The “March Madness” of the 110th edition of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup will kick off with 32 games next month. Beginning on March 18, the opening round will feature 32 Open Division amateur teams and 32 lower division professional sides.
The First Round of the 2025 US Open Cup will kick off with 10 games on Tuesday, March 18, followed by 14 games on Wednesday, March 19. The round will wrap up on Thursday, March 20 with eight games.
For the second year in a row, every First Round game will feature amateur vs. pro team matchups.
The Open Division teams include nine from USL League Two, seven from the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) and 14 teams that qualified via the Open Division Local qualifying tournament. The remaining two amateurs are Soda City FC, who qualified as the United Premier Soccer League (UPSL) Spring season champion and four-time Open Cup champions New York Pancyprian Freedoms who punched their ticket as the 2024 US Adult Soccer Association (USASA) National Amateur Cup champion.
The professional sides entering in Round 1 include eight from the USL Championship (Div. 2), all 14 US-based clubs from USL League One (Div. 3) and 10 teams from MLS NEXT Pro (Div. 3). The rest of the USL Championship teams, the top eight clubs in each of the league’s conferences from last season, will enter in the competition later in the Third Round.
The matchups were chosen geographically with the primary goal being professional teams playing against an Open Division team.
The home team for each game was determined by random selection when both teams applied to host and met the tournament’s hosting criteria. According to US Soccer’s release: “Random selection was also used in cases where there was no logical geographic fit or there were more than two teams from the same proximity.”
The winners from Round 1 will advance to face each other in the Second Round which is scheduled for the week of April 1-2. The 16 Second Round winners will advance to Round 3 where they will face the remaining 16 teams from the USL Championship. All Third Round winners will advance to Round 4 (Round of 32) where all 16 Major League Soccer teams will enter.
2025 US Open Cup Qualifying
2025 US Open Cup Schedule/Results
2025 US Open Cup Format
2025 U.S. Open Cup – First Round Schedule
Home team listed first, all start times listed in Eastern
TUESDAY, MARCH 18
Hartford Athletic (USL-C) vs. New York Shockers (NPSL)
6:30 p.m. ET
Trinity Health Stadium; Hartford, CT
Sarasota Paradise (USL-2) vs. FC Naples (USL-1)
7 p.m. ET
Premier Sports Campus; Lakewood Ranch, FL
Miami FC (USL-C) vs. Naples United FC (NPSL)
7 p.m. ET
FIU Soccer Stadium; Miami, FL
New Jersey Alliance FC (UPSL) vs. Chattanooga Red Wolves SC (USL-1)
7 p.m. ET
Site TBA
FC Motown (NPSL) vs. Westchester SC (USL-1)
7:30 p.m. ET
MSU Soccer Park at Pittser Field; Montclair, NJ
Asheville City SC (USL-2) vs. Greenville Triumph SC (USL-1)
7:30 p.m. ET
Greenwood Field; Asheville, NC
West Chester United SC (USLPA) vs. Loudoun United FC (USL-C)
7:30 p.m. ET
YSC Sports; Wayne, PA
Texoma FC (USL-1) vs. FORO SC (UPSL)
8 p.m. ET
Bearcat Stadium; Sherman, TX
Tulsa Athletic (UPSL) vs. FC Tulsa (USL-C)
8:30 p.m. ET
Athletic Community Stadium; Tulsa, OK
AV ALTA FC (USL-1) vs. Ventura County Fusion (USL-2)
10:30 p.m. ET
Lancaster Municipal Stadium; Lancaster, CA
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19
Columbus Crew 2 (MLSNP) vs. New York Renegades FC (UPSL)
6 p.m. ET
Lower.com Field; Columbus, OH
Chattanooga FC (MLSNP) vs. Corpus Christi FC (USL-2)
6:30 p.m. ET
Finley Stadium; Chattanooga, TN
Appalachian FC (NPSL) vs. One Knoxville SC (USL-1)
7 p.m. ET
Ted Mackorell Soccer Complex; Boone, NC
Richmond Kickers (USL-1) vs. Virginia Dream FC (VSSL)
7 p.m. ET
City Stadium; Richmond, VA
Inter Miami CF II (MLSNP) vs. Miami United FC (UPSL)
7 p.m. ET
Chase Stadium; Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Sporting KC II (MLSNP) vs. Des Moines Menace (USL-2)
7:30 p.m. ET
Swope Soccer Village; Kansas City, MO
Lexington Sporting Club (USL-C) vs. Southern Indiana FC (UPSL)
7:30 p.m. ET
Lexington SC Stadium; Lexington, KY
Little Rock Rangers (USL-2) vs. Birmingham Legion FC (USL-C)
8 p.m. ET
Episcopal Collegiate School Wildcat Stadium; Little Rock, AK
El Paso Locomotive FC (USL-C) vs. Harpos FC (CPL)
9 p.m. ET
Southwest University Park; El Paso, TX
Real Monarchs (MLSNP) vs. El Farolito SC (NPSL)
9:30 p.m. ET
Zions Bank Stadium; Herriman, UT
Monterey Bay FC (USL-C) vs. International San Francisco SC (USASA / SFSFL / Calif.)
10 p.m. ET
Cardinale Stadium; Seaside, CA
Ventura County FC (MLSNP) vs. Laguna United FC (UPSL)
10:30 p.m. ET
William Rolland Stadium; Thousand Oaks, CA
Ballard FC (USL-2) vs. Spokane Velocity FC (USL-1)
10:30 p.m. ET
Interbay Stadium; Seattle, WA
LAFC 2 (MLSNP) vs. FC Arizona (NPSL)
10:30 p.m. ET
Titan Stadium; Fullerton, CA
THURSDAY, MARCH 20
Portland Hearts of Pine (USL-1) vs. CD Faialense (BSSL)
6:30 p.m. ET
Franklin Athletic Complex; Lewiston, ME
Long Island Rough Riders (USL-2) vs. Charlotte Independence (USL-1)
7 p.m. ET
Mitchel Athletic Complex; Uniondale, NY
Forward Madison FC (USL-1) vs. Duluth FC (NPSL)
7 p.m. ET
Breese Stevens Field: Madison, WI
South Georgia Tormenta FC (USL-1) vs. Harbor City FC (UPSL)
7 p.m. ET
Tormenta Stadium; Statesboro, GA
Carolina Core FC (MLSNP) vs. Soda City FC (UPSL)
7:30 p.m. ET
Truist Point; High Point, NC
FC Cincinnati 2 (MLSNP) vs. New York Pancyprian Freedoms (EPSL)
7:30 p.m. ET
NKU Soccer Stadium; Highland Heights, KY
Flatirons FC (USL-2) vs. Union Omaha (USL-1)
9 p.m. ET
Stermole Soccer Stadium; Golden, CO
Tacoma Defiance (MLSNP) vs. Washington AC (SRATS)
10 p.m. ET
Starfire Sports Complex; Tukwila, WA
2025 LAMAR HUNT US OPEN CUP SCHEDULE
- First Round: March 18-20
- Second Round: April 1-2
- Third Round: April 15-16
- Round of 32: May 6-7
- Round of 16: May 20-21
- Quarterfinals: July 8-9
- Semifinal: Sept. 16-17
- Final: Oct. 1