{"id":38430,"date":"2015-09-23T08:40:42","date_gmt":"2015-09-23T12:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=38430"},"modified":"2015-09-23T14:22:45","modified_gmt":"2015-09-23T18:22:45","slug":"usoc-1st-round-open-division-matches-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=38430","title":{"rendered":"USOC: 1st Round Open Division Matches Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_38434\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Southie-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38434\" data-attachment-id=\"38434\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?attachment_id=38434\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Southie-1.png?fit=600%2C415\" data-orig-size=\"600,415\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Southie-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo credit: Southie FC&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Southie-1.png?fit=300%2C208\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Southie-1.png?fit=600%2C415\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38434\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Southie-1.png?resize=600%2C415\" alt=\"Photo credit: Southie FC\" width=\"600\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Southie-1.png?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Southie-1.png?resize=300%2C208 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38434\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Southie FC<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=38264\">seven New England-based sides <\/a>that received Open Division slots for 2016 U.S. Open Cup qualifying learned who they&#8217;ll face during the First Round after U.S. Soccer announced the first round pairings on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>First Round action for the seven &#8211; which include\u00a0Battery Park Gunners (BSSL), GPS Omens (BSSL), Worcester FC (BSSL), Boston Olympiakos (MSSL) Southie FC (MSSL), Newtown Pride FC (CSL) and Newport FC &#8211; will take place during\u00a0the weekend of Oct. 17-18.<\/p>\n<p>Southie FC will face Battery Park Gunners at 12:00 pm on Oct. 17 at Madison Park High School in Roxbury, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>Later that day, Newport FC will take on Worcester FC at 5:00pm at Pappas Recreation Center in Auburn, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>That evening, Newtown Pride will\u00a0venture west to meet\u00a0Lansdowne Bhoys FC at 7:30pm at Gaelic Park in Bronx, N.Y.<\/p>\n<p>On Oct. 18, Boston Olympiakos will take on GPS Omens at 10:00am \u00a0at Wayland High School in Wayland, Mass.<\/p>\n<p>The entire slate of First Round matches can viewed <a href=\"http:\/\/thecup.us\/2015\/09\/22\/2016-us-open-cup-qualifying-matchups-announced-for-open-division-amateur-tournament\/\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The First Round winners will meet in the Second Round during the weekend of Nov. 14-15.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/urls.api.twitter.com\/1\/urls\/count.json?url=http:\/\/thecup.us\/2015\/09\/22\/2016-us-open-cup-qualifying-matchups-announced-for-open-division-amateur-tournament\/&amp;callback=jQuery1111019020292574217418_1442976397303&amp;_=1442976397304\" async=\"\"><\/script><script id=\"facebook-jssdk\" src=\"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.3&amp;appId=246898358796597\"><\/script><script src=\"\/\/www.google-analytics.com\/analytics.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><script id=\"ie_34676_0x7f20084\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(function() {window.klTabId_kis='ie_34676_0x7f20084';})();(function () { var klTabIdEventName = \"klTabId_kis\"; 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Auburn, Mass. \u2013 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Newtown Pride FC (CT) at Lansdowne Bhoys FC (EAST NY)<br \/>\nGaelic Park; Bronx, N.Y. \u2013 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>OCT. 18, 2015<\/p>\n<p>Boston Olympiakos FC (MA) at Global Premier Soccer Omens (MA)<br \/>\nWayland High School; Wayland, Mass. \u2013 10 a.m.<\/p>\n<div id=\"boxed\">\n<div class=\"container-wrap\">\n<div class=\"container main-content\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div id=\"post-area\" class=\"col span_12 col_last\">\n<article id=\"post-21428\" class=\"post-21428 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-feature category-feature-qualifying category-usoc category-qualifying tag-2016-us-open-cup-qualifying\">\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<div class=\"content-inner\">\n<p><strong>QUALIFYING: SECOND ROUND\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Boston Olympiakos \/ GPS Omens winner at Battery Park Gunners<br \/>\nMadison Park High School; Roxbury, Mass. \u2013 Nov. 14, 12 p.m.<br \/>\nOR<br \/>\nBoston Olympiakos \/ GPS Omens winner at Southie FC<br \/>\nLawrence Veterans Memorial Stadium; 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