USASA National Women's Open

The USASA National Women's Open is an American women's soccer tournament run by the United States Adult Soccer Association. It began in 1996, and from 2009-2012 it was known as the Women's Cup. Before the formation of the Women's Open, the Women's Amateur was the top national cup competition.

Historically, it has only been contested by amateur and semi-pro teams, as teams from professional leagues (WUSA, WPS, and the NWSL) are not allowed to enter the competition. In 2012 though, the Chicago Red Stars, a professional club in the WPSL Elite, entered and won the competition. Similarly, the professional[1] Houston Aces of WPSL won in 2013.

The defending Women's Cup champions are Olympic Club, who won the title over the ASA Chesapeake Charge after beating the Charge 2-0 in the final game day of the 2015 round robin group.[2] Olympic Club also won the 2014 Women's Amateur.

Tournament Structure

2009–2012

In the regional phase of the competition, four to sixteen teams per region compete in a round-robin (or partial round-robin) tournament, playing at least three games.[3]

The national finals feature the four regional winners in a two-round knockout tournament.

2013–present

Teams apply to take part in the national championships, which is contested as an initial round-robin group, followed by a championship game if there are more than four teams participating.

Finalists

By Year
Year Winner Score Runner-up
1996
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Dallas Lightning 2-1 Sacramento Storm
1997
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Dallas Lightning [1] Sacramento Storm
1998
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Ajax America 5-0 Dallas Lightning
1999
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Auto Trader San Diego 14-0 Patrick Real Wyckoff
2000
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Ajax America 2-1 Detroit Rocker Hawks
2001
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Detroit Rocker Hawks 1-0 SoCal Blues
2002
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SoCal Blues 5-0 Peninsula Aztecs
2003
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Ajax America [2]
2004
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Ajax America 2-1 Detroit Jaguars
2005
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FC Indiana 4-0 DCS Titans
2006
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Dallas Roma F.C. [2] Sockers F.C. Chicago
2007
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Ajax America 2-1 FC Indiana
2008
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FC Indiana [3]
2009
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Chicago Eclipse Select 3-1 NYAC
2010
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NYAC 2-0 (OT) Dallas Premier
2011
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J.B. Marine S.C. 2-1 (OT) Sparta United WSC
2012
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Chicago Red Stars 3-2 NYAC
2013
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Houston Aces [4] Kansas City Dynamos
2014
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NYAC 2-1 ASA Chesapeake Charge
2015
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Olympic Club [4] ASA Chesapeake Charge

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Notes
  1. Sources disagree on winner
  2. Losing finalist and semifinalists unknown
  3. All semifinalists known but results are not[9]
  4. Event contested as round-robin group

Cumulative
Team Winners Runners-up Semifinalist / Top Four
Ajax America 5 (1998, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2007) - 1 (2008)
NYAC 2 (2010, 2014) 2 (2009, 2012) 1 (2015[4])
FC Indiana 2 (2005, 2008) 1 (2007) -
Dallas Lightning 2 (1996, 1997[1]) 1 (1998) -
SoCal Blues 1 (2002) 1 (2001) -
Detroit Rocker Hawks 1 (2001) 1 (2000) -
Houston Aces 1 (2013[4]) - 1 (2014[4])
Olympic Club 1 (2015[4]) - -
Chicago Red Stars 1 (2012) - -
J.B. Marine S.C. 1 (2011) - -
Chicago Eclipse Select 1 (2009) - -
Dallas Roma F.C. 1 (2006) - -
Auto Trader San Diego 1 (1999) - -
ASA Chesapeake Charge - 2 (2014, 2015[4]) 1 (2011)
Sacramento Storm - 2 (1996, 1997[1]) -
Salt Lake City Sparta - 1 (2011) 1 (2012, 2014[4])
Kansas City Dynamos - 1 (2013[4]) -
Dallas Premier - 1 (2010) -
DCS Titans - 1 (2005) -
Detroit Jaguars - 1 (2004) -
Peninsula Aztecs - 1 (2002) -
Patrick Real Wyckoff - 1 (1999) -
Fredericksburg FC - - 1 (2015[4])
Fire and Ice Soccer Club - - 1 (2014[4])
Tampa Bay Hellenic - - 1 (2014[4])
Des Moines Menace - - 1 (2013[4])
Kansas City Shock - - 1 (2013[4])
Turbo D'Feeters - - 1 (2012)
Triad United Aces - - 1 (2011)
Kentucky Wanderers - - 1 (2010)
Houston Challengers - - 1 (2009)
Phoenix Inferno - - 1 (2009)
Philadelphia United German-Hungarians - - 1 (2008)
Dallas Sting - - 1 (2008)

References

External Links

USASA home page

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