# 1923 National Amateur Cup

The 1923 National Amateur Cup was the USFA's first attempt to stage a national knockout competition strictly for amateur soccer teams. This edition however did not reach a conclusion and no overall winner was crowned. The tournament suffered numerous delays. Among the worst instances was an early round game between Swedish Americans of Chicago and Gary, Indiana scheduled for mid December. Poor field conditions due to bad weather prevented the completion of their matchup until the end of March. Consequently, no national final or semifinals were played. Ten years prior, the USFA's earlier incarnation, the AAFA, had conducted two tournaments on the amateur level. Both were successful in the sense that they were completed expeditiously however they were able to draw few if any teams from beyond the New York area. The 1923 amateur tournament drew 68 teams ranging from Chicago, Illinois to Rumford, Maine including even a team from San Francisco, California, the Olympic Club though their entry was rejected as a matter of logistics.

## New England

| First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | | Third Round | Third Round | | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| Ansonia | | | | | | | |
| Ansonia | | March 17 - Hotchkiss Field | March 17 - Hotchkiss Field | | | | | |
| bye | | March 17 - Hotchkiss Field | March 17 - Hotchkiss Field | | | | |
| bye | | Ansonia | 1 | | | | |
| | | Danersk | 0 | | | | |
| Danersk | | Danersk | 0 | | | | |
| Danersk | | | | | March 30 | March 30 | | |
| bye | | | | | March 30 | March 30 | |
| bye | | | | | Ansonia | 10 | |
| | | | | | Taftville | 0 | |
| Taftville AA | w/o | | | | Taftville | 0 | |
| Taftville AA | w/o | March 24 - Taftville | March 24 - Taftville | | | | | |
| Stamford Soccer | | March 24 - Taftville | March 24 - Taftville | | | | |
| Stamford Soccer | | Taftville | 3 | | | | |
| | | Manchester Olympic | 2 | | | | |
| Manchester Olympic | | Manchester Olympic | 2 | | | | |
| Manchester Olympic | | | | | | | | June 24 - Ansonia | June 24 - Ansonia |
| bye | | | | | | | | June 24 - Ansonia | June 24 - Ansonia |
| bye | | | | | | | | Ansonia | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | Roxbury | 2 |
| Roxbury | | | | | | | | Roxbury | 2 |
| Roxbury | | April 7 | April 7 | | | | | | |
| bye | | April 7 | April 7 | | | | | | |
| bye | | Roxbury | 7 | | | | | | |
| March 24 - Sullivan square | March 24 - Sullivan square | | Roxbury | 7 | | | | | |
| March 24 - Sullivan square | March 24 - Sullivan square | Charlestown | 0 | | | | | | |
| Charlestown | 2 | Charlestown | 0 | | | | | | |
| Charlestown | 2 | | | | April 14 - Westford | April 14 - Westford | | | |
| General Electric Thistle | 1 | | | | April 14 - Westford | April 14 - Westford | | | |
| General Electric Thistle | 1 | | | | Roxbury | 2 | | | |
| November 30 - Westford | November 30 - Westford | | | | | Roxbury | 2 | | |
| November 30 - Westford | November 30 - Westford | | | | Abbott Worsted Junior | 0 | |
| Abbot Worsted Co. Junior | 3 | | | | Abbott Worsted Junior | 0 | |
| Abbot Worsted Co. Junior | 3 | March 31 | March 31 | | | | | |
| South Boston Celtic | 0 | March 31 | March 31 | | | | |
| South Boston Celtic | 0 | Abbott Worsted Junior | 2 | | | | |
| | | St. George | 0 | | | | |
| Boston St. George AA | | St. George | 0 | | | | |
| Oxford Athletic | | | | | | | |

## Eastern Pennsylvania

| First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | | Third Round | Third Round |
| December 3 - Philadelphia | December 3 - Philadelphia | | | |
| Wolfenden Shore & Co. | 1 | | | |
| Wolfenden Shore & Co. | 1 | December 23 - Philadelphia | December 23 - Philadelphia | | |
| Fleisher Yarn | 3 | December 23 - Philadelphia | December 23 - Philadelphia | |
| Fleisher Yarn | 3 | Fleisher Yarn | 3 | |
| | | Fairhill | 0 | |
| Fairhill | | Fairhill | 0 | |
| Fairhill | | | | | February 18 | February 18 |
| bye | | | | | February 18 | February 18 |
| bye | | | | | Fleisher Yarn | 2 |
| December 10 - Philadelphia | December 10 - Philadelphia | | | | | Fleisher Yarn | 2 |
| December 10 - Philadelphia | December 10 - Philadelphia | | | | 36th Ward | 0 |
| 36th Ward | 5 | | | | 36th Ward | 0 |
| 36th Ward | 5 | January 6 - Fleisher Athletic Field | January 6 - Fleisher Athletic Field | | | |
| Barney Ernst | 2 | January 6 - Fleisher Athletic Field | January 6 - Fleisher Athletic Field | | | |
| Barney Ernst | 2 | 36th Ward | 3 | | | |
| December 2 | December 2 | | 36th Ward | 3 | | | |
| December 2 | December 2 | Centennial | 2 | |
| Centennial Athletic | 1 | Centennial | 2 | |
| Puritan Young Men's League | 0 | | | |

