Founded 2009 Number of teams 40 | Region New York City Website www.cosmoscopa.com | |
The Cosmos Copa, originally called Copa NYC, is an amateur adult soccer tournament played in New York City between teams representing different ethnic heritages in a World Cup-style competition.
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History
The competition was founded in 2009 by local soccer fans Spencer Dormitzer and Chris Noble. Each team plays under the name of a foreign country, and all players on that team must be from, or have parents who are from, that country.
In 2010, the New York Cosmos took over the tournament, which continued to be run by its founders. The Copa was renamed for the professional club as part of the deal.
Format
In 2014, forty teams competed in the Cosmos Copa. The eight quarterfinalists from the previous tournament pre-qualified for the following competition, while the remaining thirty-eight competed for eight additional places.
The 2014 final was held at James M. Shuart Stadium before a North American Soccer League match between the Cosmos and the Carolina RailHawks.
The tournament was not held in 2016.