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Match Recap: DC UNITED v BATTERY --- 95th annual U.S. OPEN CUP Final

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September 3 --- MLSNet.com: D.C. United outlasted a dogged challenge from the Charleston Battery in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final, simultaneously ending the USL-1 club's Cinderella tourney run and a four-year trophy drought of their own with a 2-1 victory at atmospheric RFK Stadium...

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