Hi, I'm from England and over in New York for a few months - I'm wanting to catch as much football as possible. Obviously I know about the red bulls, and am gonna make it to a fair few matches there. What's more difficult to find is the lower league teams, and any qualifying matches they will play for the Open Cup. Does anyone know of any matches coming up in the NYC/New Jersey area? Thanks!
How long will you be in NYC for? Get more information here about Open Cup---> thecup.us. The lower leagues have not determined how their teams will qualify. How teams qualify depends on the league, you can get an idea of how teams qualify by following the link below. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Lamar_Hunt_U.S._Open_Cup_qualification Long story short, no information is available yet. Here are a few other links: FC New York, (USA 3rd division USL-Pro) starts playing in April http://fcnewyorksoccer.com/ If you want to get a taste of really lower league soccer, the NYC area has the Cosmopolitan Soccer League (USA 5th division - which might be equivalent to the 8th or 9th tier of English Soccer). http://www.cslny.com/index.php
Brooklyn Knights Schedule http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2011/22302.html#SCHEDULE Long Island Rough Riders http://www.uslsoccer.com/scripts/ru.../Display+E+47116+USL/+22341+33769304#SCHEDULE Westchester Flames http://www.uslsoccer.com/scripts/ru.../Display+E+47116+USL/+22400+33769304#SCHEDULE Just click on these links from the USL-PDL pages for these pages and info on how to get there. June 14th is Round 1 June 21st is Round 2 June 28th is Round 3 July 12th Quarterfinals August 30th Semi-Finals October 4th Final
Been here for 6 months, and got another 6 months (minimum) to go here. Thanks very much for the links and info. That's a real help! Keen to see as much football as possible, so I will obviously keep checking the links, but if any of you guys hear anything, it would be great if you could post here if you remember! Thanks all
More clubs from the NPSL, schedule not available. Brooklyn Italians Schedule - NPSL http://www.npsl.info/teams/33985895/21730383-33985986/TEAM.html Red Bull New York NPSL (U23 squad) http://www.npsl.info/teams/33985895/21730387-33985986/TEAM.html NY Athletic Club http://www.npsl.info/teams/33985895/14199814-33985986/TEAM.html
This is not correct. Most of the lower divisions have determined how teams will qualify. 2nd Division - NASL - was not allowed to participate 3rd Divison - USL Pro - all of the U.S. based teams will be in the tournament this summer. No qualification process 4th Division - PDL - teams will use four league games as qualifiers 4th Division - NPSL - they say they are going to have regional tournaments 5th Division - USASA - they have state and regional tournaments to determine the two teams from each of the four regions. Those tournaments are already underway in some states.
You are correct and I was wrong, what I meant to say was that the actual teams have not been assigned to the 1st round.
Not a problem. The schedules currently are Open Cup qualifiers that also doubles as regular season games. Normally the first four matches are also the qualifiers. If there are more than four in the month of May, then of course one of them doesn't count. If you need more help don't hesistate to ask.