1928–29 National Challenge Cup Explained

National Challenge Cup
Year:1928-29
Country: United States
Dates:December 16, 1928-
April 7, 1929
Defending Champions:New York Nationals
Winners:New York Hakoah
Count:1
Second:St. Louis Madison Kennel
Semifinal1:Sparta ABA
Semifinal2:New York Giants
Prev Season:1928
Next Season:1930

The 1928–29 National Challenge Cup was the annual open cup held by the United States Football Association now known as the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. This edition of the soccer tournament featured 100 entrants (51 in the East and 49 in the West). In this edition the Western bracket played the first round in December 1928 while the Eastern section chose to wait out the poor weather and began the first-round games in February 1929. The Cup final, which drew 21,583 spectators, broke the record for the largest crowd to see a Cup final, and remained the largest crowd, until 2010, when the Seattle Sounders FC defeat Columbus Crew in front of 31,311 spectators.

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