The first time the city of Houston hosted the US Open Cup Final was in 1983.
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With five goals in the 1960 US Open Cup FInal, 21-year-old Mike Noha single handedly won the Ukrainian Nationals’ first of four titles. It is a record that still stands today.
The Fall River Marksmen are often excluded in the discussion of teams that hold the record for most US Open Cup titles. Bethlehem Steel and Maccabee AC have each won five titles, but upon closer inspection, there are actually three teams that have lifted the trophy five times.
Seventy years ago, Baltimore’s Pompei SC and Sport Club Eintracht of Queens, New York took part in an epic two-leg Quarterfinal series that saw the men from Queens erase a three-goal aggregate deficit in the second leg, resulting in 90 minutes of extra time to determine the victor.
On June 18, American Soccer lost one of its legendary figures when Walter Bahr passed away in Boalsburg, Pa. from complications related to a broken hip. He was 91.
This year, NTX Rayados advanced to play the Houston Dynamo in the US Open Cup, but they are not the first Dallas-based amateur side to face an MLS team. That honor belongs to Dallas Roma FC, who not only faced a MLS team, but they eliminated one.
The 1923 Final was not only the only Open Cup championship won by forfeit, but the controversy surrounding it launched a war or words between the two clubs.
Sporting Kansas City are shooting for a third Open Cup title in six years, and a fourth overall, but the one that got it all started was the first one in 2004.
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The US Open Cup Final: 1914-present
The US Open Cup debuted in 1913, and since then has had different names and a variety of formats, but it has remained the national championship for the sport of soccer in the United States for more than a century.