The ongoing feud between Major League Soccer and organizers of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup continues as what appears to be a slow phase out of MLS teams sending their first teams to compete in America’s oldest pro-am soccer tournament is well underway.
On Wednesday, ESPN soccer reporter Jeff Carlisle tweeted that just eight MLS clubs plan to enter their first teams in the MLS portion of the tournament. There was talk previously of clubs sending their contingent of MLS Next Pro teams to vie for the trophy, which many feel and have a strong argument towards would ultimately neutralize interest since essentially you’d have amateur and
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