After weeks of anticipation, the two Open Division sides taking part in the 2021 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup were announced today.
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After the 2020 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 edition of the United States’ soccer championship may be following the same path.
The US Soccer Federation announced on Monday that the 2021 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup will not include an opening round.
The 2021 US Open Cup is expected to be reduced to 24 teams and few may know this will mark the second time in the tournament’s history that the entire field was selected by invitation only instead of individual club entry.
The US Soccer Federation has announced the format for the 2021 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup. The 107th edition of the tournament will feature 24 teams, the smallest field in nearly three decades, in a five-round competition.
The biggest highlight was that the committee voted unanimously to eliminate the pro team foreign-player limit for the US Open Cup.
Every sport has its go-to underdog story. For American soccer, it’s the 1999 Rochester Raging Rhinos
The 2020 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup, the United States’ national soccer championship, has been cancelled for the first time since its inception in 1913.
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The US Open Cup Final: 1914-present
The US Open Cup debuted in 1913, and since then has had different names and a variety of formats, but it has remained the national championship for the sport of soccer in the United States for more than a century.