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AAPL OPEN CUP
- Awarded to: the team that wins the All-American Premier League Open Cup Tournament.
- Format: All 24 AAPL teams will be divided into groups. Each team will play every other team in it's group once. The top 2 teams from each group advance to the knock-out phase. The top 4 group winners advance directly to the quarter-finals. The knock-out phase is a two-legged contest where the winner is determined by aggregate points. Teams will be seeded in the tournament based on their overall MFLS point totals on a week to be determined.
- Qualifies For: The winner gets a spot in the Cup Winners' Cup.
- Group Phase Placement Tiebreakers:
1) Goal differential.
2) Goals for.
3) Least goals allowed by keeper(s) throughout group play. (If either team has a keeper that does not play in any group phase week, this tiebreaker becomes null and void)
4) Actual MLS goals by team throughout group play.
- Knock-out Phase Tiebreakers: The team with the best aggregate score advances, if teams are tied...
1) Team with most "away goals" advances. THE LOWER SEEDED TEAMS WILL BE THE HOME TEAM FOR THE FIRST LEGS OF THE SERIES.
2) Team with most actual MLS goals during the 2-matches advances.
3) Keeper(s) with least amount of goals allowed in the 2-matches. (If either team has a keeper that does not play in either week, this tiebreaker becomes null and void)
4) If all else fails, the team with the highest MFLS season points total advances.
CLICK HERE THE 2005 OPEN CUP
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AAPL OPEN CUP
CHAMPIONS
2004
2003
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