Despite their status as two of the original 10 clubs in Major League Soccer and their frequent meetings in league play over the course of two decades, FC Dallas and New England Revolution have met just once in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.
Their one previous meeting – like the decisive meeting ahead at Toyota Stadium on Tuesday (10:00 p.m. ET, ESPN2, Univision Deportes) – came in the final nearly a decade ago.
Several of the participants on both sides shared their memories of that fateful night in Frisco back in 2007. Their recollections in this oral history start with the buildup to the Revolution’s 3-2 victory on that night and carry all the way through to what it means nearly a decade later.