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2015 U.S. Open Cup qualification
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American football competition
2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup
The 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup tournament proper featured teams from all five tiers of men's soccer of the American Soccer Pyramid.
All teams from the first three levels qualify. For the fourth and fifth tiers of the pyramid, a series of qualification and state tournaments are held to determine the berths into the tournament. These teams complete the 91-team field in the U.S. Open Cup.
National Premier Soccer League (12)
On February 4, 2015, the NPSL announced 7 of the 12 NPSL sides for the US Open Cup listed below. Each of these teams was a playoff team from the previous season:http://www.npsl.info/home/860721.html 12 NPSL TEAMS TO PARTICIPATE IN 2015 LAMAR HUNT U.S. OPEN CUP - National Premier Soccer League 2015-02-05 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20150205042813/http://www.npsl.info/home/860721.html 2015-02-05
Brooklyn Italians
Chattanooga FC
GBFC Thunder
Lansing United
Miami United F.C.
Tulsa Athletics
Upward Stars
On March 20, 2015, 3 additional teams were announced leaving 2 spots to be claimed.575465615365820416 usopencup ICYMI >> @fortpittfc and... 11 March 2015
Detroit City FC
Fort Pitt FC Regiment
Virginia Beach City FC
On March 21, 2015, Sonoma County Sol qualified out of the Golden Gate Conference, leaving 1 team to qualify.
On March 22, 2015 FC Tacoma 253 became the final team to qualify.
West Region - Southwest Conference qualifying tournament
All four teams of the 2015 Southwest Conference competed in the qualifying tournament with FC Hasental and the San Diego Flash receiving first round byes.http://thecup.us/2015-us-open-cup-qualifying-one-of-three-npsl-west-tournaments-kick-off-this-weekend/ 2015 US Open Cup qualifying: One of three NPSL West tournaments kick off this weekend The Cup 2015-02-20 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150220204734/http://thecup.us/2015-us-open-cup-qualifying-one-of-three-npsl-west-tournaments-kick-off-this-weekend/ 2015-02-20
Semifinals Final 30px 160px San Diego Flash 4 Temecula FC 2 FC Hasental 0 Deportivo Coras USA 3 San Diego Flash 2 (4) Deportivo Coras USA 2 (1)
Matches
Semi-Final March 7, 2015 TBD San Diego Flash 4–2 Temecula FC Mira Mesa High School San Diego, California
Semi-Final March 7, 2015 TBD FC Hasental 0–3 Deportivo Coras USA Oak Park High School Oak Park, California
Final March 14, 2015 6:30 pm PDT San Diego Flash 2 (4)–2 (1) Deportivo Coras USA Mira Mesa High School San Diego, California
Winner advances to West Region - Conference Playoff
West Region - Northwest Conference qualifying tournament
Playoff FC Tacoma 253 2 Spartans Futbol Club 1
Final February 20, 2015 FC Tacoma 253 2–1 Spartans Futbol Club Jacobson 27 Vaughn 32 Starfire Sports Complex Tukwila, Washington
Winner advances to West Region - Conference Playoff
West Region - Conference Playoff
Playoff FC Tacoma 253 6 San Diego Flash 1
Final March 22nd 2pm PDT FC Tacoma 253 6–1 San Diego Flash Milan 9 72 pen. Shaxton 16 86 Vaughn 47 Goudley 81 Valle-Ortiz 52 pen. Memorial Stadium Seattle, Washington Raul Sheran
FC Tacoma 253 advances to Open Cup
West Region - Golden Gate Conference qualifying tournament
All five teams of the 2015 Golden Gate Conference will compete in the qualifying tournament with Sacramento Gold and Real San Jose starting off with a play-in game.
