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The 2024 Houston Dynamo season was the 19th season of the team's existence since joining Major League Soccer (MLS) prior to the 2006 season. 2024 was the second season under head coach Ben Olsen and the third season under GM Pat Onstad and technical director Asher Mendelsohn.
Houston qualified to participate in the tournament via their in MLS Cup. The Houston Dynamo won their first match against Sydney FC, before finishing in second place after their 6–1 loss to Gamba Osaka in the final match. The Dynamo were back on the pitch competing in the CONCACAF Champions' Cup (qualifying as the 2007 MLS Cup Champions).
Major League Soccer (MLS) – The top-flight of soccer in the United States, established in 1996. U.S. Open Cup (USOC) – The premier knockout cup competition in U.S. soccer, first contested in 1914. CONCACAF Champions League (CCL) – The premier competition in North American soccer since 1962. It went by the name of Champions' Cup until 2008.
In the Champions Cup knockout rounds, MLS teams have played Mexican teams more than any other country, in some years facing multiple matchups. [7] Seattle's 2013 quarter-final win over Mexico's UANL was the first time since the Champions League format began in 2008–09 that an MLS team eliminated a Mexican team in the knockout rounds. [ 8 ]
The 2024 season was the 112th season of competitive soccer in the United States. The season began with friendlies for the USMNT and USWNT in January and February. [1] The USMNT competed in the 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League, winning for the third straight time, [2] and also competed as the host of the 2024 Copa América. [3]
In the cup's 105-year history, 63 different clubs have won the tournament. [citation needed] As of 2023, teams from 18 states have won the U.S. Open Cup. [1] The winner qualifies for a berth in the CONCACAF Champions Cup, the premier club competition for North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. [1]
The United States Soccer Federation's Open Cup Committee manages both the tournament proper and the local qualification process. [2]Clubs based in the United States that play in a league that is an organization member of U.S. Soccer are generally eligible to compete for the U.S. Open Cup, so long as their league includes at least four teams and has a schedule of at least 10 matches for each club.
The 2024 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup was the 109th edition of the U.S. Open Cup, the knockout domestic cup competition of American soccer. [1] Houston Dynamo FC were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the round of 32 by Detroit City FC.