{"id":560988,"date":"2026-04-02T22:31:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T22:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/560988\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T22:31:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T22:31:08","slug":"st-louis-city-sc-to-play-fc-tulsa-in-u-s-open-cup-match-at-energizer-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/560988\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Louis CITY SC to Play FC Tulsa in U.S. Open Cup Match at Energizer Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CITY SC\u00a0begins its quest\u00a0for\u00a0an 11th Open Cup championship,\u00a0facing USL Championship side FC Tulsa\u00a0on\u00a0Wednesday,\u00a0April 15 at 7 p.m. CT, streaming on Paramount+.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One of the most historic soccer competitions in the world is returning to Energizer Park\u00a0for another\u00a0year.\u00a0A\u00a0tournament steeped in tradition, the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup is the oldest ongoing soccer competition in the United States, giving clubs from every level of the American soccer ecosystem a shot at\u00a0winning a trophy.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are all\u00a0in on\u00a0the Open Cup.\u00a0 We know how important the Open Cup is for this club and for the city,\u00a0given its longstanding history in St. Louis,\u00a0and\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0a tournament we\u00a0take seriously as a group,\u201d\u00a0Head Coach\u00a0Yoann\u00a0Damet said.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s\u00a0a great\u00a0opportunity\u00a0for us to\u00a0compete\u00a0for silverware and continue building our identity in\u00a0a\u00a0tournament-style\u00a0competition. FC Tulsa will be a good challenge, and our\u00a0focus is on our preparation and making\u00a0sure we\u00a0represent\u00a0the club, the fans, and the city with our performance.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>FC Tulsa,\u00a0which\u00a0competes in the USL Championship, will be making their first ever visit to Energizer Park.\u00a0Through their first four matches of the USL regular season, FC Tulsa is 1-1-2, with its only win\u00a0coming at\u00a0home against Las Vegas Lights FC.\u00a0Tulsa\u00a0faced San Antonio FC in the second round of the U.S. Open Cup\u00a0on April 1, winning 1-0.\u00a0FC Tulsa was founded in 2013 and\u00a0has\u00a0competed in the USL Championship for 13 seasons,\u00a0most recently winning the USL Western Conference Championship title last season.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>CITY SC made its U.S. Open Cup debut against Union Omaha in 2023, delivering a commanding 5-1 victory at Energizer Park in front of a sold-out stadium,\u00a0setting a record for attendance in a Third Round Open Cup match.\u00a0Now, fans will once again\u00a0have the opportunity to\u00a0witness\u00a0the thrill of sudden-death soccer in one of the country\u2019s premier venues.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>General admission tickets for the match are on sale now at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/seatgeek.com\/st-louis-city-sc-tickets\/mls\/2026-04-14-3-30-am\/18102871\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.seatgeek.com.<\/a>\u00a0Fans can expect a dynamic matchday experience at Energizer Park, with special activations and in-stadium programming celebrating CITY SC\u2019s role in the broader U.S. soccer landscape\u00a0and highlighting\u00a0the unique energy of knockout competition under the\u00a0stadium\u00a0lights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CITY SC\u00a0begins its quest\u00a0for\u00a0an 11th Open Cup championship,\u00a0facing USL Championship side FC Tulsa\u00a0on\u00a0Wednesday,\u00a0April 15 at 7 p.m. CT,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":560989,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,831,3,34541,1599,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-560988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-featured","tag-news","tag-stadium","tag-team","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/560989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}