First Round Semi-Final Final Sacramento Gold 0 Real San Jose 3 Sonoma County Sol 4 Real San Jose 3 CD Aguiluchos USA 8 SF Stompers FC 1 Sonoma County Sol 2 CD Aguiluchos USA 1
Matches
1st Round March 7, 2015 Sacramento Gold 0–3 Real San Jose Christian Brothers High School Sacramento, California
Semi-Final March 14, 2015 5pm PDT Real San Jose 3–4 Sonoma County Sol Mount Pleasant High School San Jose, California
Semi-Final March 14, 2015 CD Aguiluchos USA 8–1 SF Stompers FC Raimondi Park Oakland, California
Final March 21, 2015 Sonoma County Sol 2–1 CD Aguiluchos USA Rancho Cotate High School Rohnert Park, California
Sonoma County Sol advances to Open Cup
USASA (11)
The USASA was allocated 11 qualifying spots in this years tournament.
The USASA adopted new qualification standards for the 2014 tournament citing earlier qualifying deadlines by USSF. They will now use the results from the previous calendar years tournaments to determine regional qualifiers. Region I has already adopted that their qualifiers will be the regional champion of both the USASA National Cup and the USASA US Amateur Cup. Other regions have yet to announce who they will qualify.http://thecup.us/2015-us-open-cup-qualifying-maryland-bays-ny-greek-americans-atlas-unofficially-qualify-with-usasa-region-i-titles/ 2015 US Open Cup qualifying: Maryland Bays, Greek American Atlas unofficially qualify with USASA Region I titles | The Cup thecup.us 2014-06-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20140622001632/http://thecup.us/2015-us-open-cup-qualifying-maryland-bays-ny-greek-americans-atlas-unofficially-qualify-with-usasa-region-i-titles/ 2014-06-22 dead
Region Qualification method Qualified team I Amateur Cup Regional Champion New York NY Greek-American Atlas I Open Cup Regional Champion Maryland Maryland Bays II TBD Kansas KC Athletics II TBD Wisconsin Madison Fire III Open Cup Regional Champion North Carolina Triangle Brigadehttp://thecup.us/2015-us-open-cup-qualifying-preview-two-usasa-region-iii-spots-to-be-decided-this-weekend-in-alabama/ 2015 US Open Cup qualifying preview: Two USASA Region III spots to be decided this weekend in Alabama thecup.us 2014-06-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20140622063157/http://thecup.us/2015-us-open-cup-qualifying-preview-two-usasa-region-iii-spots-to-be-decided-this-weekend-in-alabama/ 2014-06-22 dead III Open Cup Regional Runner-up Texas NTX Rayados IV Open Cup Regional Champion California Chula Vista FC IV Open Cup Regional Runner-Up California Cal FC WC TBD Massachusetts Mass Premier Soccer WC TBD California PSA Elite WC TBD Illinois RWB Adria
US Club Soccer (1)
San Francisco City FC
USSSA (1)
Tournament took place between March 13 and March 15 at the Overland Park Soccer Complex in Overland Park, Kansas.http://thecup.us/2015-us-open-cup-qualifying-colorado-rovers-to-defend-usssa-title-in-march-with-open-cup-berth-on-line/ 22015 US Open Cup qualifying: Colorado Rovers to defend USSSA title in March with Open Cup berth on line thecup.us 2015-01-24 6 teams participated for one spot in the US Open Cup. The following teams competed. Colorado Rovers S.C.(Golden, CO), KC Athletics (Prairie View, KS), Monaco F.C. (Denver, CO), Colorado Sporting Premier (Auorora, CO), ASC Newstars (Houston, TX), Harpo's F.C.(Boulder, CO)USSSA National Bracket https://www.htgsports.net/scoring/schedulet.aspx?EventID=2816
The KC Athletics and Harpo's FC advanced to the final with KC winning 3–1. However, Harpo's FC advanced as well as KC to the US Open Cup due to KC Athletics having already qualified through USASA Region 2. They would again meet in the preliminary round of the Open Cup, with Harpo's FC advancing with a 2–1 victory.
References
External links
U.S. Soccer Federation
TheCup.us - Unofficial U.S. Open Cup News
Qualification
2015