The Kansas City Wizards announced today that the team will play fellow
MLS side Colorado Rapids on Tuesday, April 13th at 7:30 p.m. CT in a
qualifying game for the 2010 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. The game will
take place at the Stanley H. Durwood Stadium on the campus of the
University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC), which is located at the
intersection of Cherry Street and East 51st Street.
Because the
match must have a winner, in the event of a tie the match will go to
two 15-minute overtime periods. If the match remains tied after
overtime, penalty kicks will be used to determine a winner. The winner
of this game will advance in the U.S. Open Cup qualification process to
play the winner of a three-team pool that includes the New England
Revolution, New York Red Bulls and Philadelphia Union at a date to be
determined in May. The winner of that game will then enter into the
round of 16 in the U.S. Open Cup.
Wizards season ticket
holders and UMKC students, staff and faculty will be able to purchase
tickets for $10, and tickets will be available to the general public
for $15 each. Tickets will go on sale this Friday morning at 10 a.m.
CT, and can be purchased at www.ticketmaster.com/opencup
or by calling the Wizards at (913) 387-3413. Stanley H. Durwood Stadium
has approximately 1,000 stadium and bleacher seats, so fans are
encouraged to buy early to make sure they get the best seats available.
Standing-room only/grass berm seats will also be made available after
all of the stadium and bleacher seats are sold.
Parking for the
event will be available in the garage located on Cherry Street, right
across from the stadium. Parking is free, and will be available on a
first-come, first-serve basis.
The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup is
the oldest soccer competition in the United States, having started in
1914 as the National Challenge Cup. Today, the competition involves
teams from all levels of the American soccer pyramid, from semi-pro
sides in the United States Adult Soccer Association (USASA) to teams in
Major League Soccer.
The Kansas City Wizards’ 2009 run in the
cup was cut short in the quarterfinals with a 1-0 away loss to Seattle
Sounders FC. The team suffered a similar fate in 2008, falling 6-5 in a
penalty kick shootout to the then-USL1 Seattle Sounders in the
quarterfinals.
The Wizards have won the U.S. Open Cup once,
defeating the Chicago Fire 1-0 in 2004 at Arrowhead Stadium off an
overtime goal from Russian forward Igor Simutenkov.
