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Scullin Steel

1923 US Open Cup Final: Paterson FC claims New Jersey’s “tainted” first title

September 20, 2017 by Chuck Nolan Jr.

Action from the 1923 National Challenge Cup Final between Paterson FC (Paterson, NJ) and Scullin Steel (St. Louis, MO). 15,000 fans were in attendance at Harrison Field on April 1, 1923. Photo: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Players and coaches from the 1923 Paterson Football Club. Photo: 1923-24 Spalding Soccer Football Guide
Players and coaches from the 1923 Paterson Football Club. Photo: 1923-24 Spalding Soccer Football Guide

A little more than 94 years ago, in a New Jersey stadium located in what is now a parking lot near Red Bull Arena, Scullin Steel (St. Louis, MO) and Paterson FC (Paterson, NJ) met in the 1923 National Challenge Cup Final. To date, it remains the only time that Missouri club and a New Jersey club have met in the US Open Cup Final, although this year’s Final featuring Sporting Kansas City (which is based on the Kansas side of the city) and the New York Red Bulls is as close as you can get.

The outcome produced the only Open Cup championship won by forfeit and the controversy surrounding it launched a war or words between the two clubs.

This Sept. 2017 photo was taken from the top of a parking garage in Harrison, NJ that was the former site of Harrison Field, the site of the 1923 National Challenge Cup Final between Paterson SC and Scullin Steel. The parking garage is located near Red Bull Arena, the home stadium for the New York Red Bulls. Photo: Bob Larson
This Sept. 2017 photo was taken from the top of a parking garage in Harrison, NJ that was the former site of Harrison Field, the site of the 1923 National Challenge Cup Final between Paterson SC and Scullin Steel. The parking garage is located near Red Bull Arena, the home stadium for the New York Red Bulls. Photo: Bob Larson

Paterson FC vs. Scullin Steel: A History of the Clubs

Paterson and Scullin were young clubs heading into the 1922-23 season, Paterson debuting in the National Association Football League (NAFBL) in the 1917-18 campaign, and Scullin beginning St. Louis Soccer League play a season later. Both clubs were successful in their debut seasons, Paterson won the NAFBL with a 12-1-1 mark, as well as reaching the quarterfinals of the National Challenge Cup.

As the debuting Scullin Steel were winning the St. Louis Soccer League with a 10-6-5 record in the following season, Paterson found success outside of the NAFBL. Despite a disappointing third place finish in the six-team league (reduced from eight because of losing players to World War I), Paterson finished runners-up in both the National Challenge Cup and the American Cup, both times losing to Bethlehem Steel.

The 1919-20 season was a low point for both clubs. Scullin dropped to last in the four-team St. Louis League, and Paterson finished fourth in the NABFL, well out of range of the top three. Paterson were also eliminated in the second round of the National Challenge Cup, while Scullin reached the third round in its Cup debut.

Players and coaches from Scullin Steel in 1923. Photo: 1923-24 Spalding Soccer Football Guide
Players and coaches from Scullin Steel in 1923. Photo: 1923-24 Spalding Soccer Football Guide

Opposite fortunes awaited the clubs for the 1920-21 season. Paterson pulled out of the NAFBL early in the season, and only reached the third round in cup play. Scullin bounced back to the top in St. Louis in 1921, and more significantly, reached the final of the National Challenge Cup where they lost to Robins Dry Dock (New York) 4-2. While Paterson skipped the 1921-22 season, Scullin’s success grew. The Steel club not only repeated as St. Louis champions, but also defeated Todd Shipyards (a renamed Robins Dry Dock club) 3-2 to win the National Challenge Cup. Scullin came back from a 2-0 deficit after twenty minutes, with Allie Schwartz scoring the winner with three minutes remaining.

The 1922-23 season was a new beginning for Paterson, returning to play in the year-old American Soccer League (ASL). A middle of the road finish would await the Jersey club at the end of the season, finishing fifth in the eight-team league with a 9-4-7 record, 22 points behind champions J&P Coats. A league title also eluded Scullin in 1923, finishing second behind Vesper Buick in St. Louis Soccer League.

Road to the 1923 Final

Paterson FC

Round 1 (Oct. 15, 1922): Win by forfeit vs. Harrison FC
Round 2 (Nov. 5, 1922): Win by forfeit vs. Entre Nous FC
Round 3 (Nov. 26, 1922): 2-0 win vs. American AA
Round 4 (Jan. 7, 1923): 6-0 win vs. Hartford Rovers
Quarterfinals (March 11, 1923): 0-0 draw vs. New York Field Club
Quarterfinals Replay (March 18, 1923): 4-1 win vs. New York Field Club
Semifinals (March 25, 1923): 3-2 win vs. J&P Coats

Paterson opened their run to the 1923 final with a pair of forfeit wins over Harrison FC and Entre Nous FC. The Harrison FC forfeit was quite unusual, as the ASL club did not have enough players signed in time for the first round contest. Not surprisingly, Harrison finished the year with a 4-2-17 record. A 2-0 win over American AA and an easy 6-0 victory over Hartford Rovers led to a quarterfinal showdown with New York Field Club.

Action from the 1923 National Challenge Cup Western Final (National Semifinals) between Scullin Steel and Arden FC of Western Pennsylvania. Scullin Steel won 2-1 at High School Field in St. Louis. Photo; St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Action from the 1923 National Challenge Cup Western Final (National Semifinals) between Scullin Steel and Arden FC of Western Pennsylvania. Scullin Steel won 2-1 at High School Field in St. Louis. Photo; St. Louis Post-Dispatch

On a field full of mud and standing water in Harrison, N.J., the ASL rivals played to a 0-0 draw which featured a player from each team sent off and police needed stop the scuffle between the players. Paterson won the replay a week later, jumping out to a 3-0 second half lead before winning 4-1. In the Eastern Final (National Semifinals) Paterson met eventual ASL champions J&P Coats, and found themselves down 2-0 at the half. It was the first time they had trailed in the tournament. Two goals from Tommy Duggan pulled Paterson even, and Joseph Irvine’s goal with ten minutes remaining put Paterson in the cup final for the second time in club history (1919).

