Tournament details | |
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Country | United States |
Teams | 68 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Not awarded |
The 1923 National Amateur Cup was the USFA's first attempt to stage a national knockout competition strictly for amateur soccer teams. This edition however did not reach a conclusion and no overall winner was crowned. The tournament suffered numerous delays. Among the worst instances was an early round game between Swedish Americans of Chicago and Gary, Indiana scheduled for mid December. Poor field conditions due to bad weather prevented the completion of their matchup until the end of March. Consequently, no national final or semifinals were played. Ten years prior, the USFA's earlier incarnation, the AAFA, had conducted two tournaments on the amateur level. Both were successful in the sense that they were completed expeditiously however they were able to draw few if any teams from beyond the New York area. The 1923 amateur tournament drew 68 teams ranging from Chicago, Illinois to Rumford, Maine including even a team from San Francisco, California, the Olympic Club though their entry was rejected as a matter of logistics. [1]
First Round | Second Round | Third Round | Quarterfinals | |||||||||||
Ansonia | ||||||||||||||
March 17 - Hotchkiss Field | ||||||||||||||
bye | ||||||||||||||
Ansonia | 1 | |||||||||||||
Danersk | 0 | |||||||||||||
Danersk | ||||||||||||||
March 30 | ||||||||||||||
bye | ||||||||||||||
Ansonia | 10 | |||||||||||||
Taftville | 0 | |||||||||||||
Taftville AA | w/o | |||||||||||||
March 24 - Taftville | ||||||||||||||
Stamford Soccer | ||||||||||||||
Taftville | 3 | |||||||||||||
Manchester Olympic | 2 | |||||||||||||
Manchester Olympic | ||||||||||||||
June 24 - Ansonia | ||||||||||||||
bye | ||||||||||||||
Ansonia | 1 | |||||||||||||
Roxbury | 2 | |||||||||||||
Roxbury | ||||||||||||||
April 7 | ||||||||||||||
bye | ||||||||||||||
Roxbury | 7 | |||||||||||||
March 24 - Sullivan square | ||||||||||||||
Charlestown | 0 | |||||||||||||
Charlestown | 2 | |||||||||||||
April 14 - Westford | ||||||||||||||
General Electric Thistle | 1 | |||||||||||||
Roxbury | 2 | |||||||||||||
November 30 - Westford | ||||||||||||||
Abbott Worsted Junior | 0 | |||||||||||||
Abbot Worsted Co. Junior | 3 | |||||||||||||
March 31 | ||||||||||||||
South Boston Celtic | 0 | |||||||||||||
Abbott Worsted Junior | 2 | |||||||||||||
St. George | 0 | |||||||||||||
Boston St. George AA | ||||||||||||||
Oxford Athletic | ||||||||||||||
First Round | Second Round | Third Round | ||||||||
December 3 - Philadelphia | ||||||||||
Wolfenden Shore & Co. | 1 | |||||||||
December 23 - Philadelphia | ||||||||||
Fleisher Yarn | 3 | |||||||||
Fleisher Yarn | 3 | |||||||||
Fairhill | 0 | |||||||||
Fairhill | ||||||||||
February 18 | ||||||||||
bye | ||||||||||
Fleisher Yarn | 2 | |||||||||
December 10 - Philadelphia | ||||||||||
36th Ward | 0 | |||||||||
36th Ward | 5 | |||||||||
January 6 - Fleisher Athletic Field | ||||||||||
Barney Ernst | 2 | |||||||||
36th Ward | 3 | |||||||||
December 2 | ||||||||||
Centennial | 2 | |||||||||
Centennial Athletic | 1 | |||||||||
Puritan Young Men's League | 0 | |||||||||
First Round | Second Round | Third Round | Quarterfinals | |||||||||||
December 17 - Flatbush Field | ||||||||||||||
Tyrconnell Celtic | ||||||||||||||
May 6 - Hawthorne Field | ||||||||||||||
West Harlem Catholic Club | ||||||||||||||
Tyrconnell Celtic | 2 | |||||||||||||
Overseas Wanderers | 0 | |||||||||||||
Overseas Wanderers | ||||||||||||||
May 27 | ||||||||||||||
Viking | ||||||||||||||
Tyrconnell Celtic | 0 | |||||||||||||
American AA | 1 | |||||||||||||
American AA | ||||||||||||||
Mar 18 - Kellogg Oval | ||||||||||||||
Bayonne Rovers | ||||||||||||||
American AA | 3 | |||||||||||||
