| Final |  | The referee blows the final whistle and the Sounders are victorious. 2-time US Open Cup Champions with a 2-1 win. They are the first team to repeat as champs since 1983. |
| 94+ | | Seattle gains possession and pushes it up the sideline, where Blaise Nkufo slows it down to kill some clock before being taken down. |
| 93+ |  | Nate Jaqua subs on for Fredy Montero. |
| 92+ | | Fredy Montero is again bowled over and this time Guillermo Barros Schelotto throws the ball at him after the whistle. |
| 92+ | | Fredy Montero makes a move to go around Shaun Francis and is pushed in the chest. |
| 90 | | Roger Levesque subs on for Steve Zakuani. |
| 89 | | Fredy Montero takes the free kick and shoots it on frame, but Andy Gruenebaum falls on it to make the save. |
| 87 |  | Steve Zakuani gets away on a run and is taken down by teh last defender with just the goalkeeper to beat by Guillermo Barros Schelotto. He is issued just a yellow card on the play. |
| 86 | | Robbie Rogers thunders a ball off the crossbar that nearly equalized, but it fell away and Seattle cleared it. |
| 82 | | Fredy Montero rolls a ball out to Alvaro Fernandez, but he is shielded away by Shaun Francis and it goes over for a goal kick. |
| 81 | | Robbie Rogers subs on for Eddie Gaven. |
| 81 | | Fredy Montero feeds a ball to Alvaro Fernandez on the run and Fernandez is taken down from behind by Brian Carroll with no call. |
| 79 | | Alvaro Fernandez subs on for Sanna Nyassi. A career night for Nyassi, who gets a great ovation from the crowd. |
| 78 | | Kasey Keller comes out to grab a cross into the box. He tosses a long ball out to the left side and Seattle pushes up the field. Fredy Montero takes a shot from just outside the box, but it bounces off of Blaise Nkufo's back and away. |
| 78 | | Andres Mendoza subs on for Steven Lenhart and Emilio Renteria comes on for Kevin Burns. |
| NOTES | | Attendance is announced at 31,311. |
| 75 | | Sanna Nyassi is issued a yellow card for a tackle on Emmanuel Ekpo. |
| 75 | | Steve Zakuani gets out on a run, but is sandwiched between two Crew defenders in the box to lose possession. |
| 74 | | Osvaldo Alonso is issued a yellow card for a tackle of Emmanuel Ekpo on a run into hte midfield. |
| 66 |  | Sounders FC goal!!! What a play for Seattle. Steve Zakuani gets his head on a shot, but it caroms off the crossbar. Andy Gruenebaum chased teh ball into the net and couldn't recover in time and the rebound fell to Sanna Nyassi for a left-footed smash into the opened net. Sounders FC 2, Crew 1. |
| 64 | | Eddie Gaven turns on a shot from 30 yards out, but Kasey Keller makes the dive to his right to make the stop. |
| 60 | | Steve Zakuani takes a looping ball into the box, and gets to the endline where he is taken down by Andy Gruenebaum. The ball bounces away and is cleared by Columbus. |
| 58 | | James Riley takes a pass from Fredy Montero all alone on the right side. He carries it into the box, b ut his cross is knocked away for a corner kick. Jeff Parke gets some pressure on the corner kick, but the ball bounces away for a goal kick. |
| HALFTIME | | Shots: Sounders FC 4, Crew 4. SOG: Sounders FC 3, Crew 1. Fouls: Sounders FC 6, Crew 5. Offside: Sounders FC 0, Crew 0. Corner Kicks: Sounders FC 1, Crew 0. Saves: Sounders FC 0, Crew 2. |
| 47 | | Wahl knocks down the Columbus cross as it goes out for a corner. |
| 46+ | | After one minute of added time the referee blows his whistle to signal the end of the first half. Sounders FC 1, Crew 1. |
| 44 | | Steve Zakuani battles his way into the box, but is dispossessed about eight yards out and the ball is cleared to the sideline. |
| 43 | | Fredy Montero withstands the kicks and pushes of three Crew players before finally falling to the ground and losing possession. |
| 41 | | Steve Zakuani gets out on the run up the left side after stripping the ball from Frankie Hejduk. Brian Carroll takes him down with a tackle at midfield to earn a yellow card. |
| 38 | | Sounders FC goal!!! A Seattle cross is punched away initially by Andy Gruenebaum, but the ball falls to Nathan Sturgis, who pokes it to Sanna Nyassi coming back to the ball at the top of the box. Nyassi turns, takes a touch and fires past Gruenebaum for the goal. Sounders FC 1, Crew 1. |
| 37 | | A James Riley cross is knocked away for a Seattle corner kick. Columbus is taking a highly defensive posture right now. |
