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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Teams | 29 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Tacony (1st title) |
| Runner-up | Scottish Americans |
The 1910 American Cup was the 19th edition of the American Cup an annual open 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.
The teams that drew first round byes were Tacony, Wilberforce, and Legerwood. [1]
| October 16, 1909 | Hibernians | 5–0 | Trenton Caledonians | Philadelphia, PA |
G. Brown  , 25'Gallagher Danks McCormick | [2] | Referee: V. Kerns (Bloomfield) |
| October 23, 1909 | Corinthians | 2–2 | Clan MacDonald | Philadelphia, PA |
| Crossley 3' Dykes | [3] | 18' Glenn 55' |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| October 30, 1909 | Arcadia Thistle | 0–2 | Celtic | Visitation Oval Brooklyn, NY |
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| October 30, 1909 | Cameron | 0–3 | Camden A.C. | Camden, New Jersey |
| [8] | Burrows 20', 30' White 80' | Referee: B. Grove (Philadelphia) |
| 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) |
| October 31, 1909 | Critchley | 0–0 | Brooklyn | Marquette Oval Brooklyn, NY |
| [10] | Referee: J. Nesbit (Caledonian Club) |
| October 31, 1909 | Reliance | 2–7 | Bronx United | Ontario Field New York, NY |
| Brennen , | [11] | Shand , , Lord Renner McPherson Milne |
| October 31, 1909 | Columbia Oval | 1–5 | Jersey A.C. | Baseball grounds Jersey City, NJ |
| Kuster | [12] | Smith , Ramson , Joe Zehnbauer |
| 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 |
| October 31, 1909 | Clan MacDuff | 0–4 | True Blue | Willard Park Paterson, New Jersey |
| [14] | Morel Joyce Spinnler , | Referee: Allan Montgomery (Newark) |
| October 30, 1909 | Clan MacDonald | 1–2 | Corinthians | Marquette Oval Brooklyn, NY |
| W. Glenn | [15] | Young Ashton | Referee: Mr. G. Phillips |
| November 7, 1909 | Brooklyn | 3–3 | Critchley | Brooklyn, NY |
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| 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 |
| November 13, 1909 | Brooklyn | 2–1 | Critchley | Visitation Oval Brooklyn, NY |
| S. Coward , | [17] | J. Tait | Referee: J. Nesbit (Caledonian Club) |
| 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) |
| December 4, 1909 | Thistles | 2–0 | Howard & Bullough | Hibernian grounds Philadelphia, PA |
| Watson 40' (pen) Willie Cairns | [19] | Attendance: 1500 Referee: Allen Montgomery (Newark) |
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.
| November 28, 1909 | Brooklyn | 1–1 | True Blue | Marquette Oval Brooklyn, NY |
| S. Coward pen' | [21] | A.M. Leach 50' | Referee: George Young (Chester) |
| 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) |
| November 28, 1909 | Rangers | 3–1 | Corinthians | Willard Park Patersona, NJ |
| Christie o.g.' Duncan Ray Turner , | [23] | | Referee: Mr. White (Brooklyn) |
| November 28, 1909 | Scottish American | 4–0 | Camden | Wiedenmayer's Park Newark, NJ |
| Hogan 5' Montieth McNichol Fenwick | [24] | Referee: George Phillips (Trenton) |
| November 28, 1909 | West Hudson | w/o | Ledgerwood | |
| [25] |
| November 28, 1909 | Wilberforce | 2–2 | Bronx United | Ryle Park Paterson, NJ |
| Parting Gillmore | [26] | Hudson 5' McPherson 80' | Referee: Montgomery (Newark) |
| 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) |
| December 11, 1909 | Tacony | 3–1 | Celtic | Tacony Ball Park Philadelphia, PA |
| Kemp McDonald , | [28] | Flynn | Attendance: 500 Referee: J. Phillips (Trenton) |
| December 5, 1909 | Brooklyn | 1–3 | True Blue | Marquette Oval Brooklyn, NY |
| S. Coward | [29] | Morel 15' McKersie Martin | Referee: Mr. Young (Philadelphia) |
| December 5, 1909 | Wilberforce | 5–2 | Bronx United | Ryle Park Paterson, NJ |
| Gillmore , Parting Cummings Metz | [30] | Hudson , | Referee: Montgomery (Newark) |
| December 18, 1909 | Rovers | w/o | Thistles | Fall River, MA |
| [31] |
The third round draw took place at the Continental Hotel in Newark on 4 December. [32]
| 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) |
| February 6, 1910 | Scottish Americans | 1–0 | West Hudson | Wiedenmayer's Park Newark, NJ |
| Mike Toman 65' | [34] | Attendance: 500 Referee: George Young |
| March 6, 1910 | Rangers | 1–4 | Tacony | Willard Park Paterson, NJ |
| Bissett | [35] | Hyslop 15', Smith McDonald | Attendance: 1500 Referee: J. Mathews |
| March 13, 1910 | Wilberforce | 0–2 | True Blue | Ryle Park Paterson, NJ |
| [36] | Morel 80' Spinnler | Referee: Allan Montgomery (Newark) |
| 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) |
| March 26, 1910 | Tacony | 2–1 | Rovers | Tacony baseball grounds Philadelphia, PA |
| McDonald 30' Smith 85' | [38] | Harvey | Attendance: 3000 Referee: George Young (Chester) |
| March 27, 1910 | True Blue | 1–1 | Scottish Americans | Willard Park Paterson, NJ |
| Holden | [39] | Sproul 10' | Attendance: 3500 Referee: Philips (Trenton) |
| 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) |
| Second round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| November 28, December 5 - Brooklyn | ||||||||||||||
| Brooklyn F.C. | 1-1 | |||||||||||||
| Paterson True Blues | 1-3 | |||||||||||||
| Paterson True Blues | W | |||||||||||||
| Wilberforce F.C. | L | |||||||||||||
| Wilberforce F.C. | W | |||||||||||||
| March 27 - Paterson/Newark | ||||||||||||||
| Bronx United | L | |||||||||||||
| Paterson True Blues | 1-L | |||||||||||||
| Scottish Americans | 1-W | |||||||||||||
| Scottish Americans | W | |||||||||||||
| February 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Camden F.C. | L | |||||||||||||
| Scottish Americans | 1 | |||||||||||||
| West Hudson A.A. | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Legerwood F.C. | ||||||||||||||
| April 24 - Harrison | ||||||||||||||
| West Hudson A.A. | w/o | |||||||||||||
| Scottish Americans | 1 | |||||||||||||
| November 28 - Paterson | ||||||||||||||
| Tacony F.C. | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Paterson Rangers | 3 | |||||||||||||
| March 6 - Paterson | ||||||||||||||
| Philadelphia Corinthians | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Paterson Rangers | 1 | |||||||||||||
| December 11 - Tacony | ||||||||||||||
| Tacony F.C. | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Tacony F.C. | 3 | |||||||||||||
| March 26 - Tacony | ||||||||||||||
| Celtic F.C. | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Tacony F.C. | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Fall River Rovers | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Philadelphia Thistles | T-T* | |||||||||||||
| March 12 | ||||||||||||||
| Fall River Rovers | T-T | |||||||||||||
| Fall River Rovers | 2-1 | |||||||||||||
| Jersey A.C. | 2-0 | |||||||||||||
| Jersey A.C. | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Philadelphia Hibernians | 0 | |||||||||||||
(*) forfeit
| 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) |
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