List of U.S. Open Cup finals explained

The U.S. Open Cup is an American soccer competition open to all United States Soccer Federation affiliated teams, from amateur adult club teams to the professional clubs of Major League Soccer, the country's top-flight league. The tournament was first contested in 1913–14 and continued uninterrupted until a two-year pause in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is the oldest still-running annual sports tournament in the United States.^[1]

With five titles each, Bethlehem Steel of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and Maccabee Los Angeles have won the domestic cup more times than any other American soccer club. In a joint tie for third, the Chicago Fire, Fall River F.C., Greek American Atlas, Philadelphia Ukrainians, Seattle Sounders FC, and Sporting Kansas City have won the title four times.^[1]

In the cup's 105-year history, 63 different clubs have won the tournament., teams from 18 states have won the U.S. Open Cup.^[1] The winner qualifies for a berth in the CONCACAF Champions Cup, the premier club competition for North America, Central America, and the Caribbean.^[1]

History

See main article: article and History of the U.S. Open Cup.

The competition dates back to 1914, when it was known as the National Challenge Cup. Prior to the National was the American Football Association's American Cup. Due to internal conflicts within the AFA regarding the process of allowing teams to enter, a new association called the American Amateur Football Association was created. Formed in October 1911, the association quickly spread outside of the Northeast and created its own cup in 1912, the American Amateur Football Association Cup. That year, both the AFA and AAFA applied for membership in FIFA, the international governing body for soccer. In 1913, the AAFA gained an edge over the AFA when several AFA organizations moved to the AAFA. On April 5, 1913, the AAFA reorganized as the United States Football Association, presently known as the United States Soccer Federation. FIFA quickly granted a provisional membership, and USFA began exerting its influence on the sport. This influence led to the establishment of the National Challenge Cup that fall. The National Challenge Cup quickly grew to overshadow the American Cup. However, both cups were played simultaneously for the next ten years. Declining respect for the AFA led to the withdrawal of several associations from its cup in 1917. Further competition came in 1924 when USFA created the National Amateur Cup. That move spelled the death knell for the American Cup. It played its last season in 1924.

MLS era

The U.S. Open Cup has been dominated by MLS teams since that league began play in 1996. The last non-MLS team to win the cup were the Rochester Rhinos in 1999. The last non-MLS team to reach the final was the Sacramento Republic FC in 2022.In 1999, the U.S. Soccer Federation honored one of American soccer's most important patrons, Lamar Hunt, by changing the official title of the tournament to the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. The winners of the tournament were awarded the Dewar Cup, donated by Sir Thomas Dewar for the promotion of soccer in America in 1912, until it was retired for its poor condition in 1979. It was brought back into use by the United States Adult Soccer Association in 1997, but went back on permanent display at the now closed National Soccer Hall of Fame in Oneonta, New York, and the recent winners of the tournament have been awarded a new, different trophy.

Key

(R)	Replay
	Match went to extra time
	Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time
Bold	Winning team won Double
*Bold italicized*	Winning team won the *Treble*
Italics	Team from outside the top division of American soccer (since the formation of American Soccer League in 1920)

