1. Brockton (Mass.) FC United (UPSL). Capeverdean team won 5-3, 7-0 and 5-0. 2. Oyster Bay (N.Y.) United FC (UPSL). Eliminated two former Open Cup champions. 3. Nova FC (EPSL). Qualified with 5-0 victory after overcoming 2 first-half red cards. 4. Lynchburg (Va.) FC (UPSL). Advanced after beating St. Louis-based FC Maritsa 1-0. 5. Azteca […]
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Wednesday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. The internal reckoning of Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernandez By Mirin Fader (The Ringer) 2. One man’s love of soccer leads to an amateur club and the U.S. Open Cup By Tom Timmermann (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) 3. Lisa De Vanna’s allegations highlight tensions in Australia’s complex football culture By Samantha Lewis (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Datebook: U.S. Open Cup qualifying (Nov. 20-21)
The pairings have been set for the next window of local qualifying for the 2022 U.S. Open Cup. All but one of the 32 teams have been determined. A second qualifying round game between Modesto City FC and Contra Costa FC in California was postponed due to unsafe field conditions. The match has been rescheduled […]
U.S. Open Cup: Oyster Bay United defeats second former champion in qualifying
Oyster Bay United did it again. The Long Island-based UPSL club beat the four-time U.S. Open Cup champion New York Greek-Americans on penalty kicks in its first U.S. Open Cup qualifier. On Saturday, Oyster Bay United defeated the three-time champion New York Pancyprian Freedoms, 2-0, in overtime to advance to the fourth and final round […]
Datebook: U.S. Open Cup qualifying (Oct. 16-17)
There will be 31 games in the second and third rounds of U.S. Open Cup qualifying this weekend. Eleven slots up in the 2022 Open Cup, set to begin March 22-23, for grabs in local qualifiers: four in the Northeast, three in the West and two each in the Southeast and Central. New York’s Lansdowne […]
U.S. Open Cup: Six of 26 weekend matches declared forfeits
The opening rounds of local qualifying for the 2022 U.S. Open Cup were marred by forfeits related to issues teams were having register players. Of the 26 first- or second-round games scheduled to be played this weekend, six were forfeited and a seventh was postponed, based on statements issued by the clubs or reporting by […]
Results: U.S. Open Cup Qualifying (First Round)
Sunday, September 12 FC Denver 0 Peak XI FC 0. (Peak XI FC wins 4-3 on penalties.)
U.S. Open Cup: Qualifying kicks off Sunday in Denver
The first round of qualifying for the 2022 U.S. Open Cup begins on Sunday with a first-round game in Denver between FC Denver and Peak XI FC. FC Denver qualified twice for the Open Cup thorough open qualifying in 2018 and 2019. Peak XI FC also plays in the Colorado Super League. Over the next […]
U.S. Open Cup: All the 2022 qualifying entrants
U.S. Soccer released the names of the 92 teams that will take part this fall in the qualifying rounds for the 2022 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. The survivors of four rounds of qualifying will advance to the 2022 Open Cup first round, set for March 22-23: Dates:First Qualifying Round: Sept. 18-19Second Qualifying Round: Oct. 16-17Third Qualifying […]
Wednesday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. U.S. Soccer cancels Open Cup for second straight year, sets 2022 plan By Brian Straus (SI.com) 2. Arsenal withdraws from Florida Cup in USA due to COVID-19 cases at club By David Ornstein and James McNicholas (The Athletic) 3. Mexico pins its best gold-medal hopes on famed soccer team facing familiar pressure By Kevin […]
