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U.S. Soccer Honors Long-Time Soccer Pioneer by Renaming Annual Tournament "Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup"

Sep. 7, 1999

CHICAGO (Tuesday, September 7, 1999) - U.S. Soccer announced today that it has renamed the 86-year-old U.S. Open Cup tournament in order to honor Lamar Hunt, a long-time soccer pioneer and current owner of Major League Soccer's Columbus Crew and Kansas City Wizards. As of this year, the tou