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1933 National Challenge Cup Results

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First Round
Eastern Bracket
1/14/33 German American SC (Phi.) 6 : 5 Fairhill (Phi.)
1/21/33 R German American SC (Phi.) 2 : 1 Fairhill (Phi.)
1/15/33 Canton SC (Balt.) 4 : 1 Bethlehem Steel (Balt.)
2/5/33
 German Hungarian SC (NYC) w/o
 Brooklyn Celtic
1/15/33 Swanton Field Club (Kearny, NJ) 3 : 1 Trenton Highlanders
*American Soccer League teams played played qualifying groups for spots in the Quarterfinals
Western Bracket
1/15/33 Andersons (St. L) 2 : 3 Ben Miller SC (St. L)
1/22/33 Maccabee SC (Chi.) 2 : 2 Sons of Malta (Det.)
1/29/33 R Maccabee SC 2 : 2 Sons of Malta
2/5/33 R Maccabee SC 0 : 2 Sons of Malta
1/22/33 Rosenblum Slavia (Cle.) 4 : 1 Buffalo Germans
1/22/33 Curry (Pit.) 4 : 0 Shamrocks SC (Cle.)
1/22/33 Stix, Baer & Fuller (St. L) 4 : 1 Coca Cola (St. L)
1/22/33 Deutscher Sports Club (Mil.) 0 : 1 Yugoslav American SC (Chi.)
2/5/33 Bricklayers SC (Chi.) 1 : 2 Swedish American SC (Chi.)


Second Round
Eastern Bracket
2/26/33 German American SC 3 : 2 Canton SC
2/26/33 German Hungarian SC 1 : 1 Swanton Field Club
3/5/33 R German Hungarian SC 4 : 0 Swanton Field Club
ASL New England – Final Standings P W T L Pts GF GA
Pawtucket Rangers 6 4 0 2 8 26 13
Boston SC 6 4 0 2 8 10 11
Fall River FC 6 2 0 4 4 9 12
Victoria Mills 6 2 0 4 4 11 20

Pawtucket Rangers won New England ASL qualifying group
ASL New York – Final Standings P W T L PT GF GA
NY Americans 4 4 0 0 8 14 5
NY Field Club 4 3 0 1 6 9 3
Hakoah 4 2 0 2 4 9 5
Wanderers 3 0 0 3 0 3 10
Bohemians 3 0 0 3 0 3 15

New York Americans won New York ASL qualifying group
Western Bracket
2/19/33 Curry 1 : 3 Rosenblum Slavia
2/19/33
 Sparta SC 2 : 0 Swedish American SC
2/19/33 Andersons 7 : 1 Sons of Malta
2/12/33
 Stix, Baer & Fuller 10 : 1 Yugoslav Americnan SC


Quarterfinals
2/25/33 Anderson SC 2 : 1* Stix, Baer & Fuller
*Replay ordered after Stix protest was upheld
3/12/33 R Stix, Baer & Fuller 4 : 1 Anderson S.C.
2/26/33 Sparta A & BA 1 : 0 Rosenblum Slavia
3/11/33 1L German American SC 0 : 1 New York Americans
3/12/33 2L New York Americans 3 : 2 German American SC
New York Americans advance on 4-2 aggregate
3/27/33 German Hungarian SC 0 : 5 Pawtucket Rangers


Semifinals
4/1/33 1L Pawtucket Rangers 4 : 2 New York Americans
4/2/33 2L New York Americans 4 : 1 Pawtucket Rangers
New York Americans advance on 6-5 aggregate
3/18/33 1L Stix, Baer & Fuller 7 : 3 Sparta A & BA
3/26/33 2L Sparta A & BA 0 : 1 Stix, Baer & Fuller
Stix, Baer & Fuller advance on 8-3 aggregate


Final
First Leg – at Sportsman’s Park – St. Louis, Missouri
4/16/33 Stix, Baer & Fuller 1 : 0 New York Americans
Second Leg – at Starlight Park – Bronx, New York
4/23/33 New York Americans 1 : 2 Stix, Baer & Fuller
Stix, Baer & Fuller win National Challenge Cup on 3-1 aggregate
KEY – w/o – Walkover, R – Replay, 1L – 1st Leg, 2L – 2nd Leg, 3L – 3rd Leg

1945 National Challenge Cup Results

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Round of 32
Eastern Bracket
5/14/45 Brookhattan 3 : 1 (aet) New York Americans
3/18/45 Brooklyn Hispano 2 : 0 German American AC
3/11/45 Brooklyn Wanderers 4 : 3 Eintracht SC (NYC)
5/14/45 Kearny Irish 2 : 1 Kearny Scots
4/1/45 Baltimore Americans 4 : 0 Ruggiero SC (Bal.)
3/4/45 Baltimore SC 11 : 0 Phoenix SC (Phi.)

