The 1913–14 National Challenge Cup was the inaugural edition of the national knock-out soccer competition in the
United States
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that would eventually become the modern-day
Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.
Brooklyn Field Club won the title.
The competition ran alongside the
1914 American Cup, an older, similar competition organized by the
American Football Association (AFA). At the time, two different organizations vied for recognition as the official national association for American soccer, the predominantly north-eastern AFA and the organizers of the Challenge Cup, the newly named
United States Football Association. The organizers of the
National Challenge Cup
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prevailed, and the 1913-14 competition is thus recognized as that years national cup tournament, and the inaugural edition of what is now the
U.S. Open Cup.
The second round drawing took place on November 9, 1913.
Bracket
''Home teams listed on top of bracket''
(*) replay after tied match
w/o walkover/forfeit victory awarded
Final
* W. Haughie
* H. Hinds or Hynds
*
Charles Drinkwater
* H. W. Matthews
*
Neil Clark
* Nichols
*
James Ford
* George Knowles
*
Percy Adamson (
c)
*
Robert Millar
*
Harry Shanholt
* Manager:
*
Frank Mather
*
James Robertson
* Andrew Robertson
* Hugh Kelly
* David Flanagan
* Frank O'Hara
* Albert Lonie
* Thomas Campion
* Roddy O'Halloran (
c)
* Thomas McGreevey
*
Paddy Butler
* Manager: Thomas McCamphill
See also
*
1914 American Cup
References
1914 National Challenge Cup1914 National Challenge Cup results
External links
Open Cup Finals
US Open Cup History Part 1: 1914 to 1938 - Youtube
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U.S. Open Cup
1913–14 domestic association football cups