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The 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final was played on August 8, 2012 at Livestrong Sporting Park, now known as Children's Mercy Park, in Kansas City, Kansas.The match was the culmination of the 2012 U.S. Open Cup, a tournament open to amateur and professional soccer teams affiliated with the United States Soccer Federation.
In 1999, the U.S. Soccer Federation honored one of American soccer's most important patrons, Lamar Hunt, by changing the official title of the tournament to the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. The winners of the tournament were awarded the Dewar Cup, donated by Sir Thomas Dewar for the promotion of soccer in America in 1912, until it was retired for ...
Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer entered the competition as the three-time defending champions and appeared in their fourth consecutive U.S. Open Cup Final, losing to Sporting Kansas City on August 8, 2012. For the 2012 tournament, U.S. Soccer increased the main tournament from a 40-club tournament, to a 64-club tournament.
The competition is a single-elimination tournament that has been contested by at least 80 teams since the 2014 edition.This pool consists of the American clubs in the professional leagues, which are Major League Soccer, the league now known as the USL Championship, USL League One and National Independent Soccer Association as well as amateur teams from the Premier Development League (now USL ...
Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi (10) looks on during the first half of their U.S. Open Cup semifinal against FC Cincinnati at TQL Stadium on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup is an American soccer competition open to all United States Soccer Federation affiliated teams, from amateur adult club teams to the professional clubs of Major League Soccer. The following is the history of the U.S. Open Cup tournament. For a listing of all U.S. Open Cup champions, see the list of U.S. Open Cup finals.
Annual U.S. tournament creates rare opportunity for franchises from two different levels of professional soccer to meet on the pitch. A rivalry is born: Lexington SC, Louisville City FC to collide ...
Major League Soccer's decision to send reserve teams to the Open Cup uprooted ... 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. ... The 2023 Open Cup winner earned a berth in the 2024 CONCACAF ...