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2024 US Open Cup Round 3 Review: 15 USL teams, 1 MLSNP advance to face remaining USL-C, MLS teams in Round of 32
The Third Round match winners will advance to join the eight remaining USL Championship teams and all eight Major League Soccer teams who will enter in the Fourth Round / Round of 32 (May 7-8).
2024 US Open Cup Round 3 preview: First wave of USL championship teams join the tournament
The Third Round of the 2024 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup kicks off on Tuesday night (April 16) with five games on the schedule, followed by 11 more games on Wednesday night. MORE: 2024 US Open Cup Round 3 Review (Tuesday results) The 16 Second Round winners, which feature three amateur clubs (Lubbock Matadors and […]
2024 US Open Cup Round 2 preview: Weather could be factor as winners will face USL Championship teams next
After an entertaining 31 games in addition to one forfeit in the First Round, the 2024 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup Second Round features 16 matches played across two days, six on Tuesday, April 2 and 10 on Wednesday, April 3. Move over United States men’s national team; there might be a new Snow Clasico […]
2024 US Open Cup Round 1 Preview: 109th tournament kicks off with three matchdays this week
The 109th Lamar Hunt US Open Cup begins on Tuesday, March 19
Before Lionel Messi’s 2023 US Open Cup impact, Pele changed the 1975 Final in a different way
With the current “GOAT” of world soccer, Lionel Messi set to grace the stage of the 2023 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup Final on Sept. 26, it’s not the first time a player of his stature crossed paths with the tournament’s championship game.
2023 US Open Cup Qualifying: Previewing the Final Round of 9 “Win and You’re In” Matches
Starting with 107 teams, the hopeful qualifiers for next year’s 2023 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup are down to just 18 teams. 89 teams have already been eliminated over three rounds, and now we’re down to the final nine matches of qualifying. The 108th edition of the Open Cup started off better than last year. […]
A history of violence against referees in US Open Cup
Unfortunately, in the long history of the US Open Cup, this was not the first time that there have been more then a few incidents where games were halted due to referee abuse.
2023 US Open Cup Qualifying: Previewing Round 3 with 18 games this weekend
The Third Round of the Open Division Qualifying tournament for the 2023 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup will feature 18 games this weekend.
2023 US Open Cup Qualifying: Second Round commences this weekend with 36 matches
Just 72 teams remain of the 107 that started in qualifying for the 2023 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup. The 35 winners from the first round now join the 37 teams that received a first round bye. Those 37 teams were either picked at random or received a bye due to their geography to other […]