1931 National Challenge Cup Results

First Round

Eastern Bracket

1/11/31

Fore River FC

3 : 2

Rochester Celtic

1/11/31

Newark Americans

3 : 0

Newark Portuguese

1/11/31

Galicia SC (NYC)

2 : 1

Tappen Post (NYC)

1/11/31

Bethlehem Steel (Bal.)

7 : 1

Trenton Highlanders

*American Soccer League teams played played double round-robin qualifying groups for spots in the Quarterfinals

Western Bracket

1/11/31

Ben Miller SC (St. L)

5 : 3

Tablers SC (St. L)

1/18/31

Coca Cola (St. L)

8 : 2

Hellrung SC (St. L)

1/24/31

Bartunek Slavia (Cle.)

3 : 2

Bruell Hungarian (Cle.)

2/8/31

Bricklayers (Chi.)

3 : 0

Olympia SC (Chi.)

2/8/31

Norwegian American SC (Chi.)

0 : 4

Swedish American SC (Chi.)

2/8/31

Sparta A & BA (Chi.)

4 : 0

Maccabee (Chi.)

2/16/31

Shamrock SC (Cle.)

3 : 1

Morgan (Pit.)

2/1/31

Liberty SC (Det.)

0 : 2

Workers SC (Det.)

Second Round

Eastern Bracket

1/25/31

Newark Americans

6 : 1

Bethlehem Steel

1/25/31

Galicia SC

5 : 2

Fore River SC

ASL New England – Final Standings	P	W	T	L	Pts	GF	GA
Fall River Marksmen	6	4	2	0	10	19	7
Providence Gold Bugs	6	2	2	2	6	11	9
New Bedford Whalers	6	2	2	2	6	11	13
Pawtucket Rangers	6	0	2	4	2	9	21

Fall River Marksmen won New England ASL qualifying group

ASL New York – Final Standings	P	W	T	L	Pts	GF	GA
Hakoah All Stars	6	4	0	2	8	7	9
New York Giants	6	3	1	2	7	17	13
New York SC	6	2	1	3	5	13	12
Brooklyn Wanderers	6	2	0	4	4	11	16

Hakoah All Stars won New York ASL qualifying group

Western Bracket

2/8/31

Ben Miller SC

2 : 1

Coca Cola

2/15/31

Swedish American SC

4 : 4

Workers SC

2/22/31

Swedish American SC

2 : 1

Workers SC

2/15/31

Bricklayers SC

2 : 1

Sparta A & BA

2/22/31

Bartunek Slavia

3 : 2

Morgan SC

Quarterfinals

2/23/31

Fall River Marksmen

6 : 2

Galicia FC

2/23/31

Hakoah All Satrs

1 : 2

Newark Americans

3/13/31

Newark Americans

2 : 0

Hakoah All Stars

3/1/31

Bricklayers FC

4 : 1

Swedish American FC

3/1/31

Ben Miller SC

2 : 1

Bartunek Slavia

Semifinals

3/22/31

Newark Americans

1 : 6

Fall River Marksmen

3/9/31

Ben Miller SC

2 : 7

Bricklayers FC

3/15/31

Bricklayers FC

1 : 0

Ben Miller SC

Bricklayers FC advance on 7-3 aggregate

Final

First Leg – at Polo Grounds – New York, New York

4/5/31

Fall River Marksmen

6 : 2

Bricklayers FC

Second Leg – at Mills Stadium – Chicago, Illinois

4/12/31

Bricklayers FC

1 : 1

Fall River Marksmen

Third Leg – at Sparta Field – Chicago, Illinois

4/19/31

Bricklayers FC

0 : 2

Fall River Marksmen

Fall River Marksmen win National Challenge Cup on 9-3 aggregate

KEY – w/o – Walkover, R – Replay, 1L – 1st Leg, 2L – 2nd Leg, 3L – 3rd Leg

NOTE – Fall River Marksmen had moved to New York and became the New York Yankees,

but since they began the competition as Fall River Marksmen, were required

to play cup matches under that name.