1927 National Challenge Cup
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{{Infobox football tournament season
| title = National Challenge Cup
| year = 1927
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| image = Dewar trophy 1914.jpg
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| caption = Dewar Challenge Cup
| country = United States
| dates = 20 February 1927 – 1 May 1927
| venue =
| num_teams =
| defending_champions = Bethlehem Steel
| winners = Fall River F.C.
| count = 2
| second = Holley Carburetor
| semifinal1 = Sparta ABA
| semifinal2 = Bethlehem Steel
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| prev_season = 1926
| next_season = 1928
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The 1927 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.
Eastern Division
{{Round16
|March 27 - Tiverton|Fall River F.C.|3|New Bedford Whalers|2
|March 26 - Boston|Boston Soccer Club|2|Fore River|3
|March 27/April 2|Providence FC|3-3|J&P Coats|3-2
|March 27 - Buffalo|Hungarian F.C.|0|Whittal F.C.|5
|March 27 - New York|Indiana Flooring|3|New York Giants|1
|March 19 - Brooklyn|Brooklyn Wanderers|1|Newark Skeeters|2
|March 27 - Trenton|Trenton F.C.|2|Viking F.C.|1
|March 26 - Philadelphia|Philadelphia Field Club|1|Bethlehem Steel|3
|April 3 - Tiverton|Fall River F.C.|5|Fore River|0
|April 9 - Providence|Providence FC|7|Whittal F.C.|1
|April 9 - New York|Indiana Flooring|1|Newark Skeeters|2
|April 3 - Trenton|Trenton F.C.|0|Bethlehem Steel|6
|April 17 - Tiverton|Fall River F.C.|3|Providence FC|2
|April 10 - Brooklyn|Newark Skeeters|0|Bethlehem Steel|1
|April 24 - Providence|Fall River F.C.|2|Bethlehem Steel|1
|RD1=First round
|RD2=Second round
|3rdplace=no}}
Western Division
{{Round16
|February 20 - St. Louis|Ben Millers|5|Pants Store F.C.|4
|February 27 - St. Louis |Wellston|9|Johnston City AFC|1
|February 27 - Chicago|Sparta ABA|3|Thistles F.C.|0
|February 27 - Chicago|Bricklayers|2|White Banner Malt|0
|February 27 - Detroit|Holley Carburetor|2|Canadian Club|1
|February 27- Chicago|Pullman F.C.|0|Buda AA|4
|February 27 - Cleveland|American-Hungarians|3|Magyar-American F.C.|2
|February 27- Wooster|Clan MacKenzie|4|Lorain Eagles|0
|March 13 - St. Louis|Ben Millers|4|Wellston|2
|March 20 - Chicago|Sparta ABA|2|Bricklayers|1
|March 20 - Detroit|Holley Carburetor|3|Buda AA|2
|March 27 - Cleveland|American-Hungarians|5|Clan MacKenzie|0
|April 3, 10|Ben Millers|2-0|Sparta ABA|2-1
|April 3 - Detroit|Holley Carburetor|4|American-Hungarians|2
|April 18 - Chicago|Sparta ABA|1|Holley Carburetor|2
|RD1=First round
|RD2=Second round
|3rdplace=no}}
Final
{{football box
| date = May 1, 1927
| team1 = Holley Carburetor (MI)
| goals1 =
| goals2 = White {{goal||2 goals}}
McEachran {{goal||2 goals}}
Campbell {{goal}}
Brittan {{goal}}
Kelly {{goal}}|
score = 0–7 (0–2)
| team2 = Fall River F.C. (MA)
| stadium = University of Detroit Stadium
| location = Detroit, Michigan
| attendance = 10,000
| referee = Charles Creighton (NY / USA)
Linesmen: D. Evans, W. Ferguson}}
= Lineups =
The finalists played as follows:Fall River Beats Holley. 7-0, for U.S. Soccer Title, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 2 May 1927, Page 16
| Border=0 Align=center style=Font-size:90% |
| align=right | Holley
| align=center | | Fall River |
| align=right | Dick
| align=center | G |
| align=right | Boath
| align=center | LB |
| align=right | Hayston
| align=center | RB |
| align=right | Stewart
| align=center | LHB |
| align=right | Dalrymple
| align=center | CHB |
| align=right | Gallagher
| align=center | RHB |
| align=right | Love
| align=center | OL |
| align=right | Rutherford
| align=center | IL |
| align=right | Gerrit Visser
| align=center | CF | Harold Brittan (C) |
| align=right | Connally (C)
| align=center | IR |
| align=right | Forrester
| align=center | OR |
Sources
- {{cite book | last = Jose | first = Colin | title = American Soccer League, 1921-1931 | type = Hardback | publisher = The Scarecrow Press | year = 1998 | id = ({{ISBN|0-8108-3429-4}}) }}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{US Open Cup}}
{{1927–28 in American soccer}}