The NorCal State Cup Knockout Phase is the final round of the competition, consisting of the single elimination portion of the State Cup. The teams battle through five rounds, concluding with the finals on May 14 th or 15 th at Cosumnes River College in Sacramento, CA. DEFENDING STATE CHAMPIONS Sacramento United Reds TOP FOUR STATE DIVISION SEEDS #1 Sacramento United Reds, #2 Davis Legacy Red, #3 De Anza Force Blue, and #4 Santa Clara Sporting Green LOWEST STATE DIVISION ORIGINAL SEED REMAINING Folsom Force (Original Seed #29) MORE CUP DIVISIONS Gold Cup: Sagebrush SC Red (highest seed) Silver Cup: Earthquakes East Valley Blue (highest seed) Bronze Cup: EBU Bay Oaks United (highest seed) DIVISION JUMPERS The following teams moved seeding significantly from the original precup rankings to the Knockout Phase rank. Cal Odyssey Red moved from #26 to #9 (State Cup) Folsom Force moved from #29 to #10 (State Cup) Alpine Strikers Blue moved from #50 to #28 (Gold Cup) Walnut Creek Crew moved from #51 to #29 (Gold Cup) Davis Legacy White moved from #60 to #30 (Gold Cup) Deportivo Salinas moved from #65 to #48 (Silver Cup) Alternativo FC Stealth moved from #66 to #49 (Silver Cup)
U19: MCFC Lightning U17: Almaden FC Real U16: Sacramento United Reds U15: Marin FC Blue U14: Galt FC U19: CCSA Black U17: West Coast Wild U16: De Anza Force Blue U15: Santa Clara Sporting U14: De Anza Force ECNL U19: Sacramento United Reds U17: Marin FC Blue U16: PAC San Jose Indios U15: Marin FC Blue U14: Santa Clara Sporting U19: Sacramento United America U17: Milan FC U16: Milan FC Rossoneri U15: Monarcas Academy U14: De Anza Force Blue U19: Turlock FC Fire Elite U17: Cal Blues U16: Sacramento United Reds U15: Juventus Forza U14: Juventus Heat U19: Palo Alto Blue Panthers U17: Santa Clara Sporting U16: Merced Atlas U15: Almaden FC Real U14: NCSA Rangers U19: Lamorinda United U17: Juventus Avanza U16: West Coast Wild U15: De Anza Force Blue U14: Santa Clara Sporting U19: Lamorinda United U17: West Coast Kryptonite U16: Juventus Avanza U15: West Coast Wild U14: De Anza Force Blue U19: Cal Odyssey Red U17: CV Chilipeppers U16: Napa Valley United U15: SCA U14: SRU Freeze U17: De Anza Force Silver U16: CV Chilipeppers U15: Livermore Fusion Maroon U14: SCA U19: Santa Clara Sporting U17: Palo Alto Blue Panthers U16: Santa Clara Sporting U15: Santa Clara Sporting U14: Santa Clara Sporting U19: SCA U16: Elk Grove Everton U15: Ajax United Elite U14: PAC San Jose U17: Stanford Landslide U16: MVLA Raptors Gold U15: Placer United Gold U14: San Juan Lightning U17: SCA U16: De Anza Force Blue U15: CV Flames U14: Mustang Blast
