History comes home as St Louis City top Columbus Crew to win US Open Cup
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Title is club’s first-ever since 2023 founding St Louis clubs have won 11 Open Cups all-time Daniel Edelman nets winner in 5-4 win on penalties For much of the 20th century, winning the US Open Cup required a team to beat someone from St Louis.
The Gateway City was home to many of the nation’s best teams during some ramshackle eras of soccer in the United States, with six different clubs combining for 10 trophy lifts. The most recent came in 1988, when St Louis Busch Seniors beat San Francisco-based Greek-American AC in the last throes of a tournament history dominated by amateur and semi-pro teams. MLS has won every Open Cup but one since starting play in 1996, and St Louis didn’t have an MLS club until 2023. From the beginning, club figures spoke…
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