The Ohio State Cup
State Cup Administrator
Pam Chialastri
office@ohio-soccer.org
Weather
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2024 State Cup Dates
May 25-27 Round Robin
May 31-June 2 Semis and Finals
June 7-9 Rain Date
June 21-26 NCS Regionals (Overland Park, Kansas)
July 23-28 NCS Nationals (Orlando, FL)
State Cup
Overview
The State Cup brings together the highest quality teams in Ohio to decide who will be crowned the State Champion.
It is also the official qualifying competition in Ohio for the US Youth Soccer National Championship Series (NCS), sending the champions to Midwest Regionals. Should teams become regional champions, they are then qualified to participate in the National Championships.
Ages: U11 – U19, Boys and Girls
Timeframe: State Cup is held over the course of two weekends in May & June – Round Robin (May) and Semi’s/Finals (June). There is no longer a self-schedule Round Robin game, but there will be self schedule play-in matches where needed.
Eligibility Requirements:
- All current National League and Regional League teams must play in State Cup.
- All teams planning to apply for National League or Regional League the following season must play in State Cup.
- Presidents Cup teams will not be eligible for National League or Regional League consideration.
- All eligible teams must play in a sanctioned US Youth or OSA League for the current seasonal year.
Recommendations: This event is focused on those teams seeking to play in the highest level of State competition and the potential to advance onto NCS Regionals.
Important Rules: Roster freeze dates, club pass players allowed, Five Previously Rostered Player Rule, play-in games will be used to achieve even brackets, teams may not play up.
Fees:
Schedules
Click here for State Cup Play-in info.
Click here for State Cup Play-in contacts.
Locations, Field Maps, & Weather
Please note: no pets allowed at Ohio Soccer Association state tournament events.
- Warren County Sports Park Field Map – 1408 OH-741, Lebanon, OH 45036
- Voice of America Park Field Map – 7850 VOA Park Dr, West Chester, OH 45069
Weather Alerts
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Important Communications
We regularly send updates and information to club admins and teams involved in our State Cup event. Below is a list of them for reference:
Coming Soon!
State Cup Event Rosters & Gameday Information
We will be using Demosphere for the State Cup event rosters this year. Teams will work with their club administrators to remove and add players for the event roster as needed. We will send additional communication to club admins with those details.
Information to Submit to OSA…
…Teams who do not have a play in game must submit their initial event roster by no later than May 6th at 10am!
When your team’s event roster is completed by your club admin and ready to be checked in the system, teams will need to submit this form with copies of your league roster and the league roster(s) of any club pass players you plan to use:
State Cup Event Roster Submission Form.
This form must be submitted by May 6th at 10am for all teams whose first game is on the RR weekend. For teams with a play in game, it must be submitted a minimum of seven business days prior to your play in game. This will give us a chance to double check for errors or missing rosters/information prior to the freeze.
Event Rosters are frozen three business days prior to your first State Cup game. (If you play on a Friday evening, Saturday, or Sunday, this means your event roster will freeze at 5pm on Tuesday) If you have any changes between your submission date and the freeze date, you will be able to make changes. Please ask your club admin to make the changes in the system prior to the freeze, and then teams will need to re-submit the event roster submission form marking it as a change. Please attach the updated info/rosters. We will then go in and approve the changes.
Eligible Players/Club Pass Players
Club pass players may be used for State Cup. Players must be rostered to a team within your club that is an Ohio Soccer/USYS carded team. Players may only appear on one event roster across all OSA Cup Series events (State Cup and Presidents Cup). They may not play for any other team in any other Cup Series event. All club pass players will need to be entered into the State Cup event roster in Demosphere by your club administrator prior to the State Cup freeze date.
Roster Maximums for Players & Coaches
The maximum number of players on the event roster for 9v9 is 18, but only 16 players may be game active. The maximum number of players on the event roster for 11v11 is 22, but only 18 players may be listed as game active. Players who are listed on the event roster but are not game active may still sit on the bench but cannot be dressed to play.
A minimum of 2 and a maximum of 4 coaches should be listed on your event roster. All coaches must have an OSA/USYS Coach card or a DOC Pass to be on the team sideline.
