US Open Cup Round One mailbag
Leave questions in the comments section and we will answer them soon as we can
The interest in US Open Cup this year has blown me away the first few days of this year’s competition. As our domestic Soccer culture grows and more and more independent clubs pop up on the grassroots level, interest in this tournament continues to grow.
Leave questions or comments about first round action or the tournament in general below in the comment section and we will post within a couple of days.
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Hope you can indulge a few questions here, Kartik! Thanks!
1. how is U.S. Open Cup game revenue -tickets, concessions, broadcast fees- split between the visiting and home sides? Is there an easy way to track the attendance at each of these games?
2. Does U.S. Soccer issue a bit of money for visiting sides for travel expenses?
3. Have you received off- or on-the-record feedback from USL or NISA officials about how they feel the first round went? I know Sen. Bernie Sanders has already positively weighed in on social media!
4. Any talk about a women's U.S. Open Cup in the future? Such as between the NWSL and USL SuperLeague?
There’s been talk for decades about the U.S. adopting a European calendar for its seasons but now that MLS (and USL) is committed to a February to late November/December schedule do you think the likes of USL-2 and UPSL will start earlier and finish later to help them in the Open Cup?