# 1996 U.S. Open Cup

The 1996 United States Open Cup was the 83rd edition of the tournament, and the first Open Cup to include Major League Soccer teams.
D.C. United defeated the Rochester Raging Rhinos 3–0 in the final at RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
Originally, four of the ten MLS teams entered the tournament. Five ended up participating, as D.C. United replaced the Los Angeles Galaxy (due to the Galaxy's congested schedule), and the Colorado Rapids replaced the Colorado Foxes (when the team could not reschedule its third-round match against Kansas City). The A-League Rochester side beat two MLS teams en route to the final before falling to already-crowned MLS Cup champion United.

## Bracket

| Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | MLS | Dallas Burn | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | A-L | Seattle Sounders | 2 | | | | | | |
| USASA | San Jose Oaks | 0 | A-L | Seattle Sounders | 2 | | | | | | |
| A-L | Seattle Sounders | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| A-L | Seattle Sounders | 1 | | | | MLS | Dallas Burn | 0 | | | |
| | | | | | | MLS | D.C. United | 2 | | | |
| | | | MLS | D.C. United | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | USISL | Carolina Dynamo | 0 | | | | | | |
| A-L | New York Fever | 0 | USISL | Carolina Dynamo | 0 | | | | | | |
| USISL | Carolina Dynamo | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| USISL | Carolina Dynamo | 1 | | | | | | | MLS | D.C. United | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | A-L | Rochester Rhinos | 0 |
| A-L | Rochester Rhinos | 2 | | | | | | | | | | A-L | Rochester Rhinos | 0 |
| USISL | Fort Myers Manatees | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| USISL | Fort Myers Manatees | 0 | A-L | Rochester Rhinos (AET) | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | MLS | Tampa Bay Mutiny | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | A-L | Rochester Rhinos | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | | MLS | Colorado Rapids | 0 | | | |
| | | | MLS | Kansas City Wiz | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | MLS | Colorado Rapids | 3 | | | | | | |
| A-L | Colorado Foxes | 5 | MLS | Colorado Rapids | 3 | | | | | | |
| USISL | El Paso Patriots | 1 | | | | | | | | | |

### Quarterfinals

Note: The Colorado Rapids replaced the Colorado Foxes when the team could not reschedule its Quarterfinal match after player availability conflicts due to CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying.

### Final

| GK | 2 | Mark Simpson |
| DF | 4 | Clint Peay | | 46' |
| DF | 23 | Eddie Pope | 72 |
| DF | 12 | Jeff Agoos | | 71' |
| DF | 11 | Mario Gori |
| MF | 16 | Richie Williams | 72 |
| MF | 19 | John Maessner | | 46' |
| MF | 6 | John Harkes | | 66' |
| MF | 10 | Marco Etcheverry |
| FW | 21 | Raul Diaz Arce | | 74' |
| FW | 9 | Jaime Moreno |
| Substitution: ||
| DF | | David Vaudreuil | | 46' |
| DF | | Tony Sanneh | | 46' |
| MF | | Brian Kamler | | 66' |
| MF | | Erik Imler | | 71' |
| FW | | Steve Rammel | | 74' |
| Head Coach: ||
| Bruce Arena ||
| GK | 1 | Bill Andracki |
| DF | 17 | Fuseini Dauda | 77 |
| DF | 5 | Yuriy Smotrych |
| DF | 6 | Rene Rivass |
| DF | 14 | Gustavo Villagra |
| MF | 7 | Henry Gutierrez |
| MF | 8 | Tommy Tanner |
| MF | 10 | Yogi McKay | | 46' |
| MF | 23 | Lenin Steenkamp |
| FW | 19 | Doug Miller |
| FW | 21 | Hector Marinaro | | 46' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 22 | Darrell Stuart | | 46' |
| | | Chris Kennell | | 46' |
| Head Coach: ||
| Pat Ercoli ||