Chivas USA toppled in Open Cup

Sebastien Le Toux scored two goals off assists by Roger Levesque, and Levesque later scored his own goal to lead the Seattle Sounders to a convincing 3-1 win over visiting Chivas USA in the third round of the U.S. Open Cup on Wednesday at Qwest Field.

The Sounders, who play in the United Soccer Leagues, advance to the quarterfinals to play the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer. Seattle’s victory ensured that at least one non-MLS team will be involved in each quarterfinal.

Chivas took a 1-0 lead in the 16th minute on a goal by French forward Laurent Merlin.

But Merlin’s countryman, Le Toux, teamed with Levesque for the first of his two goals in the 43rd minute, and got the second in the 51st to give Seattle a 2-1 lead. Levesque scored in the 81st minute off a cross by former Galaxy midfielder Josh Gardner.

Last season, Chivas USA was eliminated from the Open Cup by Roma FC, an amateur team from Dallas.

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Martin Fenin and Tomas Micola each scored in the first 15 minutes and the Czech Republic advanced to Sunday’s championship game of the Under-20 World Cup with a 2-0 victory over Austria at Edmonton, Canada.

The Czech Republic will meet the winner of today’s other semifinal between Chile and Argentina in the title match in Toronto on Sunday.

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The Galaxy announced it signed University of San Diego graduate Mike Caso to a developmental roster contract. Caso, a forward who also plays as a midfielder, had played in five reserve games for the Galaxy this year. He is a Newhall native.

-- Ken Fowler