U.S. Open Cup ***SPOILERS***

[Real JamesO]

Is anyone following it? Does anyone care? I'm going to see my beloved Kansas City Wizards take on the Des Moines Menace at a local high school field!!!

I saw RSL won, so I guess that makes the MLS undefeated in the competition this year. Yay.

FORZA WIZ!!! LOL.

[slipperydave]

Isn't the US Open....golf?

Kansas City Wizards take on the Des Moines Menace....:eek: :eek: i'm even more confused!!

[Splatypus]

http://www.usopencup.com/

[Ziegler1988]

Are any of the rounds going to be shown on TV?

[Real JamesO]

The U.S. Open Cup is the United States' equivalent of the FA Cup, I suppose.

I can't find anywhere that says any of the games will be on T.V...I kind of hope at least the semifinals are.

[Real JamesO]

I'm not sure if anyone else is interested in this, but I happen to follow American soccer.

Chivas USA lost to what can basically be summed up as a semi-pro team. That's pretty embarassing, if you ask me.

View the entire bracket (http://www.usopencup.com/2005bracket/index_E.html)

And my beloved KC Wizards won. Yay! My friend even started the game, so that was exciting.

[jak914]

wonder how far the rochester rhinos will get this year. they have to play new england next round. should be interesting to see how it plays out.

Real JamesO: whos your friend on KC

[Real JamesO]

Real JamesO: whos your friend on KC

Ryan Raybould, midfielder, normally a reserve team guy. I'm really better friends (12 years) with his brother, but I remember hanging out with him as a kid. His whole family is really into soccer - everyone got a D1 college scholarship (two to Yale and one to Boston College).

It's pretty cool. I also went to the same high school as Will John, former Chicago Fire and current KC Wizards reserve.

blah, that was more than probably anyone wanted to know.

[CanadianRef]

Is anyone following it? Does anyone care? I'm going to see my beloved Kansas City Wizards take on the Des Moines Menace at a local high school field!!!


and yet KCW are not listed as your favourite club team :eek::confused::p

[rayde]

wow, an Adult Amateur soccer team beat Chivas USA to knock them out of the US Open Cup!

http://www.usopencup.com/home/140255.html

[Real JamesO]

and yet KCW are not listed as your favourite club team :eek::confused::p

That's because there wasn't enough room... :( I figured I'd put my two favorites people were most familiar with.

[Shogun6996]

Chivas USA lost to what can basically be summed up as a semi-pro team. That's pretty embarassing, if you ask me.




Too bad MLS isn't set up like the Premiership where the bottom teams are relegated down and the top teams from the lower league are promoted up to MLS. Might make for a bit more competition.

[indomitable_lion]

Too bad MLS isn't set up like the Premiership where the bottom teams are relegated down and the top teams from the lower league are promoted up to MLS. Might make for a bit more competition. Just to pick up on your point, US Open Cup seems a bit hollow when there's no relegation and promotion in the MLS. Especially since the MLS itself doesn't value this competition that much, otherwise they would drag it out toward they end of the season like all other leagues.

If anyone has seen open cup games, do the underdog teams play with real passion and drive like you'd expect them to or is it the same old boring soccer? To bad I live in Mississippi, or I would be winning this thing right now :D

[cityblues]

The Ocean City Barrons didn't enter cause they didn't wanna put a PDL style arse whoppen on all the MLS big boys... :)

[indomitable_lion]

Is that a Philly club cityblues? I remember something about you guys being the fattest city in the country :D

[Real JamesO]

If anyone has seen open cup games, do the underdog teams play with real passion and drive like you'd expect them to or is it the same old boring soccer? To bad I live in Mississippi, or I would be winning this thing right now :D

Actually, the only U.S. Open Cup match I saw was kind of interesting, because everyone on the pitch was giving their all every minute. The development team (Des Moines Menace) were trying to prove themselves while the MLS team (KC Wizards) sported a team full of reserves who were also trying to prove themselves.

The play wasn't of the greatest quality, but the effort most definitely was there.

[indomitable_lion]

Make my day, tell me the Menace won.............

[cityblues]

Is that a Philly club cityblues? I remember something about you guys being the fattest city in the country :D



We were 2nd in 2005, but 21st in 2006... :)

Ocean City is the town my dad grew up in, and where my family lives in the summer along the Jersey shore.