2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

MLS = Major League Soccer (1st division)
NASL = North American Soccer League (2nd division)
USL = United Soccer League (2nd division)
PDL = Premier Development League (4th division)
NPSL = National Premier Soccer League (4th division)

First Round (28 matches) - PDL and NPSL teams enter

Tuesday, May 9

South Florida Surf (PDL) 4, Red Force FC (amateur) 2

Wednesday, May 10

Christos FC (amateur) 3, Fredericksburg FC (NPSL) 0
Atlanta Silverbacks (NPSL) 4, South Carolina United Bantams (PDL) 1
Burlingame Dragons (PDL) 0, El Farolito (amateur) 0 (OT)
- Burlingame advanced on penalties, 6-5
Boston City FC (NPSL) 2, Western Mass Pioneers (PDL) 2 (OT)
- Boston advanced on penalties, 5-4
Motown FC (amateur) 2, New Jersey Copa (NPSL) 1 (OT)
Charlotte Eagles (PDL) 2, Chattanooga FC (NPSL) 0
Carolina Dynamo (PDL) 2, Legacy 76 (NPSL) 1
Miami United (NPSL) 2, Boca Raton FC (amateur) 1
Jacksonville Armada U-23 (NPSL) 2, The Villages SC (PDL) 1
Ocean City Nor'easters (PDL) 3, Junior Lone Star FC (amateur) 1
Reading United (PDL) 1, Clarkstown SC Eagles (NPSL) 0
Michigan Bucks (PDL) 1, AFC Ann Arbor (NPSL) 0
Tartan Devils Oak Avalon (amateur) 1, Derby City Rovers (PDL) 1 (OT)
- Tartan Devils advanced on penalties, 4-3
GPS Omens (amateur) 2, GPS Portland Phoenix (PDL) 0
Houston Dutch Lions (NPSL) 3, NTX Rayados (amateur) 1
FC Wichita (NPSL) 1, Azteca FC (amateur) 0 (OT)
AFC Cleveland (NPSL) 3, Des Moines Menace (PDL) 1
Oklahoma City Energy U23 (PDL) 1, Tulsa Athletic (NPSL) 1 (OT)
- Energy U23 advanced on penalties, 4-2
FC Tucson (PDL) 3, Colorado Rush (amateur) 1
Anahuac FC (amateur) 1, Sonoma County Sol (NPSL) 1 (OT)
- Anahuac advanced on penalties, 5-4
Chula Vista FC (amateur) 3, Albion SC Pros (NPSL) 2
FC Golden State Force (PDL) 2, Outbreak FC (amateur) 0
Fresno Fuego (PDL) 4, La Maquina (amateur) 1
Moreno Valley FC (amateur) 2, Ventura County Fusion (PDL) 1
OSA FC (NPSL) 0, Seattle Sounders U-23 (PDL) 0 (OT)
- OSA advanced on penalties, 5-4
Los Angeles Wolves (amateur) 4, San Diego Zest (PDL) 2