Scullin Steel

Round 1 (Oct. 29, 1922): 4-3 win vs. Ben Miller FC
Round 2 (Nov. 26, 1922): 4-3 win vs. West Frankfort FC
Round 3 (Dec. 17, 1922): 0-0 draw vs. Vesper Buick
Round 3 Replay (Jan. 1, 1923): 3-2 win vs. Vesper Buick
Round 4 (Jan. 14, 1923): 3-1 win vs. St. Leo FC
Quarterfinals (Jan. 28, 1923): 3-1 (OT) win vs. Bricklayers FC
Semifinals (Feb. 23, 1923): 2-1 win vs. Arden FC

The path Scullin took to the final was a bit more difficult, with four of their six victories won by a single goal, as well as needing to come from behind in each win. Scullin’s opening 4-3 win over Vesper Buick, a team that would reach the National Challenge Cup Final next year, came in dramatic fashion. Trailing 3-2 in the 70th minute, Tate Brady scored on a penalty and John Rooney scored what would prove to be the game-winner five minutes later. The second round featured another late 4-3 victory, this time over West Frankfort, Charlie Bechtold scoring the winner with 12 minutes remaining. In Round 3, Scullin played to a scoreless draw with Vesper Buick, and won the New Year’s Day replay in another comeback, scoring three second half goals to erase a 2-0 halftime deficit.

The Fourth Round saw Scullin forced into yet another comeback victory. Down 1-0 at the half to St. Leo of the amateur St. Louis Municipal League. Scullin dominated the game, outshooting St. Leo 32-8, before finally wearing down the amateurs for a 3-1 win. Scullin were taken to extra time by Chicago’s Bricklayers in the Quarterfinals before coming out 3-1 winners. In the Western Final (National Semifinals), Scullin, yet again, faced a 1-0 deficit before scoring two second half goals to defeat Western Pennsylvania’s Arden FC, 2-1.

The 1923 National Challenge Cup Final

Action from the 1923 National Challenge Cup Final between Paterson FC (Paterson, NJ) and Scullin Steel (St. Louis, MO). 15,000 fans were in attendance at Harrison Field on April 1, 1923. Photo: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Action from the 1923 National Challenge Cup Final between Paterson FC (Paterson, NJ) and Scullin Steel (St. Louis, MO). 15,000 fans were in attendance at Harrison Field on April 1, 1923. Photo: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Heading into the game, Scullin were short several players through injury. Fullback George Bentley, midfielders Tommy O’Hanlon, Jimmy Nolan, and forwards Cliff Brady and Emmet Mulvey were all missing from the Scullin roster. Brady was considered Scullin’s best forward, and Nolan and Mulvey were regulars in the Scullin lineup. Paterson was without James Scott (suspension), William Murray (injury), and Peter Sweeney (illness). Days before the game a National Cup Emergency Committee refused to lift the suspension of Scott, who earned the ban due to his part in the melee with New York Field Club earlier in the tournament.

In a contrast that would come to define St. Louis clubs for decades, the majority of Scullin’s roster were American born. Paterson, like many teams in the East, were dominated by English and Scottish players. 11 of the 15 Paterson players came from the British Isles. St. Louis papers reported that early betting lines in the East favored Paterson with 10 to 5 odds, which dropped to 3 to 2 by kickoff.

In front of over 15,000 spectators at Harrison Field (also known as Newark Federal League Grounds), the light blue clad Scullins team took the field at 3:05 p.m., cheered on by 50 or so fans who made the trip from St. Louis. Adding to the Scullin support were members of the St. Louis Club from New York City. Soon afterward, Paterson took to the field in their maroon jerseys. As cameras were rolling, the game was kicked off at 3:15 by Paterson Mayor Frank J. Van Noort. In a weird twist of irony, the site of Harrison Field is now a parking lot for Red Bull Arena, just a few thousand feet apart.

Scullin maintained control of the game for the opening 15 minutes, but Paterson began to dominate play as the half wore on. After 28 minutes, Charlie Bechtold missed a golden opportunity to put Scullin ahead, but instead sent his shot well over the crossbar.

With seven minutes left in the first half, Scullin drew first blood. James Brannigan crossed to Allie Schwarz, who dribbled a bit before passing to John Rooney near the Paterson goal. With Paterson goalkeeper Pete Renzulli moving out of the goalmouth to defend, Rooney sent a quick cross over to Brannigan, who easily shot into the open goal. Even though the visitors jumped out to a 1-0 lead at halftime, the ball was in the Scullin half of the field for at least three quarters of the opening 45 minutes.

Ten minutes after the second half began, Allie Schwarz doubled the Scullin lead, managing to get a hold of the ball after a scrum in front of the goal, and firing a hard shot into the Paterson net. This would turn out to be the final threat from Scullin, as the rest of the game was played almost entirely in their own half of the field. Spectators began to leave their seats and line the field, referee James B. Stark declining to stop the game to clear the field. This would become an issue of contention from the St. Louis camp after the match.

Paterson finally got on the board after 63 minutes. After a corner kick sent the ball into a scrimmage in front of goal, the Scullin defenders attempted to clear the ball a half dozen times, only to see Paterson regain possession and continue their push. Tommy Duggan finally broke through the Scullin back line, taking a short pass from John Heminsley and sending a weak miss-hit shot that somehow eluded Oellerman and trickled in past the right upright. The St. Louis Times described it as “one of the cheapest national finals goals on record”. None the less it seemed to energize Paterson, and they were back in the game.

After pulling within one, the game became all Paterson, relentlessly bombing Oellerman, Tate Brady and the rest of the Scullin defense with shots only to be denied time and again. Finally, with seven minutes remaining, Bill Fryer sent a free kick into the goalmouth, and Tommy Duggan managed to send the ball to Hemingsley, who headed the ball into the upper right corner. Extra time brought more of the same, with Scullin managing to survive the Paterson attack for thirty more minutes to secure a 2-2 draw.

The Paterson Morning Call trumpeted the superiority of the Paterson team, claiming the only thing that saved Scullin from defeat was goalkeeper Harry Oellermann, whom they said, “stopped at least fifty shots”. The Paterson Press Guardian went as far as to claim the score could have very well been 8-2 in favor of the New Jersey side. While this may sound like home paper bravado, even the St. Louis Post Dispatch noted that the Scullin club did not play up to their normal standard. The proof was also in the statistics, as Paterson took a total of 29 corner kicks in the 120 minutes, with Scullin managing only one.

1923 National Challenge Cup Final: The Aftermath

Missouri Soccer Football Association president Winton E. Barker (left) and Paterson FC Owner/Manager Adolph Buslick. Photo: St. Louis Post-Dispatch & Spalding Soccer Football Guide
Missouri Soccer Football Association president Winton E. Barker (left) and Paterson FC Owner/Manager Adolph Buslick. Photo: St. Louis Post-Dispatch & Spalding Soccer Football Guide

After debating the issue the following day, the National Cup committee of the United States Football Association (USFA) concluded that the replay would take place in the East, resulting in Scullin player/manager Tate Brady to declare that his team would forfeit the replay to Paterson. With four players (Harry Oellerman, James Brannigan, Emmet Mulvey (who missed the first game due to baseball commitments) and John Rooney leaving for minor league baseball training camps, and another three (Jimmy Nolan, Charlie Bechtold and George Bentley) out injured, Scullin were left severely short-handed. Scullin management contended that had the replay been set for St. Louis, their baseball players could have easily made the trip from their training camps. However, a long trip back East by these players was out of the question.

