Copa Tejas

Copa Tejas is the name of the two cup competitions and one shield between the Major League Soccer, USL Championship and NWSL teams of the state of Texas, awarded by independent supporters groups of the state's teams. It was initially founded in 2019 by supporters of San Antonio FC.[1] It awards a Division 1 trophy for the top Major League Soccer team, a Division 2 trophy for the top USL Championship team, and the Copa Tejas Shield for the best team across all participants. The current Major League Soccer clubs are Austin FC, FC Dallas, and Houston Dynamo FC. The USL Championship clubs are Austin Bold FC, El Paso Locomotive FC, Rio Grande Valley FC, and San Antonio FC. NWSL side Houston Dash participates only in the Copa Tejas Shield as the lone Texas team in the league.

Copa Tejas
Founded2019 (2019)
RegionTexas
Number of teams8 (Shield)
3 (Division 1)
4 (Division 2)
Current champion(s)Shield: El Paso Locomotive FC
Division 1: FC Dallas
Division 2: El Paso Locomotive FC
Most successful club(s)Shield: El Paso Locomotive FC
Division 1: FC Dallas
Division 2: Austin Bold FC, El Paso Locomotive FC (1 title each)
WebsiteOfficial website
Austin Bold FC
El Paso Locomotive FC
Rio Grande Valley FC
San Antonio FC
Austin FC
FC Dallas
Houston Dynamo FC
Houston Dash

It was first contested in 2019 and was won by Austin Bold FC.

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 by supporters of San Antonio FC to determine the best team in Texas.[2]

Austin Bold FC claimed the inaugural Copa Tejas with a 3–0 win over Rio Grande Valley FC 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, El Paso was not included in the group with the other Texas teams. This resulted in the lack of a "fair round-robin format", and so the Copa Tejas was not awarded in 2020.[3]

In 2021, with Austin FC joining Major League Soccer, an MLS division of the competition, called Division 1, was created.[4] This was to supplement the existing Texas Derby which is contested between FC Dallas and Houston Dynamo FC. The USL Championship division would now be known as Division 2.[5]

The Copa Tejas Shield was announced in 2021 as a cross-league award, featuring the teams from both the Division 1 and Division 2 competition and NWSL side Houston Dash.

Division 1
Austin FC
FC Dallas
Houston Dynamo FC
Copa Tejas Division 1
ClubTitlesYears
Austin FC0
FC Dallas12021
Houston Dynamo FC0
YearChampionsSecondThird
2021FC DallasHouston Dynamo FCAustin FC

2021
Main article: 2021 Major League Soccer season
2021 results summary
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1
  FC Dallas
 6 3 2 1 14 10 +4 11
2
  Houston Dynamo FC
 6 2 2 2 12 10 +2 8
3
  Austin FC
 6 2 0 4 9 15 −6 6
Updated to match(es) played on 10/31/2021. Source: https://copatejas.com/

