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2008 U.S. Open Cup qualification

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This page describes the qualification procedure for the 2008 U.S. Open Cup. This was the first season where 8 teams from each level of the American Soccer Pyramid competed in the tournament proper. As a result, each level trimmed its ranks to its 8 team delegation before entering the full tournament.

Major League Soccer (MLS)

	First Round (April 30)

	1	Real Salt Lake	4

	2	San Jose Earthquakes	0


	Second Round (May 27)

	Second Round (May 27)			Qualification Finals (June 4/10)			Qualified

				Kansas City Wizards (AET/PSO)	2 (5)
	Colorado Rapids	1			Colorado Rapids	2 (3)
	Los Angeles Galaxy	0						Kansas City Wizards
						Chicago Fire
				Chicago Fire	3
	Columbus Crew	2			Columbus Crew	2
	Real Salt Lake	0

United Soccer Leagues (USL)

USL 1st Division (USL-1)

All American-based USL-1 teams qualify.

USL 2nd Division (USL-2)

Harrisburg City Islanders (2007 USL-2 champions) and Richmond Kickers (2007 USL-2 Regular Season Champions) qualified based on their end of season performance in 2007.

Early season USL-2 games doubled as Open Cup qualification. Because teams played an uneven number of games the percentage of "Points per Points Possible" was used to rank the teams. All but the bottom-ranked team qualified for the tournament proper.

Green indicates Open Cup berth clinched

Team	GP	W	L	T	Pts.	Pts. %	GD
Crystal Palace Baltimore	5	5	0	0	15	100%	+9
Charlotte Eagles	6	4	1	1	13	72%	+10
Cleveland City Stars	6	3	1	2	11	61%	+7
Real Maryland Monarchs	6	3	3	0	9	50%	-2
Western Mass Pioneers	6	2	3	1	7	39%	-3
Pittsburgh Riverhounds	7	0	5	2	2	10%	-10
Wilmington Hammerheads	5	0	4	1	1	7%	-6

Standings as of .

USL Premier Development League (PDL)

Each conference has its own qualification process.

All teams play 4 designated regular season games that double as Open Cup qualification Green indicates Open Cup berth clinched

Central Conference

Top two teams qualify

Team	GP	W	L	T	Pts.	GD*
Michigan Bucks	4	4	0	0	12	+9
St. Louis Lions	4	3	0	1	10	+3
Chicago Fire Premier	4	3	1	0	9	+5
Cleveland Internationals	4	2	1	1	7	+5
Des Moines Menace	4	2	1	1	7	+3
Colorado Rapids U23's	4	2	1	1	7	+2
Kalamazoo Outrage	4	2	1	1	7	+1
Cincinnati Kings	4	2	2	0	6	-2
Kansas City Brass	4	1	2	1	4	0
Fort Wayne Fever	4	1	2	1	4	-4
West Michigan Edge	4	1	3	0	3	-5
West Virginia Chaos	4	0	2	2	2	-4
Indiana Invaders	4	0	3	1	1	-5
Springfield Demize	4	0	4	0	0	-8

*maximum goal differential of +/- 3 per game Standings as of .

Eastern Conference

Top two teams qualify

Team	GP	W	L	T	Pts.	GD*
Fredericksburg Gunners	4	4	0	0	12	+7
Brooklyn Knights	4	3	0	1	10	+5
Cape Cod Crusaders	4	3	1	0	9	+6
Reading Rage	4	3	1	0	9	+4
Ocean City Barons	4	2	0	2	8	+5
Newark Ironbound Express	4	2	0	2	8	+4
New Hampshire Phantoms	4	2	0	2	8	+2
Westchester Flames	4	2	1	1	7	+2
Long Island Rough Riders	4	1	1	2	5	+1
Vermont Voltage	4	1	3	0	3	-4
Northern Virginia Royals	4	1	3	0	3	-6
Virginia Legacy	4	0	2	2	2	-5
Richmond Kickers Future	4	0	3	1	1	-4
Hampton Roads Piranhas	4	0	3	1	1	-5
Rhode Island Stingrays	4	0	3	1	1	-5
New Jersey Rangers	4	0	3	1	1	-7

*maximum goal differential of +/- 3 per game Standings as of .

Southern Conference

Top team in each division qualifies

Mid South Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	Pts.	GD*
Austin Aztex U23	4	3	0	1	10	+6
Laredo Heat	4	2	1	1	7	+1
New Orleans Shell Shockers	4	2	1	1	7	-1
Houston Leones	4	2	2	0	6	+2
El Paso Patriots	4	1	1	2	5	0
Mississippi Brilla	4	1	2	1	4	-3
Baton Rouge Capitals	4	1	3	0	3	-1
DFW Tornados	4	1	3	0	3	-4

*maximum goal differential of +/- 3 per game Standings as of .

Southeast Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	Pts.	GD*
Bradenton Academics	4	3	0	1	10	+7
Carolina Dynamo	4	3	1	0	9	+4
Central Florida Kraze	4	3	1	0	9	+2
Atlanta Silverbacks U23's	4	2	1	1	7	+2
Nashville Metros	4	2	2	0	6	-1
Cary RailHawks U23's	4	1	2	1	4	-2
Panama City Pirates	4	0	3	1	1	-3
Palm Beach Pumas	4	0	4	0	0	-9

*maximum goal differential of +/- 3 per game Standings as of .

