American Amateur Football Association Cup

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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 It played only two years, 1912 and 1913 before being superseded by the National Challenge Cup, now known as the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

History[]

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.

Champions by year[]

Year Final Group Rank
Winner Runner-up
1912 Brooklyn Celtic Newark F.C.
1913 Yonkers F.C. Hollywood Inn F.C.

1912 Tournament[]

First Round[]

Byes[]

  • German AC
  • Brooklyn FC
  • Bronx United
  • Clan McKenzie
  • Greenpoint
  • Washington
  • Critchley

Games[]

  • Eureka 0-9 Brooklyn Celtics
  • Clan McDonalds 4-0 Baltimore Sons of St. George January 14
  • Sheffield 3-0 St. George (B) January 7
  • Cameron 1-1 Newark February 11
  • (replay) Newark 3-1 Cameron
  • Hollywood Inn 4-2 Columbia Oval January 14
  • Arcadia Thistle 1-1 Clan Gordon
  • (replay) Arcadia Thistle 2-1 Clan Gordon
  • Boys Club forfeit to St. George FC (A)
  • Yonkers 2-2 Anglo-Saxons
  • (replay) Yonkers 6-1 Anglo-Saxon
  • Clan McDuff 2-2 NY Celtics
  • (replay) NY Celtics 3-0 Clan McDuff
 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
February 25
 
 
Clan MacDonald8
 
March 24/April 7 - Brooklyn
 
Clan McKenzie0
 
Clan MacDonald1-1
 
February 25
 
Brooklyn Celtic1-2
 
Brooklyn Celtic8
 
April 14 - Brooklyn
 
Greenpoint0
 
Brooklyn Celtic5
 
 
 
Critchley F.C.0
 
w/o
 
March 17
 
Brooklyn F.C.
 
Critchley F.C.2
 
February 25
 
Sheffield A.F.C.0
 
2
 
May 11 - Brooklyn
 
Washington F.C.1
 
Brooklyn Celtic3
 
February 25
 
Newark F.C.0
 
Newark F.C.4
 
 
 
2
 
Newark F.C.w/o
 
 
 
Bronx United
 
0
 
April 14
 
Bronx United2
 
Newark F.C.5
 
 
 
Hollywood Inn2
 
Yonkers F.C.1-0
 
March 24
 
Hollywood Inn1-1
 
Hollywood Inn8
 
March 3
 
Arcadia Thistle1
 
1-6
 
 
1-2
 

Final[]

Brooklyn Celtic (NY)3–0Newark F.C. (NJ)
Campion
Campion
O'Halloran
Marquette Oval; Brooklyn, New York
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: C. Creighton

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.

1913 Tournament[]

First Round[]

The first round was played on October 27, 1912.

  • Yonkers 3-0 St. George United - Yonkers, NY
  • Hibernians 1-1 Holy Cross - Montgomery Park, Jersey City
  • (replay) Holy Cross 3-0 Hibernian - Park View Oval, Newark November 3
  • St. George 2-1 Clan Mackenzie - Marquette Oval, Brooklyn (protested)
  • (replay) St. George 1-0 Clan Mackenzie - Marquette Oval, Brooklyn November 17
  • Sheffield 3-0 Columbia Oval - Park View Oval, Newark
  • (replay) Sheffield 2-1 Columbia Oval - Van Cortlandt Park November 3
  • Brooklyn Celtic 1-0 Newark - Morris Park, Newark
  • Fulton 1-0 Eureka - Eureka Park, NY
  • Clan MacDonald 7-0 Bayonne Thistles - Bayonne, NJ
  • Cameron 2-1 Greenpoint Rovers - Hawthorne Oval, Brooklyn
  • Byes- Hollywood Inn (Yonkers), Critchley (Brooklyn), Washington, German, New York Celtic, Clan MacDuff, Anglo-Saxon, White Rose (Astoria).
 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
November 24 - Newark
 
 
Yonkers F.C.6
 
January 5 - Yonkers
 
2
 
Yonkers F.C.10
 
November 24 - Astoria
 
Anglo-Saxon F.C.2
 
5
 
March 9 - New York
 
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 Celtic2
 
St. George F.C.3-5
 
November 24 - New York City
 
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 Inn0
 
Hollywood Inn1
 
January 5 - Yonkers
 
Brooklyn Celtic0
 
Hollywood Inn3
 
November 24/December 8 - New York
 
Clan MacDuff1
 
Clan MacDuff6 a
 
March 23 - Brooklyn
 
4
 
Hollywood Inn3
 
November 24 - Brooklyn
 
Clan MacDonald1
 
Clan MacDonald4
 
January 5 - Brooklyn
 
Washington F.C.0
 
Clan MacDonald2
 
 -
 
Critchley F.C.0
 
Critchley F.C.
 
 
 

a) aggregate after 3 games

Final[]

Yonkers F.C. (NY)3–0Hollywood Inn (NY)
25' Billy Waldron(Whitehouse)
65' Mike King(Kerr)
75' Mike King(Whitehouse)		 (Report)
Lenox Oval;
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Mr. Williams (N.Y.S.L)

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.

See also[]

Main bibliography[]

Yonkers Daily News

References[]

  1. ^ "U.S. Soccer History – 1912". Archived from the original on March 3, 2009. Retrieved January 29, 2008.
  2. ^ "U.S. Soccer History – 1913". Archived from the original on January 16, 2008. Retrieved January 29, 2008.
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