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.
Feature - Qualifying
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.
2019 Meet the Underdogs: FC Denver using US Open Cup to build to “higher level”
“I think eventually our goal is to get to a higher level,” Melin told TheCup.us in 2018. A year later FC Denver has used their 2018 US Open Cup matches to springboard into another successful qualification run in 2019 and now is a club growing in all directions.
2019 US Open Cup: USSF announces First Round draw, so what are the most intriguing matchups?
The United States Soccer Federation (USSF) announced the results of the draw for the First Round of the 2019 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup. The opening round of the 106th edition of the tournament will feature 19 games that will take place May 7-8. The games will feature 32 teams from the Open Division (mostly […]
2019 US Open Cup Qualifying Final Round game-by-game review
What started with 94 teams has been whittled down to seven. The Fourth Qualifying Round for the 2019 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup took place over the weekend of April 6-7 with six matches playing out.
2019 US Open Cup Qualifying: Former pros, familiar faces put Cal FC back in tournament
Cal FC outclassed Santa Ana Winds FC by a score of 4-1 on Sunday at the Lake Forest Sports Park. The win sent Cal FC back to the Open Cup for the first time since 2015, and Winds FC back to the drawing board.
2019 US Open Cup Qualifying: Academica SC uses 3 stoppage time goals to stun IPS, qualify for first time in PKs
Twice, the hometown Academica SC snatched victory from the jaws of defeat, scoring two late goals to send the match into extra time, and then scoring another equalizer deep into stoppage time of the second extra time period. In the end, the match would be decided by a penalty kick shootout and the hosts did not disappoint.
2019 US Open Cup Qualifying: FC Denver erases 3-0 deficit to beat Southwest FC in OT
Comebacks in soccer are part of what makes this game so compelling and FC Denver accomplished one of the biggest in recent Lamar Hunt US Open Cup history against Southwest FC.