2014 US Open Cup Final

**2014 Lamar Hunt US Final Cup** wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ne da aka buga ranar 16 ga Satumba, 2014, a filin shakatawa na PPL a Chester, Pennsylvania . Wasan ya tabbatar da wanda ya lashe gasar Buɗaɗɗiyar Amurka ta 2014, gasar da ke buɗe ga masu son ƙwararrun ƙungiyoyi masu alaƙa da Hukumar Kwallon Kafa ta Amurka . Wannan shi ne bugu na 101 mafi dadewa a gasar kwallon kafa ta Amurka . Seattle Sounders FC ta lashe wasan, inda ta doke Philadelphia Union . Taro na 15,256 sun ga kungiyoyin sun shiga matakin karin lokaci a 1 – 1 kafin Sounders sun kara zira kwallaye biyu don kawo karshen wasan 3–1.

Philadelphia da Seattle duk suna wasa a saman matakin ƙwallon ƙafa na Amurka, Major League Soccer&nbsp;(MLS), kuma ya ketare matakan farko na gasar tare da shiga zagaye na hudu na wasa. Masu Sauti sun kasance a tsakiyar Garkuwar Magoya bayanta - nasara na yau da kullun, yayin da kungiyar ta fara rashin kyau har aka maye gurbin kocinsu mako guda kafin wasansu na farko a gasar. Philadelphia ta sami damar zuwa wasan karshe ta hanyar doke 'yan tsibirin Harrisburg City, New York Cosmos, juyin juya halin New England, da FC Dallas . Hanyar Seattle zuwa wasan karshe ya hada da nasara akan PSA Elite, San Jose Earthquakes, Portland Timbers, da kuma Wutar Chicago .

Masu horar da 'yan wasan biyu sun zabi 'yan wasa masu karfi a kokarinsu na lashe kofin, kodayake Sounders gaba Kenny Cooper, wanda aka zaba a matsayin dan wasan gasar, bai bayyana a karshe ba. Maurice Edu na kungiyar ne ya baiwa kungiyarsa tamaula da kwallo a farkon rabin lokaci, amma Sounders sun rama kwallon da Chad Barrett ya buga na biyu, kuma wasan ya tafi cikin karin lokaci. Ko da yake Philadelphia ta sarrafa lokutan wasan tare da damammaki a ko'ina, Clint Dempsey ya jagoranci Seattle a farkon karin lokacin, kuma Obafemi Martins ya hatimi nasara a Seattle tare da makara kwallo. Seattle ta sami kyautar tsabar kuɗi $250,000, haka kuma ta sami damar shiga Gasar Zakarun Turai ta 2015–16 CONCACAF . Philadelphia ta sami kyautar tsabar kudi dala 60,000 a matsayin wacce ta zo ta biyu a gasar.

## Hanyar zuwa wasan karshe
 
Kofin US Open gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Amurka ce ta shekara-shekara buɗe ga duk ƙungiyoyin ƙwallon ƙafa na Amurka, daga ƙungiyoyin manya masu son zuwa ga ƙwararrun kulab ɗin Major League Soccer (MLS). Gasar ta 2014 ita ce bugu na 101 na gasar ƙwallon ƙafa mafi dadewa a Amurka. A karo na uku a jere, duk kungiyoyin MLS na Amurka sun sami cancanta ta atomatik zuwa zagaye na uku daidai. A baya, ƙungiyoyi takwas ne kawai daga MLS za su iya cancantar shiga gasar: shida kai tsaye dangane da sakamakon gasar ta shekarar da ta gabata, da ƙari biyu ta hanyar gasa-in. 

### Philadelphia Union
Ƙungiyoyi daga Philadelphia da yankin da ke kewaye sun sami tarihin nasara a gasar cin kofin Budaddiyar: Bethlehem Steel FC ta lashe kofuna biyar tsakanin 1915 zuwa 1926, Uhrik Truckers ya lashe a 1936, kuma 'yan Ukrain Philadelphia sun lashe sau hudu a cikin 1960s. Madadin rigar Ƙungiyar, wanda aka sawa a duk gasar, ya ƙunshi babban harafi "B" a cikin ƙananan kusurwar hagu don girmama Baitalami.   

