The Ohio State Cup
State Cup Administrator
Pam Chialastri
office@ohio-soccer.org
2023 State Cup Dates
May 27-29 Round Robin
June 2-4 Semis and Finals
June 9-11 Rain Date
June 23-28 NCS Regionals (St Louis, Missouri)
July 17-23 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 and Governors 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
Locations, Field Maps & Weather
Please note: no pets allowed at Ohio Soccer Association state tournament events.
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 8th 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 send an email to office@ohio-soccer.org with the subject line “State Cup Event Roster Info-(Gender/Age) (Team Name)” and include attachments with your most recent approved OSA league roster and the approved OSA league roster of any club pass players who will be playing with your team. This information must be emailed by May 8th 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 email us with the updated info/rosters prior to the freeze. We will then go back 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 three OSA Cup Series events (State Cup, Presidents Cup, Governors 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)
- 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
2022
Ohio North
2021
| 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
2021
| Age Group | Champions | Finalists |
|---|---|---|
| BU11 | Club Ohio 2010B Aris | CUP 10B King |
| BU12 | CUP 09B Gold | Sporting Columbus 2009 I |
| BU13 | CUP 08B Black | Columbus United B08 Lions |
| BU14 | Barcelona United Academy 07B | Barca Academy CLB Blue 07B |
| BU15 | Metro FC B06 Rapids | TFA B06 Elite |
| BU16 | Columbus United B05 Lions | CUP 05B Black |
| BU17 | CUP 04B Gold | Cincinnati Elite FC B04 Elite |
| BU18 | CUP 03B Gold | Columbus United B03 Lions |
| BU19/20 | CUP 20 Gold | CUP Elite 2002 |
| Age Group | Champions | Finalists |
|---|---|---|
| GU11 | Mercury G10 Red | CUP 10G North I |
| GU12 | CULM 09G Atletico Madrid | CUP 09G North I |
| GU13 | TFA G08 Elite | Mercury G08 Red |
| GU14 | TFA G07 Elite | Club Ohio Dayton 07G Green |
| GU15 | CUP 06G Gold | Club Ohio 06G Green I |
| GU16 | CUP 05G Gold | TFA G05 Elite |
| GU17 | WCSA 04G Elite | TFA G04 Elite |
| GU18 | TFA G03 Elite | CUP 03G NL |
| GU19 | Ohio Galaxies FC 02G Elite | CUP 02G Gold |
Cancelled due to COVID.
| Age Group | Champions | Finalists |
|---|---|---|
| BU11 | Columbus United 08A Boys | Club Ohio 2008B Green 1 |
| BU12 | WCSA 2007B Elite | Barcelona United Pre- Acad |
| BU13 | CUP 06 Pre-DA | Blast FC 06 Red |
| BU14 | Columbus United Boys 05A | BSA OCA 05 Boys Elite |
| BU15 | Cincinnati Elite FC | Ohio Galaxies FC 04 Elite |
| BU16 | Club Ohio 2003B Green 1 | TFA B03 Elite |
| BU17 | Club Ohio 2002 Green 1 | CUP 02 Gold |
| BU18 | CUP 01 Gold | Club Ohio 2001B Green 1 |
| BU19 | OP N.L. | CUP Gold |
| Age Group | Champions | Finalists |
|---|---|---|
| GU11 | TFA Elite | CUP 08 North 1 |
| GU12 | CUP North 2007 1 | CUP 07G South |
| GU13 | CUP 06 South | TFA Elite 06 |
| GU14 | CUP 05 Gold | KHA Red 05 |
| GU15 | CDA Premier 04 | CUP 04 Gold |
| GU16 | Ohio Galaxies FC 03 Elite | CDA Premier 03 |
| GU17 | Ohio Galaxies FC 02 Elite | CUP 02 Gold |
| GU18 | TFA Elite G01 | CDA Premier 01 |
| GU19 | CDA Premier 00 | Ohio Galaxies FC 00 Elite |
| Age Group | Champions | Finalists |
|---|---|---|
| BU11 | OP GREEN | CUP 07 PRE-DA |
| BU12 | OP GREEN | BLAST FC 06 RED |
| BU13 | CUP 05 PRE-DA | CLASSICS EAGLES RED |
| BU14 | ALLIANCE CINCINNATI GOLD | OCA 04 ELITE |
| BU15 | CE RED 03 | TFA ELITE |
| BU16 | CLUB OHIO 2002 GREEN 1 | CUP 02 GOLD |
| BU17 | CLUB OHIO 2001 GREEN 1 | CUP 01 GOLD |
| BU18 | OP N.L. | PRIDE SC 00B PREMIER |
| BU19 | CUP 99 GOLD | OHIO GALAXIES 99 ELITE |
| Age Group | Champions | Finalists |
|---|---|---|
| GU11 | CUP 2007 GIRLS NORTH 1 | TFA ELITE 2007 |
| GU12 | CUP 06 NORTH | CUP 06 SOUTH |
| GU13 | CUP 05 NORTH | TFA ELITE |
| GU14 | CUP 04 GOLD | WCSA 2004G ELITE |
| GU15 | WCSA GIRLS 03 ELITE | CDA PREMIER 03 |
| GU16 | CDA PREMIER 02 | TFA G02 ELITE |
| GU17 | CDA PREMIER 01 | TFA ELITE 01 |
| GU18 | CE RED 00 | CDA PREMIER 00 |
| GU19 | CDA PREMIER 99 | OHIO GALAXIES FC 99 ELITE |
