This Week in U.S. Open Cup History
April 26 - May 2
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April 26, 1936

Philadelphia's German-American S.C. and St. Louis Shamrocks played to a 2-2 draw in the first leg of the National Challenge Cup final at Walsh Memorial Stadium in St. Louis. Werner Nilsen scored twice for Shamrocks, while Ray Richards and Fiedler scored for the German-Americans. Technically, this was the Shamrocks fourth straight appearance in the Cup finals, but under their third sponsor name. In 1933 & 1934, they were Stix, Baer and Fuller, and in 1935 they played under the sponsorship or Central Breweries.

April 26, 1984

In the April 26 issue of Soccer America, it was reported that the Tulsa Roughnecks, defending 1983 NASL champions, had submitted a formal application to participate in the 1984 U.S. Open Cup. However, due to NASL schedule conflicts, the Roughnecks were not able to participate in the Region III finals on May 19 & 20, or the National Finals on June 23-24. The plan was to have the Roughnecks play the Region III winner, which turned out to be H.R.C. Kickers of St. Petersburg, Florida. Ultimately, the Roughnecks would not get their chance to enter the cup, as the NASL folded after the 1984 season. This would have marked the only time an NASL club had participated in the U.S. Open Cup.

April 28, 1935

Central Breweries of St. Louis defeated Pawtucket Rangers 5-2, in the first of three legs in the National Challenge Cup final, in St. Louis.  Central Breweries were essentially the same team as Stix, Baer and Fuller, with a new sponsor.

April 29, 1979

In the U.S. Open Cup Western Final at Balboa Stadium in San Francisco, San Francisco A.C. defeat Spanish Plus from Fairbanks, Alaska 12-0. Roar Anderson scored four goals and Roger Alphonso added two more.  Goodwin Odyie, Tom Schmidtke, Dag Olavsson, and Bill Mendoza also contributed to the rout, with two additional goals coming via own goals from Spanish Plus.

April 30, 1939

At Sparta Stadium in Chicago, St. Mary's Celtic, from Brooklyn, defeated Chicago's Manhattan Beer in the first leg of the National Challenge Cup final, 1-0. Duke Nanoski scored the lone goal with fourteen minutes remaining.

April 30, 1956

Chicago's Schwaben defeated Pittsburgh's Hamarville Hurricanes 1-0, in the first leg of the US Open Cup Final in Chicago. Joe Kohlberger scored the lone goal.

May 1, 1915

Playing before 7,500 fans at Taylor Field at Lehigh University, Bethlehem Steel claimed the first of their five National Challenge Cup titles, defeating Brooklyn Celtic 3-1.  Bob Miller, Tommy Flemming and Ford scored for the winners.

May 1, 1927

Fall River Marksmen defeated Holley Carburetor of Detroit 7-0, at University of Detroit Stadium, to win the National Challenge Cup. Tec White and Dave McEachran scored twice, and Dougie Campbell, Harold Brittan and Jim Kelly added the others.

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