NEW YORK — Joe Scally was 10 years old when the New York City FC franchise was christened. He was barely 12 when City played its first match as a franchise in Orlando, Fla. in 2015. On Wednesday night, at 15 years, 157 days old, Scally became the youngest player to debut for NYCFC in […]
The U.S. Open Cup can be a challenge for MLS clubs playing lower-division opponents. If they win, well they’re supposed to since they have the better players and the bigger payrolls. If they lose, it’s an embarrassing result for the same reasons. That left the Los Angeles Football Club in a no-win situation Wednesday when it played […]
The LA Galaxy defeated FC Golden State Force 3-1 in the fourth round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup on Wednesday night at the StubHub Center Track and Field Stadium in Carson, Calif. The LA Galaxy used short-term loans to bring up five players from LA Galaxy II for this match: Eric Lopez (goalkeeper), […]
The Seattle Sounders were unceremoniously bounced from the U.S. Open Cup Wednesday night, falling 2-1 to Sacramento Republic FC at Papa Murphy’s Park in Sacramento. Seattle managed to score late to force extra time against the second-division side but was unable to hold off Sacramento to make it to penalty kicks. Seattle, plagued by injuries […]
SANDY, Utah — Fatigue seem to have finally caught up with Real Salt Lake. In the fourth round of the 2018 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, RSL fell 2-0 to Sporting Kansas City at Rio Tinto Stadium as coach Mike Petke sat out most of his starting core. Entering the second half, it was almost […]
By the time midfielder Michael Lahoud stepped up to the penalty spot, FC Cincinnati was in a 3-0 hole. Neither his team, nor visiting Minnesota United had managed to score in 120-plus minutes. The stalemate paved the way for the usual platitudes about a shootout being an unfair way to decide a closely-contested cup match. […]
Major League Soccer teams began U.S. Open Cup play this week in Round 4 of the tournament. Watch Seattle Sounders at Sacramento Republic FC via live stream above. Kickoff is scheduled for 11 p.m. EST. You can watch all 13 Wednesday night games right here on ProSoccerUSA.com. The week kicked off with three matches Tuesday […]
DENVER – It was another U.S. Open Cup upset as United Soccer League side Nashville SC downed the Colorado Rapids 2-0 at Vanderbilt Stadium Wednesday night. A first-half own goal from Rapids midfielder Micheal Azira and a second-half header from Nashville forward Ropapa Mensah marked the difference between the struggling Major League Soccer side and […]
COLUMBUS — The match went as long as it could. After a back-and-forth game in regulation that saw each side score a goal, Columbus Crew SC and the Chicago Fire traded goals again in extra time to take their U.S. Open Cup fourth-round game to a shootout. Everyone got to participate as the full squadron […]
HOUSTON – With many of its regulars sitting out, the Houston Dynamo still had enough talent to advance to the next round of the U.S. Open Cup as they defeated amateur side NTX Rayados 5-0. It took 55 minutes for the Dynamo to open the scoring but once La Naranja did, it opened the floodgates. […]