# 1928–29 National Challenge Cup

The 1928–29 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. This edition of the soccer tournament featured 100 entrants (51 in the East and 49 in the West). In this edition the Western bracket played the first round in December 1928 while the Eastern section chose to wait out the poor weather and began the first-round games in February 1929. The Cup final, which drew 21,583 spectators, broke the record for the largest crowd to see a Cup final, and remained the largest crowd, until 2010, when the Seattle Sounders FC defeat Columbus Crew in front of 31,311 spectators.

## Eastern Division

| First round | First round | Second round | Second round | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| February 3 - Bronx | February 3 - Bronx | | | | | | |
| New York Hakoah | 7 | | | | | | |
| New York Hakoah | 7 | February 17 - Bronx | February 17 - Bronx | | | | | |
| Mamaroneck F.C. | 1 | February 17 - Bronx | February 17 - Bronx | | | | |
| Mamaroneck F.C. | 1 | New York Hakoah | 6 | | | | |
| February 3 - Rochester | February 3 - Rochester | | New York Hakoah | 6 | | | | |
| February 3 - Rochester | February 3 - Rochester | Rochester Celtic | 0 | | | | |
| Rochester Celtic | 3 | Rochester Celtic | 0 | | | | |
| Rochester Celtic | 3 | | | | March 17 - Bronx | March 17 - Bronx | | |
| Buffalo Hungarian | 2 | | | | March 17 - Bronx | March 17 - Bronx | |
| Buffalo Hungarian | 2 | | | | New York Hakoah | 3 | |
| February 3 - Newark | February 3 - Newark | | | | | New York Hakoah | 3 | |
| February 3 - Newark | February 3 - Newark | | | | Newark Portuguese | 2 | |
| Newark Portuguese | 3 | | | | Newark Portuguese | 2 | |
| Newark Portuguese | 3 | February 17 - Newark | February 17 - Newark | | | | | |
| Bayonne Rovers | 0 | February 17 - Newark | February 17 - Newark | | | | |
| Bayonne Rovers | 0 | Newark Portuguese | 4 | | | | |
| February 3 | February 3 | | Newark Portuguese | 4 | | | | |
| February 3 | February 3 | New York Hungaria | 1 | | | | |
| New York Hungaria | w/o | New York Hungaria | 1 | | | | |
| New York Hungaria | w/o | | | | | | | March 24 - Brooklyn | March 24 - Brooklyn |
| First German | | | | | | | | March 24 - Brooklyn | March 24 - Brooklyn |
| First German | | | | | | | | New York Hakoah | 1 |
| February 3 - Bronx | February 3 - Bronx | | | | | | | | New York Hakoah | 1 |
| February 3 - Bronx | February 3 - Bronx | | | | | | | New York Giants | 0 |
| New York Giants | 4 | | | | | | | New York Giants | 0 |
| New York Giants | 4 | February 24 - Bronx | February 24 - Bronx | | | | | | |
| IRT Rangers | 1 | February 24 - Bronx | February 24 - Bronx | | | | | | |
| IRT Rangers | 1 | New York Giants | 8 | | | | | | |
| February 3 - Trenton | February 3 - Trenton | | New York Giants | 8 | | | | | | |
| February 3 - Trenton | February 3 - Trenton | Trenton F.C. | 0 | | | | | | |
| Trenton F.C. | 8 | Trenton F.C. | 0 | | | | | | |
| Trenton F.C. | 8 | | | | March 3, 9 | March 3, 9 | | | | |
| Newark Skeeters | 1 | | | | March 3, 9 | March 3, 9 | | | |
| Newark Skeeters | 1 | | | | New York Giants | 2-6 | | | |
| February 3 - Baltimore | February 3 - Baltimore | | | | | New York Giants | 2-6 | | | |
| February 3 - Baltimore | February 3 - Baltimore | | | | Bethlehem Steel | 2-3 | |
| Canton F.C. | 0 | | | | Bethlehem Steel | 2-3 | |
| Canton F.C. | 0 | February 16 - Bethlehem | February 16 - Bethlehem | | | | | |
| Bethlehem Steel | 5 | February 16 - Bethlehem | February 16 - Bethlehem | | | | |
| Bethlehem Steel | 5 | Bethlehem Steel | 5 | | | | |
| February 3 - Waterbury | February 3 - Waterbury | | Bethlehem Steel | 5 | | | | |
| February 3 - Waterbury | February 3 - Waterbury | Walsh Chevrolet | 0 | | | | |
| Waterbury | 1 | Walsh Chevrolet | 0 | | | | |
| Walsh Chevrolet | 6 | | | | | | |

