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2019 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup
The 2019 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup was the 106th edition of the U.S. Open Cup, a knockout cup competition in American soccer. It is the oldest ongoing competition in the United States, and was contested by 84 teams from leagues in the U.S. system. The 84 entrants included the 21 American clubs from Major League Soccer and 25 non-affiliated American clubs in the USL Championship. The new USL League One entered its six non-affiliated clubs. The qualification tournament, held in 2018 and early 2019, determined seven teams from local amateur leagues. The 10 entrants from the USL League Two and the 14 from the National Premier Soccer League were determined based on results achieved in those leagues in 2018. Finally, beginning this year, the reigning champion of the National Amateur Cup, Milwaukee Bavarian SC, was invited to the tournament. Houston Dynamo were the defending champions but were eliminated in the round of 16 by Minnesota United FC. Atlanta United FC won their firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlanta United FC
Atlanta United FC, commonly known as Atlanta United, is an American professional soccer club based in Atlanta that competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference. Founded in 2014, Atlanta United began play as an MLS expansion team in 2017, as the twenty-second team in the league. It is the first MLS franchise to be based in Atlanta, and the club plays home games at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, which they share with the city's National Football League (NFL) franchise, the Atlanta Falcons. Both are owned by Arthur Blank, co-founder of The Home Depot. The club also owns Atlanta United 2, a reserve team that competes in the USL Championship (USLC). Gerardo Martino was appointed as the club's first head coach and guided Atlanta to their first playoff appearance in the team's debut season, before securing the team's first trophy in just their second season by winning MLS Cup 2018. Atlanta has set several league records for highest single-ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Specialty Sports Association
The United States Specialty Sports Association (USSSA) is a volunteer, sports governing body and a nonprofit organization 3] based in Viera, Florida. Originally USSSA stood for United States Slowpitch Softball Association. However, in 1998, USSSA rebranded the name to United States Specialty Sports Association, because it expanded into other sports, including youth girls fastpitch, boys baseball, youth basketball, martial arts and more. USSSA governs 13 sports across the US, Puerto Rico, various US Military bases and Canada, and has a membership of over 3.7 million. In 2017, it generated $25.3 million in revenues. USSSA was originally founded in 1968 in Petersburg, Virginia, but moved to a new headquarters in Space Coast Stadium in Viera, Florida in the spring of 2017. USSSA took over the Space Coast Stadium complex from the Washington Nationals baseball club. The complex is a new $50 million state-of-the-art multi-purpose complex with 15 multi-purpose, all-turf fields and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Baltimore
FC Baltimore Christos (founded as FC Baltimore 1729) was an American soccer team based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Founded in 2018, the team played in the National Premier Soccer League The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) is an American men's soccer league. The NPSL is a semi-professional league, comprising some teams that have paid players and some that are entirely amateur. The league is officially affiliated to the Uni ... (NPSL), a national amateur league at the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Mid Atlantic Conference of the Northeast Region. The team played its home games at Marriotts Ridge High School. On November 5, 2018, the team announced a partnership with Christos FC and altered its official name from FC Baltimore 1729 to FC Baltimore Christos. Following the 2021 NPSL season in which the team made the National Finals, they announced they would move to the USL League 2 from 2022. They also rebranded as simply Christos FC. Cur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erie Commodores FC
Erie Commodores FC is an American soccer team based in Erie, Pennsylvania which competes in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), a nationwide amateur league at the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. The team plays their home matches at Saxon Stadium on the campus of Mercyhurst University. In 2021, the Commodores added a pro-am women's team to play in United Women's Soccer. They also added men's and women's teams to the Ohio Valley Premier League for the 2022 season. The "Commodores" name alludes to Oliver Hazard Perry, a United States Navy commodore who based his operations at Erie's Presque Isle Bay during the Battle of Lake Erie, a flashpoint in the War of 1812. The "Don't Give up the Ship" motto on the crest also derives from Commodore Perry. History Pedro Argaez, a local soccer coach, formed Erie Admirals SC in 2009, developing the club from an established youth soccer program by the same name. John Melody, an alumnus of Mercyhurst University in Erie, serve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Farolito
El Farolito is an amateur soccer club based out of San Francisco, California. It currently plays in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), generally considered the fourth tier of U.S. Soccer, within the Golden Gate Conference. The team is best known for its 1993 U.S. Open Cup championship under its previous name, Club Deportivo (CD) Mexico. History The club was founded in 1985 and was first known as El Farolito, named after the owner's chain of restaurants. 'El Faro' was a new force in the San Francisco Soccer Football League (SFSFL) that was rising to challenge the dominance of teams like the Greek Americans. The team gained successive promotions to the top division in the space of five years. By the 1991–92 season, the club had won the SFSFL championship and had reached the final of the National Amateur Cup. The following season, El Faro retained the title as 'Club Deportivo Mexico'. In 1993, San Francisco C.D. Mexico won the U.S. Open Cup, an American soccer competit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duluth FC