  Austin FC win   FC Dallas win   Houston Dynamo FC win   Draw

May 8, 2021 1 FC Dallas 1–1 Houston Dynamo FC Frisco, TX
2:30 p.m. CDT Bressan  34'
Obrian  42'  54'
Acosta  82'		 Report Picault  34' (pen.)
Rodríguez  44'
Vera  44'
Corona  46'
Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 8,749
Referee: Alex Chilowicz
August 4, 2021 2 Austin FC 3–2 Houston Dynamo FC Austin, TX
8:00 p.m. CDT Pochettino  7', 45+1'
Domínguez  56'
Stroud  83'		 Report Cerén  20'
Pasher  27'
Dorsey  79'
Picault  86'		 Stadium: Q2 Stadium
Attendance: 20,738
Referee: Joseph Dickerson
August 7, 2021 3 FC Dallas 2–0 Austin FC Frisco, TX
7:30 p.m. CDT Bressan  42'
Hollingshead  50'
Ferreira  63'
Jara  90+4'		 Report Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 16,625
Referee: Alan Kelley
August 21, 2021 4 Houston Dynamo FC 2–2 FC Dallas Houston, TX
7:30 p.m. CDT Picault  25' (pen.)
Vera  72'
Urruti  82'
Cerén  90+1'		 Report Cerrillo  15'
Schön  30'
Tafari  54'
Pepi  58'
Acosta  65'
Hedges  83'		 Stadium: BBVA Stadium
Attendance: 13,548
Referee: Allen Chapman
August 29, 2021 4 Austin FC 3–5 FC Dallas Austin, Texas
7:30 p.m. CDT Cascante  13'
Lima  25'
Fagúndez  59'
Ring  68'		 Report Ferreira  5', 38'
Schön  17'
Pepi  36', 40'
Obrian  53'
ElMedkhar  84'		 Stadium: Q2 Stadium
Attendance: 20,738
Referee: Jair Marrufo
September 11, 2021 6 Houston Dynamo FC 3–0 Austin FC Houston, TX
7:30 p.m. CDT Dorsey  1'
Picault  24',  39',  65'
Lundqvist  52'		 Report Pochettino  22'
Ring  44'
Berhalter  51'		 Stadium: BBVA Stadium
Attendance: 14,070
Referee: Ismael Elfath
September 18, 2021 7 Houston Dynamo FC 3–2 FC Dallas Houston, TX
7:30 p.m. CDT Dorsey  5'
Picault  20'
Valentin  40'
Quintero  59' (pen.)		 Report Obrian  86',  90+4'
Schön  90+6'		 Stadium: BBVA Stadium
Attendance: 12,353
Referee: Victor Rivas
October 24, 2021 8 Austin FC 2-1 Houston Dynamo FC Austin, TX
3:00 p.m. CDT Maric  7' (o.g.)
Driussi  45+4'		 Report Cascante  90+2' (o.g.) Stadium: Q2 Stadium
Attendance: 20,738
Referee: Timothy Ford
October 30, 2021 9 FC Dallas 2-1 Austin FC Frisco, TX
7:30 p.m. CDT Ferreira  38'
Jara  80'		 Report Fagundez  36' Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 16,080
Referee: Silviu Petrescu

2022
Main article: 2022 Major League Soccer season
2022 results summary
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1
  FC Dallas
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2
  Houston Dynamo FC
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3
  Austin FC
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 12/15/2021. Source: https://copatejas.com/

  Austin FC win   FC Dallas win   Houston Dynamo FC win   Draw

April 23, 2022 1 FC Dallas v Houston Dynamo FC Frisco, TX
2:00 p.m. CDT Stadium: Toyota Stadium
April 30, 2022 2 Houston Dynamo FC v Austin FC Houston, TX
12:30 p.m. CDT Stadium: PNC Stadium
June 25, 2022 3 Austin FC v FC Dallas Austin, TX
8:00 p.m. CDT Stadium: Q2 Stadium
July 9, 2022 4 Houston Dynamo FC v FC Dallas Houston, TX
7:30 p.m. CDT Stadium: PNC Stadium
June 25, 2022 5 Austin FC v Houston Dynamo FC Austin, TX
8:00 p.m. CDT Stadium: Q2 Stadium
July 16, 2022 6 FC Dallas v Austin FC Houston, TX
8:00 p.m. CDT Stadium: PNC Stadium

Division 2
Austin Bold FC
El Paso FC
Rio Grande Valley FC
San Antonio FC
Copa Tejas Division 2
ClubTitlesYears
Austin Bold FC12019
El Paso Locomotive FC12021
Rio Grande Valley FC0
San Antonio FC0
YearChampionsSecondThirdFourth
2019Austin Bold FCSan Antonio FCRio Grande Valley FCEl Paso Locomotive FC
2020Not Awarded
2021El Paso Locomotive FCAustin Bold FCRio Grande Valley FCSan Antonio FC

2019
Main article: 2019 USL Championship season
2019 results summary
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
Source: https://copatejas.com/

  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
Main article: 2020 USL Championship season

