Amateur Barons play United in their biggest game everOCEAN CITY - When the Ocean City Barons pull up to the SoccerPlex in Boyds, Md., on Tuesday, they aren't going to think about how they are facing a Major League Soccer team.
Or that this is the biggest game in Barons history.
Or that it is a great opportunity to get scouted by professional teams.
Not even that this could be a once-in-a-lifetime chance for some of them.
Unless someone reminds them, of course.
The Barons face MLS' D.C. United at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. The Open Cup is the oldest soccer tournament in the country, having started in 1914. It pits teams affiliated with the United States Soccer Federation against each other, with low-level minor-league teams getting the opportunity to play professionals.
The US OPEN creates the "Hoosiers" of soccer every year. This is another example. Personally, I hope for another upset. It has happened before. A men's league team from Dallas knocked out the USL's Miami FC. then Chivas USA from MLS, before losing to the LA Galaxy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_Roma_F.C.
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