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CHICAGO (March 1, 2024) – U.S. Soccer has finalized the format for the 2024 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup which is able to embody 96 groups from throughout the newbie {and professional} ranks taking part in a complete of 95 video games from March to September.
In a historic shift for the match, the upcoming First Spherical will mark the primary time since 2008 that each one 32 matchups shall be completely between newbie {and professional} groups. Total, this yr’s version of the match will characteristic probably the most First Spherical matchups between newbie {and professional} groups within the match’s 109-year historical past, greater than doubling the earlier quantity of 16.
U.S. Soccer shall be making its largest-ever funding within the match in 2024. With new business companions – together with Marriott, Michelob Extremely, New York Life, and Nike – U.S. Soccer has prioritized enhanced monetary incentives for collaborating groups, together with considerably elevated journey reimbursement. The Federation’s monetary dedication additionally represents probably the most vital effort thus far in the direction of promotion of the match, underscoring U.S. Soccer’s dedication to fostering a extra vibrant Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup expertise for groups and followers alike.
The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup is U.S. Soccer’s Membership Championship and has topped a champion yearly since 1914 (apart from 2020 and 2021 attributable to COVID-19). The historic match is carried out on a single-game, knockout foundation and open to all skilled and newbie groups affiliated with U.S. Soccer and is the oldest ongoing nationwide soccer competitors in the USA and the world’s third-longest constantly run nationwide cup match.
The First Spherical of the 2024 U.S. Open Cup will encompass 32 video games with 32 newbie golf equipment from the Open Division assembly 32 skilled groups from Division III. The Open Division representatives embody 11 Qualifying Spherical winners, 11 USL League Two groups, eight NPSL groups, the USASA Nationwide Newbie Cup champion and the us Spring Champion. Division III representatives embody 12 USL League One groups, 9 NISA groups and 11 MLS Subsequent Professional groups. The winners of the First Spherical will play one another within the Second Spherical of the match.
The winners of the Second Spherical will then be matched up in opposition to the 16 Division II skilled groups from the USL Championship which is able to enter the competitors within the Third Spherical. The remaining eight USL Championship groups and eight MLS groups will enter within the Spherical of 32, together with the winners from the Third Spherical. The eight USL Championship groups embody 2023 league champion Phoenix Rising FC and the subsequent seven finest groups from 2023 standings enter Spherical of 32.
The MLS golf equipment collaborating within the 2024 Concacaf Champions Cup, and their MLS Subsequent Professional groups, have been excluded from the choice course of for the 2024 U.S. Open Cup, which was decided primarily based on ends in the 2023 MLS common season. See under for the complete checklist of collaborating groups.
“At first, I need to lengthen my honest gratitude to all our members for his or her invaluable enter over the previous couple of months— sharing with us of the explanations the U.S. Open Cup is so nice, and what we are able to do to make it even higher,” mentioned U.S. Soccer CEO JT Batson. “After in depth discussions, we have now put collectively a aggressive format particular to the 2024 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, promising thrilling matchups from the First Spherical and thru the whole match. U.S. Soccer values the custom and significance of the U.S. Open Cup, and we are going to proceed to have conversations with all our members to discover avenues for enhancing future editions of the match and the way all of us work collectively to develop soccer in each neighborhood within the nation”.
2024 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Schedule
First Spherical Tuesday, March 19 – Thursday, March 21
Second Spherical Tuesday, April 2 – Wednesday, April 3
Third Spherical Tuesday, April 16 – Wednesday, April 17
Spherical of 32 Tuesday, Might 7 – Wednesday, Might 8
Spherical of 16 Tuesday, Might 21 – Wednesday, Might 22
Quarterfinal Tuesday, July 9 – Wednesday, July 10
Semifinal Tuesday, Aug. 27 – Wednesday, Aug. 28
Closing Wednesday, Sept. 25
*Dates are topic to vary
Full Record of Groups for 2024 Open Cup Correct
Skilled Division Groups
Division I
8 groups
Main League Soccer
(All 8 groups enter within the Spherical of 32)
Atlanta United FC
FC Dallas
Houston Dynamo FC (Defending U.S. Open Cup Champion)
Los Angeles FC
Actual Salt Lake
San Jose Earthquakes
Seattle Sounders FC
