2012 U.S. Open Cup qualification

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The 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup tournament proper features teams from all five tiers of men's soccer of the American Soccer Pyramid.

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For the 2012 tournament, all American-based teams from the top two tiers, Major League Soccer and the North American Soccer League, will earns berths into the third and second round propers of the tournament, respectively. Thus making it the first time in six years that all first and second division teams automatically qualify into the tournament.

For the third, fourth and fifth tiers of the pyramid, a series of qualification and state tournaments are held to determine the berths into the tournament. Most states began their qualification in October or November 2011 and will conclude in March 2012. These teams, will complete the 64 team field in the U.S. Open Cup.

USL Premier Development League

Previously, the berths in the USL Premier Development League were determined by each divisional leader after a select number of PDL regular season matches. For 2012, the PDL was allocated 16 berths, up from eight. Additionally, US Soccer required that all berths be determined by May 5. Therefore, the league decided that 4 clubs from each conference would qualify based on the results from 2011. The top 2 US based clubs from each division in the Central, Southern, and Western conference would qualify. For the Eastern Conference the qualifiers were the top team from each of the three divisions and a "wildcard" from the remaining teams – the team with the most points from the regular season.

Since the 1st place team, Thunder Bay Chill, in the Heartland Division is a Canadian club, Real Colorado Foxes qualified for the US Open Cup even though they did not participate in the 2011 playoffs. Likewise, since the 2nd place team in the Northwest Division, Victoria Highlanders, and the 3rd place team, Vancouver Whitecaps Residency, are both Canadian clubs, the 4th place team Portland Timbers U23's qualified. The Eastern conference runner-up, Jersey Express, did not qualify for the Cup.

TeamConferenceDivision2011 Division Place2011 Playoff results
Michigan Bucks CentralGreat LakesChampionConference Runner-up
Chicago Fire Premier CentralGreat LakesRunner-upConference Semi-finalist
Des Moines Menace CentralHeartlandRunner-upConference Semi-finalist
Real Colorado Foxes CentralHeartlandThirdDid Not Participate
Long Island Rough Riders EasternMid AtlanticChampionConference Champion
Carolina Dynamo EasternSouth AtlanticChampionConference Semi-finalist
GPS Portland Phoenix EasternNortheastChampionQualified
Reading United A.C. EasternMid AtlanticRunner-upQualified
Laredo Heat SouthernMid SouthChampionConference Champion, League Runner-up
El Paso Patriots SouthernMid SouthRunner-upConference Semi-finalist
Mississippi Brilla SouthernSoutheastChampionConference Runner-up
Orlando City U-23 SouthernSoutheastRunner-upConference Semi-finalist
Kitsap Pumas WesternNorthwestChampionConference Champion, League Champion
Portland Timbers U23's WesternNorthwestFourthDid Not Participate
Fresno Fuego WesternSouthwestChampionConference Runner-up
Ventura County Fusion WesternSouthwestChampionConference Semi-finalist

National Premier Soccer League

Six and a half spots in the main tournament proper have been allocated to NPSL clubs. The half spot will be contested against the winner of the US Club Soccer Final in a play-in game. [1]

USASA

For the United States Adult Soccer Association, a total of nine teams will earn berths into the first round proper of the Open Cup. These nine berths will be determined through regional tournaments. The participants of these tournaments are determined through the respective region's state or subregional cup champions, which began as early as October 2011 and run through March 2012. Throughout March and April 2012, the regional cups will be played to determine regional co-champions, and the USASA's representatives into the Open Cup.

Region I

The semifinal winners, NY Greek American Atlas aka Greek American AA and Dulles Sportsplex Aegean Hawks, both qualified for the Cup. Additionally, Jersey Shore Boca, the winner of the third place match also qualified for the Cup.

Region II

Six teams were involved in the 2012 USASA Region II National Cup which also determined which 2 teams from Region II would qualify for the Cup. A blind draw determined that the winner of the Cincy Saints vs KC Athletics match would qualify for the cup; thus KC Athletics earned the first berth. A 4 team single elimination competition was played between the remaining 4 teams and the Croatian Eagles earned the second berth for Region II with two 2–0 victories.

Region III

Region 3 Men's Open Competition was held in Houston Texas at the Houston Amateur Sports Park April 27–29, 2012. Eight teams played matches in two groups with the winner of each group securing a place in the Open Cup representing Region III. [2] ASC New Stars and NTX Rayados won their group and qualified for the Cup. [3]

Region IV

U.S. Soccer gave Region IV a waiver to the qualifying deadline of April 29; [4] therefore, the U.S. Adult Soccer Association's Region IV championship tournament qualified the top team from each of 2 groups which played May 4–5. [5] PSA Elite and Cal FC won their groups and qualified for the Cup, with PSA Elite also winning the Region IV championship match on May 6 and will represent Region IV at the 2012 USASA National Cup. [6]

US Club Soccer

Stanislaus United Turlock Express of Turlock, California earned US Club Soccer's bid when they defeated the NPSL's Bay Area Ambassadors of Hayward, California in a play-in game on April 28.

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References

  1. ↑ "2012 US Open Cup qualifying: US Club Soccer tournament kicks off to decide play-in game representative". thecup.us. 11 April 2012.
  2. ↑ National Cup:US Open Cup - 2012 UPDATE Archived 2010-10-11 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Hakala, Josh (April 28, 2012). "USASA Region III tournament updates: ASC New Stars, NTX Rayados clinch US Open Cup berths". TheCup.us. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  4. ↑ Format, Composition and Schedule Finalized for 99th Edition of Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Archived 2013-05-16 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ OPEN CUP: Regional set for Ontario
  6. ↑ Hakala, Josh (May 7, 2012). "Eric Wynalda's Cal FC joins PSA Elite from Region IV to complete 2012 US Open Cup field". TheCup.us. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
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