USL League Two
9 teams – based on 2024 league play
- Asheville City SC
- Ballard FC
- Corpus Christi FC
- Des Moines Menace
- Flatirons FC
- Little Rock Rangers
- Long Island Rough Riders
- Sarasota Paradise
- Ventura County Fusion
HOW’s it WORK?
As in every year of the Open Cup, all games are single-elimination. If a game’s tied at the end of 90 minutes, they’ll be two 15-minute periods of extra-time followed by a penalty shootout if needed.
The 2025 Open Cup First Round is a smorgasbord of potential Cinderella-making games, with the 32 amateur teams of the Open Division (2025 Qualifying Round survivors from USASA and UPSL and teams from NPSL and USL League Two) taking on pro clubs of Division II and III. The winners of the First Round will play each other in a Second Round consisting of 16 games.
The 16 Second Round winners will then be matched up against the 16 highest-ranked professional teams from the USL Championship in the Third Round. USL Championship Teams are seeded by conference, with the top eight clubs in each conference entering in the Third Round.
Third Round-winners will square off against the teams of Major League Soccer (MLS). There will be 16 MLS teams competing in the 2025 Open Cup – up from eight in 2024 – and they will all enter the competition in the Round of 32.
WHO’s the CHAMP?
Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC) of MLS is our defending U.S. Open Cup Champion.
