Third Qualifying Round Set for Weekend of Nov. 23-24
CHICAGO (Oct. 22, 2018) - The Draw for the third round of Open Division Local Qualifying was conducted yesterday, Oct. 21 and will pit 24 aspiring amateur clubs against one another on the road to the 2020 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, U.S. Soccer's National Championship.
U.S. Soccer held the draw to determine the matchups and hosts at Soccer House in Chicago.
All 12 games in the third qualifying round will be played Nov. 23-24 in venues across the country. The exact pairing for one Central Region matchup will be determined after Soda City Sorinex FC (S.C.) and Georgia Revolution FC Reserves (Ga.) face each other in a second qualifying round game, rescheduled to Nov. 2 at Saluda Shoals Soccer Park in Columbia, S.C. due to inclement weather last weekend in central South Carolina. The winner will host Nashville United (Tenn.).
Four of the clubs still alive reached the tournament's First Round in 2019. They include Cal FC (Calif.), NTX Rayados (Texas), Virginia United (Va.) and West Chester United (Pa.). Other notable survivors include 2017 Cinderella side Christos FC (Md.) and three-time U.S. Open Cup champion New York Pancyprian Freedoms (1980, 1982-83).
If a fourth qualifying round is necessary, it will be held Dec. 21-22. The local qualifying survivors will be joined in the tournament's First Round by Newtown Pride FC (Newtown, Conn.), the 2019 U.S. Adult Soccer Association (USASA) National Amateur Cup champion, as well as a number of clubs to be determined from the National Premier Soccer League and USL League Two, both nationwide amateur leagues that elected the National Leagues track for qualifying their teams for the 2020 Open Cup.
2020 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup – Third Qualifying Round Schedule
East Region
|
Date |
Game (home team listed first) |
Time |
Venue |
|
Nov. 24* |
Brockton FC United (Mass.) vs. New York Pancyprian Freedoms (N.Y.) |
12:30 p.m. ET |
Everett Memorial Stadium; Everett, Ma. |
|
Nov. 24 |
Vereinigung Erzgebirge (Pa.) vs. West Chester United (Pa.) |
2:30 p.m. ET |
Vereinigung Erzgebirge Clubhouse, Field 1; Warminster, Pa. |
|
Nov. 24 |
Christos FC (Md.) vs. Steel FC (Pa.) |
5 p.m. ET |
North County High School; Glen Burnie, Md. |
|
Nov. 24 |
CD Huateras (Va.) vs. Virginia United (Va.) |
5 p.m. ET |
Howison Homestead Soccer Complex, Field TBD; Woodbridge, Va. |
|
Date |
Game (home team listed first) |
Time |
Venue |
|
Nov. 23 |
Miami United FC U23 (Fla.) vs. Hurricane FC (Fla.) |
7 p.m. ET |
Kendall Soccer Park; Miami, Fla. |
|
Nov. 23 |
Soda City Sorinex FC (S.C.) vs. Nashville United (Tenn.) |
7 p.m. ET | Saluda Shoals Soccer Park; Columbia, S.C. |
|
Nov. 23 |
Louisiana Krewe FC (La.) vs. Livonia City FC (Mich.) |
7 p.m. CT |
St. Thomas More Catholic High School; Lafayette, La. |
|
Nov. 23 |
NTX Rayados (Texas) vs. Celtic Cowboys Premier (Texas) |
7 p.m. CT |
Premier Park, Field 1; Balch Springs, Texas |
West Region
|
Date |
Game (home team listed first) |
Time |
Venue |
|
Nov. 23 |
Chula Vista FC (Calif.) vs. L.A. Monsters FC (Calif.) |
2:30 p.m. PT |
Terra Nova Park; Chula Vista, Calif. |
| Nov. 23 | Azteca FC (Colo.) vs. Olympic Club (Calif.) |
6 p.m. MT | Aurora Public Schools Stadium; Aurora, Colo. |
|
Nov. 23 |
Oxnard Guerreros FC (Calif.) vs. Cal FC (Calif.) |
6:30 p.m. PT |
Del Sol Stadium; Oxnard, Calif. |
|
Nov. 24* |
FC Boulder Harpos (Colo.) vs. Colorado Rovers (Colo.) |
2 p.m. MT |
Fairview High School; Boulder, Colo. |