Interestingly, both the Thunder and the Silverbacks beat RSL and Colorado in the same USOC, making them de facto Rocky Mountain Cup winners in their respective seasons. (I really like the USL "Four Corners Cup" started this season by the fans of the Real Monarchs, Colorado Springs Switchbacks, Phoenix Rising, and New Mexico United.)
The Dynamo-Minnesota game will apparently be on Tuesday, June 18, at 6:00 pm CDT. Still not official but seems likely.
Another weeknight match... Road Blues Ready 🛣️ #NYCFC🎟️ AWAY TIX ➡️ https://t.co/J1vDrZQiXl #USOC2019 pic.twitter.com/inFSR2fH38— New York City FC (@newyorkcityfc) June 13, 2019
It is now official: https://www.houstondynamo.com/post/...en-cup-title-defense-against-minnesota-united
Crew have recent tradition of losing to the Fire in Bridgeview but in the old days I think we've been knocked out by the Syracuse Salty Dogs and Richmond Kickers. Plus FCC recently when they were USL.
US Soccer has revealed 7 of the games: https://www.ussoccer.com/home/stori...p-tournament-bracket-round-of-16-schedule-set Crew and Houston host Tuesday night games. DC, Orlando, St Louis, and Portland host Wednesday night games. LAFC hosts on Thursday night. Dallas/New Mexico is still listed as TBD. Impressively, it looks like every team is using their primary stadium. Let's hope Dallas doesn't break that trend.
We beat the Salty Dogs. But we also lost to Dayton and Rochester. (I think we wound up playing Rochester 4 times overall.) (And that's not counting Rochester's trip to Columbus for the final in 1999.)
COL-NM was one of those particularly insane games. 11 yellows in 120 minutes, including a second yellow/red to Colorado. And I honestly can't think of a single one that wasn't 100% justified.
For the Revolution, it's almost as interesting: Mid Michigan Bucks, Rochester Rhinos , Harrisburg City Islanders (x2), Charlotte Independence, Louisville FC. My first USOC experience was when the Revs took revenge on Mid Michigan in 2001 with a 7-0 thrashing at the old Foxboro Stadium.
Lol, when announcing the yellow for Larentowicz, the stadium announcer prefaced it with "your attention please, a yellow card for Jeff Larentowicz". So funny in an empty stadium.
A friend of mine has a blog (general-interest blog with lots of soccer posts) where, for every World Cup, he gives out a bunch of silly awards. One of them is the Jeff Agoos ¡Autogolazo! Award.