Here is a quick write up about Union Omaha U.S. Open Cup draw
After waiting for what seemed like all day long the U.S Open cup announced that Union Omaha will be playing either Des Monies Menace or Med City in the second round.
The game will be hosted on April 9th at 7 pm and it will be played at not Werner Park, but at UNO’s field Caniglia Field.
So here’s a very quick preview of both teams.
*Author’s note this was all found on Wikipedia. If you want more information (shameless plug) a greater break down will be on the podcast. Give it a 5-star review and tell me you are a Chelsea fan and I will give you a shout out, or I don’t know maybe I’ll cook you dinner or something. Also don’t roast me too bad if there is a misspelling. First blog in a long time.
Des Monies Menace
Obviously the closest possible professional team to Union Omaha. A dream match-up for literally everyone. Iowa v. Nebraska. The old team v. the new team on the block. This is a match-up that everyone has been begging for since the club was even founded. People were clambering just to even get a pre-season game with these guys. But now? Now we get a game with BIG BUZZ. A cup game. At home. Not much more than what you can ask for when it comes to a match-up.
A little bit about them founded in 1996, an established team that has made it to at least their conference semi-finals every single year since 2013. Also in last year’s 2019 U.S. Open cup they made it to the second round and lost to St. Louis FC in what looks to be a thrilling game losing to them in penalty kicks.
A team that has been very tough to beat, and could be very tough to handle for Union Omaha if they beat Med City and come to Omaha.
Med City
To be honest, I don’t know anything about this team, so legit everything I know about them is straight from their Wikipedia page.
Founded in 2017, and located in Rochester Minnesota they are in the NPSL Midwest Region’s North Conference.
That’s all that they hand on their Wiki page, so after that, it’s all up to you.
You can find out more about them on their very nice website https://www.medcityfc.com/
Some additional things that I found out are that they finished 2nd in the North Conference last year going 7-0-3. They could be very sneaky and might actually be able to give the heavy favorite Des Monies Menace a tough game.
My first takeaway is that we should be able to win this game who ever we play. We are taking on a team that is in a lower division at home. This could be a much-needed tune-up game for us, that could help build the team for the rest of the year. Giving them confidence and helping propel us in League One.
But even though there is snow on the ground and freezing cold temperatures all throughout the week. It’s hard not to look forward to warm summer days watching Union Omaha is hosting U.S Open cup games like this, and fighting for a playoff spot in USL 1.
*I’m new to the blogging game but if I was savvier I would insert a GIF here saying “Soon”
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