Houston Dynamo FC will host Real Salt Lake in the semifinals of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup at 8:30 p.m. CT on Wednesday, August 23 at Shell Energy Stadium. The venue was determined earlier today in a live draw and the full results are available here.
Ticket information will be announced at a later date. CBS Sports will have exclusive coverage of the semifinals and final, with details and platforms to be announced at a later date. Today’s draw also determined the priority for hosting the final of the tournament. Real Salt Lake received first priority to host the final, followed by Club Internacional de Fútbol Miami, FC Cincinnati and Houston. The Dynamo are not eligible to host the final.
The Dynamo reached the semifinals after a 4-1 victory on the road against Chicago Fire FC on Tuesday evening. That was the second road victory of the year for the Dynamo in the competition and the second time the team scored four goals in a single game this year.
The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup is a single-elimination tournament to determine the champion of American soccer. Teams from every level of soccer are included, from local amateur and semi-pro sides up to Major League Soccer. Founded in 1914, the Open Cup is the oldest national soccer competition in the United States and the second-oldest team championship in American sports. The 2023 tournament is the 108th edition of the competition.
The Dynamo captured the 2018 U.S. Open Cup, the club’s first title in the tournament, with a 3-0 win over the Philadelphia Union on September 26, 2018, at BBVA Compass Stadium (now Shell Energy Stadium). The Open Cup title was the third domestic championship in Dynamo history and first since the club’s back-to-back MLS Cup titles in 2006 and 2007.
