The Blue Statement · May 24, 2018
Sporting KC to face Real Salt Lake in Open Cup
Defending Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Champions Sporting Kansas City will travel to face Real Salt Lake June 6th at 9 p.m. CT. The fourth round groups and match-ups were unveiled Thursday.
Major League Soccer teams entered in the fourth round of the Open Cup and Sporting KC was grouped with fellow MLS side Real Salt Lake and Colorado Rapids and future MLS expansion team Nashville SC currently playing in the USL.
The Open Cup match will create some congestion for most teams including Sporting KC. The game in Salt Lake falsl in between a home game versus Minnesota United on June 3rd and a road match at Portland on June 9th.