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Sporting KC Wins Major League Soccer's U.S. Open Cup

By Greg Echlin
Published September 21, 2017 at 2:10 PM CDT
Sporting KC fans and players celebrate after the team won the U.S. Open Cup. (Photo by Greg Echlin)
Sporting KC fans and players celebrate after the team won the U.S. Open Cup. (Photo by Greg Echlin)

Sporting Kansas City laid claim to the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup last (WED) night by defeating the New York Red Bulls, 2-1.  KPR’s Greg Echlin reports.

All Sporting KC fans are invited to attend the U.S. Open Cup Championship Party and Medal Ceremony on Friday at the Kansas City Live! Block in the Power & Light District.  The event is free and open to supporters of all ages, celebrating Sporting Kansas City’s victory over the New York Red Bulls in Wednesday’s Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final at Children’s Mercy Park.

        

 

 
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Greg Echlin
Greg Echlin is the sports reporter for KPR and KCUR. Ever since he set foot on the baseball diamond at Fernwood Park on Chicago's South Side, Greg Echlin began a love affair with the world of sports. After graduating from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, he worked as a TV sports anchor and a radio sportscaster in Salina, Kansas. He moved to Kansas City in 1984 and has been there since covering sports. Through the years, he has covered multiple Super Bowls, Final Fours and Major League Baseball's World Series and All-Star games. With his high metabolism rate, Greg is able to enjoy a good meal and stay slim when he's not running around on the sports scene. He loves desserts, even making them. Cheesecakes, pies and parfaits are the most common around the Echlin household.
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