Results

Season	Winner	Score	Runners–up	Venue	Location	Attendance
	Brooklyn Field Club	2–1	Brooklyn Celtic	Coats Field	Pawtucket, Rhode Island	10,000
	Bethlehem Steel (1)	3–1	Brooklyn Celtic	Taylor Field	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania	7,500
	Bethlehem Steel (2)	1–0	Fall River Rovers	Coats Field	Pawtucket, Rhode Island	10,000
	Fall River Rovers	1–0	Bethlehem Steel	Coats Field	Pawtucket, Rhode Island	7,000
	Fall River Rovers	2–2	Bethlehem Steel	Heritage Park	Fall River, Massachusetts	13,000
	Bethlehem Steel (3)	3–0	Fall River Rovers	Federal League Park	Harrison, New Jersey	7,000
	Bethlehem Steel (4)	2–0	Paterson F.C.	Athletic Field	Fall River, Massachusetts	10,000
	Ben Millers	2–1	Fore River	Handlan's Park	St. Louis, Missouri	12,000
	Robins Dry Dock	4–2	Scullin Steel	Athletic Field	Fall River, Massachusetts	8,000
	Scullin Steel	3–2	Todd Shipyards	High School Field	St. Louis, Missouri	8,000
	Paterson F.C.	2–2	Scullin Steel	Federal League Park	Harrison, New Jersey	15,000
	Paterson F.C.	3–0 (forfeit)	Scullin Steel	High School Field	St. Louis, Missouri	DNP
	Fall River F.C.	4–2	Vesper Buick	High School Field	St. Louis, Missouri	14,000
	Shawsheen Indians	3–0	Chicago Canadian Club	Mark's Stadium	North Tiverton, Rhode Island	2,500
	Bethlehem Steel (5)	7–2	Ben Millers	Ebbets Field	Brooklyn, New York	18,000
	Fall River F.C. (2)	7–0	Holley Carburetor	University of Detroit Stadium	Detroit, Michigan	10,000
	Chicago Bricklayers	1–1	New York Nationals	Polo Grounds	New York, New York	16,000
	New York Nationals	3–0 (4–1 agg.)	Chicago Bricklayers	Soldier Field	Chicago, Illinois	15,000
	New York Hakoah	2–0	St. Louis Madison Kennel	Sportsman's Park	St. Louis, Missouri	15,000
	New York Hakoah	3–0 (5–0 agg.)	St. Louis Madison Kennel	Dexter Park	Queens, New York	21,583
	*Fall River F.C.*	7–2	Cleveland Bruell	Polo Grounds	New York, New York	10,000
	*Fall River F.C.* (3)	2–1 (9–3 agg.)	Cleveland Bruell	Luna Park	Cleveland, Ohio	3,500
	Fall River F.C.	6–2	Chicago Bricklayers	Polo Grounds	New York, New York	12,000
	Chicago Bricklayers	1–1	Fall River F.C.	Mills Stadium	Chicago, Illinois	8,000
	Fall River F.C. (4)	2–0 (8–2 agg.)	Chicago Bricklayers	Sparta Field	Chicago, Illinois	4,500
	New Bedford Whalers	3–3	Stix, Baer and Fuller	Sportsman's Park	St. Louis, Missouri	7,181
	New Bedford Whalers	2–1 (5–4 agg.)	Stix, Baer and Fuller	Sportsman's Park	St. Louis, Missouri	7,371
	Stix, Baer and Fuller	1–0	New York Americans	Sportsman's Park	St. Louis, Missouri	15,200
	Stix, Baer and Fuller	2–1 (3–1 agg.)	New York Americans	Starlight Park	The Bronx, New York	4,200
1934	Stix, Baer and Fuller (2)	4–2 2–3 5–0 (11–5 agg.)	Pawtucket Rangers	Walsh Memorial Stadium Coats Field Walsh Memorial Stadium	St. Louis, Missouri Pawtucket, Rhode Island St. Louis, Missouri	7,122 4,500 7,657
1935	St. Louis Central Breweries (3)	5–2 1–1 1–3	Pawtucket Rangers	Walsh Memorial Stadium Coats Field Walsh Memorial Stadium	St. Louis, Missouri Pawtucket, Rhode Island St. Louis, Missouri	4,500 4,000 3,000
1936	Uhrik Truckers	2–2 3–0	St. Louis Shamrocks	Walsh Memorial Stadium Rifle Club Grounds	St. Louis, Missouri Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	3,400 8,000
1937	New York Americans	0–1 4–2	St. Louis Shamrocks	Public Schools Stadium Starlight Park	St. Louis, Missouri The Bronx, New York	5,083 6,000
1938	Chicago Sparta	3–0 3–2	Brooklyn St. Mary's Celtic	Sparta Stadium Starlight Park	Chicago, Illinois The Bronx, New York	4,000 10,000
1939	Brooklyn St. Mary's Celtic	1–0 4–1	Chicago Manhattan Beer	Sparta Stadium Starlight Park	Chicago, Illinois The Bronx, New York	5,000 8,000
