When it comes to Seattle Sounders striker Fredy Montero, Player of the Tournament may be an understatement. The 24-year-old Colombian received the honor from TheCup.us following his performance in the 2011 US Open Cup tournament in which he helped lead Seattle to a third consecutive championship, scoring game-winners in the last three games.
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2011 US Open Cup: Finalists for TheCup.us Player of the Tournament unveiled
The award, to be announced Thursday, October 13, is voted on by the staff of the definitive US Open Cup site TheCup.us and a selected panel of members of the North American Soccer Reporters.
Osvaldo Alonso leads Seattle Sounders to 2011 US Open Cup title, earns TheCup.us Player of the Round honor
The American Dream. That is something that most Americans whose families have been in the United States for generations take for granted. In 2007, Osvaldo Alonso defected while playing for the Cuban National Team during the CONCACAF Gold Cup. On Tuesday, he helped lead the Seattle Sounders to a historic third consecutive US Open Cup […]
2011 US Open Cup Final: Seattle Sounders smother Fire, earn historic three-peat in front of record crowd
The Seattle Sounders became the first team in MLS history to win three consecutive titles in any event, including MLS Cup.
The “High-Five” US Open Cup winners
Only two clubs in the history of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup (formerly known as the National Challenge Cup) have won five championships. TheCup.us takes a look back at those two clubs and how they did it.
The Other US Opens and marketing the ‘US Soccer Majors’
TheCup.us will now refer to the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup, MLS Cup, MLS Supporters’ Shield, and CONCACAF Champions League as the ‘US Soccer Majors.’ It’s an effort to raise the profile of all the championships that teams in the U.S. play for, similar to the sports of golf and tennis.
2011 US Open Cup Semifinals: Sounders continue path to three-peat, down FC Dallas 1-0
Surrounded by green, the visiting FC Dallas side was unable to find its way out of the forest at the Starfire Soccer Complex Tuesday night and into the US Open Cup Championship October 4, falling 1-0 to the host Seattle Sounders in the semifinal contest before a packed house of 4,593. Fredy Montero provided the winner on the 40-minute mark.
FC Dallas: Road Warriors at the end of a long path in Seattle
When FC Dallas coach Schellas Hyndman said today after the club’s training session at the Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila, WA in advance of Tuesday night’s US Open Cup Semifinal that the team has been on the road for two months, he was not kidding. Since the team’s 2-0 Open Cup quarterfinal victory over Real […]
2011 US Open Cup Semifinal Preview: Champions League sides Seattle Sounders & FC Dallas square off in ‘Super Semifinal’
Historically, Major League Soccer teams are not supposed to win in Mexico. In the past few weeks, however, both FC Dallas and the Seattle Sounders have etched their names in history with victories south of the border in the CONCACAF Champions League. On Tuesday the two clubs, both also in contention for the regular season and MLS Cup titles, look to book a spot in US Open Cup Final.
A Seattle Sounders three-peat could put them among American sports elite
Just fifteen times in the modern history of the four major professional sports leagues (NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB) has a team managed to win three or more championships in consecutive order.