DC United Stunned in Open Cup

The third divi­sion Har­ris­burg City Islanders defeated MLS giants DC United 1–0 in a US Open Cup match last night. DC United played a reserve lineup and like many MLS clubs appear not to be tak­ing the Open Cup, one of the world’s old­est domes­tic cup com­pe­ti­tions seri­ously. Back in days of the NASL, the league’s clubs didn’t even com­pete in the cup, and now with the excep­tion of a few clubs most MLS teams seem to be view­ing these matches as glo­ri­fied reserve games. What a pity.