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May 14, 1944 – Brooklyn Hispano 4:0 Morgan Strasser, U.S. Open Cup final at Polo Grounds (Att.: 12,000)

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Former U.S. national team teammates Billy Gonsalves (Brooklyn Hispano) and Aldo “Buff” Donelli (Morgan) were matched in the National Challenge Cup (U.S. Open Cup) final. Gonsalves, 35, won for the eighth time in his final U.S. Open Cup final. Donelli, 36, “played a great game for the Strassers, but he was not well supported,” his teammates including his brother, Fred Donelli. (The Boston Globe). Buff Donelli also coached the Cleveland Rams of the NFL in 1944 and went on to coach Columbia and Boston University in football. [Read more…] about May 14, 1944 – Brooklyn Hispano 4:0 Morgan Strasser, U.S. Open Cup final at Polo Grounds (Att.: 12,000)

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. [Read more…] about 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)

May 7, 1939 – St. Mary’s Celtic 4:1 [5:1] Manhattan Beer, National Challenge Cup final at Starlight Park (Att.: 8,000)

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Celtic’s Ed Czerkiewicz (West Warwick, R.I.) plays in fourth of six U.S. Open Cup finals, Billy Gonsalves’ ninth consecutive final, at Starlight Park in the Bronx. Czerkiewicz, who also won a title with the Pawtucket Rangers, started at right fullback for the U.S. in the 1934 World Cup. [Read more…] about May 7, 1939 – St. Mary’s Celtic 4:1 [5:1] Manhattan Beer, National Challenge Cup final at Starlight Park (Att.: 8,000)

May 3, 1936 – Philadelphia German-Americans 3:0 (5:2) St. Louis Shamrocks, National Challenge Cup final (Att.: 10,000)

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Six-year National Challenge Cup (U.S. Open Cup) championship streak snapped for Shamrocks’ Billy Gonsalves and Alex McNab.

Gonsalves and McNab had teamed to win the title with the Fall River Marksmen, New Bedford Whalers, St. Louis Stix, Baer & Fuller and St. Louis Central Breweries from 1930-35. [Read more…] about May 3, 1936 – Philadelphia German-Americans 3:0 (5:2) St. Louis Shamrocks, National Challenge Cup final (Att.: 10,000)

April 30, 1988 – Boston Bolts 1:1 Orlando Lions, Bolts’ inaugural home match (Att.: 4,028)

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Boston Bolts take first “victory,” the result against the Orlando Lions decided by post-match penalty kicks during a rainstorm at Nickerson Field. [Read more…] about April 30, 1988 – Boston Bolts 1:1 Orlando Lions, Bolts’ inaugural home match (Att.: 4,028)

April 16, 1934 – Stix, Baer & Fuller 5:0 Pawtucket Rangers, National Challenge Cup final, Walsh Memorial Stadium (Att.: 8,000)

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Five days before the National Challenge Cup (U.S. Open Cup) final, the U.S. team was selected for the 1934 World Cup in Italy. The U.S. team included eight players from the final: Billy Gonsalves, B. Lehman, Willie McLean, Werner “Scotty” Nilsen (Stix, Baer & Fuller); and Eddie Czerkiewicz, Walter Dick, Tommy Florie, Joe Martinelli (Pawtucket Rangers). [Read more…] about April 16, 1934 – Stix, Baer & Fuller 5:0 Pawtucket Rangers, National Challenge Cup final, Walsh Memorial Stadium (Att.: 8,000)

April 5, 1931 – Bert Patenaude scores five goals in U.S. Open Cup final

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Bert Patenaude (b. Nov. 4, 1909) scored 13 goals, Billy Gonsalves (b. Aug. 10, 1908) added 9 in the Fall River Marksmen Cup campaign. Patenaude and Gonsalves, who had teamed to help the U.S. to the semifinals of the 1930 World Cup, grew up in Fall River, Mass., and could have been expected to lead the U.S. national for years to come. [Read more…] about April 5, 1931 – Bert Patenaude scores five goals in U.S. Open Cup final

April 3, 1932 – New Bedford Whalers win National Challenge Cup (U.S. Open Cup)

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The New Bedford Whalers were led by Billy Gonsalves, Alex McNab, Bill McPherson and Werner “Scotty” Nilsen. Those four players had combined to win the 1930 and ’31 U.S. Open Cup when the team was based in Fall River, and would go on to win the U.S. Open Cup with Stix, Baer & Fuller in 1933 and 1934. [Read more…] about April 3, 1932 – New Bedford Whalers win National Challenge Cup (U.S. Open Cup)

April 1, 1934 – Stix, Baer & Fuller 4:2 [aet] Pawtucket Rangers, National Challenge Cup at Walsh Memorial Stadium (Att.: 7,122)

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This was the first of a three-game, home-away-home series over a 16-day span, Adelino “Billy” Gonsalves scoring in all three matches as Stix, Baer & Fuller of St. Louis won the National Challenege Cup (U.S. Open Cup) against the Pawtucket Rangers. [Read more…] about April 1, 1934 – Stix, Baer & Fuller 4:2 [aet] Pawtucket Rangers, National Challenge Cup at Walsh Memorial Stadium (Att.: 7,122)