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.

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.