# 1933 National Challenge Cup

The 1933 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. As of 1931, the ASL teams played a round-robin format instead of direct knockout games. The five New York teams formed the Metropolitan Group. The New England group included the three remaining ASL teams, and Victoria Mills of the Southern New England Association, who qualified by defeating the Fairlawn Rovers. The Round Robin was somewhat unpopular because of the methods used. Despite a league setup, games tied at the end of regulation were forced to go into overtime. In the event of a tie in the standings, the goal average was used to break the tie. A slight controversy ensued when a game between Boston and Fall River was called in the 78th minute with the score being 0-0. Fall River later forfeited the replay, leaving Boston tied for first place with the Pawtucket Rangers. The Rangers advanced due to a higher goal average, leaving Boston unable to make up the difference in a replay with Fall River or a playoff with Pawtucket. In the West, it was business as usual, with the standard knockout procedure and the Stix of St. Louis making the second of their six consecutive trips to the national final. Other highlights include Bert Patenaude's five-goal performance against Fairhill in the First German Club's first-round match on January 14.

## Eastern Division

| First round | First round | Second round | Second round | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| February 5 - Brooklyn | February 5 - Brooklyn | | | | | | |
| German Hungarians | w/o | | | | | | |
| German Hungarians | w/o | February 26/March 5 - New York | February 26/March 5 - New York | | | | | |
| Brooklyn Celtic | | February 26/March 5 - New York | February 26/March 5 - New York | | | | |
| Brooklyn Celtic | | German Hungarians | 1-4 | | | | |
| January 15 - Newark | January 15 - Newark | | German Hungarians | 1-4 | | | | |
| January 15 - Newark | January 15 - Newark | Swanton F.C. | 1-0 | | | | |
| Swanton F.C. | 3 | Swanton F.C. | 1-0 | | | | |
| Swanton F.C. | 3 | | | | March 27 - New York | March 27 - New York | | |
| Trenton Highlanders | 1 | | | | March 27 - New York | March 27 - New York | |
| Trenton Highlanders | 1 | | | | German Hungarians | 0 | |
| January 7 - February 19 | January 7 - February 19 | | | | | German Hungarians | 0 | |
| January 7 - February 19 | January 7 - February 19 | | | | Pawtucket Rangers | 5 | |
| Pawtucket Rangers | 1st | | | | Pawtucket Rangers | 5 | |
| Boston SC | 2nd | | | | | | |
| Boston SC | 2nd | Pawtucket Rangers | | | | | |
| | | Won Round Robin | | | | | |
| Fall River FC | 3rd | Won Round Robin | | | | | |
| Fall River FC | 3rd | | | | | | | April 1, 2 | April 1, 2 |
| Victoria Mills | 4th | | | | | | | April 1, 2 | April 1, 2 |
| Victoria Mills | 4th | | | | | | | Pawtucket Rangers | 4-1 |
| January 14, 21 - Philadelphia | January 14, 21 - Philadelphia | | | | | | | | Pawtucket Rangers | 4-1 |
| January 14, 21 - Philadelphia | January 14, 21 - Philadelphia | | | | | | | New York Americans | 2-4 |
| German Americans | 6-2 | | | | | | | New York Americans | 2-4 |
| German Americans | 6-2 | February 25 - Philadelphia | February 25 - Philadelphia | | | | | | |
| Fairhill | 5-1 | February 25 - Philadelphia | February 25 - Philadelphia | | | | | | |
| Fairhill | 5-1 | German Americans | 3 | | | | | | |
| January 15 - Baltimore | January 15 - Baltimore | | German Americans | 3 | | | | | | |
| January 15 - Baltimore | January 15 - Baltimore | Baltimore Canton | 2 | | | | | | |
| Baltimore Canton | 4 | Baltimore Canton | 2 | | | | | | |
| Baltimore Canton | 4 | | | | March 11, 12 | March 11, 12 | | | | |
| Bethlehem Steel | 1 | | | | March 11, 12 | March 11, 12 | | | |
| Bethlehem Steel | 1 | | | | German Americans | 0-2 | | | |
| January 8 - February 22 | January 8 - February 22 | | | | | German Americans | 0-2 | | | |
| January 8 - February 22 | January 8 - February 22 | | | | New York Americans | 1-3 | |
| New York Americans | 1st | | | | New York Americans | 1-3 | |
| New York Field Club | 2nd | | | | | | |
| New York Field Club | 2nd | New York Americans | | | | | |
| | | Won Round Robin | | | | | |
| Hakoah All-Stars | 3rd | Won Round Robin | | | | | |
| Brooklyn Wanderers | 4th | | | | | | |

