Stories Glory bound Strides to glory
Stories. Moments that create those stories. People who create those moments. Those are what sports are all about. Moments like trading scarves with now-friend-thru-soccer Luke, the Union Omaha-centric WhoGivesaHoot podcast purveyor, before the match.
The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup has created more stories, moments, and story-worthy people than any soccer event in the United States. Wednesday night at Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas, Sporting Kansas City and USL League One (the third tier in the US Soccer pyramid) side Union Omaha battled to see who would earn the right to compete in the semifinals of the Open Cup tournament that dates back to 1913.