U.S. OPEN CUP: By the numbers

0

Titles the MetroStars have won in their eight seasons in MLS.

3

Titles the Chicago Fire have won in its six years in MLS: one MLS title (1998) and two Open Cups (1999 and 2000).

5-0-0

Record of MLS home teams in the U.S. Open Cup final.

7

U.S. Open Cup titles by Chicago teams: Chicago Sparta A.A (1938, 1940), Chicago Vikings (1946), Chicago Falcons (1953), Chicago AAC Eagles (1990), Chicago Fire (1998, 2000).

31

Years since a Northern New Jersey team has played in the U.S. Open Cup final. The MetroStars are the first team to reach the U.S. Open Cup final since SC Elizabeth beat San Pedro (Calif.) Yugoslavs, 1-0, in 1972.

31,000

Attendance for the two-game series at New York's Polo Grounds and Chicago's Soldier Field to decide the first-New York-Chicago U.S. Open Cup final, in 1928, between the New York Nationals and Chicago Bricklayers.