Lamar Hunt Pioneer Cup

The Lamar Hunt Pioneer Cup is a pre-season Major League Soccer game between FC Dallas and the Columbus Crew. Named after the late Lamar Hunt, one of the league's major investors and a key supporter of American soccer, this game is played between the two MLS teams owned by the Hunt Sports Group.

The inaugural edition of the Pioneer Cup was played on March 11, 2007 at Pizza Hut Park, with Columbus defeating Dallas 3-0. [cite web | last = Hunt | first = Steve | title = FC Dallas fall to Crew in Hunt tribute | publisher = FC Dallas | date = March 11, 2007 | url = http://fc.dallas.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20070311&content_id=85439&vkey=news_fcd&fext=.jsp&team=t104 | accessdatee = July 14, 2008] Proceeds from the game went to the charity Dallas SCORES. [cite web | last = Hunt | first = Steve | title = Hoops, Crew set to honor Hunt | publisher = FC Dallas | date = March 10, 2007 | url = http://fc.dallas.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20070310&content_id=85365&vkey=news_fcd&fext=.jsp&team=t104 | accessdatee = July 14, 2008]

The Pioneer Cup is the second event in American soccer named after Lamar Hunt, whose name is also given to the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

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