Western Conference

Top team in each division qualifies

Northwest Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	Pts.	GD*
Yakima Reds	4	3	0	1	10	+5
BYU Cougars	4	2	1	1	7	+3
Tacoma Tide	4	2	1	1	7	+3
Ogden Outlaws	4	1	2	1	4	-1
Spokane Spiders	4	1	3	0	3	-4
Cascade Surge	4	0	2	2	2	-6

*maximum goal differential of +/- 3 per game Standings as of .

Southwest Division

Team	GP	W	L	T	Pts.	GD*
Los Angeles Legends	4	3	0	1	10	+7
San Jose Frogs	4	3	0	1	10	+5
San Francisco Seals	4	2	0	2	8	+2
Fresno Fuego	4	2	1	1	7	+1
Bakersfield Brigade	4	1	0	3	6	+1
Orange County Blue Star	4	1	2	1	4	0
San Fernando Valley Quakes	4	1	2	1	4	-3
Southern California Seahorses	4	1	3	0	3	-3
Ventura County Fusion	4	0	2	2	2	-2
Lancaster Rattlers	4	0	4	0	0	-8

*maximum goal differential of +/- 3 per game Standings as of .

United States Adult Soccer Association (USASA)

Region I

First Round (April 27)

Qualification Semifinals (May 4)

Qualification Finals (May 18)

Qualified (June 22)

0

Danbury United

2

0

Boston Olympiakos

1

SC Vistula Garfield (forfeit)

L

Boston Olympiakos

W

Boston Olympiakos

Pancyprian-Freedoms

Baltimore Colts FC

2

Sport Club Portuguese

0

Aegean Hawks

3

Aegean Hawks

1

2

Pancyprian-Freedoms

3

Pancyprian-Freedoms

3

United German-Hungarians

1

Region II

	Qualification Semifinals (May 3)			Qualification Finals (May 17)			Qualified (June 27)

	Carpathia Kickers	0 (5)
	RWB Adria (AET, PSO)	0 (6)			RWB Adria	2
	Bloomington Cutters (forfeit)	L			Princeton 56ers	0
	Princeton 56ers	W						RWB Adria
	Bavarian SC	2					AAC Eagles
	AAC Eagles	3			AAC Eagles	2
	WC Arsenal Soccer	0			Des Moines Menace Reserves	1
	Des Moines Menace Reserves	2

Region III

Group winners qualify All times in Eastern Daylight Time

Group stage

Green indicates Open Cup berth clinched

Group A

Team	GP	W	L	T	Pts.	GD
Clearwater Galactics	3	2	0	1	7	+6
Atlanta FC	3	2	1	0	6	+4
Dallas Roma F.C.	3	1	1	1	4	+2
LA Mudbugs	3	0	3	0	0	-12

Group B

Team	GP	W	L	T	Pts.	GD
ASC New Stars	3	2	0	1	7	+5
Mustang Legends FC	3	2	1	0	6	+1
Lynch's F.C.	3	1	2	0	3	+3
Greenwood Wanderers	3	0	2	1	1	-9

Group Stage Matches

Dallas Roma F.C.	5 – 0	LA Mudbugs

Atlanta FC	3 – 4	Clearwater Galactics

Lynch's F.C.	1 – 2	Mustang Legends FC

ASC New Stars	4 – 4	Greenwood Wanderers

Dallas Roma F.C.	0 – 0	Clearwater Galactics

Mustang Legends FC	0 – 3	ASC New Stars

LA Mudbugs	1 – 3	Atlanta FC

Greenwood Wanderers	1 – 7	Lynch's F.C.

Dallas Roma F.C.	0 – 3	Atlanta FC

LA Mudbugs	1 – 6	Clearwater Galactics

Lynch's F.C.	1 – 3	ASC New Stars

Mustang Legends FC	4 – 1	Greenwood Wanderers

Final match

Clearwater Galactics	2 – 1	ASC New Stars

Region IV

Group winners qualify All times in Eastern Daylight Time

Group stage

Green indicates Open Cup berth clinched

Group A

Team	GP	W	L	T	Pts.	GD
Arizona Sahuaros	3	2	0	1	7	+5
Sonoma County Sol	3	2	0	1	7	+4
Rockstar United	3	1	2	0	3	0
Salinas Valley Samba	3	0	3	0	0	-9

Group B

Team	GP	W	L	T	Pts.	GD
Hollywood United F.C.	3	3	0	0	9	+5
Santa Cruz County Breakers	3	1	1	1	4	+2
San Diego United	3	1	1	1	4	+1
Banat Arsenal	3	0	3	0	0	-8

Group Stage Matches

Arizona Sahuaros	4–0	Salinas Valley Samba

Rockstar United	0–1	Sonoma County Sol

San Diego United	4–1	Banat Arsenal

Hollywood United F.C.	2–0	Santa Cruz County Breakers

Salinas Valley Samba	0–3	Sonoma County Sol

Banat Arsenal	1–5	Santa Cruz County Breakers

Rockstar United	1–2	Arizona Sahuaros

Hollywood United F.C.	2–0	San Diego United

Sonoma County Sol	0–0	Arizona Sahuaros

Salinas Valley Samba	0–2	Rockstar United

Santa Cruz County Breakers	1–1	San Diego United

Banat Arsenal	2–3	Hollywood United F.C.

Final match

Arizona Sahuaros	1–0	Hollywood United F.C.

See also