Morgan F.C. was an early twentieth century U.S.

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team from

Morgan, Pennsylvania Morgan is an unincorporated community in South Fayette Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is located along Pennsylvania Route 50 southwest of Pittsburgh. Morgan has a post office A post office is a publi ...

. Morgan is located in

South Fayette Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania South Fayette Township is a township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 14,416 at the 2010 census. History Throughout its early history, South Fayette Township was the site of numerous conflicts between the ea ...

. The team became known as Morgan Strasser after Peter Strasser purchased it.

History

Morgan F.C. existed at least as early as 1912 when it won the '' Pittsburgh Press'' Soccer Football League. In 1924, it won the first of seven West Penn Challenge Cups. However, it did not come to national prominence until after Peter Strasser purchased the team some time in either the late 1930s or early 1940s. When he did, he changed the name to Morgan-Strasser F.C. At that point, the team took off, winning numerous league titles, state cups, the 1940 and 1943 National Amateur Cup, the

1949 National Challenge Cup The 1949 National Challenge Cup was the largest soccer tournament in the United States in 1949. The four St. Louis Soccer League teams withdrew from the competition citing "a succession of unpleasant experiences connected with the playing of th ...

Honors

National Challenge Cup The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, commonly known as the U.S. Open Cup (USOC), is a knockout cup competition in men's soccer in the United States of America. It is the oldest ongoing national soccer competition in that country. The 2023 U.S. O ...

:* Winner (1): 1949 :* Runner Up (2): 1943, 1944 National Amateur Cup :* Winner (2): 1940, 1943 :* Runner Up (2): 1942, 1944 West Penn Challenge Cup :* Winner (7): 1924, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1952, 1954 League Championship :* Winner (6): 1912, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1952, 1954

References

Defunct soccer clubs in Pennsylvania U.S. Open Cup winners {{Pennsylvania-footyclub-stub