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...
U.S. Open Cup Changes are Good: Now, about fully fixing the bidding process...
This past week has been a whirlwind for Fire fans. We had the MLS SuperDraft hoopla last week with a couple of new player signings sprinkled in (Robayo and Puppo). On the heels of that we had a sponsor announcement and new jersey unveiling. Somewhat lost in the shuffle was the announcement of...
US Soccer announces major changes to the US Open Cup Tournament
So two huge changes come to the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup, first is that all professional teams will play in the tournament and second is that locations for all but the Semi-Finals and Final will be determined by random draw. Here is the official info from US Soccer: FORMAT, COMPOSITION AND SCHEDULE...
In Memoriam: The Steve Nicol Era Ends
Yesterday, it was announced Steve Nicol would no longer be the head coach of the New England Revolution. The decision was made after a meeting between the inimitable Scot and the Revolution's investor/operators (read: owners), Jonathan and Robert Kraft, and was described as a "mutual parting of...
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...
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