Indy Eleven Draws MLS' Columbus Crew SC in Third Round of Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup
April 6, 2023 - United Soccer League Championship (USL)
Indy Eleven News Release
CHICAGO/INDIANAPOLIS - U.S. Soccer has announced the pairings and hosting scenarios for the Third Round of the 2023 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. The 24-game Third Round slate will include Indy Eleven heading east on I-70 to square off against Major League Soccer's Columbus Crew SC, which will host the second-ever meeting between the two sides on April 25 or 26.
Date, kickoff time, broadcast information, and ticketing details surrounding the Third Round affair will be announced in the coming days.
Indy Eleven will renew acquaintances with Crew SC for the first time in official competition since the Eleven's initial U.S. Open Cup run during its inaugural 2014 season. That year on June 17, the Boys in Blue took their Fourth Round affair at FirstEnergy Stadium in Akron into added extra time, but Blake Smith's 62nd minute equalizer was ultimately for naught as Indy fell 1-2 after conceding in the 112th minute.
The match will mark only Indy Eleven's third against MLS competition in the U.S. Open Cup, and its first in nearly seven years dating back to a 4-3 penalty kick defeat at Chicago Fire FC following a 1-1 draw on June 16, 2016.
U.S. Open Cup Third Round games will be played across the country from April 25-26 and feature teams from every division of professional and amateur soccer in the United States, including 18 lower-seeded Division I (MLS) clubs. Teams in the Third Round were pooled geographically and with the Div. I clubs distributed as evenly as possible among the groups. All Div. I sides will be drawn to face a Second Round winner and not another Division I club.
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