05.28.2008 10:21 am

St. Louis Lions make U.S. Open Cup

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Not since the start of MLS changed the look of the tournament has a team from St. Louis taken part in the U.S. Open Cup, but Tony Glavin’s St. Louis Lions qualified over the weekend. The full draw hasn’t been held yet, but the Lions have been told they will start play against the Minnesota Thunder of USL-1 on June 10 in Blaine, Minn., (outside of Minneapolis) at 7 p.m. Who they might play in subsequent rounds — including what MLS team is in their part of the bracket — hasn’t been determined.

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Congrats to the Lions and good luck against the Thunder. It would be amazing if the Lions were able to get a cup draw in St. Louis.

— sirfallsalot_2000

1:51 pm May 29th, 2008

Who plays on the Lions?

— PAL

4:03 pm May 31st, 2008

Roster on the USL site:
http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2008/roster/4069049.html

Looks like the Lions official site needs some updating … still lists the 2007 roster …
http://www.stllions.com/Team%20Roster2.htm

— number2shirt

12:29 pm June 2nd, 2008

The Lions are out of the Open Cup after a 4-1 loss at Minnesota last night …

http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/255640.html

St Louis Lions 1 :: 4 Minnesota Thunder
MIN: Melvin Tarley (Stephen deRoux)
MIN: Ricardo Sanchez (Brian Kallman) 57
STL: Tommy Heinemann (Kyle Patterson) 79
MIN: Melvin Tarley (Dayton O’Brien) 80
MIN: Aaron Paye (Dayton O’Brien) 89
Cautions
STL: Sam Gelvin 45, Deno Merrick 45, Tommy Heinemann 70
MIN: Dan O’Brien 88

— number2shirt

12:12 pm June 11th, 2008

I listened to the game on the Internet last night, so my view is skewed by what the broadcasters said. They were saying that the Thunder looked to be in better shape than the Lions — the goals at the end of each half are indicative of that — but the Lions gave them a good game that was closer than the final score. It was a 2-1 game at the 79-minute mark and looked as if it would be a tight finish before Minnesota scored right away to put it away.

— Tom Timmermann

4:03 pm June 11th, 2008