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Sporting to learn U.S. Open Cup opponent on Thursday

Sporting Kansas City will learn their first opponent in the 2019 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup when the tournament’s Fourth Round Draw takes place Thursday at 10 a.m. CT. The draw will be live-tweeted via the Open Cup Twitter feed at @opencup.

Four-time champions of the U.S. Open Cup, Sporting will join 31 other clubs in the competition’s Fourth Round. The field will consist of 21 MLS clubs as well as 11 lower-division clubs that have advanced from the previous rounds.

After the completion of the Third Round on Wednesday night, the teams in the Fourth Round will be pooled and divided geographically into eight groups of four.