Maximiliano Urruti scored twice and Mauro Diaz had a goal and three assists to help FC Dallas beat the New England Revolution 4-2 on Tuesday night for the U.S. Open Cup title.
Dallas won its first Open Cup championship since 1997 — which was under its previous name of the Burn — to earn a spot in the 2017 CONCACAF Champions League.
"This is a big hurdle for us, winning the first one," head coach Oscar Pareja. "We took a lot of pressure of the many years it has been since our last championship."
New England's Juan Agudelo opened the scoring in the sixth minute. After a Dallas turnover deep in its own end, Gershon Koffie played a through ball and Agudelo spun his defender to send a shot into the back of the net. Agudelo tapped home a deflected cross in the 73rd.
"They were ahead too early and we knew they couldn't escape and win on our field," Diaz said. "We got lucky and kept getting good advantages."
Urruti tied it at 1 in the 15th minute when he settled Diaz's cross with his left foot and one-touched it home with his right.
Matt Hedges made it 2-1 in the 40th. A corner kick was deflected outside the 18-yard box and Diaz's chip found the head of Hedges.
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Diaz put Dallas in front 3-1 when he rolled a penalty kick under Chris Seitz's arm in first-half stoppage time. Urruti finished a breakaway in the 61st for a 4-1 lead.
"We're ecstatic," FC Dallas midfielder Kellyn Acosta said. "This is the first trophy for most of the players, professionally, so everyone is really happy to hold on to something."
It was a rematch of the 2007 final, which New England won 3-2 in the same stadium.
