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(詳細はAmerican Soccer Pyramid. For the 2012 tournament, all American-based teams from the top two tiers, Major League Soccer and the North American Soccer League, will earns berths into the third and second round propers of the tournament, respectively. Thus making it the first time in six years that all first and second division teams automatically qualify into the tournament. For the third, fourth and fifth tiers of the pyramid, a series of qualification and state tournaments are held to determine the berths into the tournament. Most states began their qualification in October or November 2011 and will conclude in March 2012. These teams, will complete the 64 team field in the U.S. Open Cup. == USL Premier Development League == Previously, the berths in the USL Premier Development League were determined by each divisional leader after a select number of PDL regular season matches. For 2012, the PDL was allocated 16 berths, up from eight. Additionally, US Soccer required that all berths be determined by May 5th. Therefore, the league decided that 4 clubs from each conference would qualify based on the results from 2011. The top 2 US based clubs from each division in the Central, Southern, and Western conference would qualify. For the Eastern Conference the qualifiers were the top team from each of the three divisions and a "wildcard" from the remaining teams – the team with the most points from the regular season. Since the 1st place team, Thunder Bay Chill, in the Heartland Division is a Canadian club, Real Colorado Foxes qualified for the US Open Cup even though they did not participate in the 2011 playoffs. Likewise, since the 2nd place team in the Northwest Division, Victoria Highlanders, and the 3rd place team, Vancouver Whitecaps Residency, are both Canadian clubs, the 4th place team Portland Timbers U23's qualified. Interestingly the Eastern conference runner-up, Jersey Express, did not qualify for the Cup. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup qualification」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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