1909–10 American Cup

1910 American Cup

Tournament details
Country	United States
Teams	29
Final positions
Champions	Tacony (1st title)
Runners-up	Scottish Americans
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The 1910 American Cup was the 19th edition of the American Cup an annual challenge cup held by the American Football Association. Twenty-nine teams entered the competition. Tacony F.C. became champions of this edition after defeating the Scottish Americans 2-1 in the final round.

Participants

Name	City	League
West Hudson A.A.	Harrison	NAFL/ESL
True Blue F.C.	Paterson	NAFL
Rover F.C.	Fall River	ESL
Cameron	New York	NYAFL Sat/Sun
Clark A.A.	East Newark	NAFL
Paterson Rangers	Paterson	NAFL
Newark F.C.	Newark	NAFL/ESL
Clan McDonald	Brooklyn	NYAFL Sun
Reliance	New York
Wilberforce	Paterson	NAFBL
Hollywood Inn	Yonkers	NYAFL Sat
Scottish American	Newark	NAFL
Thistles	Philadelphia	ESL
Howard & Bullough	Pawtucket	ESL
Bronx United	New York	NAFL
Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NYAFL Sat
Jersey A.C.	Jersey City	AFA
Tacony F.C.	Philadelphia	PSL
Critchley	Brooklyn	NYAFL Sun
Arcadia Thistle	Brooklyn	NYAFL Sun
Clan MacDuff	New York	NYAFL
Camden A.C.	Camden
Ansonia	Ansonia
Ledgerwood	Brooklyn
Corinthians	Philadelphia
Celtic	New Jersey
Columbia Oval F.C.	New York
Philadelphia Hibernian	Philadelphia	ESL
Caledonians	Trenton

NYAFL - New York State Amateur Association Football League
NAFL - National Association Football League
NEL - New England Association Football League
CCAFL - Capital City Association Football League
FBAP - Foot Ball Association of Pennsylvania
PSL – Pennsylvania State League
ESL – Eastern Soccer League

First round

The teams that drew first round byes were Tacony, Wilberforce, and Legerwood. ^[1]

Hibernians v Trenton Caledonians

October 16, 1909	Hibernians	5–0	Trenton Caledonians	Philadelphia, PA
	G. Brown , 25' Gallagher Danks McCormick	[2]		Referee: V. Kerns (Bloomfield)

Corinthians v Clan MacDonald

October 23, 1909	Corinthians	2–2	Clan MacDonald	Philadelphia, PA
	Crossley 3' Dykes	[3]	18' Glenn 55'

West Hudson v Ansonia

October 24, 1909	West Hudson	4–2	Ansonia	West Hudson Athletic Ground Harrison, New Jersey
	McAllister 3' Frankie Neil pen' Knowles Lennox	[4]	Simcox 40' W.Smith 88'	Referee: Thomas Turner (Paterson)

Howard & Bullough v Thistles

October 30, 1909	Howard & Bullough	1–1	Thistles	Sabin Street Grounds Pawtucket, RI
	E. Pemberton 80'	[5]	Aleck Cairns 50'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Allen Montgomery

Rovers v Hollywood Inn

October 30, 1909	Rovers	3–1	Hollywood Inn	Athletic Grounds Fall River, MA
	Harvey 8', 25' Sunderland 11'	[6]	Humes 80'	Attendance: 800 Referee: Dale

Arcadia Thistle v Celtic

October 30, 1909	Arcadia Thistle	0–2	Celtic	Visitation Oval Brooklyn, NY
		[7]	,

Cameron v Camden A.C.

October 30, 1909	Cameron	0–3	Camden A.C.	Camden, New Jersey
		[8]	Burrows 20', 30' White 80'	Referee: B. Grove (Philadelphia)

Newark v Scottish Americans

October 31, 1909	Newark	0–3	Scottish Americans	Morris Park Newark, New Jersey
		[9]	Richardson 40' McNichol Fenwick	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: J. Young (Philadelphia)

Critchley v Brooklyn

October 31, 1909	Critchley	0–0	Brooklyn	Marquette Oval Brooklyn, NY
		[10]		Referee: J. Nesbit (Caledonian Club)

Reliance v Bronx United

October 31, 1909	Reliance	2–7	Bronx United	Ontario Field New York, NY
	Brennen ,	[11]	Shand , , Lord Renner McPherson Milne

Columbia Oval v Jersey A.C.

