# 1927 National Challenge Cup

The 1927 National Challenge Cup was the annual open cup held by the United States Football Association now known as the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

## Eastern Division

| First round | First round | Second round | Second round | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| March 27 - Tiverton | March 27 - Tiverton | | | | | | |
| Fall River F.C. | 3 | | | | | | |
| Fall River F.C. | 3 | April 3 - Tiverton | April 3 - Tiverton | | | | | |
| New Bedford Whalers | 2 | April 3 - Tiverton | April 3 - Tiverton | | | | |
| New Bedford Whalers | 2 | Fall River F.C. | 5 | | | | |
| March 26 - Boston | March 26 - Boston | | Fall River F.C. | 5 | | | | |
| March 26 - Boston | March 26 - Boston | Fore River | 0 | | | | |
| Boston Soccer Club | 2 | Fore River | 0 | | | | |
| Boston Soccer Club | 2 | | | | April 17 - Tiverton | April 17 - Tiverton | | |
| Fore River | 3 | | | | April 17 - Tiverton | April 17 - Tiverton | |
| Fore River | 3 | | | | Fall River F.C. | 3 | |
| March 27/April 2 | March 27/April 2 | | | | | Fall River F.C. | 3 | |
| March 27/April 2 | March 27/April 2 | | | | Providence FC | 2 | |
| Providence FC | 3-3 | | | | Providence FC | 2 | |
| Providence FC | 3-3 | April 9 - Providence | April 9 - Providence | | | | | |
| J&P Coats | 3-2 | April 9 - Providence | April 9 - Providence | | | | |
| J&P Coats | 3-2 | Providence FC | 7 | | | | |
| March 27 - Buffalo | March 27 - Buffalo | | Providence FC | 7 | | | | |
| March 27 - Buffalo | March 27 - Buffalo | Whittal F.C. | 1 | | | | |
| Hungarian F.C. | 0 | Whittal F.C. | 1 | | | | |
| Hungarian F.C. | 0 | | | | | | | April 24 - Providence | April 24 - Providence |
| Whittal F.C. | 5 | | | | | | | April 24 - Providence | April 24 - Providence |
| Whittal F.C. | 5 | | | | | | | Fall River F.C. | 2 |
| March 27 - New York | March 27 - New York | | | | | | | | Fall River F.C. | 2 |
| March 27 - New York | March 27 - New York | | | | | | | Bethlehem Steel | 1 |
| Indiana Flooring | 3 | | | | | | | Bethlehem Steel | 1 |
| Indiana Flooring | 3 | April 9 - New York | April 9 - New York | | | | | | |
| New York Giants | 1 | April 9 - New York | April 9 - New York | | | | | | |
| New York Giants | 1 | Indiana Flooring | 1 | | | | | | |
| March 19 - Brooklyn | March 19 - Brooklyn | | Indiana Flooring | 1 | | | | | | |
| March 19 - Brooklyn | March 19 - Brooklyn | Newark Skeeters | 2 | | | | | | |
| Brooklyn Wanderers | 1 | Newark Skeeters | 2 | | | | | | |
| Brooklyn Wanderers | 1 | | | | April 10 - Brooklyn | April 10 - Brooklyn | | | | |
| Newark Skeeters | 2 | | | | April 10 - Brooklyn | April 10 - Brooklyn | | | |
| Newark Skeeters | 2 | | | | Newark Skeeters | 0 | | | |
| March 27 - Trenton | March 27 - Trenton | | | | | Newark Skeeters | 0 | | | |
| March 27 - Trenton | March 27 - Trenton | | | | Bethlehem Steel | 1 | |
| Trenton F.C. | 2 | | | | Bethlehem Steel | 1 | |
| Trenton F.C. | 2 | April 3 - Trenton | April 3 - Trenton | | | | | |
| Viking F.C. | 1 | April 3 - Trenton | April 3 - Trenton | | | | |
| Viking F.C. | 1 | Trenton F.C. | 0 | | | | |
| March 26 - Philadelphia | March 26 - Philadelphia | | Trenton F.C. | 0 | | | | |
| March 26 - Philadelphia | March 26 - Philadelphia | Bethlehem Steel | 6 | | | | |
| Philadelphia Field Club | 1 | Bethlehem Steel | 6 | | | | |
| Bethlehem Steel | 3 | | | | | | |

