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Jay F. Marks

2017 US Open Cup Round 5: Sporting KC avenges last year’s loss to Houston Dynamo (video)

June 29, 2017 by Jay F. Marks

Gerso Fernandes of Sporting KC put the game away with a goal in second half stoppage time in a 2-0 Round of 16 win over Houston Dynamo. Photo: Sporting KC

Scoring chances were hard to come by, but Sporting Kansas City’s Ike Opara scored off a second-half corner kick to provide all of the scoring his side needed in a 2-0 win over the Houston Dynamo in the US Open Cup Round of 16 on a muggy early evening Wednesday in south Texas.

Filed Under: US Open Cup Tagged With: 2017 US Open Cup, Houston Dynamo, Sporting Kansas City/Kansas City Wizards

2017 US Open Cup Round 2: Four-goal barrage helps OKC Energy pull away from Moreno Valley FC

May 22, 2017 by Jay F. Marks

OKC Energy FC blitzed visiting Moreno Valley FC, 5-1, on Wednesday night to advance to the third round of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup.

Filed Under: US Open Cup Tagged With: 2017 US Open Cup, Moreno Valley FC, OKC Energy SC

2016 US Open Cup Round 3: Energy FC win first Oklahoma City derby over Rayo OKC

June 1, 2016 by Jay F. Marks

Energy FC advances to play FC Dallas, its MLS affiliate in the Fourth Round.

Filed Under: US Open Cup Tagged With: 2016 Third Round, 2016 US Open Cup, NASL, OKC Energy SC, Rayo OKC, USL

2016 US Open Cup Round 2: OKC Energy survives dramatic PK shootout with Mississippi Brilla

May 20, 2016 by Jay F. Marks

Oklahoma City’s USL side advances to face intra-city foe Rayo OKC in the third round of the U.S. Open Cup. Rayo OKC, a first-year NASL side, will host the first-ever meeting of the two teams on June 1.

Filed Under: US Open Cup Tagged With: 2016 Second Round, 2016 US Open Cup, Mississippi Brilla, OKC Energy SC, PDL, USL

2013 US Open Cup Round 3: OKC Energy gets 1-0 win over Tulsa Roughnecks in Oklahoma derby with ‘fantastic strike’ (video)

May 29, 2015 by Jay F. Marks

The Oklahoma City Energy FC booked a place in the Fourth Round of the US Open Cup with a thunderbolt of a goal from substitute striker Peter Toth in the 83rd minute.

Filed Under: US Open Cup Tagged With: 2015 US Open Cup, OKC Energy SC, Tulsa Roughnecks, USL

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U.S. Open Cup History

Clint Dempsey of the Seattle Sounders FC is shown a red card during a 2015 US Open Cup match against the Portland Timbers.

A history of violence against referees in US Open Cup

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