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89Hen
September 3rd, 2009, 12:27 PM
Maybe the US Open Cup isn't that big a deal. But I understand that Seattle beat United last night here in DC for the Cup. I didn't hear one word about it yesterday, last week, last month... it was buried three pages down on ESPN.com, it was mentioned in passing on the sports talk this morning. WTF? xconfusedx

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=673068&sec=us&cc=5901


Sounders celebrate in front of tens of thousands of fans dressed as seats.

http://thecup.us/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/sounders-celebrate.jpg
onbison09
September 3rd, 2009, 01:18 PM
It was on top 10 on SportsCenter last night.
TexasTerror
September 3rd, 2009, 01:32 PM
The US Open Cup is just not a big deal...

Even the Houston Dynamo, the team that has had the most success of the American clubs in continental championships plays their 'B' squad in such events.

It's such a low priority for most of the MLS, behind the CONCACAF Championships League and even the Superliga. The only major thing involved is the US Open Cup champ gets a bid into the CCL next year.
OhioHen
September 3rd, 2009, 01:32 PM
It was on top 10 on SportsCenter last night.

For a particular play. Not as a lead story.
DSUrocks07
September 3rd, 2009, 01:41 PM
The US Open Cup is just not a big deal...

Even the Houston Dynamo, the team that has had the most success of the American clubs in continental championships plays their 'B' squad in such events.

It's such a low priority for most of the MLS, behind the CONCACAF Championships League and even the Superliga. The only major thing involved is the US Open Cup champ gets a bid into the CCL next year.

Never understood why that is. If you want to be the best and prove you're the best, you should compete in these tourneys.

If the teams themselves don't take these tournaments seriously, then why should the fans...
GeauxColonels
September 3rd, 2009, 02:31 PM
I think the game was on the Fox Soccer Channel last night. I saw it passing through on the TV listings and I was trying to figure out what in the world the US Cup is.
bluehenbillk
September 3rd, 2009, 03:22 PM
Never heard of this tournament.
PhoenixSupreme
September 3rd, 2009, 04:26 PM
Seattle Sounders is an expansion team this year actually. I watched one of their games on ESPN2 one night during the summer and really had quite a home-field advantage
TheValleyRaider
September 3rd, 2009, 05:45 PM
The craziest part is, this trophy's been contested since 1914 xeekx
TexasTerror
September 3rd, 2009, 06:55 PM
Never understood why that is. If you want to be the best and prove you're the best, you should compete in these tourneys.

If the teams themselves don't take these tournaments seriously, then why should the fans...

The problem is, the only way you get into the CCL - the most important of the bunch - is based on your finish in the MLS (or if you win the US Cup). You have a better chance of doing better in the MLS than you do in the US Cup, so where is your priority going to lie?

Can't go with your 'A' team through so many tournaments. The Dynamo did not 3-peat last year because the MLS put them in SuperLiga in addition to US Open Cup and CCL duties.
EPJr
September 3rd, 2009, 07:00 PM
Maybe the US Open Cup isn't that big a deal. But I understand that Seattle beat United last night here in DC for the Cup. I didn't hear one word about it yesterday, last week, last month... it was buried three pages down on ESPN.com, it was mentioned in passing on the sports talk this morning. WTF? xconfusedx

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=673068&sec=us&cc=5901


Sounders celebrate in front of tens of thousands of fans dressed as seats.

http://thecup.us/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/sounders-celebrate.jpg

it was on every soccer sports site including ESPN
and was carried on the Fox Soccer Channel last night and replayed today.
SonuvaHenx2
September 3rd, 2009, 07:29 PM
it was on ever soccer sports site including ESPN
and was carried on the Fox Soccer Channel last night and replayed today.

another channel not available to me here in Dayton...
No ESPN Classic, no Fox Soccer Channel, no Telemundo...
I get no soccer on TV xbawlingx
Except for the one match on ESPN each week xsmhx
EPJr
September 3rd, 2009, 08:06 PM
another channel not available to me here in Dayton...
No ESPN Classic, no Fox Soccer Channel, no Telemundo...
I get no soccer on TV xbawlingx
Except for the one match on ESPN each week xsmhx

like the commercial says you missed it because you had cable ;)
CrackerRiley
September 3rd, 2009, 08:39 PM
Wait, what happened?
89Hen
September 4th, 2009, 09:36 AM
it was on every soccer sports site including ESPN
and was carried on the Fox Soccer Channel last night and replayed today.
EP, I appreciate your love for soccer, but I live in metro DC. I like soccer, I coach it, I play it on occassion, I watch every USMNT game.... It wasn't until the next morning that I knew this game had even been played.... IN DC. xsmhx