The 1902 USFSA Football Championship was the 9th staging of the
USFSA Football Championship. The tournament was held on the road between 13 and 20 April 1902. This edition was contested by the four clubs who won their regional championship and it was played in a knock-out format, with only three games played (two semi-finals and a final).
, champion of the North, won the title by winning the final against
Racing Club de France
Racing Club de France, also known as RCF, is a French Sports club, omnisport club that was founded on 20 April 1882 under the name Racing Club.
Racing Club changed its name to Racing Club de France (RCF) on 21 November 1885. The club is located a ...
, champion of
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
, by scoring the winning goal in the sixth
extra-time, after nearly three hours of play.
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Participants
The four participants are the winners of France's regional championships:[
Note: ]Olympique de Marseille
Olympique de Marseille (, ; oc, Olimpic de Marselha, ), also known simply as Marseille or by the abbreviation OM (, ), is a French professional men's football club based in Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Founded in 1899, the club pl ...
, champion of the Littoral, does not seem to want to compete in the French championship.
Bracket
Results
Semi-finals
Final
On the RC France side, the German Walter Aghad is replaced by Graham, while RC Roubaix team is unchanged.[ The score is tied at one goal at halftime. Graham, with a knee injury, has to leave the field at the start of the second half, leaving RC de France to finish the match with ten men. Despite this, the Parisians netted twice and took the lead by three goals to one, but the Roubaix team also scored twice, equalizing two minutes from the end of the match thanks to a goal from ]Émile Sartorius
Émile Sartorius (11 September 1883 – 23 November 1933) was a French association football, footballer. He competed in the Football at the 1908 Summer Olympics, men's tournament at the 1908 Summer Olympics. He played as a right winger.
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Referee Jack Wood decides to play extra time for fifteen minutes, with the winning goal. The match seemed endless, but RC Roubaix finally scored five minutes from the end of the sixth overtime, after almost three hours of play, thanks to a 50-yard shot from Peacock.][
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Winner
References
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External links
RSSSF
USFSA Football Championship
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France
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