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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fall River Marksmen won New England ASL qualifying group |
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Hakoah All Stars won New York ASL qualifying group |
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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 | R | 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 | R | 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 | 1L | Ben Miller SC | 2 : 7 | Bricklayers FC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3/15/31 | 2L | 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. |
Bartunek Slavia
1942 National Challenge Cup Results
Second Round | ||||
Eastern Bracket | ||||
12/25/41 | Brooklyn Hispano | 2 : 2 (aet) | Norwegian American S.C. (NY) | |
1/18/42 | R | Brooklyn Hispano | 3 : 1 | Norwegian American S.C. |
1/1/42 | Brookhattan | 4 : 1 | Hatikvoh | |
1/11/42 | Baltimore S.C. | 3 : 2 | Baltimore Americans | |
1/18/42 | Philadelphia Americans | 4 : 1 | Philadelphia Nationals | |
1/18/42 | Kearny Scots | 2 : 0 | Kearny Irish | |
1/25/42 | St. Mary’s Celtic | 4 : 5 | German American S.C. (Phi.) | |
Pawtucket Rangers | vs. | |||
St. John’s | vs. | |||
Western Bracket | ||||
1/4/42 | Morgan USCO (Pit.) | 5 : 0 | Heidelberg (Pit.) | |
1/18/42 | Becks German American S.C. (Buf.) | 1 : 3 | Bartunek Slavia (Cle.) | |
1/18/42 | Morgan Strasser (Pit.) | 1 : 2 | Gallatin Sport Club (Pit.) | |
1/25/42 | Falk Field Club (Mil.) | 3 : 0 | Wacker SC (Mil.) | |
2/15/42 | Chrysler SC (Det.) | 7 : 0 | United German AA (Det.) | |
1/18/42 | Sparta Ogden Dairy (Chi.) | 4 : 0 | Viking AA (Chi.) | |
Thistles SC (Roch.) | vs. | |||
1/11/42 |
Natural Setups (St. L) | 2 : 1 |
Schumachers | |
Third Round | ||||
Eastern Bracket | ||||
1/25/42 | Brookhattan | 0 : 1 | Brooklyn Hispano | |
2/1/42 | Philadelphia Americans | 4 : 1 | German American S.C. | |
2/1/42 | Kearny Scots | 3 : 1 | Baltimore S.C. | |
1/25/42 | Pawtucket Rangers | 4 : 1 | St. John’s | |
Western Bracket | ||||
3/1/42 | Sparta Ogden Dairy | 3 : 3 (aet) | Chrysler SC | |
3/15/42 | R | Chrysler SC | 2 : 2 (aet) | Spartya Ogden Dairy |
Chrysler SC disqualified, please see explanation below | ||||
2/15/42 | Natural Setups (St. L) | 0 : 1 | Falk Field Club | |
3/15/42 | Bartunek Slavia (Cle.) | 3 : 1 | Thistles SC (Roch.) | |
2/22/42 | Morgan USCO | 1 : 2(aet) | Gallatin Sport Clun | |
Quarterfinals | ||||
2/22/42 | Kearny Scots | 1 : 2* | Philadelphia Americans | |
*Match abandoned in second half due to crowd entering the field after a disputed non-call in the penalty area | ||||
4/19/42 | R | Philadelphia Americans | 3 : 2 | Kearny Scots |
2/1/42 | Brooklyn Hispano | 2 : 2 (aet) | Pawtucket Rangers | |
Stopped in extra time due to darkness. Hispano scored twice in extra time but were nullified due to the stoppage | ||||
2/15/42 | R | Pawtucket Rangers | 1 : 0 | Brooklyn Hispano |
3/29/42 | Gallatin Sport Club | 2 : 0 | Bartunek Slavia | |
4/12/42 | Sparta Ogden Dairy | 1 : 0 | Falk Field Club | |
Semifinals | ||||
5/3/42 | 1L | Philadelphia Americans | 2 : 0 | Pawtucket Rangers |
5/10/42 | 2L | Pawtucket Rangers | 5 : 0(aet) | Philadelphia Americans |
Aggregate drawn 2-2, Pawtucket Rangers advance on 5-2 aggregate after extra time | ||||
4/26/42 | 1L | Gallatin Sport Club | 2 : 0 | Sparta |
5/3/42 | 2L | Sparta | 3 : 2 | Gallatin Sport Club |
Gallatin Sport Club advance on 4-3 aggregate | ||||
Final | ||||
First Leg – at Legion Field – Donora, Pennsylvania | ||||
5/17/42 | Gallatin Sport Club | 2 : 1 | Pawtucket Rangers | |
Second Leg – Coates Field – Pawtucket, Rhode Island | ||||
5/31/42 | Pawtucket Rangers | 2 : 4 |
Gallatin Sport Club | |
Gallatin Sport Club win National Challenge Cup on 6-3 aggregate |
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KEY – w/o – Walkover, R – Replay, 1L – 1st Leg, 2L – 2nd Leg, 3L – 3rd Leg | ||||
Chrysler SC-Sparta Western Quarterfinal Controversy
