U.S. OPEN CUP FIRST ROUND PAIRINGS
CHICAGO (April 4, 2018) – U.S. Soccer today announced the pairings for the First Round of the 2018 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, U.S. Soccer’s National Championship.
The First Round will commence after a three-game Play-In Round May 5-6, which was added to accommodate the Jacksonville Armada, Miami FC 2 and New York Cosmos B. The First Round will consist of one match on May 8 followed by 25 others played May 9 and feature teams from the Premier Development League (PDL), National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), and Open Division local qualifiers in head-to-head, single-elimination competition.
The Second Round follows on May 16 and introduces 22 Division II professional clubs from the United Soccer League (USL). Due to the time that was required for arranging the Play-In Round, the announcement of the possible Second Round matchups will now take place on April 11. For Full Article CLICK HERE.
New Orleans Jesters (NPSL) will host Mississippi Brilla from the PDL on May 9 for 7:00PM at Pan American Stadium!