Soccer Sam Show: 1999 Rhinos Open Cup Highlights

The 1999 Us Open Cup Champions Rochester Raging Rhinos of the USL First Division. The Soccer Sam Show. www.soccersam.com. Originally aired 9/1999

[@eusacs]

10 years later, I look back on this remarkable achievement and am even more amazed. They weren't the most skilled, fastest or strongest, but, wow, what a team. If I recall, they beat 4 MLS teams to win it, at times fighting the officials, too. Great job Rhinos, I'll never forget!

[@sjsickles]

What an amazing run this team went on! A great time to be a Rochestarian! Every year I hope they can re-create the magic. Once in a life time!

[@Kansas462]

I saw this when I was in Wichita, Kansas. Great game.

[@angryangryowls3958]

This was our best chance to become Major League: When the team was hot, and the venue was in a neutral location within the city, and people were happy to attend. Taking this team, and building a field in the "hood" was the worst idea, I believe, in Rochester Sports history. With a team on the brink of MLS birth, with the MLS pushing our city to build a "soccer specific" field: our response is: "Welp, how about we just go ahead and build this field in the cheapest possible location. That sounds good. No attendance? No problem. Lack of team passion, partially due to extreme attendance drop? no problem. Vendors that cant compete with those from frontier field? No Problem!!!! SERIOUSLY.....WHAT THE FUCK?! Soccer should have got the green light from the City. The Rhinos were brining in more people than the Red Wings Ever did! They should have built another dam baseball stadium in the hood, and turned Frontier into something soccer specific!!!!! The Red Wings did fine at Silver Stadium.....they would do fine where the Rhinos play right now! Soccer is a sport for families, and for them to bring thweir kids. So is baseball, but with baseball, everyone goes, gegardless of location. Baseball and Football are America's sports. This is where Rochester failed in Sports, I believe.

[@killermon117]

AngryAngry Owls I’ve been wondering why the rhinos failed completely. You clearly summed it up for me. Thank you. I hope the days of the green returns

[@tometsler1600]

Blame David Gantt .. i predicted it when they put the stadium there.

[@Mortal-Monk]

Now the team is dissolved. I agree they should have been in the MLS thru deserved it but MLS also did them dirty with MLS Pro or whatever it is because it didn't work at all.

[@joaquinsoccer7216]

Yari Allnutt goal!