1892 American Cup Explained

The 1892 American Cup was the eighth edition of the soccer tournament organized by the American Football Association. The Fall River East Ends won their second title in succession by overcoming the New York Thistles in the final. The Challenge Cup committee elected by the AFA were Robert Miller of O.N.T. as president, James Henderson of Brooklyn Nonpareil as vice president, Thomas B. Hood of Pawtucket as Secretary, and John Lang of Fall River as Treasurer.

Entrants

Circuit	State	City	Team
Western	New Jersey	Newark	Clark O.N.T.
			Newark Caledonian
		Paterson	Paterson F.B.C.
			Thistle
			True Blues
		Trenton	Trenton F.B.C.
	New York	Brooklyn	Atlantics
			Brooklyn
			Comrades
			Longfellows
			Nonpareils
		New York	Thistle
Eastern	Massachusetts	Fall River	Canonicuts
			Fall River East Ends
			Fall River Olympics
			Fall River Rovers
		Quincy	Quincy
	Rhode Island	Rhode Island	Pawtucket Free Wanderers
		Providence	Metropole A.A.
	Vermont	Barre	Barre Rangers

First round

The first round draw took place at the AFA meeting in Newark, New Jersey on September 13, 1891. The games of the first round were scheduled to be played on or before the last Saturday in October. The replay of the Canonicut-Metrople match was protested on account of darkness. The subsequent replay was tied, however the tie was not replayed because Metropole, by then, had disbanded. The Brooklyn-Thistle replay was also protested and resolved with a third encounter. The Free Wanderers and East Ends also required three tries to complete the round. The first match was called on account of rough play and ordered replayed on neutral ground while the second match was protested regarding a disputed goal.

replays

Second round

The Paterson Thistles protest was sustained in their match with the Longfellows and ordered replayed.

replay

Third Round

Thistles drew a bye.

American Cup bracket

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