Friday, May 12

Chicago FC United (PDL) 1, Grand Rapids FC (NPSL) 0

Second Round (26 matches) - NASL and USL teams enter

Tuesday, May 16

Tampa Bay Rowdies (USL) 3, Jacksonville Armada U-23 (NPSL) 0

Wednesday, May 17

Charleston Battery (USL) 2, Atlanta Silverbacks (NPSL) 1
Christos FC (amateur) 1, Richmond Kickers (USL) 0
Rochester Rhinos (USL) 3, Motown FC (amateur) 0
GPS Omens (amateur) 2, Boston City FC (NPSL) 1
Jacksonville Armada (NASL) 2, Miami United (NPSL) 1
North Carolina FC (NASL) 6, Carolina Dynamo (PDL) 1
Charlotte Independence (USL) 3, Charlotte Eagles (PDL) 2
Louisville City (USL) 9, Tartan Devils Oak Avalon (amateur) 0
FC Cincinnati (USL) 1, AFC Cleveland (NPSL) 0 (OT)
Reading United (PDL) 3, New York Cosmos (NASL) 1
Miami FC (NASL) 3, South Florida Surf (PDL) 2
Michigan Bucks (PDL) 1, Indy Eleven (NASL) 0
Harrisburg City Islanders (USL) 0, Ocean City Nor'easters (PDL) 0 (OT)
- Harrisburg advanced on penalties, 6-5
Chicago FC United (PDL) 3, Pittsburgh Riverhounds (USL) 1
Saint Louis FC (USL) 4, FC Wichita (NPSL) 3 (OT)
San Antonio FC (USL) 2, Houston Dutch Lions (NPSL) 1
Tulsa Roughnecks (USL) 5, Oklahoma City Energy U23 (PDL) 3
Oklahoma City Energy (USL) 5, Moreno Valley FC (amateur) 1
Colorado Springs Switchbacks (USL) 2, FC Tucson (PDL) 0
Phoenix Rising (USL) 3, Fresno Fuego (PDL) 1
Orange County SC (USL) 5, FC Golden State Force (PDL) 2
Los Angeles Wolves (amateur) 1, Chula Vista FC (amateur) 0 (OT)
Sacramento Republic (USL) 4, Anahuac FC (amateur) 0
San Francisco Deltas (NASL) 2, Burlingame Dragons (PDL) 1
Reno 1868 (USL) 1, OSA FC (NPSL) 1 (OT)
- Reno advanced on penalties, 4-3

Third Round (13 matches)

Tuesday, May 30

Saint Louis FC (USL) 2, Michigan Bucks (PDL) 1

Wednesday, May 31

Rochester Rhinos (USL) 2, GPS Omens (amateur) 1 (OT)
Charleston Battery (USL) 1, Jacksonville Armada (NASL) 0
FC Cincinnati (USL) 1, Louisville City (USL) 0
Harrisburg City Islanders (USL) 3, Reading United (PDL) 0
North Carolina FC (NASL) 4, Charlotte Independence (USL) 1
Miami FC (NASL) 2, Tampa Bay Rowdies (USL) 0
Christos FC (amateur) 1, Chicago FC United (PDL) 0
Tulsa Roughnecks (USL) 0, San Antonio FC (USL) 0 (OT)
- Tulsa advanced on penalties, 7-6
Oklahoma City Energy (USL) 2, Colorado Springs Switchbacks (USL) 1
San Francisco Deltas (NASL) 2, Phoenix Rising (USL) 1
Orange County SC (USL) 1, Los Angeles Wolves (amateur) 0
Sacramento Republic (USL) 2, Reno 1868 (USL) 0

Fourth Round (Round of 32) - MLS teams enter

Tuesday, June 13

D.C. United (MLS) 4, Christos FC (amateur) 1
Colorado Rapids (MLS) 3, Oklahoma City Energy (USL) 2
Seattle Sounders (MLS) 2, Portland Timbers (MLS) 1

Wednesday, June 14

FC Cincinnati (USL) 1, Columbus Crew (MLS) 0
New England Revolution (MLS) 3, Rochester Rhinos (USL) 0
Philadelphia Union (MLS) 3, Harrisburg City Islanders (USL) 1
Houston Dynamo (MLS) 3, North Carolina FC (NASL) 2 (OT)
Atlanta United (MLS) 3, Charleston Battery (USL) 2
Miami FC (NASL) 3, Orlando City (MLS) 0
New York Red Bulls (MLS) 1, New York City FC (MLS) 0
Chicago Fire (MLS) 1, Saint Louis FC (USL) 0
FC Dallas (MLS) 2, Tulsa Roughnecks (USL) 1
Sporting Kansas City (MLS) 4, Minnesota United (MLS) 0
Sacramento Republic (USL) 4, Real Salt Lake (MLS) 1
San Jose Earthquakes (MLS) 2, San Francisco Deltas (NASL) 0
Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS) 3, Orange County SC (USL) 1

