2016 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup qualification
Tournament details
Dates17 October 2015 – 22 November 2015
Teams56
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The 2016 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup tournament proper will feature teams from all five tiers of men's soccer of the American Soccer Pyramid.

Starting with the 2016 tournament, US Soccer took over the qualifying process that used to be handled by each association. According to US Soccer, all teams within the Division I, II, & III professional leagues will qualify automatically as in past years. Any national league not in the top three divisions can apply to use previous year's league standings as their qualification method. Remaining teams will participate in up to five qualifying rounds to determine entrants into the tournament proper. In prior years, slots were allocated and the individual associations created tournaments and qualifiers to determine their representatives. Final slot allocation will be determined when team registration has concluded.[1][2]

As of September 8, 2015, US Soccer has made the decision to ban all lower division teams that are majority owned by a higher division team. This means Bethlehem Steel, LA Galaxy 2, New York Red Bulls 2, Orlando City B, Portland Timbers 2, Real Monarchs, Seattle Sounders 2, and Swope Park Rangers (all from the United Soccer League) will not qualify for the 2016 tournament.[3] On November 5, 2015, New York Cosmos Chief Operating Officer Erik Stover stated that eligible New York Cosmos B would not enter as "the integrity of the tournament is more important".[4][5] Just before the tournament, USL side Rio Grande Valley FC Toros and their MLS parent Houston Dynamo asked that RGVFC be banned from the tournament by US Soccer. While RGVFC is not owned by the Dynamo, the MLS side staffs and coaches the Toros.

Local Qualifying Track (56)

First qualifying round

October 17 Battery Park Gunners 0–2 Southie FC Roxbury, Massachusetts
12:00 ET Stadium: Madison Park High School
October 17 Vereinigung Erzgebirge 0–1 Salone FC Warminster, Pennsylvania
14:00 ET Stadium: Vereinigung Erzgebirge
October 17 Aromas Café FC 3–1 Tartan Devils Oak Avalon Charlottesville, Virginia
15:00 ET Stadium: South Fork Soccer Park
October 17 Junior Lone Star FC 1–2 (a.e.t.) West Chester United Wayne, Pennsylvania
18:30 ET Stadium: YSC Sports Field
October 17 Jersey Shore Boca 2–1 South Jersey Elite Barons Brick, New Jersey
19:00 ET Stadium: Pinewood Park
October 17 Lansdowne Bhoys FC 3–0 Newtown Pride FC Bronx, New York
19:30 ET Stadium: Gaelic Park
October 18 Boston Olympiakos FC 0–5 Global Premier Soccer Omens West Roxbury, Massachusetts
14:00 ET Stadium: West Roxbury High School
October 18 Aegean Hawks 2–1 (a.e.t.) Maryland Bays Boyds, Maryland
14:30 ET Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex
October 18 New York Greek Americans SC 2–4 (a.e.t.) New York Pancyprian-Freedoms Maspeth, New York
18:00 ET Stadium: Metropolitan Oval
October 18 Worcester FC 2–0 Newport FC Worcester, Massachusetts
19:30 ET Stadium: Foley Stadium
October 24 Harpo's FC 4–1 Colorado Rovers S.C. Commerce City, Colorado
16:30 MT Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Field 8
Referee: Karen Abt
October 24 Strikers FC South Coast 2–3 La Máquina FC Lake Forest, California
18:00 PT Stadium: Lake Forest Sports Park and Recreation Center
Forfeit International Portland Select 1–0 KC Athletics
October 24 Corinthians USA 0–2 San Nicolas FC Rialto, California
19:00 PT Stadium: Rialto High School
October 24 San Pedro Monsters FC 9–0 Footballers Academy San Pedro, California
19:00 PT Stadium: Daniel's Field
October 24 L.A. Wolves FC 3–1 Del Rey City SC Torrance, California
20:00 PT Stadium: Toyota Sports Complex
Forfeit Motagua New Orleans 1–0 Tobacco Road FC
October 25 San Francisco City FC 2–0 El Farolito San Francisco, California
15:00 PT Stadium: Kezar Stadium
October 25 Real Miami Club of Football 1–2 (a.e.t.) Boca Raton Football Club Miami, Florida
16:30 ET Stadium: St. John Bosco Football Stadium
October 25 FC Boulder 2–5 Colorado Rush Boulder, Colorado
15:00 MT Stadium: Pleasant View Soccer Complex
October 25 Buena Park FC 1–5 Outbreak FC La Palma, California
15:00 PT Stadium: John F. Kennedy High School
October 25 Queen City United FC 4–1 Charlotte Sporting Soccer Academy FC Charlotte, North Carolina
19:00 ET Stadium: West Mecklenburg Stadium
October 25 Ozzy's Laguna FC 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(1–4 p)		 Real Sociedad Monterey Park, California
16:00 PT Stadium: East Los Angeles College
October 25 Uruguay Kendall FC 3–0 Red Force FC Pembroke Pines, Florida
20:00 ET Stadium: Broward College - South Campus
October 25 IFX Ballistic 0–1 Davis Legacy Livermore, California
17:00 PT Stadium: Las Positas College
October 25 Cal FC 4–0 Valley United SC Agoura Hills, California
19:00 PT Stadium: Agoura High School
October 25 Temecula FC 2–5 Chula Vista FC Temecula, California
19:00 PT Stadium: Linfield Christian School
October 31 Austin Real Cuauhtemoc 2–4 NTX Rayados Georgetown, Texas
Stadium: McMasters Athletic Complex, Field B

