[Crew/R] '17 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the 5th Round Bomb

At the next Crew game, look up at the trophy banners/plaques hanging up above the press box. You'll notice that our longest gap between trophies is actually the current one we're in right now. (Which makes sense when you consider that there are more than twice as many MLS teams now as there were back in 2002.)

I'd really like to add another one to that list. Winning the USOC is the goal. Qualifying for the CCL (that we wouldn't even be in until 2019) is just a nice little benefit or reward.

 

Will this be the year of our inevitable first ever loss to FC Cincinnati?

 

Des Moines is still around? I have one of their jerseys (albeit not a game one) in my collection....

 

So this probably qualifies as batshit crazy.



First Round Results:

Tuesday, May 9
Red Force FC (Fla.) 2-4 South Florida Surf (PDL)

Wednesday, May 10
Fredericksburg FC (NPSL) 0-3 Christos FC (Md.)
Atlanta Silverbacks (NPSL) 4-1 SC United Bantams (PDL)
El Farolito (Calif.) 0-0 (pks 5-6) Burlingame Dragons FC (PDL)
Western Mass Pioneers (PDL) v2-2 (pks 4-5) Boston City FC (NPSL)
New Jersey Copa FC (NPSL) 1-2 (aet) FC Motown (N.J.) 7 p.m.
Charlotte Eagles (PDL) 2-0 Chattanooga FC (NPSL)
Carolina Dynamo (PDL) 2-1 Legacy 76 (NPSL)
Miami United FC (NPSL) 2-1 Boca Raton Football Club (Fla.)
Jacksonville Armada U-23 (NPSL) 2-1 The Villages SC (PDL)
Ocean City Nor'easters (PDL) 3-1 Junior Lone Star FC (Pa.)
Reading United AC (PDL) 1-0 Clarkstown SC Eagles (NPSL)
Michigan Bucks (PDL) 1-0 AFC Ann Arbor (NPSL)
Derby City Rovers (PDL) 1-1 (pks 3-4) Tartan Devils Oak Avalon (Pa.)
GPS Portland Phoenix (PDL) 0-2 GPS Omens (Mass.)
Chicago FC United (PDL) vs. Grand Rapids FC (NPSL) PPD
Dutch Lions FC (NPSL) 3-1 NTX Rayados (Texas)
FC Wichita (NPSL) 1-0 (aet) Azteca FC (Colo.)
Des Moines Menace (PDL) 1-3 AFC Cleveland (NPSL)
Tulsa Athletic (NPSL) 1-1 (pks 2-4) Oklahoma City Energy U23 (PDL) 8:30 p.m.
Sonoma County Sol (NPSL) 1-1 (pks 4-5) Anahuac FC (Nev.) 10 p.m.
Albion SC Pros (NPSL) 2-3 Chula Vista FC (Calif.)
FC Golden State Force (PDL) 2-0 Outbreak FC (Calif.)
Fresno Fuego (PDL) 4-1 La Máquina FC (Calif.)
Ventura County Fusion (PDL) 1-2 Moreno Valley Fútbol Club (Calif.)
FC Tucson (PDL) 3-1 Colorado Rush (Colo.)
OSA FC (NPSL) 0-0 (pks 5-3) Sounders FC U-23 (PDL)
L.A. Wolves FC (Calif.) 4-2 San Diego Zest (PDL)

Friday, May 12
Chicago FC United (PDL) vs. Grand Rapids FC (NPSL) TBA




Second Round
Home team first, times are ET

Wednesday, May 17
Miami FC (NASL) vs. South Florida Surf (PDL) 7:30 pm
Chicago FC United (PDL)/Grand Rapids FC (NPSL) winner v. Pittsburgh Riverhounds (USL) Time TBD
Atlanta Silverbacks (NPSL) vs. Charleston Battery (USL) 5:00 pm
Richmond Kickers (USL) vs. Christos FC (Md.) 7:00 pm
Rochester Rhinos (USL) vs. FC Motown (N.J.) 7:00 pm
Boston City FC (Mass.) vs. GPS Omens (Mass.) 7:00 pm
Miami United FC (NPSL) vs. Jacksonville Armada (NASL) 7:00 pm
Carolina Dynamo (PDL) vs. North Carolina FC (NASL) 7:00 pm
Charlotte Eagles (PDL) vs. Charlotte Independence (USL) 7:00 pm
Tartan Devils Oak Avalon (Pa.) vs. Louisville City FC (USL) 7:00 pm
FC Cincinnati (USL) vs. AFC Cleveland (NPSL) 7:00 pm
Michigan Bucks (PDL) vs. Indy Eleven (NASL) 7:30 pm
Reading United AC (PDL) vs. New York Cosmos (NASL) 7:30 pm .
Tampa Bay Rowdies (USL) vs. Jacksonville Armada U-23 (NPSL) 7:30 pm
Ocean City Nor'easters (PDL) vs. Harrisburg City Islanders (USL) 7:30 pm
FC Wichita (NPSL) vs. Saint Louis FC (USL) 8:00 pm
Dutch Lions FC (NPSL) vs. San Antonio FC (USL) 8:00 pm
Tulsa Roughnecks FC (USL) vs. Oklahoma City Energy U23 (PDL) 8:00 pm
OKC Energy FC (USL) vs. Moreno Valley Fútbol Club (Calif.) 8:00 pm
Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC (USL) vs. FC Tucson (PDL) 8:00 pm
Fresno Fuego (PDL) vs. Phoenix Rising FC (USL) 10:00 pm
FC Golden State Force (PDL) vs. Orange County SC (USL) 10:00 pm
L.A. Wolves FC (Calif.) vs. Chula Vista FC (Calif.) 10:30 pm
Sacramento Republic FC (USL) vs. Anahuac FC (Nev.) 10:30 pm
San Francisco Deltas (NASL) vs. Burlingame Dragons FC (PDL) 10:30 pm
OSA FC (NPSL) vs. Reno 1868 FC (USL) 10:30 pm

(formatting copied from newtex)


Third round pairings will be announced later today.

For anybody who wants to go to a game next Wednesday night:
-Michigan is hosting Indy Eleven up in Pontiac
-Tartan Devils Oak Avalon is hosting Louisville in Pittsburgh
-and of course we've got that Cincy/Cleveland game at Nippert

Fun games to go to if you're in those areas Wednesday night.

 

Did you notice the name of one of the Western Mass players--Gonsalves. Wonder if it's any relation to the famous Billy Gonsalves....

 

Which game was this?

 

The coin that they use when the Crew is involved just says Chicago on both sides.

 

KHT rewarded

 

It is Bridgeveiw and if this happens again I am calling Shenanigans.

 

It's no mystery why we end up in Chicago every year. The F*re bid for the game, the Crew don't.

 

Or when we do bid for games, they're in Akron.

 

Okay, I'm curious. How many jerseys are in your collection?

 

Will we see him on a episode called Soccer Hoarders ?

 

Hmmmm....

 

Not sure. But I could wear one every day for a month without repeating....

 

Not as many as this guy....

 

The Internet told me to do it. So I DID!

 

FC Cincinnati defeat AFC Cleveland in the final moments in the 115th minute, 1-0.

Itll be the open cup version of the River Cities Derby after Louisville City defeat Tartan Devils 9-0.