MLS owners ratified a plan to send reserve teams to the 2024 Open Cup. U.S. Soccer had to respond and implicitly answer a provocative question, the “ultimate question,” as two experienced ...

After MLS attempted to pull out of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, things may be coming to a resolution as the 2024 edition of the cup will happen but with only eight MLS teams taking part ...

Multiple scenarios currently on the table during negotiations While it has been seven weeks since MLS made their initial proposal on skipping the U.S. Open Cup, there is still not yet a resolution to ...

According to multiple sources, MLS is considering a plan in which its 2021 U.S. Open Cup participants will be determined by points earned over the first three games of each team’s season. If the ...

2024 U.S. Open Cup format announced: Lionel Messi's Inter Miami not among eight MLS teams picked to compete The new format is a compromise after MLS sought to deemphasize the tournament due to ...

What is the U.S. Open Cup? First played in 1914, The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup is the oldest ongoing competition in American soccer. In its current form, the tournament pits about 100 professional ...