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Host for 2015 Open Cup Final to be Determined Tomorrow

Chicago Fire, Philadelphia Union, Real Salt Lake and Sporting Kansas City All Applied to Host; Philadelphia Hosts Chicago, and Kansas City Hosts Salt Lake in Semifinal Action on Aug. 12

U.S. Open Cup Aug 4, 2015

CHICAGO (August 4, 2015) – The draw to determine the potential host for the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final will be conducted on Wednesday, Aug. 5, at Soccer House in Chicago. The draw will be streamed live on U.S. Soccer’s YouTube channel and ussoccer.com beginning at 11 a.m. CT.

All four semifinalists have applied to host the Final. In order to determine hosting rights, individual cards containing the names of the Chicago Fire, Philadelphia Union, Real Salt Lake and Sporting Kansas City will each be placed into separate envelopes, shuffled and then selected at random. The chronological order in which the four envelopes are chosen will determine the hosting priority for the 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final.

The 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup semifinals take place on Wednesday, Aug. 12, with 2014 finalist Philadelphia Union hosting four-time champion Chicago Fire at 7:30 p.m. ET at PPL Park in Chester, Pennsylvania. Two-time U.S. Open Cup winner Sporting Kansas City hosts 2013 finalist Real Salt Lake at 7:30 p.m. CT at Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kansas.

Both matches will be shown live U.S. Soccer’s YouTube channel and ussoccer.com.

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