Houston Dynamo storm to US Open Cup title but is the trophy a consolation prize?

As the gap between the haves and the have-nots grows wider in MLS, the US Open Cup may be some clubs’ best chance of silverware

This, after all, is the point: podiums and fireworks and a big shiny trophy and players sinking to their knees at the final whistle, one face down in frustration, the other aiming index fingers skywards in a gesture of thanks to his deity.

Losers trudging off the grass to be swallowed by the tunnel while winners cavort under the floodlights. One coach declaring himself “heartbroken” in a press conference as the party gets started next door and the fizzy stuff spatters lockers cocooned with protective plastic.

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