MLS Seattle Sounders FC

Sounders FC Open Cup Tickets on Sale Friday

Published on June 28, 2012 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
Seattle Sounders FC News Release


RENTON, WASH. - Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. PT for the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup semifinal match between Seattle Sounders FC and Chivas USA. The game is scheduled for Wednesday, July 11 at Starfire Sports Stadium in Tukwila, Wash. Kickoff is 7 p.m. PT.

Tickets are available at the CenturyLink Field box office, by calling 1-800-745-3000 or visiting www.ticketmaster.com ==&id=preview]. Tickets are general admission and priced at $20 for covered grandstand and $16 for uncovered bleachers.

The match will be streamed live on SoundersFC.com, beginning at 6:45 p.m.

Sounders FC is vying to become the first team in the 99-year history of the tournament to win four consecutive U.S. Open Cup titles. Seattle beat the Atlanta Silverbacks, 5-1, in the third-round and ousted Cal FC, 5-0, in the fourth-round before defeating the San Jose Earthquakes, 1-0, on Tuesday night in the quarterfinals.

Chivas USA beat Ventura County, 1-0, in the third-round and defeated the Carolina Railhawks, 2-1, in the fourth-round. Chivas scored a stoppage-time winner on Tuesday night in the quarterfinals to advance past Charlotte, 2-1.

The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, the U.S. Soccer Federation's National Championship, is an annual competition open to all amateur and professional soccer teams affiliated with U.S. Soccer. It is the oldest annual team tournament in U.S. sports and among the oldest soccer tournaments of its type in the world.




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