U.S. Open Cup officially canceled for 2021

Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images The previously scaled back and then delayed U.S. Open Cup has been canceled for 2021, U.S. Soccer announced on Tuesday. After 106 straight years of holding the event — which made it the second-longest streak in world soccer — this is the second straight year that the Covid-19 pandemic has forced the tournament’s cancellation. U.S. Soccer has vowed to bring it back next year with a revamped format and its biggest-ever field of participating teams.

Among the changes:

A revised format that will see approximately half of the 25 eligible MLS teams enter in the Third Round, one round earlier than in previous years. This move increases the number of matches across…