Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup
2007 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup
Sport	Soccer
Founded	1914
No. of teams	40
Country(ies)	United States
Most recent champion(s)	New England Revolution (MLS)

The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup is an American soccer competition open to all United States Soccer Federation (USSF) affiliated teams, from amateur adult club teams all the way up to the top professional clubs of Major League Soccer.

The competition dates back to 1914, when it was known as the National Challenge Cup. The competition was, in modern times, known just as the U.S. Open Cup, but was renamed the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in 1999 to honor Lamar Hunt, one of American soccer's most important patrons. The winners of the Cup are currently awarded the Dewar Cup, donated by Sir Thomas Dewar for the promotion of soccer in America in 1914. The Cup was retired in 1979, but brought back into use by the USASA in 1997, and is on permanent display at the National Soccer Hall of Fame in Oneonta, New York. The National Challenge Cup was the first truly national cup competition in the United States, as previous cups had been effectively relegated to regional status by the difficulties in coordination and travel caused by the size of the United States in the early 1900s. Maccabi Los Angeles, Fall River Marksmen of Massachusetts, and Bethlehem Steel F.C. of Pennsylvania have each won the cup a record five times, while Greek American AA of New York hold the record for most consecutive cup victories at three. Most of these records are likely to fall over time, now that Major League Soccer offers a fully-professional league, and its teams typically dominate the competition. The old NASL did not participate in the Open Cup. Since MLS' debut in 1996, MLS clubs have won the cup in all but one of those years. The Rochester Raging Rhinos of the 2nd division A-League (now the USL First Division) were surprise winners in 1999, defeating four MLS clubs, including the Colorado Rapids 2-0 in the championship match. The first professional team to win in the modern era were the Richmond Kickers of the USISL (the current USL First Division) in 1995, one year before the start of MLS. D.C. United were the first MLS team to win in 1996. Currently, eight of the U.S. teams from MLS, 10 teams from the USL First Division, six from the USL Second Division, eight from the USL Premier Development League, and eight from the United States Adult Soccer Association take part in the competition. In some cases, additional teams play in qualifying rounds to gain entry. One example is found with MLS clubs, as only the top six from the previous regular season get an automatic bid, while the bottom six US-based MLS teams face each other to qualify for the remaining two MLS slots.

Distribution of championships Won

Champions	Club
5 times	Bethlehem Steel F.C.
5 times	Maccabi Los Angeles
5 times	Fall River Marksmen/Fall River Rovers
4 times	Chicago Fire
4 times	Greek American AA
4 times	Ukrainian Nationals of Philadelphia
3 times	New York Pancyprian-Freedoms
2 times	Brooklyn Hispano
2 times	Chicago Sparta A.B.A.
2 times	Elizabeth S.C.
2 times	Greek-American A.C.
2 times	Harmarville S.C.
2 times	St. Louis Kutis S.C.
2 times	Los Angeles Kickers
2 times	Los Angeles Galaxy
2 times	St. Louis Simpkins-Ford
2 times	Stix, Baer and Fuller F.C.
1 time	A.A.C. Eagles
1 time	A.O. Krete
1 time	Baltimore S.C.
1 time	Ben Millers
1 time	Brookhattan
1 time	Brooklyn Field Club
1 time	Brooklyn Italian S.C.
1 time	Brooklyn Dodgers S.C.
1 time	Brooklyn St. Mary's Celtic
1 time	Busch S.C.
1 time	St. Louis Central Breweries F.C.
1 time	C.D. Mexico
1 time	Chicago Viking F.C.
1 time	Club España
1 time	Columbus Crew
1 time	FC Dallas
1 time	D.C. United
1 time	Eintracht Sport Club
1 time	Falcons S.C.
1 time	Gallatin S.C.
1 time	German Hungarian S.C.
1 time	New York Hakoah
1 time	Hota S.C.
1 time	H.R.C. Kickers
1 time	Kansas City Wizards
1 time	McIlvaine Canvasbacks
1 time	Morgan S.C.
1 time	New Bedford F.C.
1 time	New England Revolution
1 time	New York American F.C.
1 time	New York Americans
1 time	New York Hungaria
1 time	New York Hakoah
1 time	New York Nationals
1 time	NY Ukrainians
1 time	Paterson Silk Sox
1 time	Pawtucket F.C.
1 time	Philadelphia German-Americans
1 time	Ponta Delgada S.C.
1 time	Robbins Dry Dock F.C.
1 time	Richmond Kickers
1 time	Rochester Raging Rhinos
1 time	San Francisco A.C.
1 time	San Jose Oaks
1 time	Scullin Steel F.C.
1 time	Shawsheen F.C.

