May 12, 1935 – St. Louis Central Breweries 1:3 [7:6] Pawtucket Rangers, U.S. Open Cup final at Newark School Stadium (Att.: 3,000)
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Billy Gonsalves, Alex McNab and Bert Patenaude led the way for St. Louis Central Breweries in the National Challenge Cup (U.S. Open Cup) final.
The National Challenge Cup final had been set as a best-of-three series, the title going to the first team to win twice. The Centrals had taken a 5-2 home victory and the teams played to a 1-1 tie in Pawtucket. But on May 11, 1935, the U.S. Football Association decreed total goals would decide the winner, according to The Boston Globe.
Patenaude set up Willie McLean for the opening goal 20 minutes in. The Rangers, who had a 10-1 edge in corner kicks and struck the bar and post “many times,” rallied for a 2-1 halftime lead on Bob McIntyre’s 28th-minute score and the first of two Walter Dick goals, in the 30th-minute. Dick converted again with 10 minutes remaining.
Gonsalves and Patenaude had formed an effective combination for several years, leading the U.S. in the 1930 World Cup. At this time, Gonsalves was 26 and Patenaude 25 years old. They might have paired for several more years, but the demise of the American Soccer League and poor organization at the national team level led to the U.S. failing to qualify for the 1938 World Cup.
Gonsalves and McNab won the National Challenge Cup for the sixth successive year.
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