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2011 US Open Cup qualifying: NPSL Southeast Conference tournament announced

April 18, 2011 by Gerald Barnhart

Hosted by Chattanooga FC, the event kicks off Friday, May 27 with a pair of First Round matches. Knoxville Force and Jacksonville United FC meet in the first match followed by Rocket City United versus FC Tulsa.

Filed Under: US Open Cup Tagged With: 2011 NPSL qualifying, 2011 US Open Cup qualifying, 2011 USOC Qualifying, Atlanta FC, Chattanooga FC, FC Tulsa, Knoxville Force, Lynch’s FC, NPSL, Rocket City United

US Open Cup qualifying: Legends FC, CASL Elite qualify from Region III tournament

May 27, 2010 by Chuck Nolan Jr.

Bear Bryant and the Alabama Crimson Tide are associated with the type of football normally played in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, but this weekend the other game of football will hold court at the University of Alabama Recreational Center. Eight amateur teams will compete to determine which two will represent the USASA’s Region III in this summer’s Lamar Hunt US Open Cup.

Filed Under: US Open Cup Tagged With: 2010 USASA Qualifying, ASC New Stars, Atlanta FC, Brazil Soccer Academy, CASL Elite, FC Tulsa, Legends FC, Lynch’s FC, Pumas USA, Rocket City United, USASA Region III

UPDATE: US Open Cup qualifying teams, format set for USASA Region III tournament

April 23, 2010 by Josh Hakala

The southeastern part of the country will take part in US Open Cup qualifying as Region III of the USASA confirmed their participants in the annual competition. 10 teams from Texas, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina and Oklahoma will battle for two spots in the 2010 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup.

Filed Under: US Open Cup Tagged With: 2010 USASA Qualifying, ASC New Stars, Atlanta FC, Brazil Soccer Academy, CASL Elite, FC Tulsa, Justice, Legends FC, Lynch’s FC, Pumas USA, Rocket City United, USASA Region III

Meet the USASA: Class of 2009

September 13, 2009 by Aaron Stollar

Every year, TheCup.us introduces all eight of the USASA clubs who qualify for the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup to American soccer fans everywhere.

The clubs profiled in this feature don’t often make headlines during the long qualifying process, but all of them have a goal once the tournament begins: to become this year’s Open Cup Cinderella story.

Filed Under: Meet the Underdogs, US Open Cup, US Open Cup Qualifying Tagged With: 2009 Meet The USASA, 2009 USASA Qualifying, 402, Aegean Hawks, Arizona Sahuaros, Atlanta FC, Bavarian SC, Emigrantes Das Ilhas, Lynch's FC, Sonoma County Sol, USASA

2009 Meet the USASA: Atlanta FC

August 20, 2009 by

With only a few exceptions, expansion teams always take time to get off the ground. Atlanta FC of the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) appears to be one of those exceptions. In only their second year of existance, they have punched their ticket to the 2009 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup and will face the USL First Division’s Charleston Battery in the First Round at Blackbaud Stadium on June 9.

Filed Under: Meet the Underdogs, US Open Cup, US Open Cup Qualifying Tagged With: 2009 Meet The USASA, 2009 USASA Qualifying, Atlanta FC, Georgia, USASA Region III

2009 First Round recap: Favorites survive first day, Barons pull off upset, Hawks just upset on day 2

June 11, 2009 by

If seeing the underdogs prevail is your thing, then you went to sleep disappointed last night.

Of the fourteen matches first round U.S. Open Cup matches last night, only one was won by a team from the lower division, and even that wasn’t much of an upset.

Filed Under: US Open Cup Tagged With: 2009 First Round, 402, Aegean Hawks, Arizona Sahuaros, Atlanta FC, Austin Aztex, Bavarian SC, Carolina RailHawks, Charleston Battery, Charlotte Eagles, Chicago Fire PDL, Cleveland City Stars, Crystal Palace Baltimore, El Paso Patriots, Emigrantes Das Ilhas, Harrisburg City Islanders, Kitsap Pumas, Lynch’s FC, Miami FC, Minnesota Thunder, Mississippi Brilla, Ocean City Barons/South Jersey Barons, Orange County Blue Star, Pittsburgh Riverhounds, Portland Timbers, Reading Rage, Real Maryland Monarchs, Richmond Kickers, Rochester Rhinos, Sonoma County Sol, St. Louis Lions, Western Mass Pioneers, Wilmington Hammerheads

2009 First Round: Battery cruise as Atlanta FC self-destructs in Open Cup debut

June 9, 2009 by

Atlanta FC’s dream of a run in the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup fell short as they unable to pull off the upset against the Charleston Battery (USL-1) falling 2-0 at Blackbaud Stadium. Goals from Randi Patterson and Tsuyoshi Yoshitake propelled the Battery to the Second Round.

Filed Under: US Open Cup Tagged With: 2009 First Round, Atlanta FC, Charleston Battery, Felipe Quintero, Keith Wiggans, Leo Sandoval, Randi Patterson, Robert Munilla, Sappia Venn, Tsuyoshi Yoshitake

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