At the time, the USFA adopted a policy of alternating the hosting of the Cup Final, the East having the game one year and the West hosting the next one. Instead of holding to tradition that a replay would be hosted by the visiting team of the first game, the USFA held firm that since it was the East’s turn to host the final, the replay would be there.

Brady stated that the situation would have been no different in his city.

Paterson FC’s two-sport stars
Paterson’s Harry Oellerman, James Brannigan, Emmet Mulvey and John Rooney had to leave after the 1923 National Challenge Cup Final and would be unable to attend a replay if it was held on the East Coast because of the excessive travel that would be required. Oellerman was an outfielder for the Kalamazoo Celery Pickers of the Michigan-Ontario League while Rooney had to travel to Iowa to be an infielder for the Ottumwa Cardinals in the Mississippi Valley League. Brannigan was a second basemen for the Terre Haute (Ind.) Tots and the Moline (Ill.) Plowboys of the Three I League and Muley played outfield for the Mobile (Ala.) Bears in the Southern Association. 

“If the tie game had occurred in St. Louis, you don’t think for a minute St. Louis would allow the replay to be taken back east under any such interpretation of rules.” Brady admitted. He also seemed to acknowledge his team was outmatched versus Paterson. “We didn’t win, but I regard the result as the greatest victory we have ever attained.”

Everyone from the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce to St. Louis Mayor Henry Kiel sent telegrams urging the USFA to reconsider and give the replay to St. Louis. Harry McCarthy, manager of eventual 1923 St. Louis Soccer League champions Vesper Buick, went as far as to challenge Paterson to a game the following Sunday. This was quickly called off by Missouri Soccer Football Association President Winton E. Barker, who noted that any such game would likely end in a riot.

Paterson Owner & Manager Adolph Buslick seemed disappointed his team did not win the Cup on the field.

“I am glad to get the cup, as it is the first time it has been won by a New Jersey club, but I would rather have my boys win it in a real contest that have it handed to me”, Buslick lamented. However, the Paterson skipper could not resist the chance to rub salt in the wounds of Scullin. “It looks to me as though the St. Louis team knows that they could not beat Paterson and took the opportunity of forfeiting rather than take a beating which they were sure to get.”

New York Times: April 3, 1923
New York Times: April 3, 1923

Barker did not hold back with his feelings, as he was quoted in Newark papers saying that if he were in Buslik’s place, he would not accept winning the cup by forfeit, and that Paterson’s national title was “tainted”.

On April 4, the Paterson Evening News published a letter sent to them from Buslick, explaining his side of the controversy, including his attempts to find a solution to the problem. In a meeting with USFA Secretary Thomas Cahill, Barker, and Brady, Buslick laid out three solutions, all of which were turned down by Brady and Barker:

1. Play the game on April 8 in Chicago, with all gate receipts going to the winner, or donated to charity.

2. Play the game in the East, but Paterson would take only 20% of the gate receipts (instead of the normal 33 1/3%), with the balance going to Scullins.

3. Allow Scullins to sign three players who were not cup-tied.

The following Saturday, while Paterson were preparing for an ASL game against Fall River, Barker announced he would make a proposal at the upcoming USFA meetings in Cleveland for a best of three cup final, with each team hosting a game and, if needed, a third game at a neutral field.

“The one-game championship has had a trial and has been found wanting. It is distasteful to all concerned to have to play just one game especially when it is in the enemy’s country, before hostile crowds, on a strange field,” Barker said.

Barker even made a pair of radical suggestions for St. Louis’ involvement in the cup. One would be that St. Louis would enter just two teams in the tournament, leaving the rest of the city’s professional players as a sort of reserve pool. The other was that each of the four St. Louis professional clubs would hold out two of their “star” players from cup play, that way should a St. Louis team reach the final and need reinforcements, there would be a pool of eight players to pick from. Barker reckoned that even without two of its better players, the St. Louis teams should have little problem navigating through the Western half of the tournament.

Another issue Barker took up was the lack of crowd control in Harrison. Spectators began to line the field in the second half, and were not forced back to their seats.

This Sept. 2017 photo was taken from the top of a parking garage in Harrison, NJ that was the former site of Harrison Field, the site of the 1923 National Challenge Cup Final between Paterson SC and Scullin Steel. The parking garage is located near Red Bull Arena, the home stadium for the New York Red Bulls. Photo: Bob Larson
This Sept. 2017 photo was taken from the top of a parking garage in Harrison, NJ that was the former site of Harrison Field, the site of the 1923 National Challenge Cup Final between Paterson SC and Scullin Steel. The parking garage is located near Red Bull Arena, the home stadium for the New York Red Bulls. Photo: Bob Larson

“Referee Stark did not act in a sufficiently drastic manner.” Barker said of referee J.B. Stark’s lack of response toward the crowd. “‘What can I do?’ He complained, when I asked him to clear the field.”

Many from St. Louis felt the game should have been stopped until the crowd was cleared. Barker noted that the times St. Louis hosted the final there were no crowd problems, while Scullin also had trouble in the 1921 final against Robins Dry Dock in Fall River, Mass.

Nearly two weeks after the final, St. Louis newspapers reported of the possibility that a playoff would be ordered, based on the possibility that the USFA would rule that the Dewar Trophy could not change hands via forfeit. These hopes were dashed on May 24, when at the USFA annual meeting in Cleveland, Paterson were formally awarded the Dewar trophy. The proposal from St. Louis for a best of three championship series was discussed, but no changes were made. The cup final would eventually be played over two legs between 1928 and 1933.

In the years that followed, Scullin would never come close to regaining their championship form, finishing a distant third in the St. Louis Soccer League in 1924 and 1925, before finally disbanding at the end of the 1925 season.

After the 1923 season, Paterson FC was sold and moved to New York to play as the Giants, and stayed around until the original ASL folded in the spring of 1932. The New York Giants were one of three teams (along with Bethlehem Steel and Newark Skeeters) who defied ASL orders to boycott the National Challenge Cup, touching off the Soccer War in 1929.

The 1923 Final is only one of two Open cup championships not decided on the field of play, the other being the 1940 shared championship, when Chicago’s Sparta and Baltimore SC could not agree on the details of a deciding third game. Unless something comes up that only a fiction writer could foresee, it’s likely we will never see another forfeited Open Cup championship again.

