| Sounders FC hosts Kansas City in Open Cup quarterfinals
Then it defeated the Portland Timbers of the United Soccer Leagues First Division last week in Portland to advance to the quarterfinals. These games are in addition to Sounders FC's regular-season schedule, which continues Saturday at Qwest Field against the Houston Dynamo. Add to that the friendlies the team is playing against Chelsea on July 18 and FC Barcelona on Aug. 5. The Dynamo could be next for Sounders FC in the U.S. Open Cup. Houston is on the road to play the Charleston Battery on Tuesday with the winner facing the Sounders FC-Wizards winner on July 21. A title is one motivational factor to continue winning. So is the prize money for the teams that make it to the finals. In 2007, the champion got $100,000 to divide among its players. The runner-up received $50,000.
Soccer: DM Menace squeeze out late win
Rochester, Minn. � Hunter Kennedy scored in the 87th minute to break a tie and lift the Des Moines Menace to a 2-1 Premier Development League win over Rochester on Wednesday night.
The win kept the Menace (8-1-4) atop the Heartland Division standings by four points over Colorado. Des Moines needs only one more win in its final two games to earn a spot in the playoffs.
The Menace scored their other goal on Brad Barraclough's first-half tally.
Rochester (5-8-1) scored its goal on a penalty kick in the 49th minute. .
Hiller soccer players getting kicks in summer
Having played only two games to date due to inclement weather, the Hopkinton boys summer soccer team has started its season with a tie and a victory. The Hopkinton squad traveled to Wayland High School for its first match of the summer last Wednesday. Wayland held a 1-0 lead going into the last 60 seconds of the game. However, Hopkinton talented junior Graham Eagan netted the equalizer on a spectacular play with time running out. The Hillers then held their first home match of the year against Division 1 Natick. Hopkinton was able to strike first in the contest. Halfway through the first half junior Zach Hutchinson was taken down in the box after receiving an excellent through ball from sophomore Jack Hilger. Hutchinson scored the resultant penalty kick, putting the Hillers up 1-0.
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