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.[6] Therefore, the Copa Tejas was not awarded in 2020.[7]

2021
Main article: 2021 USL Championship season
2021 results summary
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1
  El Paso Locomotive FC
 12 7 2 3 24 16 +8 23
2
  Austin Bold FC
 12 3 6 3 10 17 −7 15
3
  Rio Grande Valley FC
 12 3 5 4 17 17 0 14
4
  San Antonio FC
 12 3 4 5 15 16 −1 13
Source: https://copatejas.com/

  Austin Win   El Paso Win   Rio Grande Valley Win   San Antonio Win   Draw

May 16, 2021 1 Rio Grande Valley 2–1 San Antonio Edinburg
7:30 p.m. CDT Kuzain  42'
Sorto  57'
Robinson  75'
López  90+6'		 Report Patiño  31',  68'
Lema  45'
Cuello  45+3'
Khmiri  78'		 Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 2,610
Referee: Melvin Rivas
May 22, 2021 2 El Paso 1–0 Rio Grande Valley El Paso
8:30 p.m. MST Solignac  1'
Ryan  45+2'
Ross  62'
Mares  77'
Borelli  89'		 Amoh  70'  80' Stadium: Southwest University Park
Attendance: 6,325
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
May 29, 2021 3 San Antonio 1–1 Rio Grande Valley San Antonio
7:30 p.m. CDT Lema  34'
Epps  40'
Cuello  80'		 Report Pimentel  42'
J. Sánchez  55'
Azócar  89'
V. Sánchez  90'		 Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: 3,852
Referee: Jon Freemon
June 3, 2021 4 Austin 0–1 El Paso Del Valle
8:00 p.m. CDT Ycaza  9'
Garcia  29'
Hinds  57'
Báez  71'
Okoli  87'		 Report Yuma  39'
Rebellón  51'
Luna  56'
Zendejas  81'
Solignac  90+2'		 Stadium: Bold Stadium
Attendance: 791
Referee: Mark Allatin
June 16, 2021 5 Rio Grande Valley 1-2 Austin Edinburg
7:00 p.m. CDT Diz Pe  13'
Cerritos  21'
Kuzain  58'
Cabezas  75'
Pimentel  82'		 Report Okali  55'
Okali  90'
Gracia  90+6'		 Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 2572
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
June 19, 2021 6 San Antonio FC 1-1 Rio Grande FC San Antonio
7:30 p.m. CDT Dhillon  13'
Lindley  14'
Dhillon  17'
Varela  66'
Lema  90'
Doyle  90+5'		 Report Sorto  22'
Sanchez  58'
Alburquerque  64'
Sanchez  90+1'
Ramsey  90+5'		 Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 3920
Referee: Elijio Arreguin
June 30, 2021 7 Rio Grande Valley 3-2 El Paso Edinburg
7:00 p.m. CDT Manley  5'
Kuzain  61'
Lopez  73'
Vera  87'
Kuzain  90+3'		 Report Aguinaga  31'
Luna  77'
Solignac  82'		 Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 2445
Referee: Brandon Stevis
July 3, 2021 8 San Antonio 0-1 Austin San Antonio
7:30 p.m. CDT Doyle  15'
Lindley  41'
Patino  71'
Deplagne  79'		 Report Diouf  2'
Diouf  33'
Gordon  45' Baez  52'
Okoli 60
Panicco  77'
Soto  83'		 Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: 6243
Referee: Matthew Franz
July 7, 2021 9 Austin 1-1 Rio Grande Valley Del Valle
8:00 p.m. CDT Hinds  16'
Sarkodie  45+1'
Sarkodie  48'
Adamolekun  88'		 Report Kuzain  45+2'
Cabezas  45+3'
Pimental  52'
Azocar  62'		 Stadium: Bold Stadium
Attendance: 686
Referee: Elijio Arreguin
June 24, 2021 10 Rio Grande Valley 1-1 Austin Edinburg
8:00 p.m. CDT Cabezas  8'
Cabezas  56'
Lopez  67'
Deric  85'		 Report Torres  35'  50'
Baez  79'
Baez  85'		 Stadium: H-E-B Park
Referee: Brad Jensen
July 28, 2021 11 San Antonio 1-2 El Paso San Antonio
7:30 p.m. CDT Lindley  23'
Sjoberg  27'
Abu  42'
