Dismissed team in The Open (7)
I believe the answer is:
outside
'in the open' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'dismissed team' is the wordplay.
'dismissed' becomes 'out' (I've seen this before).
'team' becomes 'side' (I've seen this before**).
'out'+'side'='OUTSIDE'
(Other definitions for outside that I've seen before include "External surface" , "Where smokers now often must go" , "Not indoors" , "In the fresh air?" , "Alfresco" .)