After the first thirty minutes of extra time in the replay, referee Jack Wilson ordered another thirty minutes, as he was under orders from the USFA that the match was to produce a winner. Sparta refused to continue playing, and Wilson awarded the match to Chrysler by forfeit. Chrysler and their supporters thought it was a ploy to avoid losing the match, since they figured the Sparta players were getting tired, and would concede the winning goal. Sparta filed a protest, stating that since Chrysler were not forced to play an extra thirty minutes in the first match, they had no reason to do so in the replay. The USFA sided with Sparta, and ordered a replay for March 29. Chrysler then made a request to push back the replay date, arguing that since they had learned of the date a mere four days before, they needed time to get their players off of WWII defense jobs. When the USFA secretary James Armstrong declared in a telegram that a failure to show for the match would “mean forfeiture of the game and also result in further drastic action”, Chrysler decided to disband and withdraw from all soccer competitions. Three days later the Detroit club reconsidered their stance and offered to play the match on April 5, but the USFA ruled that it was too late. |
1939 National Challenge Cup Results
Round of 32 | ||||
Eastern Bracket | ||||
1/9/39 | Baltimore SC | 4 : 0 | Brooklyn Hakoah | |
1/9/39 | Brooklyn Hispano | 1 : 2 | Holy Cross (Fall River) | |
1/9/39 | Brookhattan (NYC) | 4 : 1 | Bethlehem Hungarian SC | |
1/9/39 | German American SC (Phi.) | 2 : 1 | Baltimore German SC | |
1/9/39 | Trenton Highlanders | 2 : 0 | Kearny Irish | |
1/29/39 | New York Americans | 1 : 3 | St. Mary’s Celtic (Brooklyn) | |
2/5/39 | Passon SC (Phi.) | 3 : 3 | Kearny Scots | |
2/10/39 | R | Kearny Scots | 3 : 2 | Passon SC (Phi.) |
1/8/39 |
Lusitania Recreation | 4 : 3 |
St. Michael’s | |
1/22/39 | Lusitania Recreation | 1 : 0 | St. Michael’s | |
Western Bracket | ||||
12/11/38 | Sparta Garden City (Chi.) | 1 : 0 | Olympia SC (Chi.) | |
12/11/38 | Manahttan Beer (Chi.) | 4 : 0 | Swedish American SC (Chi.) | |
12/11/38 | German Sport Club (W. Pa.) | 3 : 0 | Curry (W. Pa) | |
12/11/38 | Morgan Sports Club (Pit.) | 2 : 1 | Heidelberg (W. Pa.) | |
12/11/378 | Shamrock SC (Cle.) | 2 : 2 | Bartunek Slavia (Cle.) | |
12/18/38 | R | Shamrock SC | 0 : 0 (aet) | Bartunek Slavia |
1/2/39 | R | Shamrock SC | 1 : 5 | Bartunek Slavia |
Kodak Park (Roch.) | ||||
12/11/38 |
Lindell Trust (St. L) | 3 : 1 |
Burke(St. L) | |
Chrysler SC (Det.) | ||||
Round of 16 | ||||
Eastern Bracket | ||||
2/12/39 | German American SC | 1 : 0 | Baltimore SC | |
2/12/39 | St. Mary’s Celtic | 6 : 4 (aet) | Trenton Highlanders | |
3/19/39 | Brookhattan | 1 : 0 | Kearny Scots | |
2/12/39 |
Lusitania Recreation | 1 : 1 |
Holy Cross | |
2/19/39 |
Lusitania Recreation | 2 : 1 |
Holy Cross | |
Western Bracket | ||||
1/8/39 | Sparta Garden City | 7 : 1 | Lindell Trust | |
1/8/39 | Manhattan Beer | 4 : 2 | Chrysler SC | |
1/8/39 | German Sport Club | 1 : 1 (aet) | Morgan Sport Club | |
1/15/39 |
R | Morgan Sport Club | 5 : 0 | German Sport Club |
1/8/39 | Kodak Park | 1 : 1 (aet) | Bartunek Slavia | |
1/15/39 | R | Bartunek Slavia | 3 : 0 | Kodak Park |
Quarterfinals | ||||
3/12/39 | Manhattan Beer | 3 : 2 | Bartunek Slavia | |
3/12/39 | Morgan Sport Club | 4 : 2 | Sparta A & BA | |
3/26/39 | German American SC | 3 : 2 (aet) | Lusitania Recreation | |
4/2/39 | Brookhattan | 1 : 3 | St. Mary’s Celtic | |
Semifinals | ||||
4/15/39 | 1L | German American SC | 0 : 2 | St. Mary’s Celtic |
4/16/39 | 2L | St. Mary’s Celtic | 1 : 2 | German American SC |
St. Mary’s Celtic advance on 3-2 aggregate | ||||
4/2/39 | 1L | Morgan Sport Club | 3 : 2 | Manhattan Beer |
4/19/39 | 2L | Manhattan Beer | 3 : 1 | Morgan Sport Club |
Manhattan Beer advance on 5-4 aggregate | ||||
Final | ||||
First Leg – at Sparta Stadium – Chicago, Illinois | ||||
4/30/39 | Manhattan Beer | 0 : 1 | St. Mary’s Celtic | |
Second Leg – Starlight Park – Bronx, New York | ||||
5/7/39 | St. Mary’s Celtic | 4 : 1 | Manhattan Beer | |
St. Mary’s Celtic win National Challenge Cup on 5-2 aggregate | ||||
KEY – w/o – Walkover, R – Replay, 1L – 1st Leg, 2L – 2nd Leg, 3L – 3rd Leg |