Lamar Hunt US Open Cup : Ask Biography

Football Tournament

Founded

1914

Region

United States

Number of teams

Current champions

Seattle Sounders FC (2 titles)

Most successful club

Bethlehem Steel &
Maccabi Los Angeles
(5 titles each)

Current season

2011 U.S. Open Cup

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The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup , commonly known as the U.S. Open Cup is a knockout tournament in American soccer. The tournament is the oldest ongoing American soccer competition and is presently open to all United States Soccer Federation affiliated teams, from amateur adult club teams to the professional clubs of Major League Soccer.

The Open Cup was first held in 1913 � 14, when it was called the National Challenge Cup.

The defending Open Cup champions are the Seattle Sounders FC, who beat Columbus Crew 2-1 in the 2010 final. It was the Sounders' second Open Cup title, as well as their second consecutive title won. The last time a club consecutively won the Open Cup was the New York Pancyprian-Freedoms who won the 1982 and 1983 editions of the tournament.