Round of 32 Played by April 3 rd Hosted by higher seed Round of 16 Played by April 16 th State (highest division) hosted by NorCal on 16th Gold, Silver, and Bronze hosted by higher seed Quarterfinals Played on May 1 st Hosted by NorCal Semifinals Played on May 7 th Hosted by NorCal Finals Played on May 15 th Hosted by NorCal
U17 BOYS STATE CUP RE-RANKINGS BLUE: 1st Place in Group White: 2nd Place in Group Pink: 3rd Place in Group Green: 4th Place in Group Bracket placement is based on State Cup Re-Rank, however, teams from the same group are placed on opposite sides of bracket. 1st place and 3rd place teams are placed directly based on seeding. 2nd and 4th place teams are placed in the closest seeded postion in the opposite side of bracket of the 1st (or 3rd place) teams from their Group division. NORCAL STATE CUP NORCAL GOLD CUP KP Rank Team Name Original KP Rank Team Name Original 1 SACRAMENTO UNITED REDS 98 1 21 SAGEBRUSH SC UNITED RED 98 8 2 DAVIS LEGACY 99 RED 2 22 STOCKTON STORM FC 99 THUNDERBIRDS 13 3 DE ANZA FORCE 98B BLUE 3 23 MUSTANG SC MUSTANG VILLA 15 4 SANTA CLARA SPORTING 98B GREEN 4 24 CV SAN JOSE FC GUNNERS 98B RED 22 5 BALLISTIC UNITED SC BUSC PREMIER 99 6 25 SANTA ROSA UNITED JUVENTUS 23 6 MARIN FC 99 BLUE 11 26 SACYSL CALIFORNIA NORTHSTARS 99B 34 7 DIABLO FC 98B 12 27 GALAXY BLUES 99B 40 8 EBU - BAY OAKS SC ROADRUNNERS 98 19 28 ALPINE STRIKERS FC 98B BLUE 50 9 CALIFORNIA ODYSSEY SC COSC 98BR 26 29 WALNUT CREEK CREW 98 51 10 FOLSOM SC FORCE 29 30 DAVIS LEGACY 99 WHITE 60 11 ATLETICO SANTA ROSA ASR-LEONES 5 31 ACC MAVERICKS COSMOS 10 12 MONARCAS ACADEMY FLAMES 98 7 32 FC ELK GROVE 98B PLATINUM 1 21 13 SJ EARTHQUAKES PDA '99 9 33 SANTA CLARA SPORTING 98B BLACK 27 14 IMPACT 98 14 34 MVLA 98B BLUE 30 15 ODYSSEY SOUTH EARTHQUAKES B98 BLACK 16 35 AMERICAN CANYON FC GALAXY 35 16 MILAN FC FORZA 18 36 UNION CITY SC JUVENTUS 98 36 17 MONTEREY COUNTY FC UNITED 98B SALINAS FC 20 37 JUVENTUS SC AZTECS PREMIER 37 18 CAP FC UNITED 99B 24 38 CCSA 98B BLACK 38 19 PALO ALTO SC 99B BLUE 25 39 RICHMOND UNITED RICHMOND ARSENAL 42 20 BAY CITY SC 98 28 40 GALT FC DIABLOS 45 NORCAL SILVER CUP NORCAL BRONZE CUP KP Rank Team Name Original KP Rank Team Name Original 41 EARTHQUAKES - EAST VALLEY 98B BLUE 17 59 EAST BAY UNITED - BAY OAKS SC UNITED 98 44 42 CA SAN JOSE UNITED 31 60 BALLISTIC UNITED SC BUSC ELITE 99 54 43 REAL SACRAMENTO FC REAL ATLAS 98 33 61 TRACY FUTBOL ARSENAL 59 44 NORTH COAST FC 99B PETALUMA BLUE 43 62 SAN RAMON SRS AZURI 99B 62 45 CV SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES 98B RED 46 63 CEN CAL COSMOS 2017 69 46 CJSL CLOVIS CROSSFIRE 98B BLUE 47 64 OAKDALE YSL OAKDALE GUNNERS 70 47 ROCKLIN FC RED DEVILS UNITED 49 65 DIABLO FC DFC 98B BLUE 71 48 DEPORTIVO SALINAS SALINAS 65 66 MUSTANG SC UNITED 98 72 49 ALTERNATIVO FC STEALTH 66 67 DUBLIN UNITED SL DUSL GUNNERS 74 50 HERITAGE SC