Kungiyar ta fara gasar MLS ta yau da kullun tare da nasara 3 kawai a cikin wasanni 16. An kori babban kocinsu John Hackworth, kuma an nada Jim Curtin a matsayin wanda zai maye gurbinsa na wucin gadi, mako guda kafin wasan farko na gasar cin kofin gasar da suka fafata da takwararta ta Harrisburg City Islanders a ranar 17 ga watan Yuni. Nasarar da aka yi a gasar cin kofin zakarun Turai na da damar ceto kakar wasanni, kuma Curtin ya ce kungiyar na daukar wasan gida da muhimmanci.  Harrisburg yana wasa a cikin Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun USL - kashi na uku na ƙwallon ƙafa na Amurka - amma Philadelphia har yanzu tana wasa da yawa daga cikin masu farawa na yau da kullum, kuma ba ta yarda Harrisburg ta yi amfani da 'yan wasan Union guda biyu da aka ba da aro ba. An kusa kawar da Philadelphia, amma Maurice Edu ya zura kwallo ta biyu a minti na 89 da fara wasa, sannan Andrew Wenger ya kara zura kwallaye biyu a karin lokacin da suka ci gaba da ci 3-1. 

A ranar 24 ga Yuni, Philadelphia ta yi wasa a gida da New York Cosmos na gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Arewacin Amurka a cikin abin da kawai Curtin ya buga a matsayin koci. An sake buƙatar karin lokaci yayin da ƙungiyoyin suka ƙare ƙa'ida da ɗari ɗaya kafin Sébastien Le Toux ya ci wasan a minti na 115. Jim kadan bayan cin kwallo ne aka barke tsakanin kungiyoyin wanda ya yi sanadin korar ‘yan wasan Cosmos guda biyu da dan wasan Union daya saboda turawa da kora. An kuma kori biyu daga cikin mataimakan kociyan New York saboda raunin da suka samu. 

Kungiyar ta kasance a gida da New England Revolution na MLS a zagaye na biyar, a ranar 8 ga Yuli. Cikin sauki sun samu nasara da kwallayen da Conor Casey da Le Toux suka ci. Yajin aikin na karshen ya sanya shi zama jagoran zura kwallaye a gasar cin kofin Budaddigar na zamani tare da zura kwallaye 14 a rayuwarsa. Le Toux yana da tarihi mai ƙarfi tare da Seattle da gasar kafin ya koma Ƙungiyar a 2009; A baya ya taka leda don shiga cikin rukuni na biyu na Sounders kuma ya lashe Kofin Bude na 2009 tare da bangaren MLS.  Daga baya za a ba shi sunan wanda ya zo na biyu a matsayin wanda ya fi kowa daraja a gasar. Guguwar kura tare da tsawa da walƙiya ta dakatar da wasan na tsawon sa'a guda bayan minti na 61, amma juyin juya halin Musulunci ya kasa murmurewa daga ci biyu da nema. 

A ranar 12 ga Agusta, Philadelphia ta yi tafiya zuwa ƙungiyar MLS FC Dallas don wasan kusa da na karshe. Amobi Okugo ne ya zura kwallo a ragar Dallas a zagayen farko. Wasan dai ya tashi ne kamar yadda ka'ida da karin lokaci suka haifar da rashin jituwa. Mai tsaron gida Zac MacMath ya yi ceto na nutsewa na yunkurin Dallas guda biyu a bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida-mafi kusa da kungiyar ita ce ta lashe kofi a tarihinta na shekaru biyar.  

### Seattle Sounders FC
 
Seattle Sounders sun lashe Kofin Bude a 2009, 2010, da 2011 . Har ila yau, sun kai wasan karshe a 2012 amma an kawar da su ta hanyar ƙananan matakin a farkon 2013 . A cikin 2014, sun zana kulob mai son PSA Elite, ƙungiyar haɓaka ƙananan ƙungiyoyi waɗanda tuni suka yi nasara a zagaye uku na farko na gasar.  Seattle tana karbar bakuncin mafi yawan wasannin gasar cin Kofin gida a filin wasanni na Starfire na Tukwila. Ƙasar tana ɗaukar kusan 4,000, wanda ya fi ƙanƙanta da filin wasan gidansu na yau da kullun, Filin CenturyLink . An jiyo kociyan Sigi Schmid yana cewa "Ina ganin mutanenmu suna samun bunkasuwa a kan kusancin taron. Yana taimaka musu su ci gaba da yin ayyuka masu kyau.”  Seattle ce ke jagorantar MLS shiga zagayen a ranar 18 ga Yuni, kuma cikin sauƙi ta ci 5-0. Kenny Cooper ya zura kwallaye biyu a wasan. 

The Sounders sun karbi bakuncin San Jose Earthquakes a Starfire a ranar 24 ga Yuni kuma kungiyoyin biyu sun zira kwallaye a farkon rabin. Girgizar kasa ta biyu mai tsaron raga, David Bingham, ya ajiye tawagarsa a wasan ta hanyar dakatar da harbi uku daga Chad Barrett a ƙarshen rabi na biyu. Babu wata kungiya da ta zura kwallo a karin lokacin wasan kuma an tashi daga bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida.  Bayan an tashi wasan da ci 4–1, mai tsaron gida Marcus Hahnemann ya yi murna da shan giya a gaban lambun giyar da magoya bayan gida. 

