Watch: Reno 1868's Lamar Hunt scores classic own goal in US Open Cup

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A real vintage effort in America – but the goalkeeper will be having nightmares about this one

The US Open Cup is actually a competition with some real history; it's the oldest football competition in America.

Given the amount of amateur entrants, incidents like the below are inevitable - the cup has some giant-killing pedigree, but more often than not the minnows are outclassed.

Or they shoot themselves in the foot.

That's some of Reno 1868's finest defending. Fortunately, though, they still progressed, beating the Portland Timbers' U23 team 7-3 to advance to the next round.

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Seb Stafford-Bloor

Seb Stafford-Bloor is a football writer at Tifo Football and member of the Football Writers' Association. He was formerly a regularly columnist for the FourFourTwo website, covering all aspects of the game, including tactical analysis, reaction pieces, longer-term trends and critiquing the increasingly shady business of football's financial side and authorities' decision-making.