## NY-NJ

| First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | | Third Round | Third Round | | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| December 17 - Flatbush Field | December 17 - Flatbush Field | | | | | | |
| Tyrconnell Celtic | | | | | | | |
| Tyrconnell Celtic | | May 6 - Hawthorne Field | May 6 - Hawthorne Field | | | | | |
| West Harlem Catholic Club | | May 6 - Hawthorne Field | May 6 - Hawthorne Field | | | | |
| West Harlem Catholic Club | | Tyrconnell Celtic | 2 | | | | |
| Dec 24 – Tacony Oval | Dec 24 – Tacony Oval | | Tyrconnell Celtic | 2 | | | | |
| Dec 24 – Tacony Oval | Dec 24 – Tacony Oval | Overseas Wanderers | 0 | | | | |
| Overseas Wanderers | 3 | Overseas Wanderers | 0 | | | | |
| Overseas Wanderers | 3 | | | | May 27 | May 27 | | |
| Viking | 2 | | | | May 27 | May 27 | |
| Viking | 2 | | | | Tyrconnell Celtic | 0 | |
| Dec 10 – Clarks Field | Dec 10 – Clarks Field | | | | | Tyrconnell Celtic | 0 | |
| Dec 10 – Clarks Field | Dec 10 – Clarks Field | | | | American AA | 1 | |
| American AA | 2 | | | | American AA | 1 | |
| American AA | 2 | Mar 18 - Kellogg Oval | Mar 18 - Kellogg Oval | | | | | |
| Bayonne Rovers | 0 | Mar 18 - Kellogg Oval | Mar 18 - Kellogg Oval | | | | |
| Bayonne Rovers | 0 | American AA | 3 | | | | |
| Dec 10 – Eastside Park | Dec 10 – Eastside Park | | American AA | 3 | | | | |
| Dec 10 – Eastside Park | Dec 10 – Eastside Park | Pearsall Field Club | 1 | | | | |
| Paterson Caledonian Reserves | 0 | Pearsall Field Club | 1 | | | | |
| Paterson Caledonian Reserves | 0 | | | | | | | June 4 - Clifton | June 4 - Clifton |
| Pearsall Athletic | 1 | | | | | | | June 4 - Clifton | June 4 - Clifton |
| Pearsall Athletic | 1 | | | | | | | American AA | 3 |
| February 25 - Dekalb Oval | February 25 - Dekalb Oval | | | | | | | | American AA | 3 |
| February 25 - Dekalb Oval | February 25 - Dekalb Oval | | | | | | | Brooklyn St. George | 1 |
| Brooklyn St. George | | | | | | | | Brooklyn St. George | 1 |
| Brooklyn St. George | | May 6 - Hawthorne Field | May 6 - Hawthorne Field | | | | | | |
| Glen Cove | | May 6 - Hawthorne Field | May 6 - Hawthorne Field | | | | | | |
| Glen Cove | | Brooklyn St. George | 2 | | | | | | |
| Apr 8 – Mohawk Oval | Apr 8 – Mohawk Oval | | Brooklyn St. George | 2 | | | | | | |
| Apr 8 – Mohawk Oval | Apr 8 – Mohawk Oval | Steinway Civic | 0 | | | | | | |
| Hawthorne United | 0 | Steinway Civic | 0 | | | | | | |
| Hawthorne United | 0 | | | | May 20 | May 20 | | | | |
| Steinway Civic | 2 | | | | May 20 | May 20 | | | |
| Steinway Civic | 2 | | | | Brooklyn St. George | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | British Great War Veterans | 0 | |

