2025 U.S. Open Cup

https://imgur.com/a/b9fXpgB
So as you can see, all of the top 10 highest attendances are recent. The Cup IS growing.
And here are the top 10 attendance for Non-MLS hosts:
https://imgur.com/a/arplo0v

 

The early rounds, including when MLS teams begin to enter, set up a lot of trips within bus distance. Not for everybody but certainly enough to have cost savings over a nationwide draw.

One team's example: The last time San Jose played a non-MLS opponent from outside bus distance was 2013.

 

And here, we can see the top 10 Open Cup attendances prior to 1996:

https://imgur.com/a/WsTVulk

So there was a gap of ~80 years between the current growth of the Cup and its initial popularity.

 

I just had to get some info on that 1929 final. After all, not many record can stand for 81 years!

 

$600 pp round trip from Detroit to Sac.

 

Must be AI:

Alrighty then...

 

Infighting and The Great Depression pretty much killed professional soccer and the Open Cup was largely an amateur competition for the next 60+ years.

 

thecup.us has all the info if you need it written by a human.

 

I think there’s some confusion. I’m saying a flight from New York to Seattle isn’t much more expensive than a flight from New York to DC. I’m saying they could merge East and West before the final without spending noticeably more.

 

LEGENDARY MERCH AT GEODIS PARK.

"PHILADELPIA UNION"

Misspelled scarfs for a cool $45!#doop #everyonen
📷: @CapnOA

CC: @benwright / @Denzell_Of_NSH pic.twitter.com/ChQK4IYOub

— José Roberto Nuñez (@JoserNunez91) September 16, 2025

 

Union just hacking people all over the field.

 

That was too easy for Nashville.

 

2-0 Nashville, Surridge with his second.

 

Not the best few days for the Union, it would appear.

 

Quinn Sullivan pulls one back on a golazo. 2-1

 

What a goal for Quinn Sullivan!!!!

 

Wow what a strike by Quinn Sullivan

 

Game on.

 

Nashville has looked extremely shaky since the goal.

 

What an idiotic card to take for time-wasting.

 

Offside and he's no Ovalle.

 

Can Nashville put this game away so I can start watching the new episode of Alien Earth?! So rude of them to let the Union back in this one!

 

Possible PK on one end not given or looked at. Surridge gets his hat trick on the other. Game over 3-1