The 2011 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final was a soccer match between
Seattle Sounders FC and the Chicago Fire played on October 4, 2011 at
CenturyLink Field in Seattle, Washington. Seattle Sounders FC won by
defeating the Chicago Fire 2–0 with goals scored by Fredy Montero and
Osvaldo Alonso. The match was the culmination of the 2011 tournament,
which was open to amateur and professional soccer teams affiliated with
the United States Soccer Federation. The tournament was the 98th edition
of the U.S. Open Cup, the oldest ongoing competition in American soccer.
The attendance of 36,615 at the final set a tournament record. Seattle
had previously won the 2009 and 2010 tournaments, making them the first
team since 1968 to win three consecutive championships (trophies
pictured) and the fourth team to do so in the tournament's history.
Seattle won a berth in the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League and a
$100,000 cash prize. Following the final, criticism arose regarding
Seattle hosting each round of the tournament they played. In response,
changes to the rules for determining hosting rights were announced.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Lamar_Hunt_U.S._Open_Cup_Final>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1400:
Owain Glyndŵr was proclaimed Prince of Wales and instigated a
revolt against the rule of Henry IV of England.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glynd%C5%B5r_Rising>
1810:
Miguel Hidalgo, the parish priest in Dolores, Guanajuato,
delivered the Grito de Dolores to his congregation, instigating the
Mexican War of Independence against Spain.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grito_de_Dolores>
1920:
A bomb in a horse wagon exploded (aftermath pictured) in front
of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City, killing 38 people and
injuring 400 others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_bombing>
1961:
The United States' National Hurricane Research Project sought
to weaken Hurricane Esther by seeding it with silver iodide, leading to
the establishment of Project Stormfury.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Stormfury>
1990:
Construction of the Northern Xinjiang Railway was completed
between Ürümqi and Alashankou, linking the railway lines of China and
Kazakhstan, and adding a sizable portion to the Eurasian Land Bridge.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_Land_Bridge>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
munificence:
The quality of being munificent; generosity.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/munificence>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Mystery: Time and Tide shall pass, I am the Wisdom Looking-
Glass. This is the Ruby none can touch: Many have loved it overmuch; Its
fathomless fires flutter and sigh, Being as images of the flame That
shall make earth and heaven the same When the fire of the end reddens
the sky, And the world consumes like a burning pall, Till where there is
nothing, there is all.
--Alfred Noyes
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alfred_Noyes>