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Countdown to Cup: No Strangers to the Shootout

Sporting Kansas City will look to write another glorious chapter in club history on Sept. 20 when the New York Red Bulls visit Children’s Mercy Park for the 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final, slated for 8 p.m. CT on ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes.

In our 21-day Countdown to Cup, SportingKC.com is visiting the most relevant storylines, historical narratives and statistical trends surrounding the Open Cup Final, U.S. Soccer’s National Championship.

Our sixth installment of the daily countdown relives thrilling penalty shootouts from the 2012, 2015 and 2017 Open Cup tournaments, which saw Sporting Kansas City prevail by the very slimmest of margins.