2023 U.S. Open Cup

The 2023 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup was the 108th edition of the U.S. Open Cup, the knockout domestic cup competition of American soccer. The 2023 field featured 99 teams, including a modern-era record 71 professional sides. Orlando City SC were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the round of 32 by Charlotte FC.

Houston Dynamo FC won their second U.S. Open Cup title after defeating Inter Miami CF 2–1 in the final, held at DRV PNK Stadium in Fort Lauderdale on September 27.

Schedule

Teams

Professional teams that are majority-owned or controlled by higher-division professional clubs are barred from entering the competition. On March 10, 2023, Rochester New York FC announced they would not compete in the 2023 MLS Next Pro season, and were in fact ceasing operations.

Table

* Bold denotes team is still active in the tournament.
* $: Winner of $25,000 bonus for advancing the furthest in the competition from their respective divisions.
* $$: Winner of $100,000 for being the runner-up in the competition.
* $$$: Winner of $300,000 for winning the competition.

Map

Number of teams by state

A total of 34 states and the District of Columbia are represented by clubs in the U.S. Open Cup this year.

States without a team in the Open Cup: Alaska, Arkansas, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming.

Open Cup debuts

21 teams made their Open Cup debuts in the 2023 tournament.

* MLS: St. Louis City SC
* USLC: Loudoun United FC
* NISA: Club de Lyon, Gold Star FC Detroit, Savannah Clovers FC
* USL1: Lexington SC, One Knoxville SC
* NPSL: Appalachian FC, Crossfire Redmond, Jacksonville Armada U-23
* USL2: Lionsbridge FC, Manhattan SC, Nona FC, Project 51O
* UPSL: Beaman United FC, UDA Soccer
* Other Open Division: Capo FC, Chicago House AC, Club de Lyon 2, Inter San Francisco, West Chester United SC

First and Second Rounds

The complete draw for the First round, including match dates and times, was announced on February 3, 2023.

The draw for the Second round pairings and hosting scenarios was announced on February 16, 2023.

Bracket

Host team listed first

Bold = winner

(a.e.t.) = after extra time, (p) = penalty shootout score

First round

''All times local to game site.''

Second round

''All times local to game site.''

Third round

The 30 second round winners and the 18 new teams from the MLS were pooled into 11 geographic regions for the third round draw that was conducted on April 6, 2023. All new MLS entrants were drawn to face a second round winner and no MLS vs. MLS match-ups were allowed in the third round. The 24 resulting matches were played on April 25 and 26.

Teams

Groups

Matches

''All times local to game site.''

Round of 32

The winners of the Third Round and the new entrants to the tournament were grouped geographically into groups of four (eight groups). Each group had one of the MLS teams entering this round. Random selection for each group determined the pairs. Instances where geographical fit did not exist when creating groups was resolved by random selection. The draw for the Round of 32 took place on April 27.

Teams

Groups

Matches

''All times local to game site.''

Round of 16 and beyond

Teams

Groups

Bracket

Host team listed first

Bold = winner

(a.e.t.) = after extra time, (p) = penalty shootout score

Round of 16

''All times local to game site.''

Quarterfinals

''All times local to game site.''

Semifinals

''All times local to game site.''

Final

Broadcasting

Warner Bros. Discovery Sports holds the rights to broadcast the Open Cup from 2023 to 2030, as part of a larger media rights agreement with U.S. Soccer. Select matches from the first three rounds were broadcast for free on the Bleacher Report app or via the B/R Football YouTube channel. Select matches are sublicensed to stream live on an involved team's YouTube channel, Eleven Sports or the CBS Sports Golazo Network. The Round of 32 would see a majority of games featured on the Bleacher Report app and B/R Football YouTube channel, with four games on CBS Sports Golazo Network and four on the U.S. Soccer YouTube channel. The Round of 16 and Quarterfinals had games split between Bleacher Report and CBS Sports Golazo Network. The semifinals are planned to be streamed on both CBS Sports Golazo Network and Paramount+ in the United States as well as 20 international broadcasters due to Lionel Messi's signing with semifinalist Inter Miami CF, with the final airing on CBS Sports Network as well as streaming on Paramount+. Spanish-language rights in the United States for the semifinals and final would belong to Telemundo and Universo, with both being streamed on Peacock. In Argentina, it will be broadcast by TyC Sports only for Lionel Messi's Inter Miami matches.

Top goal scorers

References

External links

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