2013 U.S. Open Cup qualification

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The 2013 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 2013 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.

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 2012 and will conclude in March 2013. These teams will complete the 64-team field in the U.S. Open Cup.

League

National Premier Soccer League

In addition to the two teams from the West qualifying tournament, the following NPSL teams also qualified: [1]

The Erie Admirals, 2012 Great Lakes Division regular season champions, were expected to join but declined citing a variety of reasons. AFC Cleveland as the division's playoff champion was next in line but also declined. Rather than giving the Open Cup berth to the division's third choice, Detroit City FC, they awarded the berth to the club that had the best overall record among the remaining teams league wide (excluding Western Conference), which was the Brooklyn Italians. [1]

NPSL Western Conference Northern Division qualifying tournament

All five teams of the 2013 Northern Division competed in the qualifying tournament with Real San Jose, San Francisco Stompers, and Sonoma County Sol receiving first round byes. [1] [2]

First Round - March 9 Semifinals - March 16 Final - March 23
         
Sacramento Gold 2
Real San Jose 0
Sacramento Gold 3
CD Aguiluchos USA 0
Sonoma County Sol 1
Sacramento Gold 5
San Francisco Stompers 2
Sonoma County Sol 5

Matches

[2] [3] [4]

NPSL Western Conference Southern Division qualifying tournament

All six teams of the 2013 Southern Division competed in the qualifying tournament with FC Santa Clarita and San Diego Flash receiving first round byes. [1] [2]

First Round - March 17 Semifinals - March 23, 24 Final - March 30
San Diego Flash 4
Orange County Spartans 12 San Diego Boca 2
San Diego Boca 0 San Diego Flash 0
FC Hasental 2
FC Santa Clarita 1
FC Hasental FC Hasental 2
Las Vegas Stallions 2
  1. Orange County Spartans forfeited due to improper player registration
  2. Las Vegas Stallions forfeited due to improper player registration

Matches

[2] [3] [4]

March 17, 2013Match 1 FC Hasental v Las Vegas Stallions
Las Vegas Stallions forfeited due to improper player registration [3]
March 17, 2013Match 2 Orange County Spartans 2-0 San Diego Boca
Orange County Spartans forfeited due to improper player registration [3]
March 23, 2013Match 3 FC Santa Clarita 1-2 FC Hasental Santa Clarita, California
Stadium: Canyon High School
March 24, 2013Match 4 San Diego Flash 4-2 San Diego Boca San Diego, California
17:00 PDT UTC−7 Stadium: Del Norte High School
March 30, 2013Match 5 San Diego Flash 1-2 FC Hasental San Diego, California
17:00 PDT UTC−7 Stadium: Del Norte High School

USASA

The top 2 finishers in each region will qualify directly to the U.S. Open Cup tournament proper.

Region I

Region II

Region III

Region IV

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US Club Soccer

The USCS qualifying tournament consists of 2 groups with the top two finishers moving on to a single elimination bracket, with the winner qualifying for the 2013 U.S. Open Cup play-in round. [5]

Group A

TeamPtsPldWLDGFGAGD
San Ramon SC93300110+11
Capital FC63210115+6
North Coast Tsunami 3312037-4
Southern Oregon Fuego 03030013-13
March 16, 2013 Capital FC 0 - 3 San Ramon SC
March 16, 2013 North Coast Tsunami 1 - 0 Southern Oregon Fuego
March 23, 2013 Southern Oregon Fuego 0 - 5 San Ramon SC
March 24, 2013 Capital FC 4 - 2 North Coast Tsunami
March 29, 2013 San Ramon SC 3 - 0 North Coast Tsunami
March 30, 2013 Southern Oregon Fuego 0 - 7 Capital FC

Group B

TeamPtsPldWLDGFGAGD
Fresno Fuego Future73201633
Los Gatos Storm63210633
Stanislaus United2301256-1
Bullard United1302127-5
March 16, 2013 Fresno Fuego Future 1 - 0 Los Gatos Storm
March 17, 2013 Los Gatos Storm 3 - 2 Stanislaus United
March 22, 2013 Bullard United 0 - 3 Los Gatos Storm
March 24, 2013 Stanislaus United 2 - 2 Fresno Fuego Future
March 27, 2013 Fresno Fuego Future 3 - 1 Bullard United
March 30, 2013 Bullard United 1 - 1 Stanislaus United

Knock-Out Round

Semifinals Final
      
San Ramon SC 1/0 +
Los Gatos Storm1/2 +
Los Gatos Storm 1
Fresno Fuego Future5
Capital FC 2
Fresno Fuego Future10

+ The San Ramon SC/Los Gatos Storm semifinal was suspended 1–1 in extra time due to a power failure which caused the lights to go out at the stadium. The match was replayed on April 21.

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