After being forced to cancel last year’s U.S. Open Cup tournament, thus breaking a 106-year streak, the U.S. Soccer Federation is planning to stage a smaller, more compressed tournament this year. It will feature 24 entrants playing from May 4-5 through to the final on June 29-30.
The tournament will comprise five rounds, with 16 clubs from the lower divisions of American soccer facing off in the first. The first-round survivors will move on to the round of 16, where eight MLS teams will be waiting. The competition’s winner will earn a spot in the 2022 Concacaf Champions League.