A ranar 9 ga Yuli, Seattle ta fafata da abokin hamayyarta, Portland Timbers, a Starfire don wasan kwata-kwata. Sounders sun ci gaba da cin kwallo Osvaldo Alonso, amma tsohon Sounder Steve Zakuani ya taimaka wa Darlington Nagbe ya zura kwallo ta biyu a ragar Timbers a minti na 93. An samu karin lokacin da aka kori Diego Chara na Portland yayin da Cooper da Marco Pappa duka suka zura kwallo a ragar kungiyar da ci 3-1. 

Wasan da kungiyar ta buga a gida da Chicago Fire a ranar 13 ga watan Agusta. Wuta ta kasance ba tare da 2013's MLS Mafi Daraja Player, Mike Magee, saboda dakatarwa.  Cooper da Andy Rose kowanne ya zura kwallaye biyu a raga yayin da Obafemi Martins da Pappa suka zura kwallo daya. Seattle ta kammala wasan ne da kwallaye uku a cikin mintuna hudu da rabi na karshe a nasarar da ta yi da ci 6-0.  Kwallon farko na wasan ita ce ta karshe ta Cooper a gasar saboda bai buga wasan karshe ba. Ya kawo karshen gasar da jimillar kwallaye 13 na gasar cin kofin kalubale, daya daga cikin jin kunya na Le Toux na zamani na 14. Cooper ya ci kwallaye shida a cikin 2014 shi kadai, kuma za a ci gaba da ba shi suna dan wasan gasar 2014. 

## Kafin wasan

### Zaɓin wurin
Hukumar Kwallon Kafa ta Amurka ta tantance mai masaukin baki a wasan karshe da tsabar kudi a ranar 4 ga Agusta, 2014. Wanda ya yi nasara a wasan shi ne duk wanda ya yi nasara a wasan kusa da na karshe na FC Dallas/Philadelphia Union, yana nufin cewa wasan zai gudana ne a filin shakatawa na PPL a Chester, Pennsylvania . Wannan ne karo na goma sha ɗaya mafi girma-Philadelphia yankin ya karbi bakuncin wasan karshe kuma na farko tun 1994 .  Kungiyar ta tallata wasan ta hanyar nuna kofin a bainar jama'a a gidajen cin abinci na gida, wuraren tarihi, da abubuwan da suka faru. 

### Bincike
Ba a gudanar da gasar Bude gasar cin kofin MLS ba, amma har yanzu muhimmiyar nasara ce.  Ga Philadelphia, ta wakilci damarsu ta farko a ganima, yayin da Seattle ta kai wasan karshe sau biyar a tarihin kungiyar na shekaru shida.  Tare da nasara, Sounders za su ɗaure Wuta tare da nasara gabaɗaya guda huɗu ta ƙungiyar MLS. 

Rikodin koyaushe tsakanin kulab ɗin ya tsaya a 3-2 don goyon bayan Seattle. The Sounders sun doke kungiyar a farkon shekara yayin wasan lig, amma Philadelphia ya inganta tun daga lokacin. A lokacin wasan karshe, kungiyar ta yi rashin nasara a wasanni 10 a jere a gida. Kwanan nan Seattle ta sha kashi uku cikin biyar na MLS amma har yanzu tana daya daga cikin mafi kyawun kungiyoyi a gasar.  Seattle ita ce wacce aka fi so, tare da masanin kimiyya guda ɗaya wanda ya kwatanta Philadelphia zuwa ɗan ƙaramin ɗan ƙasa Rocky Balboa na jerin fina-finai *Rocky* . 

Zaɓin ɗan wasa a lokacin matakan da suka gabata na gasar cin kofin Open ya kasance ƙalubale saboda manyan ma'aikatan da ke karɓar kira don gasar cin kofin duniya . Masu Sauti suna da zurfin da zai iya jure wa 'yan wasan da suka rasa, kuma ba su huta da masu farawa ba a cikin jagorar zuwa wasan karshe.  Kungiyar ta huta da masu farawa da yawa yayin wasan gasar karshen mako da ya gabata.  Philadelphia's Casey, Le Toux, da Cristian Maidana sun kasance manyan barazanar kai hari, yayin da Seattle ke da manyan Martins da Clint Dempsey .  Kare, Edu shine ɗan wasa mafi ƙarfi na Philadelphia. Seattle kuma yana da ƙarfi mai ƙarfi tare da matashin ɗan wasan ƙasa DeAndre Yedlin, da mai kare MLS na shekara Chad Marshall . 