1923 National Challenge Cup Final
April 1, 1923
Harrison Field – Harrison, New Jersey

Paterson FC 2:2 (AET) Scullin Steel

Scoring Summary

Scullin: James Brannigan – 38th min.
Scullin: Allie Schwarz – 57th min.
Paterson: Tommy Duggan – 65th min.
Paterson: John Heminsley – 83rd min.

Lineups

Paterson FC: Pete Renzulli, Joe Reynolds, Bill Whitehead, F. Adams, Bill Fryer, Billy Herd, Tommy Duggan, Jack McGuire, John Heminsley, Frank McKenna, Joseph Irvine

Scullin: Harry Oellerman, Al Oberle, Tate Brady, Joe Hennessy, Len Zarschel, Danny Murphy, Charlie Bechtold, John Rooney, Allie Schwarz, James Brannigan, Tommy Mitchell

Stats

Corner Kicks: Paterson 29, Scullin 1

Attendance: 15,000
Referee: James B. Stark
Linesmen: Charles E. Creighton, Robert McMahon

Filed Under: Feature - History, US Open Cup Tagged With: 1923 National Challenge Cup, Paterson FC, Scullin Steel

1921-1922 National Challenge Cup Results

January 17, 2009 by Josh Hakala

1921-1922 National Challenge Cup champion Scullin Steel
1921-1922 National Challenge Cup champion Scullin Steel
1921-1922 National Challenge Cup champion Scullin Steel

 

Preliminary Round
Connecticut
10/9/21 Danersk FC 2 : 2 Stamford FC
10/16/21 R Danersk FC 5 : 0 Stamford FC
Southern New York
10/9/21 Franco Swiss 4 : 1 Spanish American FC
10/9/21 Glen Cove 5 : 0 Hempstead House
New Jersey
10/9/21 Carlton Hill 5 : 1 Palisade Park
Northern New England
10/9/21 West End Polish FC 2 : 2 Esmond Cortex
10/15/21 Esmond Cortex 2 : 1 West End Polish FC
Northwestern New York
10/9/21 Camera Works FC 2 : 1 Kodak Park FC
   
First Round
Eastern Bracket
Connecticut
10/16/21 Bridgeport City 3 : 1 Ansonia
10/22/21 Danersk FC 2 : 3 St. George’s
Western New England
10/15/21 Chicopee Rovers 1 : 1 Hartford FC
10/23/21 R Hartford FC 1 : 0 Chicopee Rovers
10/16/21 Manchester FC 0 : 2 Falco AA
Eastern Pennsylvania
10/15/21 M.E. Smith 3 : 0 Canadian War Vets
10/15/21 Hibernains 0 : 1 Fleischer Yarn
10/15/21 Philadelphia FC 8 : 2 Kingessing
10/15/21 Bethlehem Steel 4 : 0 Ascension FC
10/22/21 Fairhill 3 : 0 Disston Saw
New Jersey
10/16/21 Babcock & Wilcox 4 : 3 Sprague FC
10/16/21 Carlton Hill 2 : 3 (aet) Antler FC
10/23/21 Harrison FC 4 : 0 Napier FC
10/23/21 Celtics FC 5 : 0 Federal FC
Southern New York
10/16/21 Glen Cove 1 : 1 (aet) Yonkers Thistle
10/23/21 R Glen Cove 0 : 3 Yonkers Thistle
10/16/21 Greenpoint 1 : 1 Franco Swiss
10/23/21 R Greenpoint 1 : 0 Franco Swiss
10/16/21 Todd Shipyards 8 : 2 Brooklyn FC
10/16/21 Viking AC 8 : 2 Brooklyn Hibernian
10/16/21 New York FC 7 : 0 West Harlem Catholic
Northwestern New York
10/16/21 Rochester City Moose 3 : 1 Camera Works
10/16/21 Rochester Celtic 2 : 1 General Electric
Northern Massachusetts
10/5/21 Arlington Mills 0 : 3 American Woolen Co.
10/15/21 Massachusetts Cotton Mills 0 : 1 Abbot Worsted
10/15/21 Charlestown w/o General Electric
10/15/21 Grey & Davis 2 : 0 Fore River FC
10/22/21 Roxbury 1 : 6 Smith & Dove
Southern New England
10/12/21 Prospect Hill 0 : 5 Fall River FC
10/15/21 J & P Coats 3 : 0 Fall River Rovers
10/15/21 Ashton & Berkley 3 : 1 Clan Cameron
10/15/21 Sayelsville 2 : 0 British Canadian FC
10/15/21 St. Michael’s 5 : 1 Crompton
10/22/21 Fairlawn Rovers 3 : 0 Westerly United
10/22/21 Lonsdale Mills 4 : 0 Esmond Cotex
   
Western Bracket
Illinois & Wisconsin
10/16/21 Gary FC 2 : 1 Sparta Union
10/16/21 Thistles FC 4 : 1 Norwegian American FC
10/30/21 Harvey FC 0 : 0 Alverno AA
11/6/21 R Alverno AA 1 : 3 Harvey FC
Missouri
10/16/21 Johnston City 1 : 0 West Frankfort
10/16/21 Prendergast 0 : 3 Paulian K of C
10/16/21 Gillespie Moose 2 : 1 Wilsonville United
Ohio
10/16/21 Goodyear FC 0 : 4 Firestone FC
10/16/21 Lorain Eagles 0 : 1 Magyar American FC
10/23/21 Kenmore FC 1 : 3 White Motors
Michigan
10/16/21 Caledonian FC 2 : 1 Walkerville
10/16/21 Ulster 4 : 2 Conubians
10/23/21 Roses FC 3 : 0 Magyar FC
10/23/21 Detroit FC 1 : 2 Scarlet Runners
Western Pennsylvania
10/16/21 Cuddy AC 1 : 0 Carnegie FC
10/16/21 Madison FC 0 : 3 Moon Run
10/16/21 Curry FC 1 : 3 Dunlevy
   