Fifth Round (Round of 16)

Tuesday, June 27

FC Dallas (MLS) 3, Colorado Rapids (MLS) 1

Wednesday, June 28

Sporting Kansas City (MLS) 2, Houston Dynamo (MLS) 0
New England Revolution (MLS) 2, D.C. United (MLS) 1
New York Red Bulls (MLS) 1, Philadelphia Union (MLS) 1 (OT)
- Red Bulls advanced on penalties, 5-3
Miami FC (NASL) 3, Atlanta United (MLS) 2
FC Cincinnati (USL) 0, Chicago Fire (MLS) 0 (OT)
- Cincinnati advanced on penalties, 3-1
Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS) 2, Sacramento Republic (USL) 0
San Jose Earthquakes (MLS) 2, Seattle Sounders (MLS) 1

Quarterfinals

Monday, July 10

San Jose Earthquakes (MLS) 3, Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS) 2

Tuesday, July 11

Sporting Kansas City (MLS) 3, FC Dallas (MLS) 0 (OT)

Thursday, July 13

New York Red Bulls (MLS) 1, New England Revolution (MLS) 0

Wednesday, August 2

FC Cincinnati (USL) 1, Miami FC (NASL) 0

Semifinals

Wednesday, August 9

Sporting Kansas City (MLS) 1, San Jose Earthquakes (MLS) 1 (OT)
- Kansas City advanced on penalties, 5-4

Tuesday, August 15

New York Red Bulls (MLS) 3, FC Cincinnati (USL) 2 (OT)

2017 U.S. Open Cup Final

Wednesday, September 20

Sporting Kansas City (MLS) 2, New York Red Bulls (MLS) 1

First and second round pairings have been announced!

man, no home games for OKC in their opening games

My team didn't make it this year

Pahdz said:

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man, no home games for OKC in their opening games

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The Energy's first team will host Moreno Valley FC in the second round on May 17.

Game Day!

Game Day!

http://thecup.us/2017/05/09/2017-us-open-cup-round-1-preview-1-game-tonight-27-on-wednesday-with-live-updates-video-audio-links/

http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2017/05/10/18/08/20170510-news-usoc-first-round-open-cup-games-stream-on-ussoccercom

The first round is (almost) in the books, and third round pairings have been announced!

MFGD!!! Come on you Armada! Bring the fleet!

Game Day!

Headed out tomorrow night to watch Houston Dutch Lions FC (where my son plays U10) vs. San Antonio FC. Ought to be a tough challenge, SA FC undefeated USL team.

SAFC is pretty legit. I've enjoyed watching a few games this season.

Game Day!

http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2017/05/17/17/02/20170517-feat-usoc-2017-lamar-hunt-us-open-cup-second-round-matches-to-stream-live-on-ussoccercom

The second round is in the books, and fourth round pairings have been announced!

Only 4 or 5 MLS teams will have to travel to play a lower division side. Among those are Houston and possibly Dallas.

Seattle/Portland and NYRB/NYCFC are among the handful of 'MLS only' pairings. Should see some good stuff.

Game Day!

Game Day!

The liquor store side from Baltimore, who needed a GoFundMe campaign to pay for their trip to Chicago, are one step away from a match with D.C. United:
http://int.soccerway.com/news/2017/May/30/christos-fc-amateurs-named-after-liquor-store-who-barely-train-on-brink-of-dream-mls-date/
https://www.gofundme.com/christos-fc-us-open-cup-chicago

Eric Wynalda, who led amateurs Cal FC to victory over the Portland Timbers in 2012, is back. A win for his LA Wolves sets up a showdown with the LA Galaxy:
http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2017/05/26/19/14/20170526-feat-usoc-la-wolves-wynalda
http://www.espn.com/blog/los-angeles/soccer/post/_/id/16869/open-cup-cal-fc-stuns-timbers

sweet, OKC wins and gets to host an MLS side in two weeks!

