Copa Tejas
Copa Tejas is the name of the cup competition and trophy created in 2019 by supporters of San Antonio FC, which is awarded each season to the team who compiles the best head-to-head record against each other among the USL Championship teams in Texas.[1] It was first contested in 2019 and was won by Austin Bold FC.
| Locale | Texas |
|---|---|
| Teams | |
| First meeting | 2019 USLC |
| Next meeting | 2021 USLC |
| Stadiums |
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| Statistics | |
| Most wins | Austin (1 title) |
History
San Antonio FC and Rio Grande Valley FC have competed in the USL since 2016, participating in their own rivalry: the South Texas Derby. With the addition of Austin and El Paso in the 2019 season, the Copa Tejas was created.[2]
Austin claimed the inaugural Copa Tejas with a 3–0 win over RGV on September 1, 2019. They finished top of the table with a 3-2-1 (W-D-L) record and 11 points.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic and the rescheduling of the 2020 USL Championship season into group play, whereas El Paso was not included in the group with the other Texas teams, and that there would not be a "fair round-robin format", the Copa Tejas was not awarded in 2020.[3]
Titles
| Club | Titles | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Austin | 1 | 2019 |
| El Paso | 0 | |
| Rio Grande Valley | 0 | |
| San Antonio | 0 |
Scoring
The Copa Tejas format is similar to the Cascadia Cup. Points are earned during the regular season: three for a victory, one for a draw, and no points for a loss. The team that accumulates the most points during the regular USL season, excluding possible U.S. Open Cup match ups and league playoffs, will be awarded the trophy in October and will keep it and bragging rights for a year. If a tiebreaker is necessary, it will be determined from goal differential and other criteria.
The winner each year is decided by these criteria, in order:[4]
- Greater number of points earned in matches between the teams concerned
- Greater goal difference in matches between the teams concerned
- Greater number of goals scored in matches between the teams concerned
- Reapply first three criteria if two or more teams are still tied
- Greater goal difference in all cup matches
- Greater number of goals scored in all cup matches
- Smaller number of disciplinary points in all cup matches (yellow = 1 point, red = 2 points)
Year by year results
| Year | Champions | Second | Third | Fourth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Austin | San Antonio | Rio Grande Valley | El Paso |
| 2020 | Not awarded | |||
2019
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austin Bold FC |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 11 |
| 2 | San Antonio FC |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 8 |
| 3 | Rio Grande Valley FC |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 8 |
| 4 | El Paso Locomotive FC |
6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 4 |
Austin Win El Paso Win Rio Grande Valley Win San Antonio Win Draw
| March 23, 2019 1 | El Paso | 2–2 | Rio Grande Valley | El Paso |
| 8:30 p.m. MST | Ross  45+1' Rebellón  59' Contreras 72' Gebhard 78' |
USLC Report | Dunwell 47' Hernandez 66', 79' Duvall 69' Enríquez 90' |
Stadium: Southwest University Park Attendance: 7,458 Referee: Alejandro Aguilera |
| March 30, 2019 2 | Austin | 1–0 | San Antonio | Del Valle |
| 7:30 p.m. CDT | McFarlane 59' Kléber 78' |
SAN Report | Maguraushe 25' Hernandez 54' |
Stadium: Bold Stadium Attendance: 5,803 Referee: Yusri Rudolf |
| April 21, 2019 3 | Austin | 0–0 | El Paso | Del Valle |
| 4:00 p.m. CDT | Okugo 62' |
USLC Report | N'Toko 44' Kiffe 79' |
Stadium: Bold Stadium Attendance: 1,839 Referee: Michael Radchuk |
| May 25, 2019 4 | Rio Grande Valley | 3–1 | San Antonio | Edinburg |
| 7:30 p.m. CDT | Enríquez 30' Salazar 36', 58' Dunwell 74' Lemoine 90+3' |
SAN Report | Guzmán 70' Yaro 86' |
Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 4,377 Referee: Michael Radchuk |
| June 22, 2019 5 | Rio Grande Valley | 0–1 | Austin | Edinburg |
| 7:30 p.m. CDT | Castellanos 22' Adams 83' |
USLC Report | Saramutin 32' McFarlane 41' Lima 50' Kléber 55' Tyrpak 88' Okugo 90+4' Restrepo 90+6' |
Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 3,286 Referee: Gustavo Solorio |
| June 26, 2019 6 | San Antonio | 0–0 | El Paso | San Antonio |
| 7:30 p.m. CDT | Ackon 45' Barmby 58'  63' |
SAN Report | Beckie 16' Ketterer 44' Gebhard 87' Gómez 90+3' |
Stadium: Toyota Field Attendance: 6,081 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza |
| July 3, 2019 7 | San Antonio | 3–0 | Austin | San Antonio |
| 7:30 p.m. CDT | Okugo 8' (o.g.) Bryant 41' Forbes 50' Gallegos 64' Ackon 67' Parano 70' Greene 90+2' |
SAN Report | Báez 45' Guadarrama 76' |
Stadium: Toyota Field Attendance: 7,514 Referee: Daniel Gutierrez |
| July 17, 2019 8 | El Paso | 1–3 | San Antonio | El Paso |
| 7:00 p.m. MST | Fox 13', 28' Salgado 90+2' |
SAN Report | López 8', 45+3' Eboussi 34' Jamieson 52' |
Stadium: Southwest University Park Attendance: 6,128 Referee: Mark Allatin |
| August 17, 2019 9 | San Antonio | 2–2 | Rio Grande Valley | San Antonio |
| 7:30 p.m. CDT | Barmby 14' Parano 44' Greene 68' López 88' |
SAN Report | Fuenmayor  31' Martinez 38' Samuels 45+4' Castellanos 51' Small 75' Ackon 80' (o.g.) Rodriguez 87' Jackson 90' |
Stadium: Toyota Field Attendance: 7,533 Referee: Sergii Demianchuk |
| August 24, 2019 10 | Rio Grande Valley | 1–0 | El Paso | Edinburg |
| 7:30 p.m. CDT | Bird 46' |
ELP Report | Ryan 56' 90+1' |
Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 4,275 Referee: Luis Guardia |
| September 1, 2019 11 | Austin | 3–0 | Rio Grande Valley | Del Valle |
| 7:30 p.m. CDT | Twumasi 33' Taylor 55' Lima 60' Promise 72', 87' |
AUS Report USL Report |
Corti 44' Enríquez 57' Fuenmayor 77' Coronado 85' |
Stadium: Bold Stadium Attendance: 1,968 Referee: Kevin Broadley |
| October 10, 2019 12 | El Paso | 1–1 | Austin | El Paso |
| 8:00 p.m. MST | Monsalvez 42' Velásquez 76' (pen.) |
ELP Report AUS Report USL Report |
Mallace 35' Okugo 45+3' Kléber 53' Lima 77', 81' Taylor 82' Soto 90+3' |
Stadium: Southwest University Park Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere |
2020
Due to the coronavirus pandemic and the announcement of the updated format for the remainder of the 2020 USL Championship season, the 2020 Copa Tejas competition was not played-out as originally scheduled. El Paso Locomotive FC was put in Group C while Austin Bold FC, Rio Grande Valley FC, and San Antonio FC were placed in Group D.[5] Therefore, the Copa Tejas was not awarded in 2020.[6]