## Ohio-West PA

| First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | Third Round | Third Round | | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| November 25 | November 25 | | | | | |
| Clan MacGregor | 0 | | | | | |
| Clan MacGregor | 0 | December 23 | December 23 | | | | |
| Jeannette | 1 | December 23 | December 23 | | | |
| Jeannette | 1 | Jeannette | 5 | | | |
| | | Ulster | 0 | | | |
| East Liberty Ulster | | Ulster | 0 | | | |
| East Liberty Ulster | | | | January 7 | January 7 | | |
| bye | | | | January 7 | January 7 | |
| bye | | | | Jeannette | 5 | |
| December 3 - Atlasburg | December 3 - Atlasburg | | | | Jeannette | 5 | |
| December 3 - Atlasburg | December 3 - Atlasburg | | | Atlasburg | 1 | |
| Carnegie Coal Co. | 3 | | | Atlasburg | 1 | |
| Carnegie Coal Co. | 3 | December 23 | December 23 | | | | |
| East Pittsburg International | 0 | December 23 | December 23 | | | |
| East Pittsburg International | 0 | Atlasburg | | | | |
| December 2 - Lawrence Park | December 2 - Lawrence Park | | Atlasburg | | | | |
| December 2 - Lawrence Park | December 2 - Lawrence Park | Pittsburgh Rovers | | | | |
| Pittsburgh Rovers | 2 | Pittsburgh Rovers | | | | |
| Pittsburgh Rovers | 2 | | | | | | February 24 - Jeannette | February 24 - Jeannette |
| Irwin | 1 | | | | | | February 24 - Jeannette | February 24 - Jeannette |
| Irwin | 1 | | | | | | Jeannette | 1 |
| December 10/17 | December 10/17 | | | | | | | Jeannette | 1 |
| December 10/17 | December 10/17 | | | | | | White Auto | 0 |
| Goodyear | 1-W | | | | | | White Auto | 0 |
| Goodyear | 1-W | January 7 - Seiberling Field | January 7 - Seiberling Field | | | | | |
| Kenmoore | 1-L | January 7 - Seiberling Field | January 7 - Seiberling Field | | | | | |
| Kenmoore | 1-L | Goodyear | | | | | | |
| Nov 27/Dec 3 | Nov 27/Dec 3 | | Goodyear | | | | | | |
| Nov 27/Dec 3 | Nov 27/Dec 3 | Clan MacKenzie | | | | | | |
| British Great War Vets | 1-1 | Clan MacKenzie | | | | | | |
| British Great War Vets | 1-1 | | | January 21 - Akron | January 21 - Akron | | | | |
| Clan MacKenzie | 1-2 | | | January 21 - Akron | January 21 - Akron | | | |
| Clan MacKenzie | 1-2 | | | Goodyear | 0 | | | |
| | | | | White Auto | 2 | |
| Cleveland Magyars | w/o | | | White Auto | 2 | |
| White Motor | | | | | | |
| White Motor | | White Auto | w/o | | | |
| | | MacNaughton Rangers | | | | |
| MacNaughton Rangers | | MacNaughton Rangers | | | | |
| Kodak Park | | | | | | |

## Illinois-Michigan

| First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | Third Round | Third Round | | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| December 17 - Packard Park | December 17 - Packard Park | | | | | |
| Fisher Body Soccer | 0 | | | | | |
| Fisher Body Soccer | 0 | January 14 - Packard Park | January 14 - Packard Park | | | | |
| Detroit FC | 6 | January 14 - Packard Park | January 14 - Packard Park | | | |
| Detroit FC | 6 | Detroit FC | 2 | | | |
| | | Liberty | 1 | | | |
| Liberty | | Liberty | 1 | | | |
| Liberty | | | | January 28 - Detroit | January 28 - Detroit | | |
| bye | | | | January 28 - Detroit | January 28 - Detroit | |
| bye | | | | Detroit FC | 1 | |
| December 10 - Solvay Park | December 10 - Solvay Park | | | | Detroit FC | 1 | |
| December 10 - Solvay Park | December 10 - Solvay Park | | | Royal Oak | 0 | |
| Highland Park | 0 | | | Royal Oak | 0 | |
| Highland Park | 0 | January 14 - Packard Park | January 14 - Packard Park | | | | |
| Ulster AA | 1 | January 14 - Packard Park | January 14 - Packard Park | | | |
| Ulster AA | 1 | Ulster | 1 | | | |
| | | Royal Oak | 3 | | | |
| Royal Oak | | Royal Oak | 3 | | | |
| Royal Oak | | | | | | | June 24 - Detroit | June 24 - Detroit |
| bye | | | | | | | June 24 - Detroit | June 24 - Detroit |
| bye | | | | | | | Detroit FC | 2 |
| March 25 - Riverview Park | March 25 - Riverview Park | | | | | | | Detroit FC | 2 |
| March 25 - Riverview Park | March 25 - Riverview Park | | | | | | Swedish American | 3 |
| Swedish American | 8 | | | | | | Swedish American | 3 |
| Gary | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Gary | 0 | Swedish American | | | | | | |
| | | Harvey | | | | | | |
| Harvey F.C. | | Harvey | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | Swedish American | | | | |
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| No | | | | Idle | | |
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Quarterfinals