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Lusitania Recreation

1940 National Challenge Cup Results

January 10, 2009 by Josh Hakala

First Round
Eastern Bracket
11/5/39 Lusitania Recreation 3 : 1 Ludlow Lusitano
11/5/39 St. Michaels (Mass.) 2 : 0* Newark Portuguese
*Match abandoned after 35 minutes due to heavy rain
11/12/39 R St. Michaels 2 : 1 Newark Portuguese
11/12/39 Baltimore SC 10 : 1 St. Gerard (Bal.)
11/12/39 German American SC (Phi.) 4 : 0 German SC (Reading)
11/12/39 New York Americans 3 : 0 German Hungarian SC
11/12/39 Swedish FC (NYC) 2 : 1 Haitkvoh (NYC)
11/12/39 Kearny Scots 9 : 0 Allentown SC
11/12/39 St. Mary’s Celtic (Brooklyn) 2 : 0 Brooklyn Hispano
11/12/39 Gjoa SC (NYC) 3 : 1 German S.C. (Brooklyn)
11/12/39 Norwegian American SC (NYC) 2 : 1 Kollsman (NYC)
11/18/39 Holy Cross 0 : 2 Pawtucket FC
11/19/39 Brookhattan 3 : 0 Galicia (NYC)
11/19/39 Firestone FC (Mass.) W : L Baylies (Mass.)
11/19/39 Paterson SC (NJ) 4 : 0 Kearny Irish
11/19/39 Passon SC (Phi.) 1 : 0 German SC (Phi.)
11/19/39 Baltimore Americans 2 : 4 (aet) Kensington Blue Bells (Phi.)
Western Bracket
11/5/39 Viking A.A. (Chi.) 1 : 1 Swedish American SC (Chi.)
11/12/39 R Viking A.A. 1 : 3 Swedish American SC
11/5/39 Sparta Fallstaff (Chi.) 4 : 0 Olympia SC (Chi.)
11/5/39 Shamrocks SC (Cle.) 3 : 1 Dalarda SC (Cle.)
11/12/39 Bartunek Clothes (Cle.) 7 : 2 Dunlevy (W. Pa.)
11/5/39 Hungarian Sports Club (Mil.) 3 : 3 Schlitz (Mil.)
11/12/39 R Hungarian Sports Club 5 : 4 Schlitz
11/5/39 Morgan Sport Club (W. Pa.) 1 : 0 Cuddy (W. Pa.)
11/5/39 Harmarville (W. Pa.) 1 : 6 Heidelberg (W. Pa.)
11/5/39 Glendale (W. Pa.) 3 : 0 Muse (W. Pa.)
11/5/39 Canonsburg (W. Pa.) 2 : 0 Gallatin (W. Pa.)
11/5/39 Curry (W. Pa.) 2 : 4 Castle Shannon (W. Pa.)
11/5/39 Buffalo City Hungarian SC 3 : 1 MacKenzie SC (Niagra Falls)
11/5/39 Becks German American SC (Buf.) 9 : 5 (aet) German AC (Roch.)

Manhattan Beer (Chi.) bye

Chrysler SC (Det.) bye

Celtic SC (Det.) bye

Thistles SC (Roch.) bye


Second Round
Eastern Bracket
12/3/39 Brookhattan 2 : 1 Swedish FC
12/3/39 Kearny Scots 3 : 2 Paterson SC
12/4/39 Baltimore SC 5 : 1 Kensington Blue Bells
12/10/39 New York Americans 1 : 0 Gjoa SC
12/10/39 German American SC 2 : 2 Passon SC
12/16/39 R German American SC 4 : 2 (aet) Passon SC
12/3/39 Lusitania Recreation 4 : 1 Pawtucket FC
12/4/39 St. Mary’s Celtic 1 : 0 Norwegian American SC
12/10/39 Firestone FC 3 : 0 St. Michaels


Western Bracket
12/3/39 Sparta Fallstaff 2 : 0 Manhattan Beer
12/3/39 Swedish American SC 7 : 0 Hungarian Sports Club
12/3/39 Thistles SC 1 : 6 Canonsburg
12/3/39 Heidelberg 2 : 1 Castle Shannon
12/10/39 Morgan Sport Club 3 : 3 (aet) Glendale
12/17/39 R Morgan Sport Club 0 : 0(aet) Glendale
12/25/39 R Morgan Sport Club 2 : 0* Glendale
*Match abandoned at 70th minute due to crowd trouble
12/31/39 R Morgan Sport Club 5 : 0 Glendale
12/10/39 Buffalo Becks 4 : 2 Buffalo City Hungarian SC
12/10/39 Chrysler SC 3 : 1 Celtic SC
12/24/39 Bartunek Slavia 0 : 2 Shamrocks SC


Third Round
Eastern Bracket
1/1/40 German American SC 1 : 4 Baltimore SC
1/1/40 Kearny Scots 3 : 4(aet) St. Mary’s Celtic
1/1/40 Brookhattan 1 : 1 New York Americans
1/21/40 R Brookhattan 1 : 0 New York Americans
1/1/40 Lusitania Recreation 2 : 2 Firestone FC
1/6/40 R Lusitania Recreation 5 : 2 Firestone FC
Western Bracket
12/17/39 Sparta Falstaff 2 : 0 Swedish American SC
12/24/39 Chrysler SC 3 : 0 Shamrocks SC
1/14/40 Morgan Sport Club 8 : 1 Buffalo Becks
1/1/40 Heidelberg W : L Cannonsburg


Quarterfinals
3/17/40 St. Mary’s Celtic 2 : 3 Baltimore SC
3/17/40 Lusitania Recreation 2 : 2 Brookhattan
3/17/40 Sparta Fallstaff 1 : 0 Chrysler SC
3/17/40 Morgan Sport Club 2 : 0 Heidelburg SC


Semifinals
4/13/40 1L Baltimore SC 3 : 1 Brookhattan
4/15/40 2L Brookhattan 2 : 2 Baltimore SC
Baltimore SC advance on 5-3 aggregate
4/7/40 1L Spatra Fallstaff 1 : 1 Morgan Sport Club
4/14/40 2L Morgan Sport Club 1 : 1 (aet) Sparta Fallstaff
4/21/40 R Sparta Fallstaff 1 : 0 Morgan Sport Club
Sparta Fallstaff advance on 3-2 aggregate


Final
First Leg – at Bugle Field – Baltimore, Maryland
5/5/40 Baltimore SC 0 : 0 Sparta Fallstaff
Second Leg – at Sparta Stadium – Chicago, Illinois
5/12/40 Sparta Fallstaff 2 : 2(aet) Baltimore SC
Aggregate drawn 2-2, Championship shared when details for a third game could not be agreed upon
KEY – w/o – Walkover, R – Replay, 1L – 1st Leg, 2L – 2nd Leg, 3L – 3rd Leg

Filed Under: US Open Cup Tagged With: 1940, Baltimore SC, Brookhattan, Bugle Field, Chrysler SC, Heidelberg SC, Lusitania Recreation, Morgan Sport Club, Sparta Fallstaff, Sparta Stadium, St. Mary's Celtic

1939 National Challenge Cup Results

January 10, 2009 by Josh Hakala

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

Filed Under: US Open Cup Tagged With: 1939, Bartunek Slavia, Brookhattan, German American SC, Lusitania Recreation, Manhattan beer, Sparta A & BA, Sparta Stadium, St. Mary's Celtic, Starlight Park

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