Magic of the Cup: Real Salt Lake will open US Open Cup in Las Vegas
Magic of the Cup: Real Salt Lake will open US Open Cup in Las Vegas
USL Championship side Las Vegas Lights FC will host RSL in the third round of the Open Cup, U.S. Soccer announced Thursday after a draw.
A wild second round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup has nearly wrapped up with four wild #CUPsets Wednesday night.
Four lower-division sides upset higher-division opponents in Wednesday’s Second Round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup as South Georgia Tormenta FC, Union Omaha, Tulsa Athletic and Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC all advanced their clubs in the bracket.
Real Salt Lake fans will likely remember the Hailstorm, who famously arrived at then-Rio Tinto Stadium a year ago and stunned the hosts, 1-0 with just over 19,000 tickets sold.
The USL League One side will be back again, but this time at MLS side Colorado Rapids.
RSL, instead, will travel to USL Championship contender Las Vegas Lights FC. The game will kick off Wednesday, April 26 in Sin City, the Lights FC announced.
The other Mountain region draw will pit USL Championship rivals New Mexico United and Phoenix Rising FC against each other.
Led by Mexico-born Canadian international Isidro Sánchez, the Lights are coming off a 4-0 win over NISA side Los Angeles Force. Among the squad are former Mexican international Erick “Cubo” Torres.
Among the early storylines between RSL and Lights FC, new forward Danny Musovski — who grew up in Henderson, Nevada — scored five goals in 15 appearances with Las Vegas while on loan from LAFC.
Here’s a look at the second-round results, courtesy of thecup.us, the leading media outlet for U.S. Open Cup coverage.
Tuesday, April 4
Miami FC 3, Jacksonville Armanda 1
Hartford Athletic 3, Lansdowne Yonkers FC 0
Memphis 901 FC 2, One Knoxville SC 1 (AET)
Detroit City FC 1, Gold Star Detroit 0
Tampa Bay Rowdies 2, Nona FC 0
Flower City Union 3, Manhattan SC 1
Charleston Battery 4, Savannah Clovers FC 1
San Antonio FC 2, Club de Lyon FC 1 (AET)
New Mexico United 6, UDA Soccer 0
Oakland Roots 3, El Farolito 1
Wednesday, April 5
Charlotte Independence 2, Appalachian FC 0
Indy Eleven 3, Michigan Stars 1
Pittsburgh Riverhounds 1, Rochester New York FC 0 (forfeit)
Louisville City 1, Lexington SC 0
Loudon United 2, North Carolina FC 1 (AET)
Birmingham Legion 4, Chattanooga Red Wolves 1
South Georgia Tormenta 2, Rio Grande Valley FC 1
Chattanooga FC 4, Des Moines Menace 1
Union Omaha 2, El Paso Locomotive 0
Tulsa Athletic 1, FC Tulsa 0
Norther Colorado Hailstorm 3, Colorado Springs Switchbacks 1
Orange County SC 5, Capo FC 0
Sacramento Republic 5, Crossfire Redmond 4 (AET)
San Diego Loyal 2, ALBION San Diego 0
Monterey Bay FC 3, Central Valley Fuego 1 (AET)
Las Vegas Lights FC 4, LA Force 0
Phoenix Rising FC 1, Greenville Triumph 0
Thursday, April 6
Richmond Kickers (USL League One) vs. Cleveland SC (NPSL), 5 p.m. MDT | Live stream
Tuesday, April 11
Forward Madison FC (USL League One) vs. Chicago House AC (MWPL), 5 p.m. MDT | Live stream