Second Round
Southern New York
11/5/21 New York Field Club 5 : 1 Fairhill
11/5/21 Todd Shipyards 6 : 1 Yonkers Thistle
11/6/21 Viking AC 2 : 1 Greenpoint
New Jersey
11/5/21 Jersey City Celtics 1 : 3 Harrison SC
11/6/21 Antler 2 : 0 Babcock & Wilcox
Connecticut
11/6/21 Bridgeport City 1: 3 St. George’s
Western New England
11/5/21 Hartford 2 : 8 Falco AA
Eastern Pennsylvania
11/5/21 Philadelphia FC 4 : 1 M.E. Smith
11/5/21 Fleisher Yarn 4 : 1 (aet) Bethlehem Steel
Northwestern New york
11/6/21 Rochester Celtic 1 : 2 Rochester City Moose
Northern Massachusetts
11/5/21 Abbot Worsted 2 : 0 American Woolen
11/5/21 Grey & Davis 4 : 2 Smith & Dove
Southern New England
11/5/21 Saylesville 9 : 0 Ashton & Berkeley
11/5/21 Fall River FC 6 : 0 Lonsdale Mills
11/5/21 Fairlawn Rovers 2 : 0 Charlestown
11/5/21 St. Michaels 0 : 2 J & P Coats
Western Bracket
Illinois & Wisconsin
11/6/21 Swedish American FC 2 : 3 Johnston City
11/6/21 Thistles FC 0 : 1 Pullman
11/3/21 Gary 0 : 3 Simmons SC
11/6/21 Bricklayers FC 1 : 0 Olympia
11/20/21 Harvey FC 2 : 4 Rangers
Missouri
11/13/21 Springfield 0 : 1 Paulian
11/13/21 Gillespie 1 : 1 St. Leo’s
11/24/21 R St. Leo’s 3 : 4 Gillespie
11/20/21 DeAndreis 1 : 2 Ben Miller FC
11/20/21 St. Louis Screw 1 : 2 Scullin Steel
Michigan
11/6/21 Industrial FC 1 : 0 Scarlet Runners
11/6/21 Pontiac City 3: 3 Roses FC
11/13/21 R Roses FC 3 : 2 Pontiac City
11/6/21 Caledonia FC 4 : 1 Ulster
Ohio
11/13/21 Firestone FC 1 : 2 Magyar American FC
Firestone protest upheld, replay ordered
11/27/21 R Firestone FC 1 : 3 Magyar American FC
11/13/21 White Motors 4 : 2 Cuddy
Curry protest upheld, replay ordered
12/4/21 R White Motors 0 : 0 Cuddy
Match awarded to White Motors
   
Third Round
Eastern Bracket
11/26/21 Fall River FC 1 : 2 J & P Coats
11/26/21 Holyoke Falco 5 : 2 St. George’s
12/11/21 Todd Shipyards 5 : 3 New York Field Club
11/26/21 Grey & Davis 0 : 2 Abbot Worsted
11/24/21 Fairlawn Rovers 1 : 0 Sayes Finishing Plant
12/11/21 Harrison SC 5 : 0 Antler S.C.
12/18/21 Viking FC 4 : 3 Moose FC
11/26/21 Fleisher Yarn 5 : 0 Philadelphia Field Club
Western Bracket
11/31/21 Simmons FC 4 : 2 Bricklayers FC
12/4/21 Pullman FC 2 : 0 Rangers FC
12/4/21 Scullin Steel 2 : 0 Johnston City
12/4/21 Arden 3 : 0 Dunlevy
12/4/21 Industrial FC 1 : 1 Roses FC
12/11/21 R Roses FC 1 : 2 Industial FC
12/11/21 Ben Miller FC 3 :1 Paulian K of C
12/11/21 White Automobile 0: 0 (aet) Magyar American FC
12/18/21 R White Automobile 1 : 0 (aet) Magyar American FC
12/11/21 Gillespie 1 : 1 Caledonian FC
12/18/21 R Caledonian FC 6 : 0 Gillespie
   
Fourth Round
Eastern Bracket
12/24/21 J & P Coats 3 : 4 Hoyloke Falco
12/25/21 Vikings FC 2 : 6 Harrison S.C.
12/26/21 Philadelphia Field Club 1 : 4 Todd Shipyards
12/24/21 Fairlawn Rovers 1 : 1 Abbot Worsted
1/8/22 R Abbott Worsted 2 : 0 Fairlawn Rovers
Western Bracket
12/26/21 Arden FC 2 : 0 White Automobile
12/25/21 Caledonia FC 1 : 0 Industrial FC
12/25/21 Pullman FC 3 : 2 (aet) Simco FC
12/18/21 Scullin Steel 3 : 0 Ben Miller FC
   
Quarterfinals
1/1/22 Scullin Steel 3 : 0 Pullman FC
1/15/22 Caledonia FC 3 : 2 Arden FC
2/5/22 Abbot Worsted 3 : 1 Holyoke Falco
2/12/22 Harrison SC 0 : 1 Todd Shipyard
   
Semifinals
1/22/22 Scullin Steel 4 : 0 Caledonia FC
2/25/22 Todd Shipyards 2 : 1 Abbot Worsted
   
Final
    at High School Field – St. Louis, Missouri
3/19/22 Scullin Steel 3 : 2 Todd Shipyards
KEY – w/o – Walkover, R – Replay

Filed Under: US Open Cup Tagged With: 1922, Abbot Worsted, Arden FC, Cledonian FC, Harrison SC, High School Field, Holyoke Falco, National Challenge Cup, Pullman FC, Scullin Steel, Todd Shipyard

1920-1921 National Challenge Cup Results

January 16, 2009 by Josh Hakala

Robins Dry Dock won the 1920/1921 National Challenge Cup title.
Robins Dry Dock won the 1920/1921 National Challenge Cup title.
Robins Dry Dock won the 1920/1921 National Challenge Cup title.
First Round
Eastern Bracket
Northern Massachusetts
10/16/20 Lynn Gas & Electric 7 : 1 Trimo FC
10/16/20 Fore River FC 1 : 2 General Electric FC
*replay orderd due to rules violations by General Electric FC
10/30/20 R Fore River FC 5 : 0 General Electric FC
10/16/20 Arlington Mills 1 : 2 Boston City
10/16/20 Abbot Worsted 9 : 0 Chicopee Rovers
10/16/20 Hendee Indians 4 : 1 Smith & Dove FC
10/16/20 Farr Alpaca 4 : 2 United Shoe
Southern New England
10/16/20 St. Michael’s 1 : 1 Saylesville FC
10/30/20 R St. Michael’s 1 : 1 Saylesville FC
11/7/20 R St. Michael’s 3 : 1 Saylesville FC
10/16/20 J & P Coats 1 : 1 Fall River Rovers
10/30/20 R J & P Coats 1 : 2 Fall River Rovers
10/16/20 Ashton & Berkeley 3 : 2 Clan Cameron
Connecticut
10/17/20 Hartford S.K.F. 1 : 0 New Departure FC
Southern New York
10/17/20 New York FC 0 : 1 Tebo Yacht Basin
New Jersey
10/17/20 Erie Juniors FC 0 : 5 Erie AA
10/17/20 Federal Shipyards 8 : 2 Athenia Steel
10/17/20 Babcock & Wilcox 2 : 4 Sprague FC
10/17/20 Bunker Hill 1 : 4 Paterson FC
Eastern Pennsylvania
10/16/20 J & J Dobson 4 : 3 Wolfenden Shore
10/16/20 North End FC 0 : 6 Disston AA
10/16/20 Hibernains FC 1 : 6 Bethlehem Steel
Western Bracket
Michigan
10/17/20 Solvay FC 1 : 5 Pontiac City
Ohio
10/16/20 Firestone FC 0 : 1 Goodrich FC
Western Pennsylvania
10/17/20 Dunlevy S.C. 2 : 0 H.R. Gieb Trainworks
   