ROVERS 32 68 UNION SACRAMENTO FC UNION FC 98 BOYS 39 51 MERCED UNITED FC 98B 41 69 OAKLAND SC OAKLAND SELECT 99 53 52 SF ELITE ACADEMY SF ELITE 98B 48 70 BARCELONA BAY AREA 99B ACADEMY I 55 53 DELTA UNITED SC BARCELONA 98 52 71 EAST BAY UNITED BAY OAKS - ARSENAL 98 56 54 MANTECA FC BAYERN MUNICH (RED) 57 72 CAPITAL VALLEY UNITED SC CVU BLACKHAWKS 99 67 55 MARIN FC 99 RED 58 73 TAHUICHI FC TAHUICHIBOYS98BLUE 68 56 SMC STAR 98B ACADEMY 61 74 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR EAST BAY SPURS 98 BLUE 73 57 DE ANZA FORCE 98B BLACK 63 75 MUSTANG SC EARTHQUAKES 75 58 LIVERMORE FUSION SC 98B MAROON 64 76 MENDOCINO COUNTY SA MCSA 99B 76
Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals State Championship Semifinals Quarterfinals Round of 16 Round of 32 3-Apr-16 16-Apr-16 1-May-16 7-May-16 15-May-16 7-May-16 1-May-16 16-Apr-16 3-Apr-16 U17 BOYS STATE CUP Sac United Davis Legacy MCFC Salinas 1 Odyssey South 2 Cap FC Odyssey South Cap FC 2 Milan FC 1 EBU Bay Oaks Diablo FC COSC Red Folsom Force CHAMPION Sporting Green De Anza Blue SJ Quakes PDA 1 Impact 1 Bay City Palo Alto Blue Bay City 3 Palo Alto Blue 2 BUSC Premier Marin FC Blue Monarcas Flames ASR Leones
Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Semifinals Quarterfinals Round of 16 Round of 32 3-Apr-16 16-Apr-16 1-May-16 7-May-16 15-May-16 7-May-16 1-May-16 16-Apr-16 3-Apr-16 U17 BOYS GOLD CUP Sagebrush Stockton Storm AC Galaxy 0 Juventus SC 0 UCSC Juventus Richmond UCSC Juventus 2 Richmond 9 Alpine Strikers Galaxy Blues WC Crew Davis White CHAMPION CV Gunners Mustang Villa Sporting Black 2 MVLA Blue 3 Sporting Black MVLA Blue CCSA Black 1 Galt FC 2 SRU Juventus Cal Northstars 5 Cal Northstars FC Elk Grove Mavericks 1
Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 3-Apr-16 16-Apr-16 1-May-16 7-May-16 15-May-16 Semifinals Quarterfinals Round of 16 Round of 32 7-May-16 1-May-16 16-Apr-16 3-Apr-16 U17 BOYS SILVER CUP Earthquakes EV CA San Jose Manteca FC 2 SMC Star 4 Manteca FC SMC Star Livermore Fusion 0 De Anza Black 3 Deportivo Salinas Rocklin FC Alternativo FC Heritage Rovers CHAMPION North Coast FC Real Sacramento Delta Barcelona Marin FC Red CV SJ Quakes Red Clovis Crossfire Merced United SF Elite
Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 3-Apr-16 16-Apr-16 1-May-16 7-May-16 15-May-16 Semifinals Quarterfinals Round of 16 Round of 32 7-May-16 1-May-16 16-Apr-16 3-Apr-16 U17 BOYS BRONZE CUP EBU United BUSC Elite Tahuichi FC 0 Mustang Quakes 2 Tottenham EB Mustang Quakes Tottenham EB 4 Mendicino CSA 1 Mustang United Diablo FC Blue 1 Diablo FC Blue Dublin Gunners Oakland Select 0 CHAMPION San Ramon Tracy Arsenal CVU Blackhawks EBU Arsenal CenCal Cosmos Oakdale Gunners Union Sacramento Barcelona BA