1915–16 National Challenge Cup

American soccer tournament season August 2023 National Challenge Cup 1915–16 Dewar trophy 1914.jpg Dewar Challenge Cup United States Bethlehem Steel 2 Fall River Rovers 1914–15 1916–17 The 1915–16 National Challenge Cup was the third tournament of the modern-day Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. Bethlehem Steel won its second consecutive championship. The entries for the competition were to be made by midnight September 30, 1915. The draw for the qualifying and first rounds was made on October 2, 1915. The tournament schedule was originally set for the qualifying round to take place on or before October 24; first round, November 14; second round, December 12; third round, January 16, 1916; fourth round, March 5; semis, April 2, and final on April 30. Bracket Home teams listed on top of bracket Second Round Dec 11 - Feb 27 Third Round Jan 15 - Apr 2 Quarterfinals Mar 5 - Apr 8 Semifinals April 15,16,26 Final May 6 PA Braddock 3 PA Beadling F.C. 1 OH Cleveland Thistles 1 OH Cleveland A.F.C. 0 IL Pullman F.C. 3 IL MacDuff 1 MI Packard F.C. 4a MI St. George F.C. 3 NJ West Hudson A.A. 0-2 NY Yonkers F.C. 0-0 NJ Babcock & Wilcox 8 NY Rochester City 0 PA Bethlehem Steel 1-3 PA Disston A.A. 1-0 PA Viscose F.C. 6a PA Philadelphia Hibernian 9 MA General Electrics F.C. 2 MA Fore River 1 MA New Bedford F.C. 1 MA New Bedford Celtic 0 MA Fall River Rovers 1 MA Pan-American F.C. 0 MA Lynn Hibernian 1-3 MA Boston American 1-0 RI Crompton F.C. 2 RI J&P Coats 1 CT Bridgeport City A.F.C. 3 MA Farr Alpaca F.C. 3b NY Continentals F.C. 3 NY IRT Strollers 0 NY Brooklyn Celtic 5 NJ Jersey A.C. 4 PA Braddock 1 OH Cleveland Thistles 3 IL Pullman F.C. 2 MI Packard F.C. 0 NJ West Hudson A.A. 2 NJ Babcock & Wilcox 1 PA Bethlehem Steel 6 PA Philadelphia Hibernian 0 MA General Electrics F.C. 2 MA New Bedford F.C. 7 MA Fall River Rovers 4 MA Lynn Hibernians 0 RI Crompton F.C. 0 CT Bridgeport City A.F.C. 2 NY Continentals F.C. 1 NY Brooklyn Celtic 0 OH Cleveland Thistles 1 IL Pullman F.C. 3 NJ West Hudson A.A. 0 PA Bethlehem Steel 1 MA New Bedford F.C. 1-0 MA Fall River Rovers 1-6 CT Bridgeport City A.F.C. 0 NY Continentals F.C. 1 IL Pullman F.C. 0-1 PA Bethlehem Steel 0-2 MA Fall River Rovers 1 NY Continentals F.C. 0 PA Bethlehem Steel 1 MA Fall River Rovers 0 a) aggregate after 3 games b) forfeit replay Final May 6, 1916 Bethlehem Steel (PA) 1–0 Report Fall River Rovers (MA) Fleming 78 pen. Coats Field Pawtucket, Rhode Island 10,000 David M. Whyte (USA) 22em SCO Bill Duncan ENG Sam Fletcher USA Jock Ferguson USA Thomas Murray USA James Campbell SCO Bob Morrison (c) Samuel MacDonald ENG Fred Pepper USA Neil Clarke Ireland 1783 Paddy Butler SCO Tommy Fleming Manager: Horace Lewis USA Chick Albion USA Frank Booth Charles Burns Frederick Burns Pierre Bouchard William Stone Arthur Morgan John Sullivan John Dalton USA Thomas Swords (c) Oliva Garant Manager: Randolph Howarth See also 1916 American Cup Sources USOpenCup.com https://web.archive.org/web/20060911222846/http://www.usopencup.com/1432/1916/index_E.html September 11, 2006 External links Open Cup Finals Nat Category:U.S. Open Cup seasons Category:1916 in domestic association football cups