## Western Division

| First round | First round | Second round | Second round | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| December 23 - Chicago | December 23 - Chicago | | | | | | |
| Thistle F.C. | 1 | | | | | | |
| Thistle F.C. | 1 | February 17 | February 17 | | | | | |
| Olympia F.C. | 1 | February 17 | February 17 | | | | |
| Olympia F.C. | 1 | Thistle F.C. | 1 | | | | |
| December 16 - St. Louis | December 16 - St. Louis | | Thistle F.C. | 1 | | | | |
| December 16 - St. Louis | December 16 - St. Louis | Madison Kennel | 5 | | | | |
| Madison Kennel | 4 | Madison Kennel | 5 | | | | |
| Madison Kennel | 4 | | | | March 10 - St. Louis | March 10 - St. Louis | | |
| Ben Millers | 1 | | | | March 10 - St. Louis | March 10 - St. Louis | |
| Ben Millers | 1 | | | | Madison Kennel | 5 | |
| December 16 - Detroit | December 16 - Detroit | | | | | Madison Kennel | 5 | |
| December 16 - Detroit | December 16 - Detroit | | | | Holley Carburetor | 1 | |
| Holley Carburetor | 2 | | | | Holley Carburetor | 1 | |
| Holley Carburetor | 2 | February 23 - Detroit | February 23 - Detroit | | | | | |
| Flint IMA | 0 | February 23 - Detroit | February 23 - Detroit | | | | |
| Flint IMA | 0 | Holley Carburetor | 10 | | | | |
| December 16 - Cleveland | December 16 - Cleveland | | Holley Carburetor | 10 | | | | |
| December 16 - Cleveland | December 16 - Cleveland | Goodyear F.C. | 3 | | | | |
| Goodyear F.C. | 2 | Goodyear F.C. | 3 | | | | |
| Goodyear F.C. | 2 | | | | | | | March 17 - St. Louis | March 17 - St. Louis |
| Gold Bond American Hungarian F.C. | 0 | | | | | | | March 17 - St. Louis | March 17 - St. Louis |
| Gold Bond American Hungarian F.C. | 0 | | | | | | | Madison Kennel | 7 |
| December 16 - Chicago | December 16 - Chicago | | | | | | | | Madison Kennel | 7 |
| December 16 - Chicago | December 16 - Chicago | | | | | | | Sparta ABA | 4 |
| Sparta ABA | 3 | | | | | | | Sparta ABA | 4 |
| Sparta ABA | 3 | February 24 - Chicago | February 24 - Chicago | | | | | | |
| Carpenters | 0 | February 24 - Chicago | February 24 - Chicago | | | | | | |
| Carpenters | 0 | Sparta ABA | 7 | | | | | | |
| December 23 - Detroit | December 23 - Detroit | | Sparta ABA | 7 | | | | | | |
| December 23 - Detroit | December 23 - Detroit | All Scots | 0 | | | | | | |
| Wood Hydraulic | 1 | All Scots | 0 | | | | | | |
| Wood Hydraulic | 1 | | | | March 3 - Chicago | March 3 - Chicago | | | | |
| All Scots | 3 | | | | March 3 - Chicago | March 3 - Chicago | | | |
| All Scots | 3 | | | | Sparta ABA | 3 | | | |
| December 30 - Chicago | December 30 - Chicago | | | | | Sparta ABA | 3 | | | |
| December 30 - Chicago | December 30 - Chicago | | | | Bricklayers | 1 | |
| Bricklayers | 2 | | | | Bricklayers | 1 | |
| Bricklayers | 2 | February 17 - Chicago | February 17 - Chicago | | | | | |
| Buda AA | 0 | February 17 - Chicago | February 17 - Chicago | | | | |
| Buda AA | 0 | Bricklayers | 3 | | | | |
| December 23 - St. Louis | December 23 - St. Louis | | Bricklayers | 3 | | | | |
| December 23 - St. Louis | December 23 - St. Louis | Tablers | 1 | | | | |
| Tablers | 5 | Tablers | 1 | | | | |
| Wellston | 2 | | | | | | |