American Cup
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In the 1910s, it gradually declined in importance with the establishment of the National Challenge Cup. The competition was last held in 1924.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
History
Founded in 1884, the American Football Association (AFA) was the first non-league organizing body in the United States.[1]Template:Rp Allied with the Football Association,[2] the AFA sought to standardize rules for teams competing in northern New Jersey and southern New York.
Within two years, this region began to widen to include teams in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.[3] Within a year of its founding, the AFA organized the first non-league cup in U.S. soccer history.[1] Teams from New Jersey and Massachusetts dominated the first twelve years. Then in 1897, Philadelphia Manz brought the title to Pennsylvania for the first time. By the mid-1890's soccer in American was struggling due to New England going through difficult economic times.[4]
As a result, the AFA suspended the cup from 1899 until 1906.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". By that time, the growth in the sport had led to a confusion of rules and standards. This led to a movement to create a truly national body to oversee U.S. soccer. Drawing on both its position as the oldest soccer organization and the status of the American Cup, the AFA argued that it should be the nationally recognized body. In October 1911, a competing body, the American Amateur Football Association (AAFA) was created.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". It quickly spread outside the northeast U.S. and began its own cup in 1912, the American Amateur Football Association Cup.[5]
That year, both the AFA and AAFA applied for membership in FIFA, the international organizing body for soccer. In 1913, the AAFA gained an edge over the AFA when several AFA organizations moved to the AAFA. On April 5, 1913, the AAFA reorganized as the United States Football Association. FIFA quickly granted a provisional membershipScript error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". and USFA began exerting its influence on the sport. This led to the establishment of the National Challenge Cup that fall.[6] The National Challenge Cup quickly grew to overshadow the American Cup. However, both cups were played simultaneously for the next ten years. Declining respect for the AFA led to the withdrawal of several associations from its cup in 1917. Further competition came in 1923 when USFA created the National Amateur Cup.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". That spelled the death knell for the American Cup. It played its last season in 1924.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Trophy
The trophy was made by Tiffany & Co. and is described as "a very elegant sterling silver trophy. It is a vase about thirteen inches high surmounted by a Roman athlete. On either side is a foot ball and goal post, while in front on a large shield is the inscription".[7]
Champions
List of finals
| Ed. | Season | Champion | Score | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1884–85 | Clark ONT (1)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 1–0 | New York F.B.C. |
2 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1885–86 | Clark ONT (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 3–1 | Kearny Rangers |
3 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1886–87 | Clark ONT (3)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 3–2 | Kearny Rangers |
4 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1887–88 | Fall River Rovers (1)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 5–1 | Newark Almas |
5 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1888–89 | Fall River Rovers (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 4–0 | Newark Caledonians |
6 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1889–90 | Fall River Olympics (1)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 4–3 | Kearny Rovers |
7 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1890–91 | Fall River East Ends (1)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 3–1 | Brooklyn Longfellows |
8 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1891–92 | Fall River East Ends (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 5–2 | New York Thistle |
9 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1892–93 | Pawtucket Free Wanderers (1)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 3–1 | New York Thistle |
10 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1893–94 | Fall River Olympics (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 4–1 | Paterson True Blues |
11 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1894–95 | Newark Caledonians (1)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 4–0 | Pawtucket Free Wanderers |
12 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1895–96 | Paterson True Blues (1)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 7–2 | Fall River Olympics |
13 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1896–97 | Philadelphia Manz (1)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 5–2, 2–2 | Paterson True Blues |
14 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1898 | Arlington A.A. (1)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 4–2 | Kearny A.C. |
– Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1899–1905 | (Not held) Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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15 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1906 | West Hudson (1)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 3–1 | Paterson True Blues |
16 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1906–07 | Clark (1)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 4–0 | Scottish Americans |
17 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1907–08 | West Hudson (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 3–2 | Paterson True Blues |
18 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1908–09 | Paterson True Blues (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 2–1 | East Newark Clark |
19 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1909–10 | Tacony (1)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 2–1 | Scottish Americans |
20 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1910–11 | Howard and Bullough (1)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 1–1, 3–1 | Philadelphia Hibernian |
21 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1911–12 | West Hudson (3)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 1–0 | Paterson Rangers |
22 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1912–13 | Paterson True Blues (3)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 2–1 | Tacony |
23 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1913–14 | Bethlehem Steel (1)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 1–0 | Tacony |
24 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1914–15 | Scottish Americans (1)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 1–0 | Brooklyn Celtic |
25 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1915–16 | Bethlehem Steel (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 3–0 | Kearny Scots |
26 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1916–17 | Bethlehem Steel (3)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 7–0 | West Hudson A.A. |
27 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1917–18 | Bethlehem Steel (4)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 1–0 | Babcock & Wilcox |
28 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1918–19 | Bethlehem Steel (5)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 2–0 | Paterson F.C. |
29 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1919–20 | Brooklyn Robins Dry Dock (1)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 1–0 | Bethlehem Steel |
30 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1921 | Brooklyn Robins Dry Dock (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 5–2 | Fore River |
– Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1922 | (Not held) Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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31 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1923 | Fleisher Yarn (1)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 2–0 | J&P Coats |
32 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1924 | Bethlehem Steel (6)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 1–0 | Fall River F.C. |
Titles by club
| Club | Titles | Winning years |
|---|---|---|
| Bethlehem Steel | 6 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1914, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1924 |
| Clark O.N.T. | 3 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1885, 1886, 1887 |
| West Hudson | 3 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1906, 1908, 1912 |
| Paterson True Blues | 3 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1896, 1909, 1913 |
| Fall River Rovers | 2 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1888, 1889 |
| Fall River Olympics | 2 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1890, 1894 |
| Fall River East Ends | 2 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1891, 1892 |
| Brooklyn Robins Dry Dock | 2 Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1920, 1921 |
References
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- ↑ "A Silver Trophy". (October 4, 1884). Newark Daily Advertiser, p.2 col.5
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