IRVINE, CA  – Orange County SC Owner James Keston and forward Kevin Coleman will join avid fan and OCSC Esports captain Mike Culp, and 2 other members of OCSC Esports to compete in the USL eCup, FIFA20 tournament beginning this Monday, May 4. Keston and Coleman were selected after placing in the top 2 in a club-wide FIFA20 tournament.

The USL eCup: FIFA20 Edition will feature 32 clubs from across the USL Championship and USL League One for a six-week two-on-two tournament that will feature bracket play and promotion/relegation across three divisions.

Every game of the USL eCup: FIFA 2020 will be streamed live on Twitch, the world's leading live streaming platform for gamers, allowing fans to interact with teams and players throughout the action. Coverage will also be available on USLChampionship.com and USLLeagueOne.com following the teams and players throughout the event. This tournament is not affiliated with or sponsored by Electronic Arts Inc. or its licensors.

This is the second esports competition created by USL during the COVID-19 pandemic. Orange County SC will be using this platform to promote the OCSC Community Foundation: COVID-19 Support. The recently launched OCSC Community Foundation will use all contributions to provide additional support to our nonprofit partners, such as the local food banks and other vital community services, so they can continue doing their critical human services work in this time of need.

EA Sports’ FIFA franchise has been arguably its most successful globally, and over the past decade has been credited with helping build the profile of international and domestic soccer in North America thanks to its accessibility and playability both on consoles and online.

The 32 clubs from the Championship and League One will each be randomly assigned a premier international squad to compete with throughout the tournament. They will then initially square off in Week 1, beginning on May 4, to earn the right to be placed in Division A, Division B or Division C, with an elimination bracket giving every team a chance to secure their place in the top division. Through this initial bracket, 12 teams will be placed in Division A and Division B with the remaining eight being placed in Division C. Seeding for the divisional brackets that will make up the remainder of the competition will be determined by the previous week of action.

At the end of Week 2, the four teams that advance to the Semifinals in both Division B and Division C will earn promotion to Division A and Division B respectively, while the four teams that are eliminated in the Play-In Round of the bracket in Division A and Division B will be relegated to the division below. Additionally, points will be earned each week by the clubs that claim victory in their respective brackets. The top eight teams in the opening week’s bracket will earn between 1,000 and 200 points based on their respective finishes. Following that, 1,000 points will to the weekly champion in Division A, 500 points to the winner of Division B and 250 points to the winner of Division C. Each of the top four teams in each division will receive points toward their overall

total, while teams that are relegated will be deducted points in the overall standings. The club that finishes with the most cumulative points at the end of the five weeks of competition will be crowned the overall winner of the USL eCup: FIFA20 Edition.

USL eCup: FIFA20 Edition Points Structure

Preliminary Bracket