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The 2019 USC Silver Cup was a single-elimination tournament of 24 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. The annual tournament was played on campus sites for the first three rounds, with the Final Four and championship game being held at the highest remaining seed. The 24-team tournament began on Wednesday, November 20, and will end on December 10.

Automatic qualifiers
The following seven teams earned automatic berths into the 2019 Silver Cup field by virtue of having won their respective conference's regular season championship but failed to win their conference tournaments and did not receive an at-large NCAA bid.

At-large berths
The remaining 17 teams earned at-large berths into the 2018 Silver Cup field based on their record and RPI. Teams must have at least a .500 record to earn an at-large berth.

Seeds
The first eight teams left out of the NCAA tournament were the top seeds and earned a bye to the second round. The remaining teams played in the first round.