Heard of the US Open Cup ? It's the only tournament for which every club or franchise in US soccer can qualify. I'm not gonna explain that here, read about it on thecup.us The rules are so convoluted that Minneapolis City were unceremoniously kicked out of last year's tournament because they moved leagues after they'd started the qualification process. In similarly ridiculous fashion they are back in the qualification process, not through their league placement in the NPSL (a league which offers some automatic qualification spots) but through their founder Stegmans Soccer Club , a much harder qualification path. US Soccer then made it even harder by scheduling them for an away game in Aurora, IL (they won) and now they play in Rochester, this weekend. Unfortunately the Rochester in question is upstate NY rather than 'med city' two hours away in MN. City/Stegmans are the only amateur team to be trying to qualify in the entire state of Minnesot...