2022 National Amateur Cup

The 2022 National Amateur Cup is the 98th edition of the National Amateur Cup, a knockout cup competition open to amateur teams affiliated with the United States Adult Soccer Association (USASA). This is the fourth edition of the tournament to award its champion a spot in the U.S. Open Cup.

2022 USASA National Amateur Cup
CountryUnited States
Matches played7
Goals scored50 (7.14 per match)
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Lansdowne Yonkers FC are the defending National Amateur Cup champion, but failed to advance after falling to the NY Greek Americans in the Eastern New York Final.[1]

Format

All four regions of the USASA will hold tournaments to crown champions, which would then qualify for the final tournament. Qualification for these tournaments is determined individually by each region. The final four teams then compete in a single location knockout tournament to crown a national champion, with an additional game in place to determine both third and fourth place.

Prior to the regional tournament's beginning, the United Premier Soccer League was approved as a National Affiliate member of the United States Soccer Federation.[2] Due to this, UPSL left its sanctioning under USASA and its teams became ineligible for the association's tournaments including the Amateur Cup.[3]

Region I

Nine state associations in USASA Region I sent representatives to the tournament for the Fritz Marth Amateur Cup.[4] The Eastern Premier Soccer League is the most represented league in the region with three teams participating (Fall River, Greek Americans, and NoVa FC). The final of the regional tournament will take place on June 19 at the Ukrainian American Sports Center in North Wales, Pennsylvania.

First round

April 10 Christos FC 2–5 West Chester United SC Woodbine, Maryland
5:00pm (EDT)
  • Bender 28'
  • Harris 52'
 Report
Broadcast
  • Bradley 18'
  • Gosselin 24'
  • Burris 35', 70'
  • Tima 77'
 Stadium: Western Regional Park, Field #5

Bracket

Home teams listed on top of bracket

Quarterfinals
April 23–24/30 		Semifinals
May 15 		Final
June 19
         
NJ Vistula Garfield SC
MA Fall River FC
 
North
 
CT Newtown Pride FC
NY NY Greek Americans
 
 
PA West Chester United SC
WV Appalachia Steel FC
 
South
 
NY BSC Raiders
VA Northern Virginia FC

Bold = winner
* = after extra time, ( ) = penalty shootout score

Region II

In total, 22 teams across eight states signed up to compete in the tournament for the Bill Davey Amateur Cup.[5] The Midwest Premier League is the most represented league in the region with seven teams participating, followed by the Ohio Valley Premier League with four teams. Illinois is the most represented state in the tournament with six teams taking part. The final of the regional tournament will take place on June 25.

Home teams listed on top of bracket

  Round 1
Apr. 9/16/22[lower-alpha 1]		 Round 2
By Apr 24		 Quarterfinals
By May 8		 Semifinals
By May 22		 Final
June 25
                                               
IL Springfield FC[6] 4*     IL Springfield FC  
KY Northern Kentucky Nitro 2     Bye  
  IL Springfield FC  
   
IL Steel City FC[7] 4 KS FC Porto of Kansas
KS United KC FC 0     IL Steel City FC  
   
   
MN Vlora FC[8] 6     KS Focus FC  
WI Red Star SC 0     MN Vlora FC  
 
  WI  
MN St. Paul FC WI Milwaukee Bavarian
WI MKE Superstars F.C.[9] w/o     WI MKE Superstars F.C.  
 
 
IL RWB Adria     IL Winner  
IL Edgewater Castle FC     Bye  
  IL
   
IN Fort Wayne Sport Club 9 WI United Serbians SC
MI Teranga Lions[10] 2     IN Fort Wayne Sport Club  
 
   
MI FC BiH Grand Rapids 4     IL Schwaben AC  
OH Cincy SC[11][12] 2     MI FC BiH Grand Rapids  
 
   
MI Ann Arbor FC 3 IL Berber City FC
OH Valhalla FC[13] 7     OH Valhalla FC  

Bold = winner
* = after extra time, ( ) = penalty shootout score

Region III

Region III, encompassing 11 states and 12 associations across the southern United States, will hold its tournament on June 10–12 at Carpenter Park in Plano, Texas.[14]

Region IV

Region IV, encompassing 13 states and 14 associations across the western United States, will begin its tournament in late April with games played roughly every two weeks.[15] There is no set venue for the regional final, which must be played by June 26.

Notes
  1. Region II stated that all Round 1 games needed to be complete by April 16. However, since the winner of RWB Adria and Edgewater Castle FC would advance directly to Round 3, the regional allowed the two teams to play on April 22.

References
  1. "Tweet". Twitter. Eastern Premier Soccer League. March 17, 2022. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
  2. Scavuzzo, Diana (March 17, 2022). "MOVING AHEAD — U.S. SOCCER APPROVES UPSL AS A NATIONAL AFFILIATE • SoccerToday". SoccerToday. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
  3. "Tweet". Twitter. Eastern Premier Soccer League. March 5, 2022. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
  4. "Region I Cups". www.usadultsoccer.com. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
  5. "Region II Amateur Cup". www.usadultsoccer.com. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
  6. "Nitro fall in the 115th minute to Springfield FC in the USASA tournament". Twitter. Northern Kentucky Nitro. April 17, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
  7. "FT: Steel City FC 4 v. United Kansas City FC 0". Twitter. Steel City FC. April 16, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
  8. "USASA National Amateur Cup". Vlora FC. April 17, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
  9. "We have the first forfeit as St. Paul FC (MN) is unable to play Superstars FC (WI) this weekend". Twitter. TheCup.us. April 14, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
  10. "Big Amateur Cup opening win tonight over Teranga Lions". Twitter. Fort Wayne Sports Club. April 17, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
  11. "FC BiH Grand Rapids win 4-2 against Cincinnati Soccer Club in their first USASA Amateur cup game this past Saturday". Facebook. Grand Rapids Soccer News. April 11, 2022. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
  12. "BiH Grand Rapids vs Cincy SC Broadcast". Eleven Sports. April 9, 2022. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
  13. "Two high-scoring affairs were wins for OVPL sides Valhalla FC and 1927 SC". Twitter. Ohio Valley Premier League. April 16, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
  14. "Region 3 Tournaments". www.usadultsoccer.com. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
  15. "Region IV Amateur Cup". www.usadultsoccer.com. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
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