Tickets for Sporting Kansas City's opening match in the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup on June 16 at Sporting Park are now on sale via Ticketmaster.com. Tickets for the match are included in Season Ticket Member packages as Special Game A. Single-game tickets start at just $14 for general admission.
Sporting KC enters the competition in the fourth round and will host the winner between St. Louis FC (USL) and Minnesota United FC (NASL), who play at 7 p.m. CT on Wednesday. That match will be live streamed via the Saint Louis FC YouTube channel.
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Sporting KC defeated Minnesota 2-0 in the fourth round of last year's competition before falling to the Portland Timbers 3-1 in the fifth round. Sporting KC are two-time winners of the U.S. Open Cup having won the championship in 2004 and 2012.
The 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup is headlined by the largest field in the modern era (1995-present) with 89 teams in contention when the first round began with 42 amateur teams last week. USL teams – including Sporting KC’s USL affiliate OKC Energy FC – entered the competition last week, while the NASL’s nine teams will join the competition on Wednesday.
2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup
Fourth Round June 16-17
Fifth Round June 30-July 1
Quarterfinals July 21-22
Semifinals August 11-12
Final Sept. 29 or 30
The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup has been held annually since 1914 and is open to all amateur/professional soccer teams affiliated with U.S. Soccer. This year’s winner will earn $250,000 and a berth into the 2016-17 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League.