Second qualifying round

November 14 New York Pancyprian-Freedoms 2–1 Jersey Shore Boca New York, New York
19:00 ET Stadium: Randall's Island Wards Meadow Fields #75
November 14 Worcester FC 0–5 Lansdowne Bhoys FC Worcester, Massachusetts
19:15 ET Stadium: Foley Stadium
November 15 Aromas Café FC 3–1 Aegean Hawks Charlottesville, Virginia
15:00 ET Stadium: Charlottesville High School
November 15 Southie FC 4–0 Global Premier Soccer Omens Lawrence, Massachusetts
16:00 ET Stadium: Veterans Memorial Stadium
November 15 West Chester United 3–0 Salone FC West Chester, Pennsylvania
17:00 ET Stadium: West Chester United Turf Field
November 21 Motagua New Orleans 5–2 Queen City United FC New Orleans, Louisiana
19:00 CT Stadium: Pan American Stadium
November 21 Chula Vista FC 0–4 La Maquina Chula Vista, California
18:00 PT Stadium: Stan Canaris Stadium
November 21 L.A. Wolves FC 2–1 Cal FC Torrance, California
19:30 PT Stadium: Toyota Sports Complex, Field 1
November 22 Uruguay Kendall FC 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–5 p)		 Boca Raton Football Club Pembroke Pines, Florida
15:30 ET Stadium: Broward College – South Campus
November 22 Harpo's FC 3–1 Colorado Rush Commerce City, Colorado
14:00 MT Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Field 8
November 22 San Francisco City FC 4–3 Davis Legacy San Francisco, California
14:00 PT Stadium: Kezar Stadium
Attendance: 862
Forfeit NTX Rayados 1–0 International Portland Select Dallas, Texas
Stadium: Richland Community College
November 22 Real Sociedad 0–3 San Nicolas FC Bellflower, California
16:30 PT Stadium: St. John Bosco High School
November 22 San Pedro Monsters FC 3–4 (a.e.t.) Outbreak FC Torrance, California
19:30 PT Stadium: Toyota Sports Complex, Field 2

Third qualifying round

On February 3, teams scheduled for the Third Qualifying Round received letters from USSF advising them that due to the withdrawal of some professional teams (the USL clubs mentioned above), the round was cancelled and all twelve teams had qualified for the First Round of the main tournament along with the two teams who had received prior byes.[6]

Teams scheduled to receive byes to the First Round

Teams scheduled to play in the Third Qualifying Round before cancellation

National League Track

Premier Development League (15)

On September 16, 2015, US Soccer announced the 15 PDL sides for the US Open Cup listed below. 2015 league results were used to determine the qualifying teams.[7]

National Premier Soccer League (13)

On September 13, 2015, the NPSL announced the 13 NPSL sides for the US Open Cup listed below. Detroit City was added later as a late addition at-large berth due to the withdrawal of New York Cosmos B. 2015 league results were used to determine the qualifying teams.[8]

† Withdrew on November 5, 2015

References

  1. ^ "New Amateur Team Qualifying Process for 2016 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup". ussoccer.com. September 18, 2015.
  2. ^ "2016 US Open Cup qualifying: Open division tournament begins in October; PDL gets 15 spots, NPSL gets 13". thecup.us. September 16, 2015. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  3. ^ Halaka, Josh (November 4, 2015). "MLS-owned USL teams not allowed in 2016 US Open Cup, per USSF policy change". thecup.us. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  4. ^ Stover, Erik [@ErikStoverNYC] (November 5, 2015). "@GothamistDan @kkfla737 Technically the rule doesn't apply to us, but we have decided not to include #CosmosB in the #USOpenCup. (1/2)" (Tweet). Retrieved January 3, 2021 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ Stover, Erik [@ErikStoverNYC] (November 5, 2015). "@GothamistDan @kkfla737 Thanks. We do wish our young guys would have the experience but the integrity of the tournament is more important" (Tweet). Retrieved January 3, 2021 – via Twitter.
  6. ^ Hakala, Josh (February 3, 2016). "Final round of 2016 US Open Cup qualifying canceled, remaining 14 amateur teams punch ticket". thecup.us. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
  7. ^ "Thirty-Six Slots Awarded to Open Division Teams for 2016 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup". US Soccer. September 16, 2015. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  8. ^ "2016 LAMAR HUNT U.S. OPEN CUP DETAILS ANNOUNCED". National Premier Soccer League (NPSL). September 13, 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved September 19, 2015.

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