
Week 13	Gonzalo Martínez	D.C. United	(55')
Week 14	Luciano Emilio	D.C. United	(37')
Week 15	Ante Razov	CD Chivas USA	(88')
Week 16	Ante Razov	CD Chivas USA	(15')
Week 17	Juan Pablo Ángel	New York Red Bulls	(71')
Week 18	Abe Thompson	FC Dallas	(89')
Week 19	Jaime Moreno	D.C. United	(60')
Week 20	Chad Barrett	Toronto FC	(44')
Week 21	Brian Carroll	Columbus Crew	(62')
Week 22	Joe Vide	D.C. United	(45')
Week 23	Fabian Espindola	Real Salt Lake	(59')
Week 24	Santino Quaranta	D.C. United	(76')
Week 25	Davy Arnaud	Kansas City Wizards	(69')
Week 26	Robbie Rogers	Columbus Crew	(46')
Week 27	Josh Wolff	Kansas City Wizards	(70')
Week 28	Andy Williams	Real Salt Lake	(73')
Week 29	Brandon McDonald	Los Angeles Galaxy	(80')
Week 30	Danny Cepero	New York Red Bulls	(83')

zie voor de Amerikaanse deelnemers deze artikelen:

• CONCACAF Champions Cup 2008
• Noord-Amerikaanse Superliga 2008
• CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09

zie voor de nationale beker van de Verenigde Staten:

• Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup 2008

• Amerikaans voetbalelftal in 2008

• Officiële site