| 34 | | Tyson Wahl crosses a ball into the box, but Andy Gruenebaum skies for it to make the grab before Blaise Nkufo can get his head to it. |
| 34 | | Steve Zakuani takes a diagonal run into the middle, then slides a ball down for Sanna Nyassi, but his cross to the middle is knocked away for a Seattle throw. |
| 30 | | Steven Lenhart slides in with a high boot to knock a loose ball away from Osvaldo Alonso, catching Alonso in the thigh, but no call is made. The ball goes away a moment later for a Columbus goal kick as Alonso goes to the turf with a cleat mark just below his knee. |
| 28 | | Shaun Francis is issued a yellow card for a hard tackle of Nathan Sturgis coming on 26 yards out. |
| 24 |  | Frankie Hejduk gets in behind the defense, drops a pass back to Steven Lenhart. He pushes it to the middle for Kevin Burns who shoots inside the far post for a goal. Crew 1, Sounders FC 0. |
| 23 | | James Riley is issued a yellow card after Eddie Gaven takes a fall. |
| 21 | | Emmanuel Ekpo takes a fall after losing possession and Seattle is whistled for a foul. Big break for Columbus, as Steve Zakuani had a lot of open space in front of him when he recovered the ball. |
| 20 | | Emmanuel Ekpo gets in behind Tyson Wahl on the right side, takes it into the box and drops it for an oncoming Frankie Hejduk, but his shot misses high for a goal kick. |
| 18 | | Steve Zakuani gets out on the left side and crosses for Sanna Nyassi, who misses on the run. The ball is picked up by Blaise Nkufo, who sends it back in, but Columbus stops them and pushes possession back. |
| 16 | | Steve Zakuani gets out on a run up the middle and has his feet kicked from behind a couple of times before he lays the ball off to Fredy Montero for a shot but it skips into the chest of Andy Gruenebaum for the save. |
| 14 | | Blaise Nkufo and Steve Zakuani work the ball into the box, but the Columbus defense takes possession. |
| 12 | | Eddie Gaven shoots from distance, but misses high for a goal kick. |
| NOTES | | Leo Gonzalez is not on the 18 today because of roster limitations in the Open Cup. You are only allowed five "foreign" players, however players with green cards do not count against that number. Tyrone Marshall and Osvaldo Alonso fit into that category. |
| 08 | | Seattle gains possession and kicks the ball out of play as Guillermo Barros Schelotto is downed on the field holding his foot. He is up and clearly slowed by what appears to be a foot issue. |
| 06 | | Steve Zakuani gets around Frankie Hejduk and slides a ball into the box, but Blaise Nkufo's tap-in attempt is stopped by Andy Gruenebaum. |
| 05 | | Kevin Burns gets the ball into the box, but loses control and it goes over for a goal kick. |
| 04 | | Emmanuel Ekpo crosses the ball from the right side, but it bends over the end line for a goal kick. |
| 03 | | Nathan Sturgis gets away a shot from 27 yards out, but it misses high for a goal kick. |
| 02 | | James Riley crosses a ball for Fredy Montero in the box. Montero gets in behind the defense, but Andy Gruenbaum saves Montero's header. |
| KICKOFF | | Columbus takes the opening kick, defending the north end. |
| NOTES | | Great tifo displays from both ECS and Gorilla FC. |
| NOTES | | Here come the players and we are minutes away from kickoff. |
| NOTES | | Seattle is in electricity shirts, shorts and socks. Columbus is wearing black shirts, shorts and socks. |
| NOTES | | The 2010 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup trophy was just marched to the middle of the stadium. The crowd is going nuts with anticipation. |
| NOTES | | Last year's trophy is now making its rounds around the stadium. A lot of excitement in and out of the stadium as kickoff nears. |
| WEA | | Clear and 60 degrees with WNW winds at 5mph. |
| REF | | Ref: Michael Kennedy, RA: Thomas Supple, RA: Paul Scott, 4th: Ricardo Salazar. |
| COL | | STARTERS: GK Gruenebaum, D Hejduk (cpt.), D Marshall, D Iro, D Francis, M Gaven, M Carroll, M Ekpo, M Burns, F Lenhart, F Schelotto. RESERVES: Hesmer, Brunner, Mendoza, Moffat, Padula, Renteria, Rogers. |
| SEA | | STARTERS: GK Keller (cpt.), D Riley, D Ianni, D Parke, D Wahl, M Nyassi, M Alonso, M Sturgis, M Zakuani, F Montero, F Nkufo. RESERVES: Boss, Fernandez, Jaqua, Levesque, Marshall, Scott, Seamon. |