## Daidaita
An shirya za a tashi da karfe 7:30 na safe&nbsp;pm gida lokaci. Armando Villarreal shi ne alkalin wasa sai kuma mataimakansa Peter Manikowski da Corey Parker. Alkalin wasa na hudu shi ne Jose Carlos Rivero. Babu dakatarwa ko raunin bayanin kula.  Yanayin ya kasance hadari tare da zafin jiki  . 

### Rabin farko
Kocin Sounders Schmid ya yi gyare-gyare ga farawar sa da ya saba. Pappa bai fara ba saboda dawowar kwanan nan daga aikin kasa da kasa tare da Guatemala, yayin da dan wasan star Martins ya kasance a benci kuma.  Ko da yake ya lashe kyautar takalmin zinare don mafi yawan kwallayen da aka zura a raga, Cooper ya kasance dan wasan benci a duk shekara kuma bai fara wasan ba.  Ko da yake ba su da waɗannan 'yan wasan, Sounders sun fito suna kai hari, kuma babbar dama ta farko ta zo ne a cikin minti na 10 lokacin da Rose ya yi wa Dempsey bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida. 

Kungiyar ta kara takunta tare da Andrew Wenger yana taka leda a gefen hagu inda akai-akai ya wuce Yedlin don isa bakin layi ko kuma ya yanke harbi. Maidana da Le Toux sun ƙarfafa matsayin Philadelphia ta hanyar haɗawa a daya gefen filin don shiga cikin tsaron Seattle.  Wenger ya yi alaka da Le Toux wanda ya yi harbi, amma golan Seattle Stefan Frei ya yi gaggawar tsayawa.  A minti na 38 ne Leonardo González ya farke Maidana ta hannun dama ta bugun fanareti. Kwallon da Maidana ya samu ya karkata zuwa bayan gida inda Brad Evans ya rasa kafarsa sannan Edu ya kalli kwallon da goshinsa ya saka ta a raga.  'Yan wasan gida sun ci gaba da jan ragamar wasan kuma suka ci gaba da samar da damar zura kwallo a raga. 

### Rabin na biyu
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Babu wata kungiya da ta yi canji a lokacin hutun rabin lokaci. Masu Sounders sun fito kan harin kuma an ba su bugun kusurwa ne kawai mintuna uku da fara wasan. Carlos Valdes ya yi yunkurin fitar da kwallon amma Marshall ya kai ta zuwa ragar MacMath ya farke.  Barrett ya zura kwallo a kusa da filin wasan kuma wasan ya kasance 1-1. 

Seattle ta ci gaba da samun nasara inda Yedlin ya fara cin galaba akan Wenger yayin da Martins ya maye gurbin Barrett a minti na 60. Dan wasan tsakiya na Philadelphia daga nan kuma ya fara nuna rinjaye kuma Maidana ya samu warwas a minti na 72. Yedlin ya zura kwallo a raga don kawo karshen harin a cikin abin da MLS za ta kira "wasan kare dangi".  Dempsey ya samu damar jefa kwallo a ragar Pappa a minti na 76 da fara wasa amma ya kasa samun kafar kwallo. Martins sannan ya sami wata dama wacce ta wuce gaba kafin sarrafawa ya sake komawa Philadelphia. 

Seattle ta maye gurbin Lamar Neagle da Pappa a minti na 74 a wani yunƙuri na haifar da fa'ida.  Philadelphia ta amsa da karin damar biyu da suka kusan lashe wasan.  Casey ya karbi katin rawaya a minti na 57 kuma Pedro Ribeiro ya maye gurbinsa. A minti na 88 ne Raymon Gaddis ya ci kwallon kuma ya zura kwallo a raga. Ribeiro ya yi harbi amma ba shi da iko. A karin lokacin ne kuma Vincent Nogueira ya sake zura kwallo a raga wanda ya buge bindigu sannan kuma ya zura kwallo a ragar kwallon kafin a cire shi. 

Martins ya bude karin lokaci da bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida yayin da Sounders ke kara karawa a filin wasa. Seattle ce ta fara cin kwallo a minti na 101 a lokacin da Dempsey da Martins suka hadu a wasan da ya sa Dempsey ya yi kasa da kasa.  Martins, Dempsey, da Pappa sun yi nasarar shawo kan hare-haren Philadelphia a cikin rabin na biyu na karin lokaci kuma Pappa ya bugi giciye a kan yunkurin harbi.  Valdes ya samu kyakkyawar dama ta daure wasan a minti na 111 da fara wasa lokacin da ya zura kwallo a ragar Sounders, amma harbin ya yi rauni kuma cikin sauki.  Ko da yake Philadelphia na danna harin, Martins ya zira kwallo a minti na 114th don sanya Sounders 3-1. 

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