Tigres UANL Tigres UANL Club de Fútbol Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, simply referred to as Tigres UANL or Tigres, is a Mexican football club based in San Nicolás de los Garza, a city in the Monterrey metropolitan area. Founded in 1960, the club has spent most of its history in Liga MX, the top tier of the Mexican football league system. The club had their first major success in the 1975–76 season, becoming the first team from the state of Nuevo Leon to win a trophy by conquering the Copa MX. In the 1977–78, they won their first
Kitsap Pumas Pumas persuaded the Timbers and the USL to let their next regular season match against each other double as a qualification for the tournament. Kitsap beat the Timbers 3–2 as Robby Christner scored a brace while Bryan Meredith – who was drafted by Seattle Sounders FC – made a key save on a penalty kick to help the Pumas become the first PDL team to qualify for the Open Cup their first three years as an organization. The Pumas defeated the Chivas El Paso Patriots in a first round Open Cup match in penalty kicks. Goalkeeper Zac Lubin – who