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1947 National Challenge Cup Results

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Quarterfinals
6/1/47 1L Brooklyn Hispano 1 : 4 New York Americans
6/15/47 2L Brooklyn Hispano 5 : 1 (aet) New York Americans
Brooklyn Hispano advance on 6-5 aggregate
6/15/47 Ponta Delgada 5 : 3 (aet) Philadelphia Americans
5/4/47 Sparta (Chi.) 2 : 1 (aet) Correnti Cleaners (St. L)
5/11/47 Pioneer Kickers (Det.) 2 : 2 (aet) Curry SC (W. Pa.)
Pioneer Kickers forfeit replay due to pro league commitments


Semifinals
6/22/47 1L Ponta Delgada 9 : 0 Brooklyn Hispano
6/29/47 2L Brooklyn Hispano 1 : 2 Ponta Delgada
Ponta Delgada advance on 11-1 aggregate
6/8/47 1L Curry S.C. 2 : 4 Sparta
6/15/47 2L Sparta 4 : 1 Curry S.C.
Sparta advance on 8-3 aggregate


Final
First Leg – at Fall River, Massachusetts
8/31/47 Ponta Delgada 6 : 1 Sparta
Second Leg – at Sparta Stadium – Chicago, Illinois
9/7/47 Sparta 2 : 3 Ponta Delgada
Ponta Delgada win National Challenge Cup on 9-3 aggregate
KEY – w/o – Walkover, R – Replay, 1L – 1st Leg, 2L – 2nd Leg, 3L – 3rd Leg

1940 National Challenge Cup Results

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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

1939 National Challenge Cup Results

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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

1938 National Challenge Cup Results

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First Round
Eastern Bracket
1/16/38 Kearny Irish 3 : 5 Bethlehem Hungarian
1/16/38 New York Americans 4 : 2 Brooklyn First Germans
1/16/38 Brooklyn Hispano 1 : 1 (aet) St. Mary’s Celtic (Brooklyn)
1/22/38 R St. Mary’s Celtic 4 : 1 Brooklyn Hispano
1/16/38 Paterson Caledonians 1: 0 Kearny Scots
1/16/38 Baltimore SC 2 : 1 Budd AA (Phi.)
1/16/38 German American SC (Phi.) 3 : 3 Passon SC (Phi.)
1/23/38 R German American SC 2 : 0 Passon SC
1/23/38 Brookhattan (NYC) 4 : 1 Hatikvoh (NYC)
1/30/38 Lusitania Recriation 3 : 3 Ponta Delgada
Western Bracket
1/16/38 Maccabee SC (Chi.) 2 : 0 (aet) American Nickeloid (Peru, IL)
1/16/38 Schlitz (Mil.) 6 : 4 Racine Deutscher (WI)
1/16/38 Castle Shannon (W. Pa.) 2 : 0 Heidelberg (W. Pa.)
1/16/38 South Side Radio (St. L) 3 : 2 St. Patricks (St. L)
1/16/38 Sparta Garden City (Chi.) w/o Shamrocks SC (St. L)
1/23/38 Bartunek Slavia (Cle.) 3 : 1 Cecil Merchants (W. Pa.)
1/30/38 Burke Undertakers (St. L) 5 : 4 St. Matthews (St. L)
2/13/38 Thistles SC (Det.) 5 : 1 Eckert & Becker (Det.)
   
Second Round
Eastern Bracket
1/30/38 New York Americans 4 : 1 Bethlehem Hungarian
1/30/38 St. Mary’s Celtic 7 : 1 Baltimore SC
1/30/38 German American SC 5 : 3 Paterson Caledonian
2/20/38 Brookhattan 7 : 0 Ponta Delgada
Western Bracket
1/30/38 Maccabee SC 2 : 1 Schlitz
1/30/39 Castle Shannon 3 : 0 Bartunek Slavia
2/6/38 South Side Radio 1 : 0 Burke Undertakers
2/20/38 Sparta Garden City 5 : 0 Thistles SC
   
Quarterfinals
2/20/38 Castle Shannon 4 : 2 South Side Radio
2/27/38 New York Americans 4 : 3 Brookhattan
2/27/38 St. Mary’s Celtic 1 : 1 (aet) German American SC
3/5/38 R St. Mary’s Celtic 1 : 0 German American SC
2/27/38 Sparta Garden City 1 : 0 Maccabee SC
   
Semifinals
3/27/38 1L New York Americans 2 : 1 St. Mary’s Celtic
4/2/38 2L St. Mary’s Celtic 3 : 0 New York Americans
St. Mary’s Celtic advance on 4-2 aggregate
3/13/38 1L Castle Shannon 1 : 2 Sparta Garden City
3/20/38 2L Sparta Garden City 3 : 1 Castle Shannon
Sparta Garden City advance on 5-2 aggregate
   
Final
First Leg – at Sparta Stadium – Chicago, Illinois
4/17/38 Sparta Garden City 3 : 0 St. Mary’s Celtic
Second Leg – at  Starlight Park – Bronx, New York
4/24/38 St. Mary’s Celtic 2 : 3 Sparta Garden City
Sparta Garden City win National Challenge Cup on 6-2 aggregate
KEY – w/o – Walkover, R – Replay, 1L – 1st Leg, 2L – 2nd Leg, 3L – 3rd Leg

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