Second Round
Eastern Bracket
Northern Massachusetts
11/6/20 Maple Leaf FC 0 : 3 Gray & Davis
11/6/20 Farr Alpaca 0 : 2 Boston City
11/6/20 Lynn Gas & Electric 3 : 2 Hendee Indians
11/20/20 Abbot Worsted 0 : 1 Fore River Rovers
Southern New England
10/30/20 Potter & Johnson 3 : 2 Colonial FC
11/6/20 Fairlawn Rovers 3 : 0 Ashton & Berkley
11/13/20 Greystone FC 1 : 8 Fall River Rovers
11/13/20 Young Thornton 2 : 4 St. Michael’s
Connecticut
11/7/20 Columbia Gramaphone 4 : 1 Hartford S.K.F.
11/7/20 Ansonia FC 3 : 1 Stamford FC
Southern New York
11/2/20 Tebo Yacht Basin 2 : 1 Brooklyn FC
11/7/20 Robins Dry Dock 4 : 0 Clan MacDuff
New Jersey & Eastern Pennsylvania
11/6/20 Erie AA 4 : 3 Bethlehem Steel
11/6/20 Disston AA 1 : 1 J & J Dobson FC
11/13/20 R J & J Dobson FC 1 : 1 Disston AA
11/20/20 R Disston AA 1 : 3 J & J Dobson FC
11/7/20 Paterson FC 4 : 1 Sprague FC
11/7/20 Cedar Cliff FC 1 : 7 Federal Ship FC
Western Bracket
Northwestern New York
11/7/20 Rochester City Moose 1 : 0 Rochester Celtic
11/7/20 McNaughton Rangers 3 : 1 Camera Works FC
11/14/20 Oneida Community FC 0 : 1 Kodak Park FC
Western Pennsylvania
11/7/20 Madison FC 2 : 1 Dunlevy FC
Ohio
11/7/20 Goodrich FC 2 : 1 White Motors FC
11/7/20 Greyhounds FC 1 : 1 Goodyear FC
11/14/20 R Goodyear FC 1 : 1 Greyhounds FC
11/21/20 R Greyhounds FC 1 : 3 Goodyear FC
Michigan
11/7/20 I.F.L. FC 0 : 0 Roses FC
11/14/20 R Roses FC 2 : 1 I.F.L. FC
11/7/20 Magyar FC 0 : 2 Ulster FC
11/7/20 Pontiac City 5 : 0 One and All FC
11/7/20 Walkerville FC 2 : 4 Caledonian FC
Illinois & Wisconsin
11/7/20 Simco FC 2 : 0 Pullman FC
11/7/20 Rangers FC 0 : 2 Thistles FC
11/7/20 Swedish American AA 0 : 0 Harvey FC
11/14/20 R Swedish American AA 3 : 1* Harvey FC
  *Harvey FC protested, replay ordered
11/21/20 R Harvey FC 1 : 0 Swedish American AA
11/7/20 Norwegian American AA 1 : 8 Bricklayers FC
Missouri
11/25/20 Ben Miller FC 2 : 5 Innisfall FC
11/25/20 St. Louis Screw 3 : 3* Scullin Screw
  *St. Louis Screw disqualified for ineligible players, Scullin Screw awarded match
   
Third Round
Eastern Bracket
11/25/20 Tebo Yacht Basin 8 : 2 Ansonia S.C.
11/27/20 Potter & Johnson 0 : 1(aet) Fairlawn Rovers
11/27/20 Grey & Davis 0 : 3 Fore River FC
11/27/20 Lynn Gas & Electric 3 : 1 Boston City
11/27/20 J & J Dobson 2 : 1 Paterson FC
11/28/20 Erie AA 3 : 1 Federal Shipyards
11/28/20 Robins Dry Dock 3 : 0 Columbia Graphophone
12/4/20 St. Micheal’s Club 0 : 4 Fall River Rovers
Western Bracket
11/28/20 Pontiac City 2 : 3 Caledonian FC
11/28/20 Goodrich FC 2 : 1 Goodyear FC
11/28/20 McNaughton Rangers 0 : 4 Kodak Park FC
11/28/20 Madison S.C. 3 : 1 Rochester City Moose
11/28/20 Harvey FC 2 : 1 Thistles FC
11/28/20 Simco FC 0 : 2 Bricklayers FC
11/28/20 Roses FC 3 : 0 Ulster FC
12/12/20 Innisfall FC 1 : 3 Scullin Steel
   
Fourth Round
Eastern Bracket
12/18/20 Fore River FC 3 : 1 Fall River Rovers
12/18/20 Fairlawn Rovers 3 : 1 Lynn Gas & Electric
12/18/20 Tebo Yach Basin 1 : 0 J & J Dobson
12/19/20 Robins Dry Dock 1 : 1 Erie AA
12/26/20 R Robins Dry Dock 5 : 3 Erie AA
Western Bracket
12/12/20 Caledonian FC 2 : 1 Roses FC
12/12/20 Harvey FC 1 : 1 Bricklayers FC
12/19/20 R Bricklayers FC 5 : 0 Harvey FC
12/25/20 Scullin Steel 3 : 0 Madison SC
12/26/20 Goodrich FC w/o Kodak Park FC
   
Quarterfinals
12/23/20 Caledonian FC 2 : 1 Goodrich FC
1/15/21 Tebo Yacht Basin 3 : 1 Fairlawn Rovers
1/23/21 Bricklayers FC 1 : 1 Scullin Steel
3/5/21 Robins Dry Dock 3 : 0 Fore River FC
1/30/21 R Scullin Steel 2 : 1 Bricklayers FC
*replay ordered after Bricklayers protest was upheld
3/6/21 R Scullin Steel 2 : 0 Bricklayers FC
   
Semifinals
3/12/21 Scullin Steel 2 : 1 Caledonia FC
3/27/21 Robins Dry Dock 3 : 0 Tebo Yacht Basin
   
Final
  at Fall River Athletic Field – Fall River, Massachusetts
4/19/21 Robins Dry Dock 4 : 2 Scullin Steel
KEY – w/o – Walkover, R – Replay

