MLS... Before MLS
This MLS club was founded as a USL franchise in Austin, Texas.
What is Orlando City?
This amateur club from the shores of Lake Champlain will make its U.S. Open Cup debut in 2026.
What is Vermont Green?
They were the last non-MLS club to win the U.S. Open Cup.
What are the Rochester Rhinos?
This MLS record-holding striker missed a wide open net in a World Cup knockout round match against Belgium in 2014.
Who is Chris Wondolowski?
This USL club is the oldest active professional soccer team in the United States.
What are the Charleston Battery
This club's original mascot was known for scaling a dead tree during matches in their pre-MLS days.
What is the Portland Timbers?
This club named after a Bay Area chain of burrito restaurants won the NPSL in 2024.
What is El Farolito SC?
No MLS club has played in the U.S. Open Cup Final more than them.
What are the Chicago Fire?
Brandi Chastain would never have been the subject of an iconic 1999 photo after winning the World Cup had it not been for this goalkeeper's save earlier in the shootout.
Who is Briana Scurry?
This Chelsea legend purchased a minority stake in Phoenix Rising after signing for them in 2017.
Who is Didier Drogba?
Mitch Says No! Mitch Hildebrandt stopped three penalties in a shootout for this club to defeat the Chicago Fire in the U.S. Open Cup while they were still in the USL.
What is FC Cincinnati
They are the only expansion side joining MLS Next Pro in 2026
What is CT United FC?
This Frenchman holds the record for most career U.S. Open Cup goals.
Who is Sebastian Le Toux?
He scored against Trinidad and Tobago to end the USMNT's 40 year World Cup qualification drought.
Who is Paul Caligiuri?
They are the only club to win USL League One twice.
What is Union Omaha?
They are the only MLS club to share a name with a Soccer Bowl champion.
What are the Vancouver Whitecaps?
This club that joined the NPSL in 2016 plays in Upstate New York, not Jamaica as it's name might suggest.
What is Kingston Stockade?
This state has produced the most U.S. Open Cup winners.
What is New York?
This USWNT midfielder wasn't very well known when she assisted on Abby Wambach's legendary 122nd minute equalizer against Brazil in the 2011 World Cup quarterfinal.
Who is Megan Rapinoe?
This tiny Caribbean nation hosted a team known as the Barracuda in the USL from 2011 to 2013.
What is Antigua and Barbuda?
A previous version of this MLS club was the final champion of the American Professional Soccer League.
What are the Seattle Sounders?
Founded in 1961, they are the oldest club currently competing in USL League Two.
What are San Francisco Glens?
This amateur club from New York has won the Open Cup three times and most recently qualified for the tournament in 2025.
What are the New York Pancyprian-Freedoms?
In 1885 the USMNT took on this nation in the first international soccer match held outside the United Kingdom.
What is Canada?
This Jamaican international is the USL Championship's all-time leading goal scorer with 105 goals.
Who is Dane Kelly?