Duluth FC is an amateur men's soccer club based in Duluth, Minnesota. The club currently competes in the NPSL Midwest Region’s North Conference. The club's colors are green and blue, and plays its home matches at Duluth East High School's Ordean Stadium. History Duluth FC was founded in 2015 by Father Timothy Sas. In their inaugural season (2015), the club competed in the Duluth Amateur Soccer League. The club joined the American Premier League for the 2016 season, placing second in their six-team division. On December 15, 2016, NPSL announced that Duluth FC would join the league as an expansion team for the 2017 season, and would compete in the NPSL Midwest Region’s North Conference. On July 15th, 2017; Duluth FC defeated the Sioux Falls Thunder in the final game of the season to win the NPSL North Conference. Duluth FC is unique in the sense that it requires its players and supporters to follow certain rules when it comes to match day behavior, requesting that both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AFC Ann Arbor
AFC Ann Arbor is an American soccer club based in Ann Arbor, Michigan that currently plays in USL League Two. The team played in the National Premier Soccer League from 2016 to 2019. History AFC Ann Arbor was started by a group of Ann Arbor residents with a desire to have a local team. The team had applied to the National Premier Soccer League for the 2015 season but its application was declined. Instead, AFC Ann Arbor and Grand Rapids FC, another team denied by the NPSL, decided to start a league of their own called the Great Lakes Premier League. The new league held its inaugural meetings on January 17, 2015. Starting with the 2016 season, AFC Ann Arbor played in the National Premier Soccer League as part of the Midwest Region under manager Eric Rudland, formerly of Lansing United. They finished in second place in the Great Lakes West Division in their first NPSL season, advancing to the national playoffs, but ultimately losing to AFC Cleveland on penalty kicks. The 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Chester United SC
West Chester United SC is an American soccer club based in West Chester, Pennsylvania that currently competes in both the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) and USL League Two. The organization also fields a side in the United Soccer League of Pennsylvania, a fully-amateur state league. History The team was announced on January 18, 2017 as an NPSL expansion team. West Chester is a non-profit youth organization, with over 3,400 boys and girls ages 3 to 18 and approximately 350 adult players. On January 14, 2020 USL League Two announced that West Chester United would join the league for the 2020 season in the Mid Atlantic Division. Since 2017, WCU has had a rivalry with fellow Pennsylvania side Philadelphia Lone Star FC, which also joined the NPSL in 2017. Both teams' first league match was against one-another and made the first leg of a derby, the Route 3 Derby, with the winner after both legs being awarded the Kildare's Cup. West Chester has won the cup every year of i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia United FC (United States)
Virginia United Football Club is an American amateur soccer team based in Woodbridge, Virginia. The club plays in the amateur Woodbridge Virginia Adult Soccer League, and earned recognition in 2019 when they qualified for the 2019 U.S. Open Cup. History 2019 Open Cup run The club put together a remarkable run during the 2019 U.S. Open Cup qualification stages to earn their first ever berth into the U.S. Open Cup, the national cup competition in the United States (similar to the FA Cup). On October 21, 2018; Virginia United opened their qualification with a 2–0 victory against Super Delegates of Maryland. In the third qualifying round, played on November 18, 2018; United played Christos FC. Christos, which is highly composed of former college soccer College soccer is played by teams composed of soccer players who are enrolled in colleges and universities. It is very prominent in United States, Japan, South Korea, Canada, and as well as in South Africa and the Phil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NTX Rayados
The NTX Rayados are a soccer team based in Dallas,Texas that currently competes in North Texas Premier Soccer League. History NTX Rayados plays North Texas Premier Soccer Association, Division 1A since 2011. The team won the NTPSA Division 1A five times (Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2017). The NTX Rayados have played the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup nine times, from 2011 to 2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in t .... Year-by-year Honors * NTPSA Division 1A (5) : Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2017 References External linksOfficial Website Association football clubs established in 2011 Soccer clubs in Texas 2011 establishments in Texas {{Texas-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florida Soccer Soldiers
Florida Soccer Soldiers is an American semi-professional soccer club based in North Miami Beach, Florida, that plays in the United Premier Soccer League. The club was established in 2018 and gained notoriety after they qualified for the third round of the 2019 U.S. Open Cup, defeating professional clubs Miami FC and Charlotte Independence. History The Florida Soccer Soldiers were founded in 2018 and joined the United Premier Soccer League Florida South Division. During their first season, the club managed to finish top of their division and won in the playoffs, defeating Miami Sun 2–1. During the national championships, the club defeated Inocentes FC in the Quarterfinals 2–0 before falling to eventual champions, Milwaukee Bavarian, 2–0. The next year, the Soccer Soldiers qualified for the 2019 U.S. Open Cup, the national domestic cup competition in American soccer. Their first round match was against reigning National Premier Soccer League champions Miami FC on May 9. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Denver
FC Denver is an American Soccer Club based in Denver, Colorado. The club plays in the Colorado Premier League (under USASA The United States Adult Soccer Association (USASA) is a national organization for amateur soccer in the United States. It consists of 55 state organizations as well as national, regional and state leagues. The National Premier Soccer League, NI ... umbrella) and participates in regional and national tournaments the U.S. Open Cup, The Las Vegas Silver Mug, and Colorado State Cup tournaments. Previously, the club participated in the Premier Arena Soccer League between 2012 and 2014. The club has five men's teams (Premier, United, U19, Masters (Over-30), & Legends (Over-30)). Although the club's crest honors the colors of Denver's city flag, the club wears its traditional colors of green, white, and black. History FC Denver was founded in winter 2005/2006 and played its first match in March 2006. FC Denver began as a single men's amateur soccer team playi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
