Welcome to the “Website Updates” section of TheCup.us. As the name would suggest, this is where the staff of TheCup.us will post updates that we make to the website and provide fans with some insight into what we’re working on.
We’ve received a lot of emails (you can email us here!) asking where all the information is. USOpenCup.com was filled with historical information from every year, and it was (for the most part) easy to find, and TheCup.us doesn’t have that. Well, the truth is, the information is all here … it’s just not organized yet. As anyone who’s ever moved to a new website, there’s a lot of formatting issues and just a different way to display things.
In case you missed why we changed to TheCup.us …. Read: USOpenCup.com becomes TheCup.us
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When we announced that USOpenCup.com was going to become TheCup.us, we barely had enough time to put the website together, much less organize 95 years worth of historical information. So we weren’t able to transfer all the information over before the September 1 deadline. Some might wonder, then why did you launch on September 1 if you weren’t ready? Well, the truth is the number of people who visit the website, as you might expect, drops off after the tournament is over. We had to take advantage of the traffic spike that occurs for the Open Cup Final, and we felt that it was best to put out the site as it was on September 1 rather than waiting until after the tournament was over to launch the site.
We appreciate your patience as we continue this process of moving and organizing all of the old information. We assure you that when it is complete, the information will be even more organized and comprehensive than it was before.
Some features we’re working on:
** Video highlights for every Open Cup Final from 1995 – present … and beyond. As well as big games from the earlier rounds (Who wants to see how the Mid-Michigan Bucks beat the New England Revolution in 2000? Ok, don’t answer that Revs fans).
** Team pages for every team, so that fans can find all the info about their favorite team all in one place.
** More stats! Who is the Professional Era leader in assists? Who has the longest shutout streak? What is the Chicago Fire’s record against USL Second Division teams? How many goals have PDL teams scored against MLS teams?
Those are just a few … if you have any suggestions/ideas, be sure to drop us a line and let us know.
And for those of you who emailed us asking how they can support the site … you can do that pretty easily, by supporting the people who advertise on the website. Just takes a few clicks, you know how it works. Or if you know someone who was involved with the Open Cup before 1995, send them our way. We’re always trying to fill in gaps in our history section.