1916–17 American Cup
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The 1917 American Cup was the annual open cup held by the American Football Association. Thirty-six teams entered the competition however none of the major Massachusetts teams entered. A new rule that season made by the Southern New England FA forbade their clubs from entering more than one tournament other than the State Cup. This being the case most of the teams opted for the National Cup instead. Bethlehem Steel brought home the trophy for the third time with a convincing 7-0 final win against the West Hudsons.
American Cup Bracket
{{Round16
|November 26 - New York|New Yorks F.C.|3|Bridgeport City|1
|December 9 - Bethlehem|Bethlehem Steel|2|Henry Disston F.C.|1
||Clan MacDonald|w/o|Chicopee Rovers|
||Continentals F.C.|2|General Electric F.C.|1
|January 14 - Bayonne|Babcock & Wilcox|2|Scottish Americans|1
||West Hudson A.A.|1|Bay Ridge|0
|December 3|Brooklyn Celtic|6|Falls F.C.|0
||Alley Boys|2-1|Jersey A.C.|2-2
|January 28 - New York|New York F.C.|1|Bethlehem Steel|2
|January 21 - New York|Clan MacDonald|4|Continentals F.C.|1
|April 1 - Bayonne|Babcock & Wilcox|1-0|West Hudson A.A.|1-4
|January 14|Brooklyn Celtic|9|Jersey A.C.|0
|March 11 - Newark|Bethlehem Steel|5|Clan MacDonald|0
|April 22 - Newark|West Hudson A.A.|1|Brooklyn Celtic|0
|May 13 - Newark|Bethlehem Steel|7|West Hudson A.A.|0
|RD1=Second round
|3rdplace=no}}
Final
{{football box|
date = May 13, 1917|
team1 = West Hudson A.A. (NJ) |
goals1 = |
goals2 = 17' George McKelvey
19' Jimmy Easton
Fred Pepper
Fred Pepper(McKelvey)
Jimmy Easton(Fleming)
Paddy Butler
80' Tommy Fleming|
score = 0–7 |
team2 = Bethlehem Steel (PA) |
stadium = Weidenmayer's Park; Newark, New Jersey
| attendance = 5,000
| referee = Charles Creighton }}