I might have to look into tickets to Orlando. The last time a USOC featured a non D1 side, it was Charleston at DC United and I was there.
Just knew Suzi was going to miss when he came up. What happens if Sacramento wins the final, they go to CCL?
Just got home from the game. Holy balls, what an atmosphere. It is probably a good thing from the ref's perspective they were taking the PKs on the river side of the stadium, because it would have gotten ugly had he made that early departure call on Vitiello with the TBB right on top of him.
2022 U.S. Open Cup Home team first. Times are ET. Streaming on ESPN+ Semifinals Wednesday, July 27 Orlando City (MLS) 5-1 NY Red Bulls (MLS) Sacramento Republic (USLC) 0-0 (pks 5-4) Sporting Kansas City (MLS) Final Wednesday, September 7 Orlando City (MLS) v. Sacramento Republic (USLC) 8:00 pm Both teams going for their first Open Cup trophy.
Seeing a lot of “suck it USSF!” from some places. Funny to remember when the USL was seen as a co-conspirator keeping real soccer down.
If they can't move the goalposts at the speed of light, then what are they even doing being an anti-MLS tool these days? It's literally all they've got.
MLS couldn't even @ SRFC in their tweet, much less add a SRFC player or two to their graphic. Weeeeeeak sauce. Destination: Orlando. ☀️The #USOC2022 Final is set between @OrlandoCitySC and Sacramento Republic. ⏳ pic.twitter.com/juIItxbTik— Major League Soccer (@MLS) July 28, 2022
On-field shots of Foster's Panenka, Zusi getting rejected, and Lopez finishing it off... CHILLS 🔥 pic.twitter.com/9wctILoqtn— Sacramento Republic FC (@SacRepublicFC) July 28, 2022
Do they have to win or is there a runner-up path if Orlando is already qualified? I thought I saw something to that effect, but might be for the 2024 changes.
As a long time Austin soccer fan (Aztex), I'm rooting hard for Sacramento. And then for so many layers of history. If COVID has decided to take a pause by that time, I'm going to have to find a pub.
I expect theCup has this info already, but I was curious if any other non-MLS teams have knocked off three MLS teams before. I've only just started looking, but have already learned that in the last one that was held, two non-MLS teams knocked out two MLS teams each: St. Louis (Chicago, Cincinnati) and New Mexico (Colorado, Dallas). It will take a bit to dig the rest up so I should probably just check the articles, but Rochester only needed to beat three MLS teams to win the Cup (I suspected as much). So it's possible that Sacramento has already matched a record only held by Rochester.
The wikipedia page for each tournament is usually a good place to look. They have a bracket that is easy to follow.
Cincinnati 2017 and Charleston 2008 were two that came to mind for me to check, but both of them only beat 2 MLS teams.
Re: Wiki -- yep, I did a little digging through that and found what y'all've found. There's actually quite a few over the years that have beaten two, but I couldn't find the third one that thecup.us said has beaten three. Must just be scanning too fast.
In 2005 the Minnesota Thunder (USL1) beat Real Salt Lake, Colorado Rapids, and Kansas City Wizards before losing to the LA Galaxy in the semifinal. The RSL game was 6-4 in added extra time. In 1999 the Rochester Rhinos beat the Chicago Fire, Dallas Burn, Columbus Crew, and Colorado Rapids. So they had 4 wins in a row over MLS teams. The win over Dallas was in sudden death overtime.