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 Almaden FC Mercury Green TOP FOUR STATE DIVISION SEEDS #1 Almaden FC Mercury Green, #2 PAC San Jose Indios, #3 ACC Mavericks United, and #4 De Anza Force Blue LOWEST STATE DIVISION ORIGINAL SEED REMAINING FC Diablos (Original Seed #41) MORE CUP DIVISIONS Gold Cup: Sacramento United Reds (highest seed) Silver Cup: El Dorado Hills Blue Devils (highest seed) DIVISION JUMPERS The following teams moved seeding significantly from the original precup rankings to the Knockout Phase rank. Davis Legacy Red moved from #20 to #9 (State Cup) FC Diablos moved from #41 to #10 (State Cup) De Anza Force Silver moved from #39 to #28 (Gold Cup) Mustang Galaxy moved from #40 to #29 (Gold Cup) Manteca FC Rebels moved from #43 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 16 th State (highest division) hosted by NorCal on 16th Gold and Silver 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. For Silver Cup, teams from the same Group will not be placed on the same corner of the bracket. NORCAL STATE CUP NORCAL GOLD CUP KP Rank Team Name Original KP Rank Team Name Original 1 ALMADEN FC MERCURY 97B GREEN 1 21 SACRAMENTO UNITED REDS 97 6 2 PAC Ü SAN JOSE 97 INDIOSô 3 22 FC ELK GROVE 97B PLATINUM 1 7 3 ACC MAVERICKS UNITED FC 4 23 BUTTE UNITED SC CREW 27 4 DE ANZA FORCE 97B BLUE 5 24 OAKLAND SC OAKLAND SELECT 98B 30 5 MUSTANG SC BARCELONA 10 25 NORTH COAST FC 98B PETALUMA 32 6 SANTA ROSA UNITED CHELSEA 12 26 MONTCLAIR CLIPPERS 96 RED 33 7 NORTHBAY ELITE FC JUVENTUS 97 - BLUE 15 27 CHOWCHILLA CV LEON FC 98 34 8 MONARCAS ACADEMY AZTEC WARRIORS 16 28 DE ANZA FORCE 97B SILVER 39 9 DAVIS LEGACY 98 RED 20 29 MUSTANG SC GALAXY 40 10 FC DIABLOS F.C. DIABLOS '96B 41 30 MANTECA FC REBELS 98 43 11 EARTHQUAKES - EAST VALLEY 97B BLUE 2 31 SAN FRANCISCO SEALS SEALS 98 19 12 BALLISTIC UNITED SC BUSC 98 PREMIER 8 32 WALNUT CREEK SC MENACE 97 22 13 CCSA 97B BLACK 9 33 CJSL CLOVIS CROSSFIRE 96B BLUE 23 14 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR EAST BAY SPURS 97 BLUE 11 34 PAC Ü SAN JOSE 97 NEWELLSô 25 15 SF ELITE ACADEMY SANTOS ELITE 13 35 PAC Ü SAN JOSE 97 ATL TICOô 26 16 PAJARO VALLEY YSC PVYSC 97B RED 17 36 PALO ALTO SC 98B BLUE 28 17 ALPINE STRIKERS FC ELITE 97B RED 18 37 ELK GROVE UNITED SC EVERTON 98B 38 18 CASTRO VALLEY SC CVSC UNITED GREEN 97-98 B 21 38 DELTA UNITED SC SPORTING 48 19 GALAXY BLUES 98B 24 39 DAVIS LEGACY SC WHITE N/R 20 OAKDALE YSL UNITED RED BULLS 29 40 UNION CITY PREMIER BARCELONA N/R NORCAL SILVER CUP KP Rank Team Name Original 41 EL DORADO HILLS SC BLUE DEVILS 37 42 LIVERMORE FUSION SC FUSION 97B 47 43 PLACER UNITED 98B BLACK 49 44 DUBLIN UNITED SL EAGLES 51 45 DIABLO FC 97B BLUE 36 46 SAN RAMON AZURI AZURI 98B 42 47 CAP FC UNITED CAP FC 98 44 48 TURLOCK TORNADOS SC TURLOCK TORNADOS 52 49 HERITAGE SC WARDOGS 53 50 ELK GROVE UNITED SC EVERTON 97 46 51 BENICIA ARSENAL FC 97 50 52 SFYS SF REVOLUCION 54 53 PALO ALTO SC 98B WHITE LIGHTNING 55 54 BALLISTIC UNITED SC BUSC U18 SELECT 57 55 ETHOS FC SAINTS 98B 45 56 CALIFORNIA ODYSSEY SC SELMA FC 97BB 58 57 MUSTANG SC COMETS 59 58 WALNUT CREEK SC VELOCITY 98 60
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 U19 BOYS STATE CUP Almaden FC PAC Indios SF Elite 1 Pajaro Valley 5 Alpine Strikers Pajaro Valley Alpine Strikers 2 Castro Valley 1 Monarcas NBEFC Juventus Davis Legacy FC Diablos CHAMPION De Anza Blue ACC Mavericks CCSA Black 3 Tottenham EB 0 Oakdale United Galaxy Blues Oakdale United 4 Galaxy Blues 3 Mustang Barcelona SRU Chelsea Ballistic United Earthquakes EV
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 U19 BOYS GOLD CUP Sac United FC Elk Grove PAC Newells 3 Palo Alto Blue 6 Delta Sporting Palo Alto Blue Delta Sporting 9 EG Everton 2 De Anza Silver 0 Chowchilla Leon Mustang Galaxy Mustang Galaxy 3 Manteca FC CHAMPION Oakland Select Butte United Clovis Crossfire 5 PAC Atletico 4 Clovis Crossfire PAC Atletico Davis White 1 UC Premier 2 North Coast FC Montclair Red SF Seals WC Menace
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 U19 BOYS SILVER CUP El Dorado Hills Livermore Fusion Mustang Comets 1 COSC Selma BUSC Select COSC Selma 2 Heritage War Dogs Cap FC EG Everton 97 Turlock Tornados CHAMPION Dublin Eagles Placer Black Ethos Saints 5 Palo Alto White Ethos Saints WC Velocity 0 Diablo FC Blue San Ramon SF Revolution Benicia FC