
Tormenta FC, Charleston Battery Paired for Round Two of U.S. Open Cup
February 11, 2022 - United Soccer League One (USL1)
South Georgia Tormenta FC News Release
STATESBORO, Ga. - The U.S. Soccer Federation announced today the pairings for Round Two of the 107th edition of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. For the second time in club history, South Georgia Tormenta FC will travel to face off against USL Championship side Charleston Battery in the national tournament.
Round Two of the U.S. Open Cup will take place the weekend of April 5-7. The exact date and time of the Southern showdown will be announced in the coming weeks.
Tormenta FC 2 faced off against the Battery in the 2018 edition of the Open Cup, playing a physical match against the Charleston side, which earned a 1-0. In the only meeting between the professional Tormenta FC squad and the Battery, the two sides played to a 1-1 draw at Erk Russell Park during the 2020 preseason.
In its 107th edition, the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup - U.S. Soccer's National Championship - has crowned a champion since 1914 in every year except 2020 and 2021. 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 oldest ongoing national soccer competition in the United States was renamed to honor American soccer pioneer Lamar Hunt.
The 2022 U.S. Open Cup winner will earn $300,000 in prize money, a berth in the 2023 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. The runner-up will earn $100,000, while the team that advances the furthest from each lower division will take home a $25,000 cash prize.
Atlanta United FC is the defending Open Cup champion, having earned the club's first tournament title thanks to a 2-1 victory against Minnesota United FC on Aug. 27, 2019, in front of an Open Cup Final record 35,709 fans at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.
usopencup.com is the official website of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. Fans can also follow the competition on Twitter and Instagram @OpenCup and Facebook @OfficialOpenCup.
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