D.C. overcomes spirited Charleston team
By Steve Davis, ESPN
Updated: September 4, 2008, 5:35 PM ET

It's tough to rise above the clatter of world soccer this time of year,
which is laden with World Cup qualifiers, global transfer talk, MLS
playoff chases, Premiership clashes and Mexican matches.

Somehow, the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, with precious little marketing
umph from parent organization U.S. Soccer, gets squeezed into the mix.
It's a great little competition but one that sometimes looks like the
smallest kid on the block, waiting to be picked for neighborhood games,
jumping up and down to get noticed.


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