http://www.ffsa.com.au/index.php?id=34& ... cafa5ab82dRaiders v Adelaide City
Noarlunga United v Cove FC
Campbelltown City SC v Adelaide Hills Hawks
West Adelaide v Adelaide Cobras
South Adelaide v Pirates
Playford Patriots v Adelaide Blue Eagles
Salisbury United v Adelaide Comets
Cumberland United v Gawler
Eastern United v West Torrens Birkalla
Seaford Rangers v Modbury Jets
Adelaide Olympic v Northern Demons
White City v Para Hills Knights
Western Strikers v Sturt Lions
MetroStars, Croydon Kings and Western Toros will all have a bye in Round 1.
Sadly for this season these clubs are the only side able to win into the FFA Cup proper. Collegiate leagues weren't able to be organised in time and due to the divide between the FFSA and SAASL those clubs aren't involved or considered.
Which then creates another issue because the spots of clubs invited into the FFA Cup are based purely on numbers of participants. Since a massive amount of our footballers in this state play in the SAASL none of those players are considered and our participation levels are as low as ACT and Tasmania. So SA get 1 spot this season the rest of the spots are assorted as follows:
8 teams from New South Wales
4 teams from Victoria
4 teams from Queensland
2 teams from Western Australia
2 teams from Northern New South Wales
1 team from Tasmania
1 team from the Australian Capital Territory
Regardless this should be a wonderful tournament after 4 years of talk its great to see it finally under way. I'm really excited to see a few upsets and also see HAL squads get stretched a little more requiring sides to dive deeper into the NYL squads.
From what I gather the HAL sides start playing once the local cup comps are done and we have the final 32 sides. Hopefully we can see a all HAL clash so more local sides have a chance to continue.