The New York Pancyprian-Freedoms can add two new honors to their long list of accomplishments; 2024 National Amateur Cup champions and 2025 US Open Cup Qualifiers. The three-time Open Cup champs won their first ever Bill Marth Trophy on Saturday, winning two games in three days against fellow USASA regional champions. The team also qualifies for its eighth Open Cup since 1995, the start of the Modern Era, with that record also including its ill-fated qualification to the COVID cancelled 2020 tournament.
Since 2018, the champion of the National Amateur Cup, the highest tournament in the United States Adult Soccer Association (USASA), receives direct qualification to the following year’s Lamar Hunt US Open Cup. For the last few years, TheCup.us has tracked the National Amateur Cup from its regional stages all the way up until the national final. These updates have been provided on Twitter / X and stats have been kept internally.
USASA is broken into four regions, each holding their own amateur cup tournament respectively. The champions of these four tournaments qualify for the national finals.
You can find a brief summary of every game from this past weekend below. Additionally, here are links to the Twitter threads and articles made over the last few months regarding other results:
- April 7 (Region I)
- April 14 (Region I & Region II)
- April 20 (Region II)
- April 27 to May 5
- May 11 to 25
- May 28 to June 2
- June 7 to 9 (Region III Tournament Recap)
- June 9 to 16
- June 25
FULL 2024 NATIONAL AMATEUR CUP SCHEDULE/RESULTS
National Semifinals
THURSDAY, JULY 25
New York Pancyprian Freedoms (NY – Eastern Premier Soccer League)
5:1
Tobacco Road FC (NC – Triangle Adult Soccer League)
NIU Soccer and Track & Field Complex – DeKalb, IL
The New York Pancyprian-Freedoms outgunned Tobacco Road FC in the opening match of the national phase. The Region I champions opened the scoring when Sebastian Ruiz Restrepo launched a shot to the Tobacco keeper, whose save was tapped in by a contentiously onside Junior Rosero. Rosero, who made a name for himself with Oyster Bay United FC in the 2022 US Open Cup, and James Thristino both scored braces. Region III champs TRFC fall in the national semifinals for a second straight year.
(Full game recap by TheCup contributor Adnan Bašić for Protagonist Soccer)
Goal scorers
NYPF:
- Junior Rosero 37′
- James Thristino 45+2′
- Junior Rosero 61′
- Jordan Bailon 75′ (Asst: Sebastian Ruiz Restrepo)
- James Thristino 80′
TRFC:
- Jahmir Flowers 90+3′ (Asst: Jackson Allen)
MATCH BROADCAST
FC Arizona (AZ – National Premier Soccer League)
2:4
FC Milwaukee Torrent (WI – National Premier Soccer League)
NIU Soccer and Track & Field Complex – DeKalb, IL
In a battle of NPSL sides, FC Milwaukee Torrent scored three goals in five minutes to beat FC Arizona. Torrent got the scoring going in first half stoppage time, with Max Ludwig cutting between multiple defenders before feeding Jaime Le Comte on the right side for a successful shot. Arizona responded in the second half, with Marco Afonso combining with Kyle Benjamin for a pair of goals. However the Torrent pulled away in the final ten minutes to secure their spot in the final in their debut tournament.
(Full game recap by TheCup contributor Adnan Bašić for Protagonist Soccer)
Goal scorers
FCA:
- Kyle Benjamin 63′ (Asst: Marco Afonso)
- Kyle Benjamin 80′ (Asst: Marco Afonso)
FCMT:
- Jaime Le Comte 45+2′ (Asst: Max Ludwig)
- Gabe Voung 83′ (Asst: Javier Steinwasher)
- Jaime Le Comte 85′ (Asst: Javier Steinwasher)
- Max Ludwig 88′ (Asst: Taylor Pill)
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2024 National Amateur Cup Final
SATURDAY, JULY 27
New York Pancyprian Freedoms (NY – Eastern Premier Soccer League)
6:0
FC Milwaukee Torrent (WI – National Premier Soccer League)
NIU Soccer and Track & Field Complex – DeKalb, IL
The New York Pancyprian Freedoms overpowered FC Milwaukee Torrent to win the 2024 National Amateur Cup. Four goals inside the first 25 minutes included a great shot by former Houston Dynamo FC player Joe Holland. Junior Rosero and Sebastian Ruiz Restrepo both earned braces in the first half, with it being the former’s second in three days. A free kick goal in the second half (which may have hit off another player) ended the scoring as the NPSL side looked completely overwhelmed by New York’s speed and experience.
Of note, with these stats the tournament ends with six players tied for Golden Boot with five goals scored between the regional and national rounds. Those players are: Joe Holland (New York Pancyprian-Freedoms), Junior Rosero (New York Pancyprian-Freedoms), Sebastian Ruiz Restrepo (New York Pancyprian-Freedoms), Alan Salgado (Azteca FC), James Tristino (New York Pancyprian-Freedoms), and Nico Williams (Chicago House AC).
(Full game recap by TheCup contributor Adnan Bašić for Protagonist Soccer)
Goal scorers
NYPF:
- Junior Rosero 7′
- Sebastian Ruiz Restrepo 9′ (Asst: Joe Holland)
- Sebastian Ruiz Restrepo 14′ (Asst: Junior Rosero)
- Joe Holland 24′ (Asst: Sebastian Ruiz Restrepo)
- Junior Rosero 43′
- Rafael Bustaenti 50′
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