The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup holds its quarterfinals this week, with a match on the schedule each of the first four nights of the week.
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Need your MLS fix during this Gold Cup break? How about a Cali Clasico later this evening to whet your appetite?
San Jose Earthquakes vs. LA Galaxy -- 10:30 p.m. ET Monday
The hosts are short several players on Gold Cup duty, and LA has been good on the road in MLS play. Giovani Dos Santos’ presumed return should be enough to tip the field toward LA, but this has been anything but a predictable Galaxy squad.
Sporting KC vs. FC Dallas -- 8:30 p.m. ET Tuesday
Few MLS teams are deeper than these two, but KC’s loss of Graham Zusi, Matt Besler, and Dom Dwyer isn’t just an absence of skill, it’s an absence of grasping the value of this tournament.
Miami FC vs. FC Cincinnati -- 7:30 p.m. ET Wednesday
It’s the NASL versus the USL in a battle one league will trumpet and another will disavow by the time it ends. MFC will have to get by last round’s hero -- FCC goalkeeper Mitch Hildebrandt.
New England Revolution vs. New York Red Bulls -- 7:30 p.m. ET Thursday
Can the Revs deal with the absences of Kelyn Rowe and Juan Agudelo? There will be plenty of pressure on Lee Nguyen, Diego Fagundez, and Kei Kamara to thrive in a rematch of a fun-if-sloppy game on July 5.
