There are a lot of new soccer fans in Minnesota now that Minnesota United FC are playing their first season in the country’s top league, Major League Soccer (MLS). And while the MLS season has been going on for a few months now, there is another another trek that the Loons are about to embark on: The Lamar Hunt US Open Cup (USOC).
The USOC is a simple knockout tournament and has equivalents all over the world, such as the FA Cup in England, the DFB-Pokal in Germany, Copa del Rey in Spain, and Copa MX in Mexico.