Gameday Rosters
For Play-In games, gameday rosters will be emailed to both teams 2 business days prior to your game. Both teams should print the gameday roster and take to the game. After the game, the winning team should collect both teams’ gameday rosters (each signed by the referee) and email those to office@ohio-soccer.org within 24 hours of the game.
For the Round Robin and Semis/Finals weekend, OSA will print all game cards and distribute to the referees prior to the game. OSA will also collect the game day rosters from the referees after the game.
Items Teams Need to Bring to Games
- Game Day Rosters (for play in games only)
- Referee Fees (for play in games only)
- Physical Plastic/Laminated OSA Player and Coach Cards for every player and coach on the game day roster and sideline
For questions regarding the items above, please feel free to email office@ohio-soccer.org or call our South Office at 513-576-9555.
FAQ
- Preliminary games will be played in single elimination format in order to get down to 16 teams or into brackets of 4 if less than 16 teams enter in an age group. These preliminary games are self scheduled between the home and visiting team.
- Once Preliminary games are completed, teams will be seeded into brackets of 4 and will play a Round Robin against the other three teams in their bracket. All three games will be scheduled by Ohio Soccer Assn during the Round Robin weekend. (All three of these games must be played regardless of whether they will affect the outcome for advancement.)
- The Semis and Finals games will be in single elimination format.
State Cup assignors must be used. You cannot use club or league assignors for State Cup games. You will submit a ref request form for any new requests or for updates to an existing request. Please see the Play-in info document for details.
Club pass players may be used for State Cup. Players must be rostered to a team within your club that is an Ohio South/USYS carded team. Players may only be on one event roster for State Cup, Presidents Cup, or Governors Cup. They may not play for any other team in either event. If you wish to use a Club pass player, they must be included on your event roster that is approved by OSA prior to the event roster freeze.
Please also see the National Championship Series Playing Rules Rule 221 Section 2 here,
Archived Results
2023
| Age Group | Champion | Finalist |
|---|---|---|
| BU11 | CUP 12B Gold | CUP 12B Black |
| BU12 | CUP 11B Gold | GTFC Impact B11 Premier |
| BU13 | Club Ohio 10B National | CUP 10B Gold |
| BU14 | Club Ohio 09B National | Sporting Columbus B09 Academy |
| BU15 | Team Challenger FC North B08 Black | Columbus United B08 Lions |
| BU16 | Spire FC 07B | Columbus United B07 Lions |
| BU17 | Ohio Galaxies FC 06B E64 | Team Challenger FC South 06B Gold |
| BU18 | Columbus United B05 Lions | Team Challenger FC South 05B Gold |
| BU19 | Spire FC 04B | Pacesetter B04/05 Red |
2022
2021
Ohio North
| Age Group | Champions | Finalists |
|---|---|---|
| BU10 (Jr. Cup) | Canton United Force 11B | Anthony Wayne United B11 Blue |
| BU12 (Jr. Cup) | Team Challenger FC South B09 Gold | Perrysburg SC B09 Gold |
| BU13 | Perrysburg SC B08 Gold | Shaker YSA PFC 08B |
| BU14 | FC Evolution (Pennine United B07 White) | GTFC Impact B07 Grey |
| BU15 | FC Evolution (Pennine United B06 Red) | Team Challenger FC South B06 Gold |
| BU16 | FC Evolution (Pennine United B05 White) | Team Challenger FC North B05 Black |
| BU17 | Team Challenger FC North B04 Black | Team Challenger FC South B04 Gold |
| Age Group | Champions | Finalists |
|---|---|---|
| GU10 (Jr. Cup) | Internationals 11/12G Ertz | Anthony Wayne United G11 Blue |
| GU12 (Jr. Cup) | Internationals 09G Lavelle | GTFC Impact G09 Premier |
| GU13 | Internationals 08G | GTFC Impact G08 Premier |
| GU14 | Cleveland Force SC 07G GLC | GTFC Impact G07 Premier |
| GU15 | GTFC Impact G06 Premier | Cleveland Force SC 06G GLC |
| GU16 | FC Evolution 05GC GLC | GTFC Impact G05 Premier |
| GU17 | FC Evolution (Pennine G04) | FC Evolution 04GW GLC |
| GU18 | FC Evolution 03GW NL | GTFC Impact G03 Premier |
Ohio South
