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El Farolito: The Burrito Club Beating Pro Teams in Cinderella U.S. Open Cup Run

El Farolito are the U.S. Open Cup Cinderlla story for a second straight season | Courtesy of Favian Renkel

The U.S. Open Cup might not have the grandeur of England’s FA Cup, but the oldest soccer competition in the United States certainly has some great Cinderella stories––and a burrito shop tie-in.

On Tuesday, El Farolito SC, a mostly amateur side in San Francisco, defeated fully professional Monterey Bay FC, a club playing in the second-division USL Championship, one step below MLS. 

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