Sjoberg  74'		 Report Solignac  18'
Bahner  30'
Luna  37'
Ryan  58'
Luna  71'		 Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: 5,273
Referee: Malik Badawi
July 31, 2021 12 Austin 0-3 San Antonio Del Valle
8:00 p.m. CDT Gordon  12'
Ycaza  20'
Okoli  23'
Garcia  29'
Taylor  37'
Hinds  40'
Panicco  67'		 Report Cuello  30'
Gallegos  34'
Abu  45+4'
Deplange  59'
Nathan  69'
Gallegos  74'
Maloney  90+5'		 Stadium: Bold Stadium
Attendance: 1,577
Referee: Jervis Atagana
August 4, 2021 13 El Paso 2-0 San Antonio El Paso
8:00 p.m. MST Luna  29'
King  37'
Aguinaga  44'
Aguinaga  45+2'
Jerome  68'
Rebellon  70'  77'		 Report Deplange  12'
Maloney  56'		 Stadium: Southwest University Park
Attendance: 4,688
Referee: Brad Jensen
August 7, 2021 14 El Paso 3-0 Austin El Paso
7:30 p.m. CDT Fox  59'
Mares  72'
Carrijo  90+3'		 Report Garcia  86' Stadium: Southwest University Park
Attendance: 5,348
Referee: Michael Radchuk
August 8, 2021 15 Rio Grande Valley 1-2 San Antonio Edinburg
8:30 p.m. MST Azocar  35'
Robinson  38'
Njie  77'
Pimental  79'		 Report Nathan  18'
Khmiri  50'
Nathan  58'
Abu  60'
Cardone  78'		 Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 3,495
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
August 17, 2021 16 Austin 1-1 Rio Grande Valley Del Valle
8:00 p.m. CDT Baez  26'
Diouf  40'
Avila  44'		 Report Diz Pe  8'
Manley  24'
Amoh  35'
Riley  55'		 Stadium: Bold Stadium
Attendance: 531
Referee: Tori Penso
August 21, 2021 17 El Paso 3-1 Rio Grande Valley El Paso
8:30 p.m. MST Rebellon  7'
Solignac  67'
Velasquez  89'
Mares  90+6'		 Report Murphy  24'
Amoh  38'
Pimentel  82'		 Stadium: Southwest University Park
Attendance: 7,017
Referee: Matthew Thompson
August 28, 2021 18 San Antonio 2-1 El Paso San Antonio
7:30 p.m. CDT Epps  32'
PC  41'
Dhillon  90+3',  90+3'		 Report Fox  24'
Velasquez  54'		 Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: 4,883
Referee: Ricardo Fierro
September 7, 2021 19 Austin 2-1 San Antonio Del Valle
8:00 p.m. CDT Garcia  36', 45'
Fernandez 40'
Baez  72'
Avila  83'
Soto  88'		 Report Sjoberg  32'
Dhillon  42'
PC  56'		 Stadium: Bold Stadium
Attendance: 650
Referee: Matthew Corrigan
September 22, 2021 20 Austin 2-2 El Paso Del Valle
8:00 p.m. CDT Stefano  31'
Guadarrama  90+4'		 Report Luna  70'
Gómez  83'		 Stadium: Bold Stadium
Attendance: 1,022
Referee: Natalie Simon
October 6, 2021 21 El Paso 3-3 San Antonio El Paso
8:00 p.m. MST King  57'
Ross  73'
Luna  85'		 Report Dhillon  10'
Deplagne  27'
Ford  90+4'		 Stadium: Southwest University Park
Attendance: 5,250
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
October 20, 2021 22 El Paso 3-0 Austin El Paso
8:00 p.m. MST Gómez  23'
Solignac  48'
Luna  90'		 Report Stadium: Southwest University Park
Attendance: 5,007
Referee: Kevin Broadley
October 23, 2021 23 San Antonio 0-0 Austin San Antonio
7:30 p.m. CDT Report Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: 6,516
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
October 30, 2021 24 Rio Grande Valley 4-1 El Paso Edinburg
8:30 p.m. CDT Lopez  7'
Ycaza  14'  79'
Azocar  45+2'
Edwards  45+4'  45+4'  59'
Vera  90+1'		 Report Borelli  45'
Herrera  52'		 Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 4,440
Referee: John Griggs

