The First Cup: Second Round nearly complete as USFA announces protest results, draw for Round 3 (Dec. 14, 1913) December 15, 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.