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 West Coast Wild TOP FOUR STATE DIVISION SEEDS #1 West Coast Wild, #2 Marin FC Blue, #3 Lamorinda United, and #4 Sacramento United Extreme LOWEST STATE DIVISION ORIGINAL SEED REMAINING Santa Clara YSL White (Original Seed #32) MORE CUP DIVISIONS Gold Cup: Orchard Valley Heat Red (highest seed) DIVISION JUMPERS The following teams moved seeding significantly from the original precup rankings to the Knockout Phase rank. Ajax United Elite moved from #26 to #19 (State Cup) Santa Clara YSL White moved from #32 to #20 (State Cup) SACYSL Cal Northstars moved from #33 to #26 (Gold Cup) CCSA White moved from #34 to #27 (Gold Cup) Livermore Fusion Maroon moved from #35 to #28 (Gold Cup) Fair Oaks Magic moved from #37 to #29 (Gold Cup) Bullard United moved from #38 to #30 (Gold 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 17 th State (highest division) hosted by NorCal on 17th Gold 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
U19 GIRLS 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. For Silver Cup, teams from the same Group will not be placed on the same corner of the bracket. NORCAL STATE CUP KP Rank Team Name Original 1 WEST COAST SOCCER WEST COAST WILD 1 2 MARIN FC 98G BLUE 2 3 LAMORINDA SC LAMORINDA/BAY OAKS 97 NAVY 3 4 SACRAMENTO UNITED EXTREME 97 4 5 CASTRO VALLEY SC UNITED GREEN 97-98 5 6 ODYSSEY SOUTH EARTHQUAKES BLACK 6 7 CALIFORNIA ODYSSEY SC COSC 97GR 7 8 WEST COAST SOCCER WEST COAST KATZ 8 9 MUSTANG SC OUTLAWS 9 10 SCC BREAKERS 97G WHITE 10 11 JUVENTUS SC LIGHTNING 97G 11 12 DELTA UNITED SC FIRESTORM 13 13 WALNUT CREEK INFERNO 97 14 14 WEST VALLEY YSL VISION 97G RED 16 15 ALMADEN FC QUICKSILVER 97G GREEN 17 16 NORTH COAST FC 98G PETALUMA 18 17 MANTECA FC ALLIANCE 20 18 TRACY FC UNITED 24 19 AJAX UNITED ELITE 97G 26 20 SANTA CLARA YSL GIRLS WHITE 32 NORCAL GOLD CUP KP Rank Team Name Original 21 ORCHARD VALLEY SC HEAT RED 97G 19 22 AMERICAN RIVER FC ARFC 98-FRASER 21 23 AMERICAN RIVER FC DM 22 24 BENICIA ARSENAL FC 97 29 25 TRACY FUTBOL CROSSFIRE 30 26 SACYSL CALIFORNIA NORTHSTARS 98G RED 33 27 CENTRAL CALIFORNIA SOCCER ALLIANCE WHITE 34 28 LIVERMORE FUSION SC 98G MAROON 35 29 FAIR OAKS SC MAGIC 37 30 BULLARD UNITED BULLARD 98 GIRLS 38 31 CJSL CLOVIS CROSSFIRE 96G BLUE 23 32 PAC UNITED 25 33 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR EAST BAY SPURS 96 BLUE 27 34 MONTEREY COUNTY FC UNITED 96G 28 35 CAP FC UNITED 98 RED GIRLS 31 36 SOLANO SOUNDERS 36 37 MUSTANG SC UNITED 39 38 RICHMOND SOL 98 40
Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals State Championship Semifinals Quarterfinals Round of 16 Round of 32 3-Apr-16 17-Apr-16 1-May-16 7-May-16 15-May-16 7-May-16 1-May-16 17-Apr-16 3-Apr-16 U19 GIRLS STATE CUP West Coast Wild Marin FC Almaden FC 0 North Coast 2 Manteca FC North Coast Manteca FC 7 Tracy United 0 West Coast Katz Cal Odyssey Red Mustang Outlaws SCC Breakers CHAMPION Sacramento United Lamorinda United Vision Red 3 WC Inferno 1 Vision Red Santa Clara YSL Ajax United 0 Santa Clara YSL 2 Castro Valley Odyssey South Juventus Lightning Delta United
Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 3-Apr-16 17-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 17-Apr-16 3-Apr-16 U19 GIRLS GOLD CUP Orchard Valley ARFC Fraser Cap FC 1 Mustang United 0 Cap FC Richmond Sol Solano United 0 Richmond Sol 3 Lovermore Fusion CCSA White Fair Oaks Magic Bullard United CHAMPION Benicia Arsenal ARFC DM Monterey County Tottenhame EB Tracy Crossfire Cal Northstars Clovis Crossfire PAC United