Champions by year

Year	Final Group Rank
	Winner	Runner-up
1914 Details	Brooklyn Field Club	Brooklyn Celtic
1915 Details	Bethlehem Steel F.C.	Brooklyn Celtic
1916 Details	Bethlehem Steel F.C.	Fall River Rovers
1917 Details	Fall River Rovers	Bethlehem Steel F.C.
1918 Details	Bethlehem Steel F.C.	Fall River Rovers
1919 Details	Bethlehem Steel F.C.	Paterson F.C.
1920 Details	Ben Millers	Fore River
1921 Details	Robbins Dry Dock F.C.	Scullin Steel F.C.
1922 Details	Scullin Steel F.C.	Brooklyn Todd Shipyards
1923 Details	Paterson Silk Sox	Scullin Steel F.C.
1924 Details	Fall River Marksmen	St. Louis Vesper Buick
1925 Details	Shawsheen Indians	Chicago Canadian Club
1926 Details	Bethlehem Steel F.C.	Ben Millers
1927 Details	Fall River Marksmen	Detroit Holley Carburetor
1928 Details	New York Nationals	Chicago Bricklayers
1929 Details	New York Hakoah	St. Louis Madison Kennels
1930 Details	Fall River Marksmen	Cleveland Bruell Insurance
1931 Details	Fall River Marksmen[1]	Chicago Bricklayers
1932 Details	New Bedford Whalers	Stix, Baer and Fuller F.C.
1933 Details	Stix, Baer and Fuller F.C.	New York Americans
1934 Details	Stix, Baer and Fuller F.C.	Pawtucket Rangers
1935 Details	St. Louis Central Breweries F.C.	Pawtucket Rangers
1936 Details	Philadelphia German-Americans	St. Louis Shamrocks
1937 Details	New York Americans	St. Louis Shamrocks
1938 Details	Chicago Sparta A.B.A.	Brooklyn St. Mary's Celtic
1939 Details	Brooklyn St. Mary's Celtic	Chicago Manhattan Beer
1940 Details	Baltimore S.C. Chicago Sparta A.B.A.	N/A
1941 Details	Pawtucket F.C.	Detroit Chrysler
1942 Details	Gallatin S.C.	Pawtucket F.C.
1943 Details	Brooklyn Hispano	Morgan S.C.
1944 Details	Brooklyn Hispano	Morgan S.C.
1945 Details	Brookhattan	Cleveland Americans
1946 Details	Chicago Viking F.C.	Ponta Delgada F.C.
1947 Details	Ponta Delgada F.C.	Chicago Sparta A.B.A.
1948 Details	St. Louis Simpkins-Ford	Brookhattan
1949 Details	Morgan S.C.	Ukrainian Nationals
1950 Details	St. Louis Simpkins-Ford	Ponta Delgada F.C.
1951 Details	German-Hungarian S.C.	Pittsburgh Heidelberg
1952 Details	Harmarville S.C.	Philadelphia Nationals
1953 Details	Falcons S.C.	Harmarville S.C.
1954 Details	New York Americans	St. Louis Kutis S.C.
1955 Details	S. C. Eintracht	Los Angeles Danish Americans
1956 Details	Harmarville S.C.	Chicago Schwaben
1957 Details	St. Louis Kutis S.C.	New York Hakoah
1958 Details	Los Angeles Kickers	Baltimore Pompei
1959 Details	San Pedro McIlvane Canvasbacks	Fall River S.C.
1960 Details	Ukrainian Nationals	Los Angeles Kickers
1961 Details	Ukrainian Nationals	Los Angeles Scots
1962 Details	New York Hungaria	San Francisco Scots
1963 Details	Ukrainian Nationals	Los Angeles Armenian
1964 Details	Los Angeles Kickers	Ukrainian Nationals
1965 Details	New York Ukrainians	Chicago Hansa
1966 Details	Ukrainian Nationals	Orange County F.C.
1967 Details	Greek American AA	Orange County F.C.
1968 Details	Greek American AA	Chicago Olympic
1969 Details	Greek American AA	Montabello Armenians
1970 Details	S.C. Elizabeth	Los Angeles Croatia
1971 Details	New York Hota	San Pedro Yugoslavs
1972 Details	S.C. Elizabeth	San Pedro Yugoslavs
1973 Details	Maccabee S.C.	Cleveland Inter
1974 Details	Greek American AA	Chicago Croatia
1975 Details	Maccabee S.C.	New York Inter-Giuliana
1976 Details	San Fransisco A.C.	New York Inter-Giuliana
1977 Details	Maccabee S.C.	Philadelphia United German-Hungarian
1978 Details	Maccabee S.C.	Bridgeport Vasco de Gama
1979 Details	Brooklyn Dodgers	Chicago Croatian
1980 Details	N.Y. Pancyprian-Freedoms	Maccabee S.C.
1981 Details	Maccabee S.C.	Brooklyn Dodgers
1982 Details	N.Y. Pancyprian-Freedoms	Maccabee S.C.
1983 Details	N.Y. Pancyprian-Freedoms	St. Louis Kutis S.C.
1984 Details	New York A.O. Krete	Chicago Croatian
1985 Details	San Francisco Greek-American A.C.	St. Louis Kutis S.C.
1986 Details	St. Louis Kutis S.C.	San Pedro Yugoslavs
1987 Details	Washington Club Espana	Seattle Eagles
1988 Details	St. Louis Busch Seniors	San Francisco Greek-American
1989 Details	St. Petersburg Kickers	New York Greek-American/Atlas
1990 Details	Chicago A.A.C. Eagles	Brooklyn Italians
1991 Details	Brooklyn Italians	Richardson Rockets
1992 Details	San Jose Oaks	Bridgeport Vasco de Gama
1993 Details	San Francisco CD Mexico	Philadelphia United German-Hungarians
1994 Details	San Francisco Greek-American	Milwaukee Bavarian Leinenkugel
1995 Details	Richmond Kickers	El Paso Patriots
1996 Details	D.C. United	Rochester Raging Rhinos
1997 Details	Dallas Burn	D.C. United
1998 Details	Chicago Fire	Columbus Crew
1999 Details	Rochester Raging Rhinos	Colorado Rapids
2000 Details	Chicago Fire	Miami Fusion
2001 Details	Los Angeles Galaxy	New England Revolution
2002 Details	Columbus Crew	Los Angeles Galaxy
2003 Details	Chicago Fire	MetroStars
2004 Details	Kansas City Wizards	Chicago Fire
2005 Details	Los Angeles Galaxy	FC Dallas
2006 Details	Chicago Fire	Los Angeles Galaxy
2007 Details	New England Revolution	FC Dallas

References

1. ^ New York Yankees playing as Fall River Marksmen due to registrstion issue

MLS team results

External links

• USOpenCup.com
• U.S. Soccer's Official Open Cup Website
• List of Open Cup finals at RSSSF

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