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The First Cup: Four teams move on to Round 3, two more to be decided by protest or replay (Dec. 6, 1913)

December 7, 2012 by Chuck Nolan Jr.

TheCup.us introduces “The First Cup” series, which revisits the first running of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup (then known as the National Challenge Cup) that took place from the fall of 1913 to the spring of 1914.

Filed Under: Feature - History, Feature - Main, US Open Cup, US Open Cup History Tagged With: 1914 National Challenge Cup, Bethlehem Steel FC, Braddock FC, Campbell Rovers, Hyde Park Blues, Kensington AFC, MacDuffs FC, New Bedford FC, Peabody FC, Presbyterian FC, Pullman FC, The First Cup, West Philadelphia FC, Wissinoming FC

The First Cup: The inaugural National Challenge Cup gets under way (Nov. 1, 1913)

November 2, 2012 by Chuck Nolan Jr.

TheCup.us introduces “The First Cup” series, which revisits the first running of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup (then known as the National Challenge Cup) that took place from the fall of 1913 to the spring of 1914.

Filed Under: US Open Cup, US Open Cup History Tagged With: 1914, 1914 National Challenge Cup, Bethlehem Steel FC, Disston AA, Farr Alpaca, Kensington AFC, New Bedford FC, Tacony FC, The First Cup

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U.S. Open Cup History

Weck Henney (left) and Davidson (right) of Chicago's Manhattan Beer fight for the ball with St. Mary's Celtic in the second leg of the 1939 National Challenge Cup Final at Starlight Park in the Bronx. Photo: Brooklyn Daily Eagle

1938-1939 National Challenge Cup: The first time the US Open Cup was invite-only

The 2021 US Open Cup is expected to be reduced to 24 teams and few may know this will mark the second time in the tournament’s history that the entire field was selected by invitation only instead of individual club entry.

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