The National Premier Soccer League’s (NPSL) Mid-Atlantic Conference is not playing enough games this season to be eligible for the 2020 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup.
Jake Sillick
2019 US Open Cup Round 1: Laredo Heat defeats Brazos Valley Cavalry on 2nd half PK
In a physical game at Texas A&M International University, the Laredo Heat defeated Brazos Valley Cavalry 1-0 on a second half penalty kick by Francois Sakou.
2019 US Open Cup Round 1: In first PK shootout in 14 years, Des Moines Menace edge Duluth FC
For regular Open Cup participants Des Moines Menace, it was another notch to their belt tonight as they defeated Duluth FC on penalties to advance to the second round after a 1-1 extra time match. Des Moines won the penalty shootout 3-1.
Plans to broadcast every 2019 US Open Cup game among changes in tournament handbook
Since the 2018 Open Cup concluded … there have been some significant changes, many of those related to increasing standards to set the stage for the United States Soccer Federation’s plans to broadcast every match of the 106th edition of the tournament which begins this May.