US Open Cup - Semi final round-ups and reactions

So, after improbable USL Pro team runs, last minute Chivas heroics and Cal FC fairytales, the US Open Cup went back to the script. Seattle Sounders made their fourth consecutive US Open Cup Final, having won the previous three, where they will face a Sporting Kansas City side so determined to land some silverware of their own that they have outbid perennial Cup Final hosts, Seattle, for the right to home field advantage on August 8th.