Shield
ClubTitlesYears
Austin Bold FC0
Austin FC0
El Paso Locomotive FC12021
FC Dallas0
Houston Dash0
Houston Dynamo FC0
Rio Grande Valley FC0
San Antonio FC0
YearChampionsRunners-up
2021El Paso Locomotive FCSan Antonio FC
2021 results summary
Pos Team Pld PPG
1
  El Paso Locomotive FC
 0 —
2
  San Antonio FC
 0 —
3
  Rio Grande Valley FC
 0 —
4
  Houston Dash
 0 —
5
  Austin Bold FC
 0 —
6
  FC Dallas
 0 —
7
  Austin FC
 0 —
8
  Houston Dynamo FC
 0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 12/15/2021. Source: https://www.espn.com/soccer/competitions

Top Scorers

Division 1

Stats as of 10/30/2021

Position Name Team Goals
1 Fafà Picault Houston Dynamo FC 6
2 Jáder Obrian FC Dallas 4
Jesús Ferreira FC Dallas
4 Ricardo Pepi FC Dallas 3
5 Griffin Dorsey Houston Dynamo FC 2
Tomás Pochettino Austin FC
Diego Fagundez Austin FC
8 Cecilio Dominguez Austin FC 1
Tyler Pasher Houston Dynamo FC
Ryan Hollingshead FC Dallas
Julio Cascante Austin FC
Alexander Ring Austin FC
Sebastian Driussi Austin FC
Franco Jara FC Dallas
Nkosi Burgess FC Dallas
Matías Vera Houston Dynamo FC
Darwin Quintero Houston Dynamo FC

Division 2

Stats as of 10/30/2021 - Bold denotes still active with team

Position Name Team Goals
1 Diego Luna El Paso Locomotive FC 6
2 Luis Solignac El Paso Locomotive FC 5
3 Justin Dhillon San Antonio FC 4
4 Sebastián Velásquez El Paso Locomotive FC 3
Nathan Fogaça San Antonio FC
Juan Carlos Azócar Rio Grande Valley FC Toros
André Lima Austin Bold FC

Cup Scoring

The Division 1 and Division 2 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 at the conclusion of the league season, 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:[8]

  • 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)

Shield Scoring

The Copa Tejas Shield format is similar to the Supporters Shield awarded by Major League Soccer's Supporters Shield Foundation. Total points for a team across a its regular season will be divided by the number of matches played for an average points per game total. The team with the highest average points per game will be awarded the Copa Tejas Shield. In the event of a tiebreaker, the following criteria will be used to break the tie:[9]

  • Goal difference average
  • Fewest disciplinary points
  • Away goals average
  • Away goal difference
  • Home goals average
  • Home goal difference
  • Coin toss if two teams tied and draw straws if three teams tied.


References
  1. https://www.sanantoniofc.com/news_article/show/1008336
  2. https://www.sanantoniofc.com/news_article/show/1008336
  3. https://copatejas.com/
  4. https://3rddegree.net/texas-based-supporters-groups-announce-mls-division-of-copa-tejas
  5. https://copatejas.com/
  6. https://www.uslchampionship.com/news_article/show/1110593
  7. https://copatejas.com/
  8. "Copa Tejas". Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  9. "Copa Tejas". Retrieved April 30, 2021.
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