## Western Division

| First round | First round | Second round | Second round | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| February 20 - St. Louis | February 20 - St. Louis | | | | | | |
| Ben Millers | 5 | | | | | | |
| Ben Millers | 5 | March 13 - St. Louis | March 13 - St. Louis | | | | | |
| Pants Store F.C. | 4 | March 13 - St. Louis | March 13 - St. Louis | | | | |
| Pants Store F.C. | 4 | Ben Millers | 4 | | | | |
| February 27 - St. Louis | February 27 - St. Louis | | Ben Millers | 4 | | | | |
| February 27 - St. Louis | February 27 - St. Louis | Wellston | 2 | | | | |
| Wellston | 9 | Wellston | 2 | | | | |
| Wellston | 9 | | | | April 3, 10 | April 3, 10 | | |
| Johnston City AFC | 1 | | | | April 3, 10 | April 3, 10 | |
| Johnston City AFC | 1 | | | | Ben Millers | 2-0 | |
| February 27 - Chicago | February 27 - Chicago | | | | | Ben Millers | 2-0 | |
| February 27 - Chicago | February 27 - Chicago | | | | Sparta ABA | 2-1 | |
| Sparta ABA | 3 | | | | Sparta ABA | 2-1 | |
| Sparta ABA | 3 | March 20 - Chicago | March 20 - Chicago | | | | | |
| Thistles F.C. | 0 | March 20 - Chicago | March 20 - Chicago | | | | |
| Thistles F.C. | 0 | Sparta ABA | 2 | | | | |
| February 27 - Chicago | February 27 - Chicago | | Sparta ABA | 2 | | | | |
| February 27 - Chicago | February 27 - Chicago | Bricklayers | 1 | | | | |
| Bricklayers | 2 | Bricklayers | 1 | | | | |
| Bricklayers | 2 | | | | | | | April 18 - Chicago | April 18 - Chicago |
| White Banner Malt | 0 | | | | | | | April 18 - Chicago | April 18 - Chicago |
| White Banner Malt | 0 | | | | | | | Sparta ABA | 1 |
| February 27 - Detroit | February 27 - Detroit | | | | | | | | Sparta ABA | 1 |
| February 27 - Detroit | February 27 - Detroit | | | | | | | Holley Carburetor | 2 |
| Holley Carburetor | 2 | | | | | | | Holley Carburetor | 2 |
| Holley Carburetor | 2 | March 20 - Detroit | March 20 - Detroit | | | | | | |
| Canadian Club | 1 | March 20 - Detroit | March 20 - Detroit | | | | | | |
| Canadian Club | 1 | Holley Carburetor | 3 | | | | | | |
| February 27- Chicago | February 27- Chicago | | Holley Carburetor | 3 | | | | | | |
| February 27- Chicago | February 27- Chicago | Buda AA | 2 | | | | | | |
| Pullman F.C. | 0 | Buda AA | 2 | | | | | | |
| Pullman F.C. | 0 | | | | April 3 - Detroit | April 3 - Detroit | | | | |
| Buda AA | 4 | | | | April 3 - Detroit | April 3 - Detroit | | | |
| Buda AA | 4 | | | | Holley Carburetor | 4 | | | |
| February 27 - Cleveland | February 27 - Cleveland | | | | | Holley Carburetor | 4 | | | |
| February 27 - Cleveland | February 27 - Cleveland | | | | American-Hungarians | 2 | |
| American-Hungarians | 3 | | | | American-Hungarians | 2 | |
| American-Hungarians | 3 | March 27 - Cleveland | March 27 - Cleveland | | | | | |
| Magyar-American F.C. | 2 | March 27 - Cleveland | March 27 - Cleveland | | | | |
| Magyar-American F.C. | 2 | American-Hungarians | 5 | | | | |
| February 27- Wooster | February 27- Wooster | | American-Hungarians | 5 | | | | |
| February 27- Wooster | February 27- Wooster | Clan MacKenzie | 0 | | | | |
| Clan MacKenzie | 4 | Clan MacKenzie | 0 | | | | |
| Lorain Eagles | 0 | | | | | | |

## Final
### Lineups

The finalists played as follows:
| Holley | | Fall River |
| Dick | G | Tom Blair |
| Boath | LB | Dave Gibson |
| Hayston | RB | Charlie McGill |
| Stewart | LHB | Hugh Coyle |
| Dalrymple | CHB | Bob Wilson |
| Gallagher | RHB | Bill McPherson |
| Love | OL | Dave McEachran |
| Rutherford | IL | Jimmy Kelly |
| Gerrit Visser | CF | Harold Brittan (C) |
| Connally (C) | IR | James "Tec" White |
| Forrester | OR | Dougie Campbell |

## Sources

* Jose, Colin (1998). American Soccer League, 1921-1931 (Hardback). The Scarecrow Press. (ISBN 0-8108-3429-4).