Forward Madison rode first-half goals from Brandon Eaton and Jiro Barriga Toyama to a comfortable 2-0 victory in chilly, windy conditions at Uihlein Soccer Park before a crowd of about 400.
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2019 US Open Cup Round 1: The Villages need PKs to win all-Florida battle with Lakeland Tropics
One could not ask for a more balanced match than this one. So much so that it ultimately took extra time and ten rounds of penalty kicks to determine the victor with The Villages advancing 8-7 after the game finished tied 1-1 after 120 minutes.
2019 US Open Cup Round 1: Tormenta amateurs shut down pros from Chattanooga Red Wolves
With a Lamar Hunt US Open Cup win under their belts from 2018, South Georgia Tormenta 2 returned to this year’s cup with a recipe for success.
2019 US Open Cup Round 1 Day 2 preview: Round wraps up tonight with 9 games
After Tuesday night’s games, 10 teams have punched their ticket to the Second Round of the 2019 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup. Tonight, the First Round will wrap up with nine more First Round games. For the first time, the entire first round (and the entire tournament) will be broadcast live on ESPN+. Since 2003, […]
2019 US Open Cup Round 1: Charles Boateng bags four goals to lead Richmond Kickers past Virginia United
The 1995 US Open Cup champions Richmond Kickers, a professional side from USL League One started off the 2019 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup with a 6-2 victory against amateur side Virginia United.
2019 Meet the Underdogs: First year Florida Soccer Soldiers winning with “respect, pride and commitment”
Florida Soccer Soldiers were founded in 2018, just one year ago, and have already marched their way to the top of the UPSL. Now they have their crosshairs on the US Open Cup.
2019 US Open Cup Round 1 Day 1 preview: 106th tournament kicks off tonight; 9 games on Wednesday
The 106th edition of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup kicks off tonight with 10 games as lower division teams — mostly amateurs — begin their quest to be this year’s Cinderella story. With nine games on the schedule for Wednesday, the opening round promises to have plenty of drama, but what’s probably more exciting […]
2019 Meet the Underdogs: Milwaukee’s Bavarian Soccer Club, proudly amateur since 1929
Call them professionally amateur. Milwaukee’s Bavarian SC has long been among the country’s top amateur clubs – their crest is packed with eight stars, each representing a national championship won by the club founded by German immigrants in 1929 as Fussball Club Bayern and re-named in 1956.
2019 Meet the Underdogs: West Chester United battle tested from long journey back to US Open Cup
West Chester United’s road back to the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup for the first time since 2016 has been a meandering and arduous one with trips to Wisconsin, New York City and Boston all while juggling a roster of players with a wide variety of off-the-field commitments that interfere with weekend travel.
2019 Meet the Underdogs: NTX Rayados grooming “new generation” to keep qualifying streak going
Dallas, Texas-based NTX Rayados find themselves competing in their seventh US Open Cup in eight years. To put the streak in perspective, no other Open Division Local (Open Division teams not in USL League Two or the NPSL) team in the Modern Era has more than four consecutive appearances.