Philadelphia Americans

Philadelphia Nationals
Western Bracket
4/1/45 Slovak SC (Chi.) 1 : 0 Sparta (Chi.)
4/1/45 Viking AA (Chi.) 2 : 1 Hakoah Center (Chi.)
3/11/45 Cleveland Americans 11 : 2 Rochester Celtics
5/2/45 Gallatin (W. Pa.) 3 : 0 Morgan Strasser (W. Pa.)

United German Americans (Det.)

???
4/1/45
 Raftery Painters (St. L) 5 : 3
 National Slug (St. L)

Croatian Eagles (Mil.) bye Only Wisconsin Entry


Round of 16
Eastern Bracket
5/20/45 Brookhattan 2 : 1 Kearny Irish
5/13/45 Brooklyn Hispano 4 : 3 (aet) Brooklyn Wanderers
5/13/45 Philadelphia Americans 3 : 2 Philadelphia Nationals
4/8/45 Baltimore Americans 1 : 0 Baltimore SC

Western Bracket
4/29/45 Viking AA 4 : 2 (aet) Slovak SC
5/6/45 Raftery Painters 4 : 1 Croatian Eagles

United German Americans
5/13/45 Cleveland Americans 2 : 1 (aet) Gallatin


Quarterfinals
5/25/45 Brooklyn Hispano 4 : 3 Philadelphia Americans
5/25/45 Brookhattan 3 : 2 Baltimore Americans
5/27/45 Viking A.A. 3 : 6
 Raftery Painters
5/27/45 United German Americans 1 : 2 Cleveland Americans
Semifinals
6/4/45 Brookhattan 5 : 4(aet) Brooklyn Hispano
6/3/45 Raftery Painters 0 : 2 Cleveland Americans
Final
First Leg – Starlight Park – Bronx, New York
6/10/45 Brookhattan 4 : 1 Cleveland Americans
Second Leg -at  Shaw Field – Cleveland, Ohio
6/16/45 Cleveland Americans 1 : 2 Brookhattan
Brookhattan win National Challenge Cup on 6-2 aggregate
KEY – w/o – Walkover, R – Replay, 1L – 1st Leg, 2L – 2nd Leg, 3L – 3rd Leg

1943 National Challenge Cup Results

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Round of 32
Eastern Bracket
1/3/43 Philadelphia Americans 1 : 0 Baltimore Americans
1/3/43 Brookhattan (NYC) 7 : 2 Fall River Rovers
1/3/43 Kearny Scots 3 : 1 Pfaelzer (NYC)
1/10/43 New York Americans 2 : 1 New York Germans
1/10/43 Brooklyn Hispano 3 : 0 German Hungarian S.C. (NYC)
1/10/43 Kearny Celtic 3 : 0 Eintracht (NYC)

Philadelphia Nationals
1/3/43 Brooklyn Wanderers 1 : 0 Swedish SC (NYC)
Eastern Bracket
1/11/43 Sparta SC (Chi.) 3 : 1 Schwaben (Chi.)
2/21/43 Slovak SC (Chi.) 2: 1 (aet) Viking AA (Chi.)
4/4/43 Falk Field Club (Mil.) 4 : 1 Schwaben (Mil.)
12/21/42 Gallatin (W. Pa.) 6 : 5 (aet) Castle Shannon (W. Pa.)
12/21/42 Morgan Strasser (W. Pa.) 7 : 0 Cuddy (W. Pa.)

Croatian Eagles (Mil.) bye

Hungarian American SC (Det.)

???


