The Republic were led by a goal and an assist from forward Trevin Caesar to earn the right to host their first-ever MLS side in their home stadium in the Fourth Round against Real Salt Lake.
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2017 US Open Cup Round 2: Sacramento Republic overcome poor league form with emphatic win vs. Anahuac FC
From minute one until the final whistle, this game was all Republic all the time as the Sacramento club ended their drought in an emphatic fashion: a 4-0 victory that advanced them to a third round game against USL expansion club Reno 1868 FC. The winner of that game will host a Major League Soccer team in Round 4.
2016 US Open Cup Round 3: Kitsap Pumas do their homework, stun Sacramento Republic
Or for the Premier Development League’s Kitsap Pumas in its 3-1 victory over against the USL’s Sacramento Republic FC, a massive scouting report put together by a former Sports Illustrated writer.
Series of forfeits, teams with ineligible players overshadow 2016 US Open Cup
At least five teams either fielded an ineligible player or had one on their gameday roster during the first or second rounds of the tournament. However, only two of the teams were discovered in time to file a protest.
2016 US Open Cup Round 2: Sacramento Republic adds another amateur blowout to its tournament resume
The Sacramento Republic improve to 5-0-0 over the last three years against amateur teams with a 5-0 win over the NPSL’s CD Aguiluchos.
2015 US Open Cup Round 4: After Chris Wondolowski’s heroics, San Jose Earthquakes edge Sacramento Republic 6-5 in PKs (video)
For 74 minutes, the Republic must have thought that they had booked a ticket to the fifth round of the Open Cup. And then Wondo happened.
2015 US Open Cup Round 3: Preki not happy despite Sacramento Republic’s 7-3 win over Chula Vista FC (video)
Only in Preki’s world can you score a club-record seven goals in a match and still be upset about the performance of your team. But that was exactly the scene at Bonney Field as the Sacramento Republic FC coach bashed his team’s effort in a five-minute post game rant despite a 7-3 Third Round US Open Cup win over USASA side Chula Vista FC.
2015 US Open Cup Round 2: Tommy Stewart’s hat trick leads Sacramento Republic to win over Sonoma County Sol, 4-2 (video)
The Sacramento Republic set an attendance record while Tommy Stewart scored a hat trick in a 4-2 win over the Sonoma County Sol.
2014 US Open Cup Round 4: San Jose Earthquakes begin tourney run with 2-1 win over Sacramento Republic
Khari Stephenson equalized with a first half stoppage time penalty kick, and Cordell Cato netted the game winner late in the second half to give San Jose its first Open Cup win in nearly two years.
2014 US Open Cup Round 3: Sacramento Republic dominate shorthanded Fresno Fuego, 6-0 (video)
Sacramento Republic FC managed to post the largest margin of victory so far in the 2014 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup with a 6-0 win over Fresno Fuego Wednesday night at Cosumnes River College.