Last Updated: December 16, 2023, 09:24 IST
New York, United States of America (USA)
Houston Dynamo gamers have fun after profitable the Lamar Hunt Cup. (AFP Photo)
The single-elimination competitors, which dates to 1914, is open to all US golf equipment however MLS groups have dominated the occasion for the reason that league’s 1996 debut.
Major League Soccer groups is not going to compete within the 2024 US Open Cup, the league as a substitute sending second-tier improvement golf equipment to the nation’s oldest soccer match, MLS introduced on Friday.
The single-elimination competitors, which dates to 1914, is open to all US golf equipment however MLS groups have dominated the occasion for the reason that league’s 1996 debut.
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Inter Miami, enjoying with out injured star Argentine midfielder Lionel Messi, misplaced this 12 months’s US Open Cup closing 2-1 at house to the Houston Dynamo in September.
The solely non-MLS membership to win the Cup for the reason that league launched was the Rochester Rhinos in 1999.
MLS stated its membership homeowners voted to have MLS Next groups compete within the 2024 US Open Cup, including in a press release that “MLS will coordinate with US Soccer regarding participation in the tournament.”
“MLS remains committed to working with US Soccer to evolve and elevate the Open Cup for everyone involved in the years ahead,” MLS stated in a press release.
MLS commissioner Don Garber has criticized the US Open Cup and the league sees pulling out as a strategy to ease schedule congestion for golf equipment within the wake of newer tournaments.
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Dropping the US Open Cup would make as much as six mid-week match dates accessible for MLS groups.
Among these different occasions is the Leagues Cup, a match of MLS and Mexican League groups which debuted this 12 months with Messi main Inter Miami to the crown.
MLS additionally cited the advantages of the transfer in serving to rising expertise on MLS improvement groups play further matches. Several MLS groups referred to as up second-tier gamers for US Open Cup matches this 12 months.
(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and is printed from a syndicated information company feed – AFP)