## Western Division

| First round | First round | Second round | Second round | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| January 22 - St. Louis | January 22 - St. Louis | | | | | | |
| Stix | 4 | | | | | | |
| Stix | 4 | February 12 - St. Louis | February 12 - St. Louis | | | | | |
| Coca-Colas | 1 | February 12 - St. Louis | February 12 - St. Louis | | | | |
| Coca-Colas | 1 | Stix | 10 | | | | |
| January 22 - Milwaukee | January 22 - Milwaukee | | Stix | 10 | | | | |
| January 22 - Milwaukee | January 22 - Milwaukee | Jugo-Slavs | 1 | | | | |
| Deutscher Sport Club | 0 | Jugo-Slavs | 1 | | | | |
| Deutscher Sport Club | 0 | | | | February 26/March 12 - St. Louis | February 26/March 12 - St. Louis | | |
| Jugo-Slavs | 1 | | | | February 26/March 12 - St. Louis | February 26/March 12 - St. Louis | |
| Jugo-Slavs | 1 | | | | Stix | 1-4$^b$ | |
| January 15 - St. Louis | January 15 - St. Louis | | | | | Stix | 1-4$^b$ | |
| January 15 - St. Louis | January 15 - St. Louis | | | | Andersons | 2-1 | |
| Andersons | 3 | | | | Andersons | 2-1 | |
| Andersons | 3 | February 19 - St. Louis | February 19 - St. Louis | | | | | |
| Ben Millers | 2 | February 19 - St. Louis | February 19 - St. Louis | | | | |
| Ben Millers | 2 | Andersons | 7 | | | | |
| January 22,29/February 5 - Detroit | January 22,29/February 5 - Detroit | | Andersons | 7 | | | | |
| January 22,29/February 5 - Detroit | January 22,29/February 5 - Detroit | Sons of Malta | 1 | | | | |
| Maccabee All-Stars | 4$^a$ | Sons of Malta | 1 | | | | |
| Maccabee All-Stars | 4$^a$ | | | | | | | March 19, 26 | March 19, 26 |
| Sons of Malta | 6 | | | | | | | March 19, 26 | March 19, 26 |
| Sons of Malta | 6 | | | | | | | Stix | 7-1 |
| January 22 - Chicago | January 22 - Chicago | | | | | | | | Stix | 7-1 |
| January 22 - Chicago | January 22 - Chicago | | | | | | | Chicago Sparta | 3-0 |
| Chicago Sparta | 2 | | | | | | | Chicago Sparta | 3-0 |
| Chicago Sparta | 2 | February 19 - Chicago | February 19 - Chicago | | | | | | |
| Norwegian Americans | 1 | February 19 - Chicago | February 19 - Chicago | | | | | | |
| Norwegian Americans | 1 | Chicago Sparta | 2 | | | | | | |
| February 5 - Chicago | February 5 - Chicago | | Chicago Sparta | 2 | | | | | | |
| February 5 - Chicago | February 5 - Chicago | Swedish Americans | 0 | | | | | | |
| Chicago Bricklayers | 1 | Swedish Americans | 0 | | | | | | |
| Chicago Bricklayers | 1 | | | | February 26 - Chicago | February 26 - Chicago | | | | |
| Swedish Americans | 2 | | | | February 26 - Chicago | February 26 - Chicago | | | |
| Swedish Americans | 2 | | | | Chicago Sparta | 1 | | | |
| January 22 - Pittsburgh | January 22 - Pittsburgh | | | | | Chicago Sparta | 1 | | | |
| January 22 - Pittsburgh | January 22 - Pittsburgh | | | | Cleveland Slavia | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Curry | 4 | | | | Cleveland Slavia | 0 | |
| Pittsburgh Curry | 4 | February 19 - Pittsburgh | February 19 - Pittsburgh | | | | | |
| Cleveland Shamrocks | 0 | February 19 - Pittsburgh | February 19 - Pittsburgh | | | | |
| Cleveland Shamrocks | 0 | Pittsburgh Curry | 1 | | | | |
| January 22 - Cleveland | January 22 - Cleveland | | Pittsburgh Curry | 1 | | | | |
| January 22 - Cleveland | January 22 - Cleveland | Cleveland Slavia | 3 | | | | |
| Cleveland Slavia | 4 | Cleveland Slavia | 3 | | | | |
| Buffalo German | 1 | | | | | | |
a) aggregate after 3 games b) replayed after protest
Round Robin Groups
| Metropolitan | Metropolitan | Pts | GP | W | L | GF | GA | Dif | Perc |
| 1 | New York Americans | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 1.000 |
| 2 | New York Field Club | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | .750 |
| 3 | Hakoah All-Stars | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | .500 |
| 4 | Brooklyn Wanderers | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -7 | .000 |
| 5 | Bohemian Queens | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | -12 | .000 |
| New England | New England | Pts | GP | W | L | GF | GA | Dif | Perc |
| 1 | Pawtucket Rangers | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 13 | +13 | .666 |
| 2 | Boston SC | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -1 | .666 |
| 3 | Fall River FC | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -3 | .333 |
| 4 | Victoria Mills | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 20 | -9 | .333 |

## Sources

* ↑ "1933 National Challenge Cup Results". thecup.us. January 27, 2009. Retrieved February 28, 2025.
* St. Louis Post-Dispatch