Nearly two years and eight months after it hoisted the US Open Cup, Atlanta United opened its long-awaited title defense with a convincing 6-0 home win over Chattanooga FC.
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2019 US Open Cup Final: Pity Martinez of Atlanta United voted TheCup.us Player of the Round
Martinez’s efforts on the night saw him voted TheCup.us Player of the Round for the Final, as voted on by TheCup.us staff, a select panel from the North American Soccer Reporters, and members of TheCup.us’s Patreon team that pledge $10 or more.
2019 US Open Cup Final: Record crowd watches Atlanta United become first Georgia team to lift the trophy
Atlanta United made it three trophies in its brief history as it held off a pesky Minnesota United FC side, 2-1 in front of an all-time US Open Cup Final record attendance of 35,709 fans at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
2019 US Open Cup Semifinals Preview: Atlanta United, Orlando City both seek first title game appearance tonight
The first of two games of the Semifinals of the 2019 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup kick off on Tuesday night with Orlando City SC hosting Atlanta United FC
2019 US Open Cup Quarterfinals: Atlanta United blank Saint Louis, becomes first Georgia team to reach Semis in 38 years
With the win, Atlanta United becomes the first Georgia-based club to reach the US Open Cup Semifinals since Datagraphics advanced to the final four in 1981.
2019 US Open Cup Round 4: Brandon Vazquez helps Atlanta United pull away in OT for 3rd straight win over Charleston Battery
Brandon Vazquez broke a 1-1 deadlock in the 110th minute, and added a second goal in stoppage time of the second extra time session, to send Atlanta United to a 3-1 win over the Charleston Battery at Fifth Third Bank Stadium in Kennesaw, Ga.
2018 US Open Cup Round 5: Chicago Fire disappoint Atlanta United’s largest crowd in tournament history
Nemanja Nikolic’s 54th minute goal – his third goal of the competition – was enough to lead the Fire past Atlanta United 1-0 in front of an announced crowd of 41,012. It was the largest crowd to ever watch a US Open Cup game in the 105-year history of the tournament.
2018 US Open Cup Round 4: Atlanta United win rematch with Charleston Battery, 3-0
In a rematch of last year’s US Open Cup Fourth Round match, it was much more straightforward as Atlanta blanked its former USL affiliate 3-0 in front of a sold-out Fifth Third Bank Stadium in Kennesaw, Ga. to move on to the Round of 16 for the second year in as many tries.
2015 US Open Cup Round 3: Charleston Battery rally to hand Fort Lauderdale Strikers third straight loss (video)
The USL’s Charleston Battery struck for two goals in a span of three minutes, including the game-winner in the 80th minute by Dane Kelly, to rally for a 3-2 win Wednesday over the NASL’s Fort Lauderdale Strikers at Blackbaud Stadium.