Pearsall Field Club | 1 | |||||||||||||
Paterson Caledonian Reserves | ||||||||||||||
June 4 - Clifton | ||||||||||||||
Pearsall Athletic | ||||||||||||||
American AA | 3 | |||||||||||||
February 25 - Dekalb Oval | ||||||||||||||
Brooklyn St. George | 1 | |||||||||||||
Brooklyn St. George | ||||||||||||||
May 6 - Hawthorne Field | ||||||||||||||
Glen Cove | ||||||||||||||
Brooklyn St. George | 2 | |||||||||||||
Steinway Civic | 0 | |||||||||||||
May 20 | ||||||||||||||
Steinway Civic | ||||||||||||||
Brooklyn St. George | 3 | |||||||||||||
British Great War Veterans | 0 | |||||||||||||
First Round | Second Round | Third Round | Quarterfinals | |||||||||||
November 25 | ||||||||||||||
Clan MacGregor | 0 | |||||||||||||
December 23 | ||||||||||||||
Jeannette | 1 | |||||||||||||
Jeannette | 5 | |||||||||||||
Ulster | 0 | |||||||||||||
East Liberty Ulster | ||||||||||||||
January 7 | ||||||||||||||
bye | ||||||||||||||
Jeannette | 5 | |||||||||||||
December 3 - Atlasburg | ||||||||||||||
Atlasburg | 1 | |||||||||||||
Carnegie Coal Co. | 3 | |||||||||||||
December 23 | ||||||||||||||
East Pittsburg International | 0 | |||||||||||||
Atlasburg | ||||||||||||||
December 2 - Lawrence Park | ||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh Rovers | ||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh Rovers | 2 | |||||||||||||
February 24 - Jeannette | ||||||||||||||
Irwin | 1 | |||||||||||||
Jeannette | 1 | |||||||||||||
December 10/17 | ||||||||||||||
White Auto | 0 | |||||||||||||
Goodyear | 1-W | |||||||||||||
January 7 - Seiberling Field | ||||||||||||||
Kenmoore | 1-L | |||||||||||||
Goodyear | ||||||||||||||
Nov 27/Dec 3 | ||||||||||||||
Clan MacKenzie | ||||||||||||||
British Great War Vets | 1-1 | |||||||||||||
January 21 - Akron | ||||||||||||||
Clan MacKenzie | 1-2 | |||||||||||||
Goodyear | 0 | |||||||||||||
White Auto | 2 | |||||||||||||
Cleveland Magyars | ||||||||||||||
White Motor | ||||||||||||||
White Auto | ||||||||||||||
First Round | Second Round | Third Round | Quarterfinals | |||||||||||
December 17 - Packard Park | ||||||||||||||
Fisher Body Soccer | 0 | |||||||||||||
January 14 - Packard Park | ||||||||||||||
Detroit FC | 6 | |||||||||||||
Detroit FC | 2 | |||||||||||||
Liberty | 1 | |||||||||||||
Liberty | ||||||||||||||
January 28 - Detroit | ||||||||||||||
bye | ||||||||||||||
Detroit FC | 1 | |||||||||||||
December 10 - Solvay Park | ||||||||||||||
Royal Oak | 0 | |||||||||||||
Highland Park | 0 | |||||||||||||
January 14 - Packard Park | ||||||||||||||
Ulster AA | 1 | |||||||||||||
Ulster | 1 | |||||||||||||
Royal Oak | 3 | |||||||||||||
Royal Oak | ||||||||||||||
June 24 - Detroit | ||||||||||||||
bye | ||||||||||||||
Detroit FC | 2 | |||||||||||||
March 25 - Riverview Park | ||||||||||||||
Swedish American | 3 | |||||||||||||
Swedish American | 8 | |||||||||||||
Gary | 0 | |||||||||||||
Swedish American | ||||||||||||||
Harvey | ||||||||||||||
Harvey F.C. | ||||||||||||||
bye | ||||||||||||||
Swedish American | ||||||||||||||
Idle | ||||||||||||||
No | ||||||||||||||
entries | ||||||||||||||
No | ||||||||||||||
entries | ||||||||||||||
Quarterfinals
February 24, 1923 | Jeanette (W. Pa.) | 1-0 | White Auto (Cle.) | Jeanette, PA |
Mike Monstrollo 2H (Victor Monstrollo) | [2] | Referee: G.M. Brannigan |
June 17, 1923 | American AA (Newark) | 2-4 | Fleischer Yarn (Phi,) | Paterson, NJ |
Phalon 2H 90’ | [3] | Purvis 1’ 55’, Stradin 62’, Galloway 2H (PK) | Stadium: Olympic Park Referee: Charles Ward |
June 24, 1923 | Ansonia (CT) | 1-2 | Roxbury (MA) | Ansonia, CT |
Duncan | [4] | Daugherty (2) | Stadium: Hotchkiss Field |
June 24, 1923 | Detroit FC | 1-3 | Swedish American FC (Chi.) | Detroit, MI |
Clark 10' | [5] | G. Rundkvist 55’, Brun 2H, Magnuson 2H | Stadium: Solvay Park Referee: J.B. Stark |
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