The 2025 U.S. Open Cup area has been finalized.
16 MLS golf equipment will headline the 96-team area for this 12 months’s version of the competitors, U.S. Soccer introduced. As well as, 14 golf equipment from USL League One, 10 golf equipment from MLS NEXT Professional, and 24 groups of the USL Championship will spherical out the 64 skilled golf equipment.
“The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup is a vital connection level for all ranges of soccer in the USA,” mentioned U.S. Soccer CEO JT Batson forward of the event, first contested in 1913. “U.S. Soccer exists in service to soccer and this historic event permits us to raise up the people who find themselves main the cost to assist soccer of their communities. We’re happy to proceed working with and collaborating with all U.S. Soccer members to maximise the event’s impression on soccer in any respect ranges on this nation.”
The U.S. Open Cup formally kicks off on March 18-20 with a 32-game First Spherical array of solely beginner vs. professional matchups. The eight lowest seeded USL Championship groups will enter within the First Spherical, together with USL League One and MLS NEXT Professional sides. The 16 higher-seeded USLC golf equipment will enter within the Third Spherical, and the 16 MLS groups will enter the event within the Spherical of 32.
There can be 26 groups making Open Cup debuts in 2025 together with six from MLS NEXT Professional.
Austin FC, New York Purple Bulls, Houston Dynamo, and the Portland Timbers are among the many 16 MLS golf equipment that may participate within the competitors. Reigning Open Cup winners LAFC, can be sending their MLS NEXT Professional affiliate, LAFC II to the competitors.
Here’s a breakdown of the round-by-round schedule:
First Spherical March 18-20
Second Spherical April 1-2
Third Spherical April 15-16
Spherical of 32 Could 6-7
Spherical of 16 Could 20-21
Quarterfinals July 8-9
Semifinal Sept. 16-17
Closing Oct. 1