October 31, 1909	Columbia Oval	1–5	Jersey A.C.	Baseball grounds Jersey City, NJ
	Kuster	[12]	Smith , Ramson , Joe Zehnbauer

Clark A.A. v Rangers

October 31, 1909	Clark A.A.	2–2	Rangers	Clark Athletic Ground East Newark, NJ
	Brownridge 1H' McCarthy 2H' (pen.)	[13]	1H' (pen.) Abhaus 2H'	Attendance: 300 Referee: Graham Winter

Clan MacDuff v True Blue

October 31, 1909	Clan MacDuff	0–4	True Blue	Willard Park Paterson, New Jersey
		[14]	Morel Joyce Spinnler ,	Referee: Allan Montgomery (Newark)

Replays

Clan MacDonald v Corinthians

October 30, 1909	Clan MacDonald	1–2	Corinthians	Marquette Oval Brooklyn, NY
	W. Glenn	[15]	Young Ashton	Referee: Mr. G. Phillips

Brooklyn v Critchley

November 7, 1909	Brooklyn	3–3	Critchley	Brooklyn, NY
	, ,		, ,

Thistles v Howard & Bullough

November 13, 1909	Thistles	3–3	Howard & Bullough	Philadelphia, PA
	Aleck Cairns 12' Johnny Young pen',	[16]	Cannon 17' Smith E. Pemberton	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Allen Montgomery

Brooklyn v Critchley

November 13, 1909	Brooklyn	2–1	Critchley	Visitation Oval Brooklyn, NY
	S. Coward ,	[17]	J. Tait	Referee: J. Nesbit (Caledonian Club)

Clark A.A. v Rangers

November 14, 1909	Clark A.A.	0–3	Rangers	Clark Athletic grounds East Newark, NJ
		[18]	Scott 20' (pen.)) Christy Connors ,	Referee: D.W. White (Brooklyn)

Thistles v Howard & Bullough

December 4, 1909	Thistles	2–0	Howard & Bullough	Hibernian grounds Philadelphia, PA
	Watson 40' (pen.) Willie Cairns	[19]		Attendance: 1500 Referee: Allen Montgomery (Newark)

Second round

The second round draw took place at the Continental Hotel in Newark on November 6, 1909. ^[20] The West Hudsons advanced on a forfeit as did the Rovers when the Thistles did not show up for the replay in Fall River.

Brooklyn v True Blue

November 28, 1909	Brooklyn	1–1	True Blue	Marquette Oval Brooklyn, NY
	S. Coward pen'	[21]	A.M. Leach 50'	Referee: George Young (Chester)

Jersey A.C. v Hibernian

November 28, 1909	Jersey A.C.	2–0	Hibernian	Baseball grounds Jersey City, NJ
	C. Zehnbauer pen' Joe Zehnbauer 46'	[22]		Attendance: 500 Referee: Mr. Cuscik (Paterson)

Rangers v Corinthians

November 28, 1909	Rangers	3–1	Corinthians	Willard Park Patersona, NJ
	Christie o.g.' Duncan Ray Turner ,	[23]		Referee: Mr. White (Brooklyn)

Scottish American v Camden

November 28, 1909	Scottish American	4–0	Camden	Wiedenmayer's Park Newark, NJ
	Hogan 5' Montieth McNichol Fenwick	[24]		Referee: George Phillips (Trenton)

West Hudson v Ledgerwood

November 28, 1909	West Hudson	w/o	Ledgerwood
		[25]

Wilberforce v Bronx United

November 28, 1909	Wilberforce	2–2	Bronx United	Ryle Park Paterson, NJ
	Parting Gillmore	[26]	Hudson 5' McPherson 80'	Referee: Montgomery (Newark)

Thistles v Rovers

December 11, 1909	Thistles	3–3	Rovers	Philadelphia, PA
	Galbraith 5' Johnny Young Smith 80'	[27]	Swords 13' Elliott Murphy	Attendance: 1300 Referee: D.W. White (Brooklyn)

Tacony v Celtic

December 11, 1909	Tacony	3–1	Celtic	Tacony Ball Park Philadelphia, PA
	Kemp McDonald ,	[28]	Flynn	Attendance: 500 Referee: J. Phillips (Trenton)

Replays

Brooklyn v True Blue

December 5, 1909	Brooklyn	1–3	True Blue	Marquette Oval Brooklyn, NY
	S. Coward	[29]	Morel 15' McKersie Martin	Referee: Mr. Young (Philadelphia)

Wilberforce v Bronx United

December 5, 1909	Wilberforce	5–2	Bronx United	Ryle Park Paterson, NJ
	Gillmore , Parting Cummings Metz	[30]	Hudson ,	Referee: Montgomery (Newark)

