[U.S. OPEN CUP] The 2012 season could not get any worse for the defending MLS champion Los Angeles Galaxy. It fell to the Carolina RailHawks,winless in nine games in the NASL, 2-1, in the third round of the U.S. Open Cup. Six other MLS teams also fell to minor-league teams. Carolina RailHawks(NASL) 2 Los Angeles […]
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U.S. Open Cup results
[SCOREBOARD] Three amateur teams — the PDL’s Michigan Bucks and Ventura County Fusion and USASA’s Cal FC — pulled upsets in the second round of the Lamar HuntU.S. Open Cup. For all the action … Cal FC was the only one of three California amateur teams that had to travel to the East Coast and […]
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Wynalda's Cal FC pulls another upset
[U.S. OPEN CUP] Eric Wynalda didn’t get the MLS head coaching he coveted when he was turned down at Chicago and ChivasUSA, but he is certainly proving himself to be quite capable as the boss of upstart Cal FC. The USASA team pulled another upset, disposing of USL PRO’s Wilmington Hammerheads, 4-0, on the road […]
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USL PRO and NASL teams begin play
[U.S. OPEN CUP] Pro teams will begin play in the 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Tuesday as 10 USL PRO and six NASL teams compete in the second round againstamateur teams from the PDL, NPSL and USASA. They include the Richmond Kickers, winners of the 1995 Open Cup who travel to the Maryland SportsPlex […]
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U.S. Open Cup first-round schedule
[DRAW] The 99th edition of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup begins play on May 15 with 16 first-round games and continues a week later with 16 second-round games.Past champions entered in the initial rounds include the USASA’s New York Greek Americans (1967, 1968, 1969 and 1974), NPSL’s Brooklyn Italians (1979 and 1991) and USL […]
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Open Cup expanded to record 64 teams
[DATEBOOK] The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup has been expanded from 40 to 64 teams, making the 99th edition of the U.S. cup competition the largest in the modern era(1995 to present), eclipsing the previous record of 42 teams set in 2005 and 2006. The tournament will include all six U.S.-based teams from the NASL. […]
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Seattle does the U.S. Open Cup three-peat
[U.S. OPEN CUP] Seattle’s history in the U.S. Open Cup pre-dates its admission to Major League Soccer, but it is three-for-three in the competition under theMLS banner. On Tuesday, the Sounders rewarded a record Open Cup crowd of 35,615 at CenturyLink Field by beating Chicago, 2-0, to win its third straight cup with goals by […]
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Coaches carry their own history into Open Cup final
[U.S. OPEN CUP] With the possible absence of both teams’ playmakers, the personnel and tactics chosen by coaches Sigi Schmid andFrank Klopas are particularly important factors for the U.S. Open Cup final (10 p.m. ET, Fox Soccer.) Though it’s a bit of an injustice to U.S. Open Cup finalists Seattle andChicago to focus on two […]
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What They're Saying
“I told [goalkeeper coach] Tommy Dutra I’d give him 50 bucks if he walks in with his lederhosen to the locker room. That’s about as Oktoberfest as we’llget.” — The Seattle Sounders’ German-born head coach, Sigi Schmid, doesn’t expect any wild celebration if his team wins the U.S. Open Cup for thestraight time on Tuesday. […]
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Chicago is one win away from record
[U.S. OPEN CUP] While the Seattle Sounders are chasing the New York Greek-Americans’ record of three straight Open Cup titles, the Chicago Fire is one win awayfrom tying Bethlehem Steel and Maccabi Los Angeles for the record for the most Open Cup championships with five. The Fire moved into the final against Seattle with a […]