Sporting Kansas Metropolis
Division II
24 groups
USL Championship
(16 groups enter within the Third Spherical and eight groups within the Spherical of 32)
Birmingham Legion FC
Charleston Battery*
Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC*
Detroit Metropolis FC
El Paso Locomotive
FC Tulsa
Hartford Athletic
Indy Eleven
Las Vegas Lights FC
Loudoun United FC
Louisville Metropolis FC
Memphis 901 FC
Miami FC
Monterey Bay FC
New Mexico United
North Carolina FC
Oakland Roots SC
Orange County Soccer Membership*
Phoenix Rising FC*
Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC*
Rhode Island FC
Sacramento Republic FC*
San Antonio FC*
Tampa Bay Rowdies*
* USL Championship league champion (Phoenix Rising FC) and subsequent seven finest groups from 2023 standings enter Spherical of 32
Division III
32 groups
USL League One, NISA, MLS Subsequent Professional
(All groups getting into within the First Spherical)
USL League One
12 groups
(Groups getting into within the First Spherical)
Central Valley Fuego FC
Charlotte Independence
Chattanooga Crimson Wolves SC
Ahead Madison FC
Greenville Triumph SC
One Knoxville SC
Lexington SC
Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC
Richmond Kickers
South Georgia Tormenta FC
Spokane Velocity FC
Union Omaha
MLS Subsequent Professional
11 groups
(Coming into within the First Spherical)
Austin FC II
Carolina Core FC
Chattanooga FC
Chicago Fireplace II
Colorado Rapids 2
Crown Legacy FC
Minnesota United FC2
LA Galaxy II
New York Metropolis FC II
New York Crimson Bulls II
Portland Timbers 2
NISA (Nationwide Unbiased Soccer Affiliation)
9 groups
(Groups getting into within the First Spherical)
Arizona Monsoon FC
Capo FC
Membership de Lyon FC
Georgia Lions FC
Irvine Zeta FC
Los Angeles Pressure
Maryland Bobcats FC
Michigan Stars FC
Savannah Clovers FC
Open Division Groups
Division IV/Open
32 groups
(Groups getting into within the First Spherical)
SC MesoAmerica (California / USASA / USASA Nationwide Newbie Cup Winner)
AS Frenzi (Florida / UPSL Spring Champion)
Open Division Native Qualifiers
11 groups – winners from the 4 Rounds of Native Qualifying / Fall 2023
Azteca FC (Colorado, Colorado Premier League / USSSA-Soccer)
Chicago Home AC (Illinois / Midwest Premier League / USASA)
Christos FC (Maryland / Maryland Tremendous Soccer League/ USASA)
FC America CFL Spurs (Florida / United States Soccer League / USSSA-Soccer)
FORO SC (Texas / UPSL)
SCU Warmth (South Carolina / UPSL)
Brockton FC United (Massachusetts / UPSL)
Vereinigung Erzgebirge (Pennsylvania / United Soccer League of Penn. / USASA)
Miami United FC (Florida / United States Soccer League / USSSA-Soccer)
FC Folsom (California / UPSL)
Irvine Zeta FC II (California / UPSL)
Nationwide Premier Soccer League (NPSL)
8 groups – primarily based on 2023 league competitors
Tulsa Athletic (Oklahoma)
Apotheos FC (Georgia)
West Chester United SC (Pennsylvania)
El Farolito (California)
Metal Metropolis FC (Pennsylvania)
FC Motown (New Jersey)
Lubbock Matadors SC (Texas)
Duluth FC (Minnesota)
USL League Two
11 groups – primarily based on 2023 league competitors
Ballard FC (Washington)
Chicago Metropolis SC (Illinois)
Asheville Metropolis SC (North Carolina)
Courageous SC (Previously The Villages SC, Florida)
Redlands FC (California)
South Carolina United Bantams (South Carolina)
Des Moines Menace (Iowa)
Western Mass Pioneers (Massachusetts)
Vermont Inexperienced FC (Vermont)
Hudson Valley Hammers (New York)
*TBA
*Closing workforce to be introduced quickly
Concerning the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup
Now in its 109th version, the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup has topped a champion since 1914 in yearly besides 2020 and 2021. The history-filled match is carried out on a single-game-knockout foundation and open to all skilled and newbie groups affiliated with U.S. Soccer. In 1999, the oldest ongoing nationwide soccer competitors in the USA was renamed to honor American soccer pioneer Lamar Hunt.
The 2024 U.S. Open Cup winner will earn $300,000 in prize cash, a berth within the 2025 Concacaf Champions League and have its identify engraved on the Dewar Problem Trophy – one of many oldest nationally-contested trophies in American workforce sports activities – now on everlasting show on the Nationwide Soccer Corridor of Fame in Frisco, Texas. The runner-up will earn $100,000, whereas the workforce that advances the furthest from every decrease division will take dwelling a $25,000 money prize.
Houston Dynamo FC are the defending Open Cup champions, having earned the membership’s second match title due to a 2-1 victory over Inter Miami final Sept. 27 in entrance of a capability crowd at Fort Lauderdale’s DRV PNK Stadium.
usopencup.com is the official web site of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. Followers may comply with the competitors on Twitter and Instagram @OpenCup and Facebook @OfficialOpenCup.