Rovers v Thistles

December 18, 1909	Rovers	w/o	Thistles	Fall River, MA
		[31]

Third round

The third round draw took place at the Continental Hotel in Newark on 4 December. ^[32]

Jersey A.C. v Rovers

February 6, 1910	Jersey A.C.	2–2	Rovers	West Side Park Jersey City, NJ
	Waldron Joe Zehnbauer	[33]	Murphy 65' Elliott 81'	Attendance: 300 Referee: D.H. White (Brooklyn)

Scottish Americans v West Hudson

February 6, 1910	Scottish Americans	1–0	West Hudson	Wiedenmayer's Park Newark, NJ
	Mike Toman 65'	[34]		Attendance: 500 Referee: George Young

Rangers v Tacony

March 6, 1910	Rangers	1–4	Tacony	Willard Park Paterson, NJ
	Bissett	[35]	Hyslop 15', Smith McDonald	Attendance: 1500 Referee: J. Mathews

Wilberforce v True Blue

March 13, 1910	Wilberforce	0–2	True Blue	Ryle Park Paterson, NJ
		[36]	Morel 80' Spinnler	Referee: Allan Montgomery (Newark)

replay

Rovers v Jersey A.C.

March 12, 1910	Rovers	1–0	Jersey A.C.	Athletic grounds Fall River, MA
	Tommy Swords 10'	[37]		Attendance: 1200 Referee: D.H. White (Brooklyn)

Semifinals

Tacony v Rovers

March 26, 1910	Tacony	2–1	Rovers	Tacony baseball grounds Philadelphia, PA
	McDonald 30' Smith 85'	[38]	Harvey	Attendance: 3000 Referee: George Young (Chester)

True Blue v Scottish Americans

March 27, 1910	True Blue	1–1	Scottish Americans	Willard Park Paterson, NJ
	Holden	[39]	Sproul 10'	Attendance: 3500 Referee: Philips (Trenton)

replay

Scottish Americans v True Blue

April 3, 1910	Scottish Americans	5–1	True Blue	Morris Park Newark, NJ
	Galley 15', , Fenwick 30' Montieth 75'	[40]	Martin 88' (pen.)	Attendance: 2000 Referee: George A. Phillips (Trenton)

Final

Scottish Americans (NJ) v Tacony F.C. (PA)

April 24, 1910	Scottish Americans (NJ)	1–2	Tacony F.C. (PA)	West Hudson Athletic Field Harrison, New Jersey
	Stewart 75' (pen.)	[41]	MacDonald 10' Mooreson 79' (pen.)	Attendance: 7,000 Referee: J. Nesbit (New York)

American Cup bracket

First Round

Second Round

Third Round

Semifinals

Finals

Paterson Wilberforce

bye

Paterson Wilberforce

2–5

Bronx United

2–2

Reliance

2

Bronx United

7

Paterson Wilberforce

0

Paterson True Blues

2

Critchley

0–3–1

Brooklyn

0–3–2

Brooklyn

1–1

Paterson True Blues

1–3

Clan MacDuff

0

Paterson True Blues

4

Paterson True Blues

1–1

Scottish Americans

1–5

Newark FC

0

Scottish Americans

3

Scottish Americans

4

Camden A.C.

0

Cameron

0

Camden A.C.

3

Scottish Americans

1

West Hudson A.A.

0

West Hudson A.A.

4

Ansonia

2

West Hudson A.A.

w/o

Ledgerwood

Ledgerwood

bye

Scottish Americans

1

Tacony F.C.

2

Clark A.A.

2–0

Paterson Rangers

2–3

Paterson Rangers

3

Corinthians

1

Corinthians

2–2

Clan MacDonald

2–1

Paterson Rangers

1

Tacony F.C.

4

Tacony F.C.

bye

Tacony F.C.

3

Celtic

1

Arcadia Thistle

0

Celtic

2

Tacony F.C.

2

Fall River Rovers

1

Columbia Oval F.C.

1

Jersey A.C.

5

Jersey A.C.

2

Philadelphia Hibernian

0

Philadelphia Hibernian

5

Trenton Caledonians

0

Jersey A.C.

2–0

Fall River Rovers

2–1

Howard and Bullough

1–3–0

Thistle

1–3–2

Thistle

3–

Fall River Rovers

3–w/o

Fall River Rovers

Hollywood Inn

See also

• 1909–10 NAFBL
• 1909–10 EPSL
• 1909–10 St. Louis Soccer League season

References

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