What do you need to know for the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup?

You need to have the Adobe Flash Player to view this content. Please click here to continue. It's that time of year again, when the MLS schedule takes a brief pause and we start the second competition of the year—the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. We know you have a lot of questions, like "what is it?" and the like, so fire away.

So what is it?

Dating to 1914, the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup is the oldest cup competition in the United States and is among the oldest in the world. Open to all affiliated amateur and professional clubs in the United States, the annual U.S. Open Cup is a single-elimination tournament. This is the 103rd edition. The fun thing is that you get to play teams outside MLS, like…