2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup qualification

Main article: 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

The 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup tournament proper will feature 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 will 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 20th, 3 additional teams were announced leaving 2 spots to be claimed. ^[2]

On March 21st, Sonoma County Sol qualified out of the Golden Gate Conference, leaving 1 team to qualify.

On March 22nd 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

March 7, 2015 Semi-Final	San Diego Flash	4–2	Temecula FC	San Diego, California
TBD				Stadium: Mira Mesa High School

March 7, 2015 Semi-Final	FC Hasental	0–3	Deportivo Coras USA	Oak Park, California
TBD				Stadium: Oak Park High School

March 14, 2015 Final	San Diego Flash	2 (4)–2 (1)	Deportivo Coras USA	San Diego, California
6:30 pm PDT				Stadium: Mira Mesa High School

Winner advances to West Region - Conference Playoff

West Region - Northwest Conference Qualifying Tournament

	Playoff


	FC Tacoma 253		2

	Spartans Futbol Club		1

February 20, 2015 Final	FC Tacoma 253	2–1	Spartans Futbol Club	Tukwila, Washington
	Jacobson 27' Vaughn 32'			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 22nd Final	FC Tacoma 253	6–1	San Diego Flash	Seattle, Washington
2pm PDT	Milan 9', 72' (pen.) Shaxton 16', 86' Vaughn 47' Goudley 81'		Valle-Ortiz 52' (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
	Sacramento Gold	0		Real San Jose	3
	Real San Jose	3					Sonoma County Sol	2
							CD Aguiluchos USA	1
				CD Aguiluchos USA	8
				SF Stompers FC	1

Matches

March 7, 2015 1st Round	Sacramento Gold	0–3	Real San Jose	Sacramento, California
				Stadium: Christian Brothers High School

March 14, 2015 Semi-Final	Real San Jose	3–4	Sonoma County Sol	San Jose, California
5pm PDT				Stadium: Mount Pleasant High School

March 14, 2015 Semi-Final	CD Aguiluchos USA	8–1	SF Stompers FC	Oakland, California
				Stadium: Raimondi Park

March 21, 2015 Final	Sonoma County Sol	2–1	CD Aguiluchos USA	Rohnert Park, California
				Stadium: Rancho Cotate High School

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]

Region	Qualification method	Qualified team
I	Amateur Cup Regional Champion	NY Greek-American Atlas ^[4]
I	Open Cup Regional Champion	Maryland Bays ^[4]
II	TBD	KC Athletics
II	TBD	Madison Fire
III	Open Cup Regional Champion	Triangle Brigade ^[5]
III	Open Cup Regional Runner-up	NTX Rayados ^[5]
IV	Open Cup Regional Champion	Chula Vista FC
IV	Open Cup Regional Runner-Up	Cal FC
WC	TBD	Mass Premier Soccer
WC	TBD	PSA Elite
WC	TBD	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.

References

↑ http://www.npsl.info/home/860721.html
↑ https://twitter.com/usopencup/status/575465615365820416
1 2 http://thecup.us/2015-us-open-cup-qualifying-one-of-three-npsl-west-tournaments-kick-off-this-weekend/
1 2 3 "2015 US Open Cup qualifying: Maryland Bays, Greek American Atlas unofficially qualify with USASA Region I titles | The Cup". thecup.us. Retrieved 2014-06-19.
1 2 "2015 US Open Cup qualifying preview: Two USASA Region III spots to be decided this weekend in Alabama". thecup.us. Retrieved 2014-06-20.
↑ "22015 US Open Cup qualifying: Colorado Rovers to defend USSSA title in March with Open Cup berth on line". thecup.us. Retrieved 2015-01-24.
↑ "USSSA National Bracket".

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