1939–1940	Baltimore S.C. Sparta Fallstaff	1–1 2–2 *	—	Bugle Field Sparta Stadium	Baltimore, Maryland Chicago, Illinois	N/A
1941	Pawtucket F.C.	4–2 4–3 *	Detroit Chrysler	N/A	Pawtucket, Rhode Island Detroit, Michigan	N/A
1942	Pittsburgh Gallatin	2–1 4–2	Pawtucket F.C.	Legion Field Coats Field	Donora, Pennsylvania Pawtucket, Rhode Island	N/A
1943	Brooklyn Hispano	2–2 * 3–2	Morgan Strasser	Starlight Park Starlight Park	The Bronx, New York The Bronx, New York	N/A
1944	Brooklyn Hispano (2)	4–0	Morgan Strasser	Polo Grounds	New York, New York	N/A
1945	*Brookhattan*	4–1 2–1	Cleveland Americans	Starlight Park Shaw Field	The Bronx, New York Cleveland, Ohio	N/A
1946	Chicago Viking A.A.	1–1 2–1	Ponta Delgada S.C.	Mark's Stadium Comiskey Park	North Tiverton, Rhode Island Chicago, Illinois	N/A
1947	Ponta Delgada S.C.	6–1 3–2	Chicago Sparta	N/A Sparta Stadium	Fall River, Massachusetts Chicago, Illinois	N/A
1948	St. Louis Simpkins–Ford	3–2	Brookhattan–Galicia	Sportsman's Park	St. Louis, Missouri	2,226
1949	Morgan Strasser	0–1 4–2	Philadelphia Nationals	Holmes Stadium Bridgeville Park	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	N/A 1,000
1950	St. Louis Simpkins–Ford (2)	2–0 1–1	Ponta Delgada S.C.	N/A	St. Louis, Missouri Tiverton, Rhode Island	N/A
1951	New York German–Hungarian S.C.	2–4 6–2 *	Heidelberg S.C.	N/A Metropolitan Oval	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Queens, New York	N/A
1952	Harmarville Hurricanes	3–4 4–1 *	Philadelphia Nationals	N/A	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Harmarville, Pennsylvania	N/A
1953	Chicago Falcons	2–0 1–0	Harmarville Hurricanes	Sparta Stadium N/A	Chicago, Illinois Harmarville, Pennsylvania	N/A
1954	New York Americans (2)	1–1 2–0	St. Louis Kutis S.C.	N/A Triborough Stadium	St. Louis, Missouri Randalls Island, New York	N/A
1955	S.C. Eintracht	2–0	Los Angeles Danes	Rancho La Cienega Stadium	Los Angeles, California	N/A
1956	Harmarville Hurricanes (2)	0–1 3–1 *	Chicago Schwaben	Winnemac Park Stadium^[2] Consumer Field	Chicago, Illinois Harmarville, Pennsylvania	N/A 5,000^[3]
1957	St. Louis Kutis S.C.	3–0 3–1	New York Hakoah	N/A Zerega Oval	St. Louis, Missouri The Bronx, New York	N/A
1958	Los Angeles Kickers	align=center style="background:#FBCEB1"	†2–1 *	Baltimore Pompei	N/A	Baltimore, Maryland	N/A
1959	McIlvaine Canvasbacks	4–3	Fall River S.C.	Rancho La Cienega Stadium	Los Angeles, California	N/A
1960	Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals	align=center style="background:#FBCEB1"	†5–3 *	Los Angeles Kickers	Edison Field	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	5,500^[4]
1961	Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals (2)	2–2 5–2	Los Angeles Scots	Rancho La Cienega Stadium McCarthy Stadium	Los Angeles, California Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	N/A6,000^[5]
1962	New York Hungaria	3–2	San Francisco Scots	Eintracht Oval	New York, New York	N/A
1963	Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals (3)	align=center style="background:#FBCEB1"	†1–0 *	Los Angeles Armenians	Edison Field	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	4,000^[6]
1964	Los Angeles Kickers (2)	2–2 (a.e.t.) 2–0	Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals	Cambria Field Wrigley Field	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Los Angeles, California	N/A
1965	New York Ukrainians	align=center style="background:#FBCEB1"	†1–1 4–1 *	Chicago Hansa	Ukrainians Field Hanson Stadium	New York, New York Chicago, Illinois	N/A
