Atlanta United was able to hold off Minnesota United last night to win the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. It’s the third trophy that Atlanta has been able to lift up in the past 9 months. Of course, they won MLS Cup last year at home against the Portland Timbers, and just a couple weeks ago, they beat Club América to win the Campeones Cup, an annual competition between the winners of MLS and Liga MX.
It helps bring to the forefront one of American soccer’s great debates from the past 10 years or so: which trophy is the most important?