St. Louis City Claim First Trophy After Open Cup Shootout Win

St. Louis City have secured the first trophy in the club’s history, beating Columbus Crew in a penalty shootout to win the U.S. Open Cup on Wednesday.

Quick facts

St. Louis City defeated Columbus Crew in the U.S. Open Cup final.
The match was decided by penalties.
The success is St. Louis City’s first-ever club trophy.

The final went beyond normal match play before St. Louis held their nerve in the shootout against the Crew.

The Open Cup triumph gives the club its first piece of silverware and a landmark result in its history.

Marcus Chen

Marcus Chen covers world soccer for berkeleyhistoricalsociety.org — club news, transfers, and the people who drive the game from week to week. His reporting ranges across the Premier League and Champions League, Serie A, the Bundesliga and Ligue 1, plus the U.S. game and World Cup cycles. He came up on football desks at newspapers and specialist sites, where the job was simple: get the facts straight, then explain what they mean for the club and the supporters. The pieces here are written the same way — match reaction, transfer notes, interviews and features that stay close to the pitch.

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