hollywood united qualified for the 2008 lamar hunt u.s. open cup by going 3-0-0 in a group with national premier soccer league's santa cruz county breakers, san diego united and phoenix banat arsenal. they then advanced to the first round to take on the portland timbers of the usl first division. hollywood stunned the timbers by beating them 3-2 thanks to penalties from matt taylor, but were defeated 6-0 by seattle sounders in the second round.