Chicago beats Columbus in USOC penalty thriller; Red Bulls bounce NYCFC

TheChicago Firewon a penalty-shootout thriller against theColumbus Crew SCto advance from the round of 32 in the U.S. Open Cup on Wednesday night, after the match ended 2-2.

First-half goals from the Crew's Christian Martinez and the Fire's Nemanja Nikolic saw the teams go into half-time tied 1-1 and neither team scored in the second half, sending the match to extra time.

Nikolic added his second in extra time, but Columbus' Adam Jahn countered to force the game to be decided from the penalty spot.

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It took 11 kicks from each team to send the Fire through to the next round after the Crew'sLogan Ketterer missed to end the match to hand Chicago a 10-9 shootout win.

The 22 penalties tied a record for a game involving an MLS team,matching Portland's win over Sporting Kansas City in the 2015 MLS playoffs, and the 19 converted spot kicks equaled a record from the 2001 U.S. Open Cup.

The New York Red Bulls made short work of crosstown rivals New York City FC, beating them 4-0 to eliminate them from the Open and reach the round of 16.

Vincent Bezecourt had the hosts in front in the second minute at Red Bull Arena and Aaron Long doubled the lead soon after the break.

Daniel Royer scored twice late in the second half to flatter the Red Bulls on the final scoreline, marking the second time this season that Jesse Marsch's team has beaten NYCFC 4-0, following a May 5 with in MLS.

Minnesota United needed penalties after 120 minutes of regulation and extra time ended 0-0 to beat FC Cincinnati, last year's cup darlings and the newest team to be granted a MLS expansion team, 3-1 on penalties.

The struggling Colorado Rapids lost 2-0 to another future MLS club in Nashville SC of the USL.

Nashville later learned in Thursday morning's draw that they will face fellow USL club Louisville City, who beat New England on Tuesday night, in the round of 16 later this month.

There was also an upset at Bonney Field in Sacramento, where Jure Matjasic's extra-time strike helped the Sacramento Republic defeat the Seattle Sounders 2-1, after the MLS club neededHarry Shipp's stoppage-time goal just to force an extra 30 minutes.

In the other matchups between MLS clubs,Johnny Russell and Kharlton Belmar helped Sporting Kansas City to a 2-0 win over Real Salt Lake,whilethe Portland Timbers eased past the San Jose Earthquakes 2-0 with goals fromJeremy Ebobisse andDairon Asprilla.

In Wednesday's other matches,Atlanta Unitedran out 3-0 winners against theCharleston Battery, with 17-year-old Andrew Carleton, Ezequiel Barco and Romario Williams providing the scoring.

Orlando CitybeatMiami Unitedby the same scoreline with goals fromStefano Pinho, Dillon Powers and Victor Giro to eliminate the National Premier Soccer League side.

TheHouston Dynamothrashed amateur sideNTX Rayados5-0,FC DallasedgedSan Antonio FC1-0 in a battle of Texas clubs.

And in Southern California,LAFC defeated Fresno FC 2-0 while theLA Galaxy got the better of amateursGolden State Force 3-1.