Welcome to your match thread for Orlando City’s 2018 U.S. Open Cup opener. The Lions head down the Florida Turnpike to meet up with Miami United FC tonight at Ted Hendricks Stadium in Hialeah. The NPSL side has nothing to lose and is playing at home as it attempts to add another victim to its list in the 2018 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.
Miami United has been around since 2013 — just two fewer years than Orlando City. The team has qualified for the U.S. Open Cup for its third time in club history (2015, 2017), but has made it past the second round for the first time ever.