Round of 16
Eastern Bracket
1/24/43 Kearny Celtic 2 : 1 Kearny Scots
1/24/43 Philadelphia Americans 5 : 1 Philadelphia Nationals
2/7/43 New York Americans 2 : 3 Brooklyn Wanderers
1/24/43 Brooklyn Hispano 4 : 3 Brookhattan
Eastern Bracket
3/14/43 Sparta SC 4 : 1 Slovak SC
1/31/43 Morgan Strasser 4 : 1 Gallatin
4/11/43 Falk Field Club 2 : 1 Croatian Eagles

Hungarian American SC


Quarterfinals
2/21/43 Philadelphia Americans 1 : 0 Brooklyn Wanderers
2/21/43 Brooklyn Hispano 3 : 1 Kearny Celtic
4/25/43 Sparta SC 2 : 0 Falk Field Club
3/6/43 Hungarian American SC 1 : 7 Morgan Strasser


Semifinals
3/14/43 Brooklyn Hispano 3 : 1 Philadelphia Americans
5/9/43 Sparta SC 0 : 5(aet) Morgan Strasser


Final
at Starlight Park – Bronx, New York
5/24/43 Brooklyn Hispano 2 : 2(aet) Morgan Strasser
REPLAY – at Starlight Park – Bronx, New York
5/30/43 R Brooklyn Hispano 3 : 2 Morgan Strasser
Brooklyn Hispano win National Challenge Cup on 5-4 aggregate
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

1937 National Challenge Cup Results

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First Round
Eastern Bracket
1/10/37 Kearny Scots 4 : 1 (aet) Patapsco Rangers (Bal.)
1/17/37 Kearny Irish 3 : 1 St. Michael’s
1/17/37 New York Americans 4 : 0* German Hungarian SC (NYC)
*Match abandoned at 60th minute due to heavy rain
2/7/37 R New York Americans 6 : 2 German Hungarian SC
1/17/37 Brooklyn Hispano 6 : 0 Hosiery Local (Phi.)
1/17/37 Passon SC (Phi.) 4 : 0 Haitkvoh (NYC)
1/24/37 Brookhattan (NYC) 5 : 1 Baltimore SC
1/24/37 Philadelphia Germans 5 : 2 (aet) Trenton Highlanders
1/24/37 St. Mary’s Celtic (Brooklyn) 5 : 1 Paterson Caledonian
Western Bracket
1/10/37 Kodak Park (Roch.) 0 : 2 Heidelberg (W. Pa.)
1/10/37 Pittsburgh Steel 0 : 1 Castle Shannon (W. Pa.)
1/10/37 Chevrolet SC (Det.) 0 : 4 Shamrocks SC (St. L)
1/10/37 Olympia SC (Chi.) 2 : 1 Maccabee SC (Chi.)
1/18/37 Sparta Garden City (Chi.) 3 : 1 (aet) Vienna AC (Mil.)
1/31/37 Bartunek Slavia (Cle.) 3 : 2 Graphite Bronze (Cle.)
2/7/37 Town Criers (St. L) 5 : 1 Club Lotus (St. L)
2/14/37 Burke Undertakers (St. L) 1 : 0 North Side Optimists (St. L)


Second Round
Eastern Bracket
2/7/37 Brooklyn Hispano 3 : 2 Brookhattan
2/7/37 Kearny Scots 2 : 1 Passon SC
2/7/37 German American SC 1 : 1 (aet) Kearny Irish
2/14/37 R Kearny Irish 1 : 0 German American SC
2/21/37 New York Americans 2 : 1 St. Mary’s Celtic
Western Bracket
1/31/37 Sparta Garden City 5 : 0 Olympia SC
2/7/37 Shamrocks SC 1 : 0 Bartunek Slavia
1/31/37 Castle Shannon 2 : 1 Heidelberg
2/28/37 Town Criers 2 : 1 Burke Undertakers


Quarterfinals
3/7/37 Shamrocks SC 2 : 1 Town Criers
2/21/36 Sparta Garden City 6 : 4 Castle Shannon
2/28/37 Kearny Irish 0 : 1 Brooklyn Hispano
3/28/37 New York Americans 2 : 1 Kearny Scots
Semifinals
3/13/37 1L Brooklyn Hispano 2 : 0 New York Americans
3/14/37 2L New York Americans 3 : 0 Brooklyn Hispano
New York Americans advance on 3-2 aggregate
3/21/37 1L Shamrocks SC 3 : 1 Sparta Garden City
4/4/37 2L Sparta Garden City 0 : 0 Shamrocks SC
Shamrocks SC advance on 3-1 aggregate


Final
First Leg – at St. Louis, Missouri
4/11/37 Shamrocks SC 1 : 0 New York Americans
Second Leg – Starlight Park – Bronx, New York
4/18/37 New York Americans 4 : 2 Shamrocks SC
New York Americans win National Challenge Cup on 4-3 aggregate
KEY – w/o – Walkover, R – Replay, 1L – 1st Leg, 2L – 2nd Leg, 3L – 3rd Leg

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