Filed Under: US Open Cup Tagged With: 1921, Bricklayers FC, Caledonian FC, Fairlawn Rovers, Fall River Athletic Field, Fore River Rovers, Goodrich FC, National Challenge Cup, Robins Dry Dock, Scullin Steel, Tebo Yacht Basin

1922-1923 National Challenge Cup Results

January 13, 2009 by adamspangler

Action from the 1923 National Challenge Cup Final between Paterson FC (Paterson, NJ) and Scullin Steel (St. Louis, MO). 15,000 fans were in attendance at Harrison Field on April 1, 1923. Photo: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Action from the 1923 National Challenge Cup Final between Paterson FC (Paterson, NJ) and Scullin Steel (St. Louis, MO). 15,000 fans were in attendance at Harrison Field on April 1, 1923. Photo: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Action from the 1923 National Challenge Cup Final between Paterson FC (Paterson, NJ) and Scullin Steel (St. Louis, MO). 15,000 fans were in attendance at Harrison Field on April 1, 1923. Photo: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Preliminary Round
Eastern Pennsylvania
10/8/22 Ascension FC 1 : 0 Hibernians FC
Maryland & Virginia
10/29/22 Potapsco Rangers 0 : 5 Baltimore FC
Missouri & Southern Illinois
10/8/22 Johnston City 2 : 4 Wilsonville United
Northwestern New York
10/8/22 Kodak Park FC w/o General Electric (Erie)
   
First Round
Eastern Bracket
New Jersey
10/15/22 American AA 2 : 1 Sprague FC
10/15/22 Paterson Silk Sox w/o Harrison SC
10/15/22 Babcock & Wilcox 1 : 1 Paterson Caledonian
10/22/22 R Babcock & Wilcox 2 : 3 Paterson Caledonian
10/8/22 Entre Nous FC 2 : 1 Ryerson FC
Maryland & Virginia
11/5/22 Norfolk FC 1 : 6 Baltimore FC
Eastern Pennsylvania
10/14/22 Bethlehem Steel 4 : 0 Kaywood Catholic
10/14/22 Fairhill FC 2 : 3 Ascencion Field Club
10/21/22 R Ascencion Field Club 2 : 3 Fairhill FC
10/14/22 Fleisher Yarn 3 : 2 Berney Ernstka AAFC
Northern Massachusetts & New Hampshire
10/12/22 Maple Leaf FC 4 : 1 Charlestown
10/12/22 Falco AFC 7 : 1 Boston Blues
10/14/22 Clan Sutherland 0 : 2 General Electric
10/14/22 Methuen FC 0 : 5 Abbot Worsted
10/14/22 Lynn Gas & electric 0 : 1 Roxbury FC
10/14/22 Fore River FC 2 : 1 Bunker Hill Celtics
10/14/22 Holyoke FC 4 : 0 Chicopee Rovers
10/14/22 Arlington Mills 2 : 4 Shawsheen Indians
Southern New England
10/14/22 Fairlawn Rovers 3 : 3 Prospect Hill
10/21/22 R Prospect Hill 0 : 0 Fairlawn Rovers
10/28/22 R Fairlawn Rovers 0 : 1 Prospect Hill
10/14/22 J & P Coats 3 : 2 Saylesville
10/14/22 Fall River Marksmen 4 : 0 J & P Coats Reserve
10/14/22 Madeira Sport Club 0 : 1 Don Carlos FC
10/15/22 American Thread 2 : 3 Greystone Veterans
10/15/22 West End Polish Club 2 : 2 Whitman Mill
10/21/22 R Whitman Mill 5 : 0 West End Polish Club
Connecticut & New York
10/8/22 Brooklyn Wanderers 1 : 1 (aet) Yonkers Thistle
10/22/22 R Brooklyn Wanderers 3 : 1 Yonkers Thistle
10/15/22 New York Field Club 8 : 1 Viking AC
10/15/22 Bay Ridge FC 3 : 0 British Great War Veterans
10/15/22 Manchester SFC 1 : 2 Hartford Rovers
10/15/22 Danersk Athletic FC 2 : 1 Tryconnell Celtic
10/15/22 St. George 6 : 3 Lexington FC
10/15/22 Ansonia FC 3 : 1 West Harlem FC
10/15/22 Sone & Fleming 1 : 2 Nassau FC
10/29/22 Brooklyn Field Club w/o Edison FC
10/15/22 Calpe American FC 1 : 2 Cento Hispano
Western Bracket
Missouri & Southern Illinois
10/29/22 Scullin Steel 4 : 2 Ben Miller FC
10/29/22 Hoover Sweeper 0 : 2 Vesper Buick
10/22/22 St. Leo w/o De Andreis FC
10/22/22 Paul Mueller FC 1 : 0 Hense FC
10/22/22 Trumbull SC 1 : 3 Ben Miller FC (Muny)
10/22/22 Prendergast SC w/o Daulian SC
10/15/22 Thayer FC 1 : 3 Wilsonville United
10/15/22 Gillespie 1 : 5 West Frankfort
Gillespie protest upheld, replay ordered
10/29/22 R Gillespie 1 : 1 West Frankfort
11/5/22 R West Frankfort 0 : 2 Gillespie
West Frankford protest upheld, replay ordered
11/11/22 R Gillespie 1 : 2 West Frankfort
Illinois & Wisconsin
10/15/22 Pullman 2 : 4 (aet) Canadian Club
10/15/22 Sparta Union 3 : 0 Highland Park (Det.)
10/15/22 Gary SC 1 : 2 Swedish American FC
10/15/22 Thistles FC w/o Olympia FC
Olympia refused to play match due to “financial disagreements”
10/15/22 Bricklayers FC 9 : 1 Harvey FC
10/15/22 MacWhyte FC 3 : 0 Sparta Union Reserves
Michigan
10/15/22 Walkerville FC (Windsor, Ont.) 3 : 2 Fisher Body FC
10/15/22 Scarlet Runners FC 0 : 3 Caledonia FC
10/15/22 Detroit SC 0 : 3 Windsor Rovers (Windsor, Ont.)
10/15/22 Celtic FC 0 : 4 Roses FC
10/15/22 Sons of Malta w/o Pontiac FC
10/15/22 Rising Star FC w/o Ulster A & FC
10/15/22 Flint City 1 : 4 Industrial FC
Western Pennsylvania
10/15/22 Gallatin FC 2 : 0 Castle Shannon
10/15/22 Harmarville FC 2 : 2 Arden FC
10/21/22 R Arden FC 2 : 1 Harmarville FC
10/15/22 Jeannette FC 2 : 0 Curry FC
Northwestern New York
10/15/22 McNaughton Rangers 0 : 3 Kodak Park FC
10/15/22 Rochester City Moose 2 : 1 Rochester Celtic
Ohio
10/8/22 Goodyear FC 3 : 1 Favorite Knits FC
10/15/22 British War Veterans 0 : 5 Magyar FC
10/15/22 McKenzie FC 0 : 2 Kennmore FC
10/15/22 Lorain Eagles 3 : 0 Carnegie Coal
10/22/22 White Motor FC 1 : 0 Feador Athletic
Replay ordered after Feador’s protest (lack of goal nets) was upheld
10/29/22 R White Motor FC 1 : 0 Feador Athletic
   
