The 2019 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup quarterfinals have the distinction of being just the eighth time in the tournament’s 106-year history in which none of the final eight teams have ever won an Open Cup championship.
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The San Francisco soccer scene is one of great tradition and history. That history includes…
Schmid passed away on Christmas Day, leaving behind a legacy not only of success on the field, but as an elite level scout who had an exceptional eye for talent.
The first time the city of Houston hosted the US Open Cup Final was in 1983.
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.
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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.