American Amateur Football Association Cup
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 It played only two years, 1912 and 1913 before being superseded by the National Challenge Cup, now known as the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.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 Jan 14
- Sheffield 3-0 St.George (B) Jan 7
- Cameron 1-1 Newark Feb 11
- (replay) Newark 3-1 Cameron
- Hollywood Inn 4-2 Columbia Oval Jan 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 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| February 25 | ||||||||||||||
| Clan MacDonald | 8 | |||||||||||||
| March 24/April 7 - Brooklyn | ||||||||||||||
| Clan McKenzie | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Clan MacDonald | 1-1 | |||||||||||||
| February 25 | ||||||||||||||
| Brooklyn Celtic | 1-2 | |||||||||||||
| Brooklyn Celtic | 8 | |||||||||||||
| April 14 - Brooklyn | ||||||||||||||
| Greenpoint | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Brooklyn Celtic | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Critchley F.C. | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Critchley F.C. | w/o | |||||||||||||
| March 17 | ||||||||||||||
| Brooklyn F.C. | ||||||||||||||
| Critchley F.C. | 2 | |||||||||||||
| February 25 | ||||||||||||||
| Sheffield A.F.C. | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Sheffield A.F.C. | 2 | |||||||||||||
| May 11 - Brooklyn | ||||||||||||||
| Washington F.C. | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Brooklyn Celtic | 3 | |||||||||||||
| February 25 | ||||||||||||||
| Newark F.C. | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Newark F.C. | 4 | |||||||||||||
| St. George F.C. | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Newark F.C. | w/o | |||||||||||||
| Bronx United | ||||||||||||||
| New York Celtic | 0 | |||||||||||||
| April 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Bronx United | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Newark F.C. | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Hollywood Inn | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Yonkers F.C. | 1-0 | |||||||||||||
| March 24 | ||||||||||||||
| Hollywood Inn | 1-1 | |||||||||||||
| Hollywood Inn | 8 | |||||||||||||
| March 3, 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Arcadia Thistle | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Arcadia Thistle | 1-6 | |||||||||||||
| German F.C. | 1-2 | |||||||||||||
Final
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 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| November 24 - Newark | ||||||||||||||
| Yonkers F.C. | 6 | |||||||||||||
| January 5 - Yonkers | ||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross F.C. | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Yonkers F.C. | 10 | |||||||||||||
| November 24 - Astoria | ||||||||||||||
| Anglo-Saxon F.C. | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Anglo-Saxon F.C. | 5 | |||||||||||||
| March 9 - New York | ||||||||||||||
| White Rose F.C. | 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 Celtic | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 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 Inn | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Hollywood Inn | 1 | |||||||||||||
| January 5 - Yonkers | ||||||||||||||
| Brooklyn Celtic | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Hollywood Inn | 3 | |||||||||||||
| November 24/Dec 1, 8 - New York | ||||||||||||||
| Clan MacDuff | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Clan MacDuff | 6 a | |||||||||||||
| March 23 - Brooklyn | ||||||||||||||
| Fulton A.C. | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Hollywood Inn | 3 | |||||||||||||
| November 24 - Brooklyn | ||||||||||||||
| Clan MacDonald | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Clan MacDonald | 4 | |||||||||||||
| January 5 - Brooklyn | ||||||||||||||
| Washington F.C. | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Clan MacDonald | 2 | |||||||||||||
| - | ||||||||||||||
| Critchley F.C. | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Critchley F.C. | ||||||||||||||
| Cameron F.C. | ||||||||||||||
a) aggregate after 3 games
Final
April 12, 1913 |
| Yonkers F.C. (NY) | 3–0 | Hollywood 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