The third round is in the books!

Wow. Christos FC wins and gets a fixture with DC United. Pretty cool to play with a club named after a discount liquor store and have a date with a top flight team.

Stinky '99 said:

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Headed out tomorrow night to watch Houston Dutch Lions FC (where my son plays U10) vs. San Antonio FC. Ought to be a tough challenge, SA FC undefeated USL team.

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Why Dutch Lions?

(as opposed to Texans or Rush/Dynamo)?

Factors for initially going to Dutch Lions were:

• Cost: wasn't a huge difference but, and I'm testing my memory, fees for U8 level were less, uniform included, and I recall there being some additional fundraising obligation...I've got 3 other kids and they're girls who dance (read...expensive) so every little bit helps;
• Location: Dutch Lions facility is a little closer drive from where we are than going down into The Woodlands;
• Coaching: I know Rush has an excellent program, but I understood at the lower level (where we started) the coaching was still parent based. Nothing inherently lesser in that, but we've generally been pleased with the level of coaching we've gotten at DL.

The Dynamo acquisition (?) of the Rush program hadn't happened yet so that wasn't a factor, but I believe we may get a new team (or set of teams) closer to where we live so I could potentially see trying it for a season, and if he settles on playing long term we'd likely try it out just to get a different perspective / experience.

FC Cincinnati beat Louisville FC 1-0 last night. They now get to host the Columbus Crew in two weeks. My ticket is on the way. Can't wait to see what kind of a team the Crew field.

They get great crowds already, that should be packed

I hope you're right. The Louisville game wasn't included in the season ticket package and drew less than 6,200. That was significantly less than the AFC Cleveland game, although I think FC|C counts paid admission rather than actual admission, so that game's attendance was likely pretty inflated.

To me, a lot of the interest is going to be seeing how Columbus reacts to playing Cincinnati for the first time. I can't imagine that they are wild about the sudden push for another MLS team in Ohio. On the other hand, maybe they embrace the potential for finally having a natural rival in MLS and play it up a little. Probably the first though.

Even with 6,200 this week, Nippert was rocking. Can't wait to see it on the 14th.

Game Day!

DISCOUNT liquor store. And they scored the opening goal on a very well taken free kick.

OKC with two goals in the final 10 minutes of the first half to take a 2-0 lead into the locker room against Colorado

Great story from the Washington Post on the Christos Discount Liquor team.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/dcunited/this-amateur-soccer-team-headquartered-in-a-liquor-store-never-practices-and-rarely-loses/2017/06/12/ed86d150-4f9a-11e7-be25-3a519335381c_story.html?tid=sm_tw_ps&utm_term=.5255026a7108

Game Day!

Go Dynamo!

Bryan98 said:

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Go Dynamo!

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Road game!

Just left Nippert Stadium where FC Cincinnati took down the Crew 1-0. What an incredible atmosphere. This was easily Alan Koch's best game plan of the year. He deployed Paul Nicholson as an old school sweeper in a defensively oriented formation. The Crew dominated possession but had trouble possessing in the box. Djiby scored against the run o play on a counterattack and FCC parked the bus through 7+ minutes of stoppage.

Attendance was over 30k for a new US Open Cup 4th round record.

BlueAggie said:

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Just left Nippert Stadium where FC Cincinnati took down the Crew 1-0. What an incredible atmosphere. This was easily Alan Koch's best game plan of the year. He deployed Paul Nicholson as an old school sweeper in a defensively oriented formation. The Crew dominated possession but had trouble possessing in the box. Djiby scored against the run o play on a counterattack and FCC parked the bus through 7+ minutes of stoppage.

Attendance was over 30k for a new US Open Cup 4th round record.

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I saw a picture on Twitter. Amazing crowd! Respect.