us-open-cup Stories - Sounder At Heart
Hunt For Multiple Trophy Season From Underdog Role For Sounders
From Joe Roth to Adrian Hanauer to Sigi Schmid to players like Mike Fucito, Seattle Sounders FC has been quite clear about its goals for this year. Another US Open Cup title will not be enough. It is a consistent organizational chorus that started at the End of Year Business Meeting and is hinted...
Fredy Montero Named TheCup.US Player of US Open Cup 2011
Fredy Montero joins Nate Jaqua (10), Kasey Keller (09) and Pat Noonan (07, with Revolution) as current Seattle Sounders who earned the Player of the Tournament award from TheCup.US and North American Soccer Reporters. Montero helped the Sounders to their historical third straight US Open Cups by...
Osvaldo Alonso Wins TheCup.US Player Of Round For US Open Cup Final
The Player of the Round (and still to be announced Player of Tournament) is voted on by mostly the same group that votes for MLS' Player of Week/Month awards. Today TheCup.US announced that Seattle Sounders defensive midfielder Osvaldo Alonso was the Player of the Round for the US Open Cup...
Seattle Sounders Goal Dangerous Every Game
In soccer, offense comes down to creating opportunities, taking chances and converting those into goals. There are times when a great keeper, the post or some defenders can get in the way of those goals, but it does not minimize the offense. There has been the question of a third DP, a "consistent"...
Who Should Be US Open Cup Player Of Tournament?
One of the fun things about the Seattle Sounders and this winning the US Open Cup for three straight years is that it is almost certain that a Sounder will also be the 4th straight Player of the Tournament. The award is handed out by TheCup.US through voting by the North American Soccer Reporters...
Seattle Sounders Win Third Straight US Open Cup - Highlights, Statistics, Quotes
There's a little problem with our format here of providing a quick recap and then a post that is just the data, an attempt to remove the emotion and review the game based on that alone. When a team makes history the emotion is a major part of it. The rush from the glory of victory is still there....
US Open Cup: Sounders Face Vastly Improved Fire
You remember the Chicago Fire, right? Lots of ties. No offense to speak of. Mired in another lost season. Well, put all of that out of your mind, because the team standing in the Seattle Sounders' way of a third-straight U.S. Open Cup title is a lot different from that one. Unless you follow the...
US Open Cup Final: Seattle Sounders v Chicago Fire - Three Questions
The two MLS sides with the strongest historical connections to the US Open Cup meet Tuesday night. Both Chicago and Seattle played non-ideal XIs in their weekend matches to prepare for their opportunity to lift the Cup. For the Chicago Fire this is their chance to reawaken the team, to renew their...
US Open Cup's Many Connections To Seattle Sounders
With an expected attendance right about even with MLS league play of 35,000 for the US Open Cup Final against the Chicago Fire on Tuesday night, it is apparent that Seattle and the team have a connection to this tournament that most teams in MLS do not have. It isn't just about the ticket sales,...
US Open Cup Pickem Update: Down to 2
I didn't get one of these out between the quarterfinals and the semifinals. Sorry about that. But here are the results after this week's semifinal matchups. Even though there's only one match remaining, the contest hasn't yet been decided. Despite being the favorite through much of the...
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