2015 U.S. Open Cup qualification

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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.

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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: [1]

On March 20, 2015, 3 additional teams were announced leaving 2 spots to be claimed. [2]

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. [3]

Semifinals Final
      
San Diego Flash 4
Temecula FC 2
San Diego Flash 2 (4)
Deportivo Coras USA 2 (1)
FC Hasental 0
Deportivo Coras USA 3

Matches

Winner advances to West Region - Conference Playoff

West Region - Northwest Conference qualifying tournament

Playoff
   
FC Tacoma 253 2
Spartans Futbol Club 1
February 20, 2015Final FC Tacoma 253 2–1 Spartans Futbol Club Tukwila, Washington
Jacobson Soccerball shade.svg27'
Vaughn Soccerball shade.svg32'		Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex

Winner advances to West Region - Conference Playoff

West Region - Conference Playoff

Playoff
   
FC Tacoma 253 6
San Diego Flash 1
March 22ndFinal FC Tacoma 253 6–1 San Diego Flash Seattle, Washington
2pm PDT Milan Soccerball shade.svg9', 72' (pen.)
Shaxton Soccerball shade.svg16', 86'
Vaughn Soccerball shade.svg47'
Goudley Soccerball shade.svg81'		 Valle-Ortiz Soccerball shade.svg52' (pen.)Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Referee: 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. [3]

First Round Semi-Final Final
         
Sonoma County Sol 4
Real San Jose 3
Sacramento Gold 0
Real San Jose 3
Sonoma County Sol 2
CD Aguiluchos USA 1
CD Aguiluchos USA 8
SF Stompers FC 1

Matches

March 14, 2015Semi-Final Real San Jose 3–4 Sonoma County Sol San Jose, California
5pm PDTStadium: Mount Pleasant High School
March 14, 2015Semi-Final CD Aguiluchos USA 8–1 SF Stompers FC Oakland, California
Stadium: Raimondi Park

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. [4]

RegionQualification methodQualified team
IAmateur Cup Regional Champion Flag of New York.svg NY Greek-American Atlas [4]
IOpen Cup Regional Champion Flag of Maryland.svg Maryland Bays [4]
IITBD Flag of Kansas.svg KC Athletics
IITBD Flag of Wisconsin.svg Madison Fire
IIIOpen Cup Regional Champion Flag of North Carolina.svg Triangle Brigade [5]
IIIOpen Cup Regional Runner-up Flag of Texas.svg NTX Rayados [5]
IVOpen Cup Regional Champion Flag of California.svg Chula Vista FC
IVOpen Cup Regional Runner-Up Flag of California.svg Cal FC
WCTBD Flag of Massachusetts.svg Mass Premier Soccer
WCTBD Flag of California.svg PSA Elite
WCTBD Flag of Illinois.svg 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. [6] 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) [7]

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.

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References

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  2. ↑ @usopencup (March 11, 2015). "ICYMI >> @fortpittfc and..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. 1 2 "2015 US Open Cup qualifying: One of three NPSL West tournaments kick off this weekend | The Cup". Archived from the original on 2015-02-20. Retrieved 2015-02-20.
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  5. 1 2 "2015 US Open Cup qualifying preview: Two USASA Region III spots to be decided this weekend in Alabama". thecup.us. Archived from the original on 2014-06-22. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
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  7. ↑ "USSSA National Bracket".
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