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The Charleston Battery enter the 102 year old national tournament (2nd oldest national tournament in the world behind England's FA Cup) tomorrow night in the 2nd round against Miami United of the NPSL league. Tickets are only $5 and parking is free. Below is a preview:


http://charlestonbattery.com/news/battery-host-dangerous-miami-united-fc/

The only other SC team in the tourney is the Upward Stars of the NPSL playing the USL Charlotte Independence at Winthrop's Eagle Field at 7:30. Here's a link to the US Open Cup site if you want to follow along, a great tournament that should get more press and attention.

http://thecup.us/

Agree totally about the coverage! Great tournament. I had to look up info on the Upward Stars -- didn't realize they were from Spartanburg.

http://www.upwardstarsfc.org/aboutus

Battery wins 1-0. They dominated for long stretches but just couldn't finish their many, many chances. Plus their GK made some great 1v1 saves. A Battery red card in about the 83' made for a nervous finish. They move on to the 3rd round next Wednesday when they host NASL opponent Fort Lauderdale Strikers at Blackbaud. The winner of that one will earn a date with an MLS club as they enter the fray in the 4th round.

Battery match report: http://charlestonbattery.com/news/charleston-grinds-out-1-0-usoc-win/

Stars took it on the chin 4-1, Charleston last SC team left standing in the Cup.

Match report: http://www.charlotteindependence.com/zah...in-us-open-cup/

The Battery play the Ft. Lauderdale Strikers of the NASL league (2nd division) tonight at 7:30 at Blackbaud stadium with the winner facing Orlando in the 4th round. Here's all you need to know about the match including a link to the streaming video. Also, one of the Strikers owners is Ronaldo (the Brazilian one, not the other one). Hoping he travels with the team and I'll maybe get an autograph.....I'm taking a sharpie just in case....

http://charlestonbattery.com/news/usoc-matchday-what-you-need-to-know/

After looking lost for most of the match, the Battery turn it around in the final 15' with 2 quick goals and pull out a dramatic 3-2 victory to move on to host MLS' Orlando City SC (with Kaka) in the next round on Wed, June 17.

http://charlestonbattery.com/news/battery-come-back-twice-for-3-2-cup-win/

Huge result!

Some highlights from last night's dramatic victory:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO8Ckae_yzQ

Also, side-note, the USL (3rd division) played 7 matches against the NASL (2nd division) last night and swept all 7. Goes to show that sometimes our US soccer pyramid is inverted!

USL certainly proved their mettle versus NASL last night!