Timbers Host Orange County SC on April 26 in Third Round of 2023 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

April 7, 2023 – Major League Soccer (MLS) – Portland Timbers News Release

PORTLAND, Ore. – The Portland Timbers will host Orange County SC in Third Round of the 2023 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup on Wednesday, April 26, at 7:30 p.m. (Pacific) at Providence Park, U.S. Soccer announced today.

Tickets for the match will be available to purchase on Wednesday, April 12 at 12 p.m. (Pacific) at www.timbers.com/tickets/. Tickets are included in Timbers Annual Memberships at no additional cost. There will be no broadcast or stream of the match.

The match marks the inaugural meeting between the Timbers and Orange County SC. In 35 U.S. Open Cup matches since entering the competition in 2004, the Timbers hold a record of 19-16, advancing to the quarterfinal round four times (2013, 2014, 2018, 2019) and the semifinal round in 2013 and 2019. The last time the club competed in the tournament, the Timbers fell 2-0 to LAFC in the Round of 32 of the tournament at Banc of California on May 10, 2022.

The Open Cup’s Third Round welcomes 18 lower-seeded Division I (MLS) clubs to the competition. Teams in the Third Round were pooled geographically and with the Div. I clubs distributed as evenly as possible among the groups. All Div. I sides will be drawn to face a Second Round winner and not another Division I club.

In its 108th edition, the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup – U.S. Soccer’s National Championship – has crowned a champion since 1914 in every year except 2020 and 2021. The history-filled tournament is conducted on a single-game-knockout basis and open to all professional and amateur teams affiliated with U.S. Soccer. In 1999, the oldest ongoing national soccer competition in the United States was renamed to honor American soccer pioneer Lamar Hunt.

The 2023 U.S. Open Cup winner will earn $300,000 in prize money, a berth in the 2024 Concacaf Champions League and have its name engraved on the Dewar Challenge Trophy – one of the oldest nationally-contested trophies in American team sports – now on permanent display at the National Soccer Hall of Fame in Frisco, Texas. The runner-up will earn $100,000, while the team that advances the furthest from each lower division will take home a $25,000 cash prize.

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