The American Amateur Football Association Cup was an American soccer competition open to amateur teams affiliated with the American Amateur Football Association (AAFA). It played only two years, 1912 and 1913 before being superseded by the National Challenge Cup, now known as the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.
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In an October 1911 meeting, the New York State Football Association created the American Amateur Football Association (AAFA) and tasked it with standardizing rules and procedures for U.S. soccer. In 1912, the AAFA initiated a national cup open to all amateur U.S. teams. Despite the national invitation, only twenty-four teams from the New York area entered.[1] The 1913 competition was no better, again all twenty-four teams hailed from the southern New England region. However, by that time, the AAFA was gaining a national membership and in April 1913, the AAFA was instrumental in forming the United States Football Association which became the U.S. governing body.[2] While the AAFA ran its cup that year, awarding the Dewar Trophy to the winner, that was the last year of competition. In 1914, the USFA began the National Challenge Cup. The Dewar Cup was also donated to the USFA which awarded it to the Challenge Cup victor.
Year | Final Group Rank | |||
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Winner | Runner-up | |||
1912 | Brooklyn Celtic | Newark F.C. | ||
1913 | Yonkers F.C. | Hollywood Inn F.C. |
Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
Clan MacDonald | 8 | |||||||||||||
March 24/April 7 - Brooklyn | ||||||||||||||
Clan McKenzie | 0 | |||||||||||||
Clan MacDonald | 1-1 | |||||||||||||
February 25 | ||||||||||||||
Brooklyn Celtic | 1-2 | |||||||||||||
Brooklyn Celtic | 8 | |||||||||||||
April 14 - Brooklyn | ||||||||||||||
Greenpoint | 0 | |||||||||||||
Brooklyn Celtic | 5 | |||||||||||||
Critchley F.C. | 0 | |||||||||||||
Critchley F.C. | w/o | |||||||||||||
March 17 | ||||||||||||||
Brooklyn F.C. | ||||||||||||||
Critchley F.C. | 2 | |||||||||||||
Sheffield A.F.C. | 0 | |||||||||||||
Sheffield A.F.C. | 2 | |||||||||||||
May 11 - Brooklyn | ||||||||||||||
Washington F.C. | 1 | |||||||||||||
Brooklyn Celtic | 3 | |||||||||||||
Newark F.C. | 0 | |||||||||||||
Newark F.C. | 4 | |||||||||||||
St. George F.C. | 2 | |||||||||||||
Newark F.C. | w/o | |||||||||||||
Bronx United | ||||||||||||||
New York Celtic | 0 | |||||||||||||
April 14 | ||||||||||||||
Bronx United | 2 | |||||||||||||
Newark F.C. | 5 | |||||||||||||
Hollywood Inn | 2 | |||||||||||||
Yonkers F.C. | 1-0 | |||||||||||||
March 24 | ||||||||||||||
Hollywood Inn | 1-1 | |||||||||||||
Hollywood Inn | 8 | |||||||||||||
March 3, 10 | ||||||||||||||
Arcadia Thistle | 1 | |||||||||||||
Arcadia Thistle | 1-6 | |||||||||||||
German F.C. | 1-2 | |||||||||||||
May 11, 1912 |
Brooklyn Celtic (NY) | 3–0 | Newark F.C. (NJ) | Marquette Oval; Brooklyn, New York Attendance: 3,500 Referee: C. Creighton |
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Campion Campion O'Halloran |
Lineups:
Brooklyn- GK Gavin, DF J. Robertson, A. Robertson, MF Flanagan, O'Hare, Owens, FW McPherson, Campion, O'Halloran, King, McKenzie.
Newark- GK Dowie, DF W.Montgomery, James Leggatt, MF Broadbent, McNeil, Dunlop, FW Piell, Wregg, A. Montgomery, Aitken, John Leggatt.
The first round was played on October 27, 1912.
Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
November 24 - Newark | ||||||||||||||
Yonkers F.C. | 6 | |||||||||||||
January 5 - Yonkers | ||||||||||||||
Holy Cross F.C. | 2 | |||||||||||||
Yonkers F.C. | 10 | |||||||||||||
November 24 - Astoria | ||||||||||||||
Anglo-Saxon F.C. | 2 | |||||||||||||
Anglo-Saxon F.C. | 5 | |||||||||||||
March 9 - New York | ||||||||||||||
White Rose F.C. | 1 | |||||||||||||
Yonkers F.C. | 4 | |||||||||||||
November 24 - Brooklyn | ||||||||||||||
St. George F.C. | 0 | |||||||||||||
St. George F.C. | 3 | |||||||||||||
January 5, 12 - New York | ||||||||||||||
New York Celtic | 2 | |||||||||||||
St. George F.C. | 3-5 | |||||||||||||
November 24 - New York | ||||||||||||||
German F.C. | 3-4 | |||||||||||||
German F.C. | 4 | |||||||||||||
April 12 - New York | ||||||||||||||
Sheffield A.F.C. | 2 | |||||||||||||
Yonkers F.C. | 3 | |||||||||||||
November 24 - Brooklyn | ||||||||||||||
Hollywood Inn | 0 | |||||||||||||
Hollywood Inn | 1 | |||||||||||||
January 5 - Yonkers | ||||||||||||||
Brooklyn Celtic | 0 | |||||||||||||
Hollywood Inn | 3 | |||||||||||||
November 24/Dec 1, 8 - New York | ||||||||||||||
Clan MacDuff | 1 | |||||||||||||
Clan MacDuff | 6 a | |||||||||||||
March 23 - Brooklyn | ||||||||||||||
Fulton A.C. | 4 | |||||||||||||
Hollywood Inn | 3 | |||||||||||||
November 24 - Brooklyn | ||||||||||||||
Clan MacDonald | 1 | |||||||||||||
Clan MacDonald | 4 | |||||||||||||
January 5 - Brooklyn | ||||||||||||||
Washington F.C. | 0 | |||||||||||||
Clan MacDonald | 2 | |||||||||||||
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Critchley F.C. | 0 | |||||||||||||
Critchley F.C. | ||||||||||||||
Cameron F.C. | ||||||||||||||
a) aggregate after 3 games
April 12, 1913 |
Yonkers F.C. (NY) | 3–0 | Hollywood Inn (NY) | Lenox Oval; Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Mr. Williams (N.Y.S.L) |
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25' Billy Waldron(Whitehouse) 65' Mike King(Kerr) 75' Mike King(Whitehouse) |
(Report) |
Lineups:
Yonkers- Raitt, Dearns, Stewart, Kerr(c), Hill, Dennison, Waldron, McQueen, Kydd, King, Whitehouse.
Hollywood Inn- McCormack, Taylor, Martin, Ewen, Gibb, Butler, McLeod, Campion, McNeill, Lawrie, Salmond.
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