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Can Kitsap Pumas pull another U.S. Open Cup upset against Sounders?

The distance between the Kitsap County Fairgrounds and Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila isn’t all that significant. As the gull flies, it’s a quick hop across Puget Sound.

Actually getting there, though, requires either an hour-long ferry ride or a 65-mile drive down the edge of the Olympic Peninsula and up through Tacoma.

The Kitsap Pumas’ journey to Wednesday night’s fourth-round U.S. Open Cup match against the Sounders at Starfire Stadium has also been both more arduous and remarkable than a quick glance at the bracket suggests.

Kitsap is playing in the fourth round for the first time in club history.