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 It played only two years, 1912 and 1913 before being superseded by the National Challenge Cup, now known as the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup is a knockout tournament in American soccer. The tournament is the oldest ongoing American soccer competition and is presently open to all United States Soccer Federation affiliated teams, from amateur adult club teams to the professional clubs of Major League...

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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. 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. 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. Newark F.C. Newark Football Club was an early twentieth century U.S. soccer team which played in several leagues including the National Association Football League and Eastern Soccer League.-History:...
1913	Yonkers F.C. Yonkers F.C. Yonkers Football Club was an early twentieth century amateur U.S. soccer team. During its short time in existence, it won several cup competitions, including the 1913 American Amateur Football Association Cup.-History:...	Hollywood Inn F.C. Hollywood Inn F.C. Hollywood Inn F.C. was a U.S. soccer team which played in Yonkers, New York during the early twentieth century. While an amateur team for much of its existence, it played a single season in the professional National Association Football League...

Games

• Eureka 0-9 Brooklyn Celtics
• Clan McDonalds 4-0 Baltimore Sons of St. George Jan 14
• Sheffield 3-0 St.George (B)
• Cameron 1-1 Newark Feb 11
• (replay) Newark 3-1 Cameron
• Hollywood Inn 4-2 Columbia Oval
• 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

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.

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).

a) aggregate after 3 games

Final

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.