After trying for several months to figure out when or how to stage it, or to hold off on making a decision until the pandemic became more predictable, the U.S. Soccer Federation has opted to cancel this year’s U.S. Open Cup tournament, multiple sources confirmed to Sports Illustrated on Friday.
The 2020 competition was suspended in early March, shortly before the first round featuring local and national amateur qualifiers was to kick off. As a result of the cancellation, the Open Cup will lose its status as the longest continuously-contested annual sports competition in the USA, and the second-longest on the planet.