Second Round
Eastern Bracket
Connecticut & New York
11/5/22 Brooklyn Wanderers 1 : 2 Brooklyn Field Club
11/5/22 Ansonia FC 4 : 1 Nassau FC
11/5/22 Centro Hispano 3 : 1 Danersk Athletic
11/12/22 New york Field Club 9 : 3 St. George Bridgeport
11/12/22 Bay Ridge 1 : 2 Hartford Rovers
Northern Massachusetts & New Hampshire
11/4/22 Fore River FC 5 : 0 Maple Leaf FC
11/4/22 Abbot Worsted 4 : 1 Shawsheen Indians
11/4/22 General Electric 0 : 0 Roxbury FC
11/11/22 R General Electric 0 : 1 Roxbury FC
11/4/22 Falco AFC 2 : 1 Holyoke FC
Southern New England
11/4/22 J & P Coats 3 : 1 Fall River Marksmen
11/4/22 Don Carlos FC 1 : 4 Whitman Mill
11/11/22 Prospect Hill 0 : 1 Greystone Veterans
New Jersey
11/5/22 Paterson Caledonian 0 : 3 American AA
11/5/22 Paterson Silk Sox w/o Entre Nous FC
Eastern Pennsylvania & Maryland
11/4/22 Bethlehem Steel 1 : 0 Fleischer Yarn
11/12/22 Fairhill FC 1 : 1 Baltimore SC
Baltimore SC withdrew before replay
Western Bracket
Illinois
11/5/22 Sparta Union 5 : 3 Canadian Club
11/5/22 Bricklayers FC 1 : 0 MacWhyte FC
11/5/22 Thistles FC 4 : 0 Swedish American FC
Missouri & Southern Illinois
11/12/22 Ben Miller FC (Muny) 1 : 0 St. Leo FC
11/12/22 Paul Mueller FC 0 : 2 Prendergast FC
11/12/22 Vesper Buick 8 : 0 Wilsonville United
11/12/22 Scullin Steel 4 : 3 West Frankfort FC
Michigan & Western Pennsylvania
11/5/22 Industrial FC 2 : 1 Windsor Rovers
11/5/22 Walkerville 6 : 1 Sons of Malta
11/5/22 Roses FC 3 : 1 Caledonia
11/12/22 Rising Star FC 0 : 1 Jeanette FC
11/5/22 Gallatin FC 1 : 1 Arden FC
11/11/22 R Arden FC 3 : 0 Gallatin FC
Ohio
11/5/22 Lorain Eagles 6 : 0 Mahoning Valley
11/5/22 Magyar FC 3 : 1 White Motor FC
11/5/22 Goodyear FC 2 : 1 Kennmore FC
Northwestern New York
11/5/22 Kodak Park FC 1 : 0 Rochester City Moose
   
Third Round
Eastern Bracket
11/25/22 Bethlehem Steel 3 : 0 Fairhill FC
11/25/22 J & P Coats 4 : 0 Greystone FC
11/26/22 New York Field Club 1 : 0 Brooklyn Field Club
11/26/22 Ansonia FC 3 : 2 Whitman Mills
11/26/22 Fore River 5 : 1 Falco AFC
11/30/22 Hartford Rovers 4 : 3 Centro-Hispano FC
11/26/22 Paterson Silk Sox 2 : 0 American A.A.
11/26/22 Abbot Worsted 9 : 0 Roxbury FC
Western Bracket
11/25/22 Walkerville 4 : 3 Industrial FC
11/26/22 Lorain Eagles 1 : 0 Maygar-American FC
  Match stopped after 75 minutes due to pitch invasion by crowd, result upheld.
11/26/22 Bricklayers FC 2 : 0 Goodyear FC
11/26/22 Thistles FC 2 : 1 Sparta Union
11/30/22 Arden FC 3 : 0 Kodak Park
12/3/22 St. Leo’s 3 : 0 Prendergast
12/9/22 Jeanette FC 3 : 0 Roses FC
12/17/22 Vesper Buick 0 : 0 Scullin Steel
1/1/23 R Scullin Steel 3 : 2 Vesper Buick
   
Fourth Round
Eastern Bracket
12/23/22 J & P Coats 6 : 0 Ansonia FC
12/24/22 New York Field Club 4 : 1 Bethlehem Steel
1/7/23 Paterson Silk Sox 6 : 0 Hartford Rovers
2/10/23 Abbot Worsted 4 : 0 Fore River
Western Bracket
12/25/22 Bricklayers & Masons 2 : 2 (aet) Thistles FC
12/31/22 R Bricklayers & Masons 2 : 0 Thistles FC
12/25/22 Arden FC 5 : 0 Lorain Eagles
12/25/22 Jeanette FC 3 : 1 Walkerville FC
1/14/23 Scullin Steel 3 : 1 St. Leo’s
   
Quarterfinals
1/28/23 Scullin Steel 3 : 1 (aet) Bricklayers & Masons
2/12/23 Arden FC 1 : 0 Jeanette FC
3/3/23 J & P Coats 1 : 0 Abbot Worsted
3/11/23 Paterson Silk Sox 0 : 0 New York Field Club
3/18/23 R Paterson Silk Sox 4 : 1 New York Field Club
   
Semifinals
2/25/23 Scullin Steel 2 : 1 Arden FC
3/25/23 Paterson Silk Sox 3 : 2 J & P Coats
 
Final
at Harrison Field – Harrison, New Jersey
4/1/23 Paterson Silk Sox 2 : 2 (aet) Scullin Steel
Championship awarded to Paterson when Scullin were unable to field a team for the replay due to injuries and players under baseball contracts beginning the baseball season
KEY – w/o – Walkover, R – Replay

Filed Under: US Open Cup Tagged With: 1923 National Challenge Cup, Abbot Worsted, Arden FC, Bricklayers & Masons FC, Harrison Field, J & P Coats, Jeanette FC, New York Field Club, Paterson Silk Sox, Scullin Steel

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