FRISCO, Texas (April 27, 2023) – FC Dallas will travel to face Nashville SC at GEODIS Park in the 2023 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Round of 32 on May 10 at 7:30 p.m. CT.
Broadcast details will be announced at a later date.
The two teams will meet for the first time in the U.S. Open Cup competition. The all-time MLS series record between the two clubs is 2-3-1 in favor of Nashville.
FC DALLAS U.S. OPEN CUP HISTORY
FC Dallas won the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in 1997 and 2016 and finished as the runner-up in 2005 and 2007. FC Dallas is 36-22-6 all-time in Open Cup matches. FC Dallas was eliminated from the 2022 U.S. Open Cup after losing to Sporting Kansas City, 2-4, in the Round of 32 on May 10 at Children’s Mercy Park.
2023 U.S. OPEN CUP PURSE
The 2023 U.S. Open Cup winner will earn $300,000 in prize money, a berth in the 2024 Concacaf Champions League and have its name engraved on the Dewar Challenge Trophy – one of the oldest nationally-contested trophies in American team sports – now on permanent display at the National Soccer Hall of Fame in Frisco, Texas.
HOW ROUND OF 32 MATCHUPS WERE DETERMINED
Teams were pooled geographically into groups of four, with the Division I clubs first entering the competition and any teams who are precluded from playing each other until the Final being placed in different groups. A random draw determined the pairings within each group. Instances where a logical geographic fit didn’t exist in determining the groups were resolved by random selection.
THE PATH AHEAD
The business end of the 2023 Open Cup will round into view as the 16 winners from the Round of 32 will square off in late May. A draw to determine Round of 16 hosts and matchups will be held following the conclusion of Round of 32 play. U.S. Soccer will announce details for the Draw at a later date.
May 9-10: Round of 32
May 11: Round of 16/Quarterfinal draw
May 23-24: Round of 16
June 6-7: Quarterfinals
August 23: Semifinals
Sept 27: Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final
ABOUT THE LAMAR HUNT U.S. OPEN CUP
In its 108th edition, the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup - U.S. Soccer's National Championship - has crowned a champion annually since 1914 – with the exception of 2020 & 21 due to COVID-19. The history-filled tournament is conducted on a single-game, knockout basis and open to all professional and amateur teams affiliated with U.S. Soccer. In 1999, the competition was renamed to honor United States soccer pioneer Lamar Hunt.
The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup is the oldest ongoing national soccer competition in the United States and the world's third-longest continuously run national cup tournament.
