Date Changed for Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Semifinal Between Seattle Sounders FC and LAFC
All-MLS Affair in Pacific Northwest Pushed Back One Day to Wednesday, August 28
CHICAGO (Aug. 9, 2024) – U.S. Soccer today announced a date change for the 2024 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Semifinal between Major League Soccer clubs Seattle Sounders FC and Los Angeles Football Club, which has been pushed back one day to Wednesday, Aug. 28.
Kickoff for that contest remains set for 10:30 p.m. ET/7:30 p.m. PT (local). The match will be available to stream for free on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV.
For more details on this year’s competition, including schedule details, features, and more, visit usopencup.com.
About the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup
Now in its 109th edition, the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup – U.S. Soccer's Club Championship – has crowned a champion since 1914 in every year except 2020 and 2021. The history-filled tournament is conducted on a single-game-knockout basis and open to all professional and amateur teams affiliated with U.S. Soccer. In 1999, the oldest ongoing national soccer competition in the United States was renamed to honor American soccer pioneer Lamar Hunt.
The U.S. Open Cup winner will earn $300,000 in prize money, a berth in the Concacaf Champions Cup and have its name engraved on the Dewar Challenge Trophy – one of the oldest nationally-contested trophies in American team sports – now on permanent display at the National Soccer Hall of Fame in Frisco, Texas. The runner-up will earn $100,000, while the team that advances the furthest from each lower division will take home a $25,000 cash prize.
Houston Dynamo are defending Open Cup champions, having earned the club's second tournament title thanks to a 2-1 victory against fellow MLS club Inter Miami CF on Sept. 27, 2023 in a Final played before a capacity crowd at Miami’s Chase Stadium.
usopencup.com is the official website of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. Fans can also follow the competition on Twitter and Instagram @OpenCup and Facebook @OfficialOpenCup.