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 The United States soccer league system is a series of professional and amateur soccer leagues based, in whole or in part, in the United States. Sometimes called the American soccer pyramid, teams and leagues are not linked by the system of pro ...

. 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: *

Brooklyn Italians Brooklyn Italians is an American soccer team based in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States. Founded in 1949, the team last played in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), a national amateur league at the fourth tier of the Ameri ...

Chattanooga FC Chattanooga Football Club is an American professional soccer team based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 2009, the team began play in the National Independent Soccer Association (NISA) in Spring 2020. Prior to joining the NISA ...

GBFC Thunder Greater Binghamton FC (GBFC) was an American soccer team located in Binghamton, New York. The team was established in 2012. The team played its home games out of the Greater Binghamton Sports Complex. History Greater Binghamton Futbol Club (G ...

Lansing United Lansing United was an American amateur soccer club based in East Lansing, Michigan that competed in the Premier Development League and the National Premier Soccer League. The club's men's team folded after the 2018 season, with Lansing Ignite FC b ...

Miami United F.C. Miami United Football Club is an association football team based in Miami, Florida, United States. Founded in late 2012, the team made its debut in the Sunshine Conference of the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) in 2013. The team plays its ...

Tulsa Athletics Tulsa Athletic is an American soccer team and are based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. 2013 was their inaugural season in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), which is a national league at the fourth tier of the American soccer pyramid. ...

Upward Stars Upwards Stars is a semi-professional club soccer team in Spartanburg, South Carolina. They started playing in the National Premier Soccer League The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) is an American men's soccer league. The NPSL is a se ...

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

Detroit City FC Detroit City FC (DCFC) is an American professional soccer club based in Detroit, Michigan, that competes in the USL Championship. The club played in the National Premier Soccer League from 2012 to 2019 and the National Independent Soccer Associ ...

Fort Pitt FC Regiment Fort Pitt Regiment was an American soccer club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Founded in 2013, the team played its first season in 2014 as a member of the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) in the Great Lakes Conference of the Midwest Regi ...

Virginia Beach City FC Virginia Beach City Football Club is an American professional soccer club based in Norfolk, Virginia playing in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) in the Mid-Atlantic Conference of the Northeast Region. The club was founded in 2013 and h ...

On March 21, 2015,

Sonoma County Sol Sonoma County Sol is an American soccer team based in Santa Rosa, California, United States. Founded in 2004, the team plays in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), a national amateur league at the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyrami ...

qualified out of the Golden Gate Conference, leaving 1 team to qualify. On March 22, 2015

FC Tacoma 253 OSA Seattle FC, formerly FC Tacoma 253, is an American association football (soccer) club based in the Seattle metro area. The team plays within the Northwest Conference of the National Premier Soccer League, a national league generally considere ...

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 FC Hasental is an American soccer team based in Thousand Oaks, California, United States. Founded in 2005, the team plays in the Southwest Division of the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. The ...

and the

San Diego Flash San Diego Flash was an American soccer team based in San Diego, California, United States. Founded in 1998, the team returned to competitive play in 2011 and most recently played in the Southern Conference of the West Division of the National ...

receiving first round byes.

Matches

''Winner advances to West Region - Conference Playoff''

West Region - Northwest Conference qualifying tournament

''Winner advances to West Region - Conference Playoff''

West Region - Conference Playoff

''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 Real San Jose is an American soccer team based in San Jose, California, United States. Founded in 2007, the team competes in the National Soccer League (NSL). The team plays its home games at PAL Stadium, where they relocated in 2016. The team's ...

starting off with a play-in game.

Matches

''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.

US Club Soccer (1)

San Francisco City FC San Francisco City Football Club, commonly abbreviated to SF City, is a supporter-owned soccer club located in San Francisco, California that competes in USL League Two. Founded in 2001, SF City plays its home matches at Kezar Stadium. The c ...

USSSA (1)

Tournament took place between March 13 and March 15 at the Overland Park Soccer Complex in

Overland Park, Kansas Overland Park ( ) is the second-most populous city in the U.S. state of Kansas. Located in Johnson County, Kansas, it is one of four principal cities in the Kansas City metropolitan area and the most populous suburb of Kansas City, Missouri. A ...

. 6 teams participated for one spot in the US Open Cup. The following teams competed.

Colorado Rovers S.C. The Colorado Rovers are an American association football, soccer club based in Denver, Colorado. The club is a member of the United States Specialty Sports Association, A US Soccer affiliate that plays in the Colorado Amateur Soccer League's firs ...

(Golden, CO),

KC Athletics KC Athletics is an American amateur soccer team based in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Founded in 2001, the team plays in Region II of the United States Adult Soccer Association, a network of amateur leagues at the fifth tier of the Am ...

(Prairie View, KS), Monaco F.C. (Denver, CO), Colorado Sporting Premier (Auorora, CO), ASC Newstars (Houston, TX), Harpo's F.C.(Boulder, CO) The

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 The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, commonly known as the U.S. Open Cup (USOC), is a knockout cup competition in men's soccer in the United States of America. It is the oldest ongoing national soccer competition in that country. The 2023 U.S. Ope ...

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

External links

U.S. Soccer Federation

TheCup.us - Unofficial U.S. Open Cup News
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