The 22 winners of the Second Round are now paired off into Third Round matches, where the winners will advance to the Fourth Round and where Major League Soccer teams await to enter the 106th edition of the competition.
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2018 US Open Cup Semifinals Preview: Who will reach the 105th Final?
The 105th edition of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup are down to the final four as the tournament’s semifinal round kicks off on Wednesday night. The Semifinals feature three teams that are seeking their first-ever US Open Cup title and a fourth who are trying to make history by lifting the trophy for the fifth time.
2018 US Open Cup Quarterfinals Preview: Seven MLS teams, 1 USL team will fight to reach the Semifinals tonight
After a pause of about a month, the 2018 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup returns tonight with four games in the Quarterfinals on the schedule. There are eight teams remaining; only two of them have won the US Open Cup. The Chicago Fire and current cup holders Sporting Kansas City have both won the tournament […]
2018 US Open Cup Round 5 preview: Three USL teams, potential record-breaking crowd highlight tonight’s action
The Round of 16 for the 2018 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup is scheduled to wrap up tonight as four games will take place in Boyds, Md., Louisville, Ky., Atlanta, Ga., and Los Angeles, Calif.
2018 US Open Cup Round 5 preview: Houston Dynamo host Minnesota United in Monday night football
2018 US Open Cup Fifth Round Monday, June 19, 2018 Minnesota United FC (MLS) at Houston Dynamo (MLS) BBVA Compass Stadium – Kickoff: 8:30 p.m. ET LIVE VIDEO Perhaps no MLS team was looking forward to the league’s two-week World Cup break more than the Houston Dynamo. The Dynamo limped into their last MLS match […]
2018 US Open Cup Round 4 preview: MLS teams join the competition (video links)
Outside of the Final, one could argue that the highest-profile round of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup is the Fourth Round. The round when Major League Soccer’s 20 US-based teams joining the competition creates several “David vs. Goliath” matchups, which have been at the heart of this competition since it first launched in 1913.
2018 US Open Cup: USSF announces Fourth Round draw as MLS joins the tournament
The day after the Third Round of the 2018 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup wrapped up, the United States Soccer Federation announced the draw for the Fourth Round. Twenty U.S.-based Major League Soccer teams will enter the competition to play against the 12 Third Round winners the week of June 5-6. The dates, times and […]
2018 US Open Cup Round 3 preview: 12 winners will earn dates with Major League Soccer teams
The Third Round of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup is one of the higher profile rounds of the tournament. When lower division teams find themselves one win away from a data with a Major League Soccer team, that ramps up the drama.
2018 US Open Cup Round 2 preview: USL teams join the tournament
The Second Round of the 2018 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup kicks off on Wednesday with 24 games. With 26 open division teams surviving the First Round, they are joined by 22 professional teams from the United Soccer League (USL). Of those 24 games, 20 of them will have live video streams (SEE LINKS BELOW). […]
2018 US Open Cup Round 1 preview: 25 games across the country ramp up 105th tournament
After the Portland Timbers U-23s officially kicked off the First Round last night with a blowout win, the 105th edition of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup kicks into high gear tonight with 25 games. The winners will advance to Round 2 where almost all of them will face professional teams from the United Soccer […]