CBS SPORTS CONTINUES U.S. OPEN CUP COVERAGE WITH EXPANDED WHIP-AROUND SHOW FOR THIS WEEK’S ROUND OF 32
All Games to Stream Live on Paramount+, with Three Matches Each Airing on CBS Sports Network and CBS Sports Golazo Network;
Wednesday Whip-Around Program “The Golazo Show” to Highlight Every Goal from Every Match on CBS Sports Golazo Network
ATLANTA (May 5, 2025) – CBS Sports continues its coverage of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup with a special edition of The Golazo Show, a whip-around program highlighting every goal from every match this Wednesday, May 7, beginning at 7 p.m. ET and airing for free exclusively on CBS Sports Golazo Network.
The Open Cup forges on Tuesday and Wednesday nights with 16 contests from coast to coast comprising the Round of 32. Each match – five on Tuesday and 11 on Wednesday – will feature a participant from Division I Major League Soccer entering the competition on immediate upset alert against Third Round victors representing the USL Championship (Div. II), MLS NEXT Pro (Div. III), and USL League One (Div. III).
The entire Round of 32 slate – and every match onward to the tournament Final – will stream live on Paramount+. Six of those Third Round contests will also be simulcast via additional platforms; fans can watch three matches for free on CBS Sports Golazo Network, while three more contests will air on CBS Sports Network. The full broadcast schedule for the Round of 32 can be found below.
CBS Sports’ Open Cup presence will be bolstered across both days with studio shows. Tuesday’s coverage begins with CBS Sports Golazo Matchday on Tuesday at 9 p.m. ET, a 30-minute show dissecting the competition’s biggest moments of the day on Paramount+ and CBS Sports Golazo Network. Coverage continues Wednesday with The Golazo Show and a 30-minute recap show at 10 p.m. ET on Paramount+ and CBS Sports Golazo Network. Nico Cantor will host The Golazo Show on Wednesday, while Aly Trost Martin will host studio coverage alongside analysts Charlie Davies, Mike Grella, Ian Joy and Tony Meola across both days.
Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Broadcast Schedule – Round of 32
Tuesday, May 6 (all times ET)
D.C. United vs. Charleston Battery | 7:00 PM | Paramount+
North Carolina FC vs. Charlotte FC | 7:00 PM | Paramount+ & CBS Sports Golazo Network
Nashville SC vs. Chattanooga Red Wolves SC | 8:00 PM | Paramount+
CBS Sports Golazo Matchday | 9:00 PM | Paramount+ & CBS Sports Golazo Network
Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC vs. New York Red Bulls | 9:30 PM | Paramount+ & CBS Sports Golazo Network
Tacoma Defiance vs. Portland Timbers | 10:00 PM | Paramount+ & CBS Sports Network
Wednesday, May 7 (all times ET)
Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC vs. New York City FC | 7:00 PM | Paramount+ & CBS Sports Network
The Golazo Show | 7:00 PM | CBS Sports Golazo Network
Philadelphia Union vs. Indy Eleven | 7:30 PM | Paramount+
Louisville City FC vs. Minnesota United | 7:30 PM | Paramount+
Rhode Island FC vs. New England Revolution | 7:30 PM | Paramount+
Tampa Bay Rowdies vs. Orlando City | 7:30 PM | Paramount+
Chicago Fire FC vs. Detroit City FC | 8:00 PM | Paramount+
FC Dallas vs. AV Alta FC | 8:00 PM | Paramount+
St. Louis City SC vs. Union Omaha | 8:00 PM | Paramount+
Austin FC vs. El Paso Locomotive | 8:30 PM | Paramount+
CBS Sports Golazo Matchday | 10:00 PM | Paramount+ & CBS Sports Golazo Network
Phoenix Rising vs. Houston Dynamo FC | 10:00 PM | Paramount+ & CBS Sports Network
San Jose Earthquakes vs. Sacramento Republic FC | 10:30 PM | Paramount+ & CBS Sports Golazo Network
In addition to full matches and highlights, CBS Sports’ coverage will include studio programming on CBS Sports Golazo Network and the creation of ancillary content beyond games which will focus on markets and clubs in the competition, as well as the tournament’s rich history as the oldest ongoing national soccer competition in the United States. CBS Sports will also provide additional Open Cup editorial coverage on CBSSports.com, the Golazo Starting XI newsletter and across its @GolazoAmerica and @CBSSportsGolazo social accounts.
About the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup
Now in its 110th edition, the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup has crowned U.S. Soccer’s national champion since 1914. The history-filled tournament is conducted on a single-game-knockout basis and is open to professional and amateur teams affiliated with U.S. Soccer. In 1999, the oldest ongoing national soccer competition in the U.S. was renamed to honor American soccer pioneer Lamar Hunt.
The 2025 U.S. Open Cup winner will earn a berth in the 2026 Concacaf Champions Cup and have its name engraved on the Dewar Challenge Trophy – one of the oldest nationally contested trophies in American team sports – now on permanent display at the National Soccer Hall of Fame in Frisco, Texas. The 2025 tournament features a total purse worth $1 million that includes a $600,000 award for the champion.
Los Angeles Football Club of MLS is the defending Champion. The 109th edition of the tournament concluded on September 25, 2024, with LAFC beating four-time Champions Sporting Kansas City 3-1 at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles to become Open Cup Champions for the first time.