1966	Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals (4)	1–0 3–0	Orange County Soccer Club	Rancho La Cienega Stadium Edison Field	Los Angeles, California Philadelphia	5,000^[7]
1967	Greek American AA	4–2	Orange County Soccer Club	Eintracht Oval	New York, New York	2,500
1968	Greek American AA (2)	1–1 1–0	Chicago Olympic	Hanson Stadium Eintracht Oval	Chicago, Illinois New York, New York	N/A
1969	Greek American AA (3)	1–0	Montabello Armenians	N/A	N/A	N/A
1970	Elizabeth S.C.	2–1	Los Angeles Croatia	N/A	N/A	N/A
1971	New York Hota Bavarian S.C.	align=center style="background:#FBCEB1"	†6–4 *	San Pedro Yugoslavs	N/A	N/A	N/A
1972	Elizabeth S.C. (2)	1–0	San Pedro Yugoslavs	N/A	N/A	N/A
1973	Maccabee Los Angeles	align=center style="background:#FBCEB1"	†5–3 *	Cleveland Inter	Rancho La Cienega Stadium	Los Angeles, California	N/A
1974	Greek American AA (4)	2–0	Chicago Croatian	Metropolitan Oval	Queens, New York	2,000^[8]
1975	Maccabee Los Angeles (2)	1–0	New York Inter–Giuliana	Murdock Stadium	Torrance, California	2,152 ^[9]
1976	San Francisco I.A.C.	1–0	New York Inter–Giuliana	N/A	New York, New York	N/A
1977	Maccabee Los Angeles (3)	5–1	Philadelphia United German–Hungarians	Jackie Robinson Field	Los Angeles	2,125
1978	Maccabee Los Angeles (4)	2–0*	Bridgeport Vasco da Gama	Giants Stadium	East Rutherford, New Jersey	N/A
1979	Brooklyn Dodgers S.C.	2–1	Chicago Croatian	N/A	N/A	N/A
1980	New York Pancyprian-Freedoms	3–2	Maccabee Los Angeles	Metropolitan Oval^[10]	Queens, New York	N/A
1981	Maccabee Los Angeles (5)	5–1	Brooklyn Dodgers S.C.	Daniel’s Field	Los Angeles, California	1200
1982	New York Pancyprian-Freedoms (2)	align=center style="background:#FBCEB1"	†4–3 *	Maccabee Los Angeles	Hanson Stadium	Chicago, Illinois	1200
1983	New York Pancyprian-Freedoms (3)	4–3	St. Louis Kutis S.C.	Delmar Stadium	Houston, Texas	800
1984	New York AO Krete	4–2	San Pedro Yugoslavs	St. Louis Soccer Park	St. Louis, Missouri	N/A
1985	Greek-American A.C.	2–1	St. Louis Kutis S.C.	St. Louis Soccer Park	St. Louis, Missouri	N/A
1986	St. Louis Kutis S.C. (2)	1–0	San Pedro Yugoslavs	St. Louis Soccer Park	St. Louis, Missouri	N/A
1987	Club España	align=center style="background:#CEDFF2"	†0–0 (3–2 pen.)	Seattle Mitre Eagles	St. Louis Soccer Park	St. Louis, Missouri	N/A
	St. Louis Busch Seniors	align=center style="background:#FBCEB1"	†2–1 *	Greek-American A.C.	St. Louis Soccer Park	St. Louis, Missouri	6,200
	St. Petersburg Kickers	align=center style="background:#FBCEB1"	†2–1 *	Greek American AA	St. Louis Soccer Park	St. Louis, Missouri	6,200
	A.A.C. Eagles	2–1	Brooklyn Italians	Kuntz Stadium	Indianapolis, Indiana	3,116
	Brooklyn Italians (2)	1–0	Richardson Rockets	Brooklyn College	Brooklyn, New York	1,500
	San Jose Oaks	2–1	Bridgeport Vasco da Gama	Kuntz Stadium	Indianapolis, Indiana	2,500
	C.D. Mexico	5–0	Philadelphia United German–Hungarians	Kuntz Stadium	Indianapolis, Indiana	3,500
	Greek-American A.C. (2)	3–0	Bavarian Leinenkugel	UGH Field	Oakford, Pennsylvania	7,234
	Richmond Kickers	align=center style="background:#CEDFF2"	†1–1 (4–2 pen.)	El Paso Patriots	SISD Stadium	El Paso, Texas	7,378
	D.C. United	3–0	Rochester Rhinos	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium	Washington, D.C.	7,234
	Dallas Burn	align=center style="background:#CEDFF2"	†0–0 (5–3 pen.)	D.C. United	Carroll Stadium	Indianapolis, Indiana	9,766
	Chicago Fire	align=center style="background:#FBCEB1"	†2–1 *	Columbus Crew	Soldier Field	Chicago, Illinois	18,615
	Rochester Rhinos	2–0	Colorado Rapids	Columbus Crew Stadium	Columbus, Ohio	4,555
	Chicago Fire (2)	2–1	Miami Fusion	Soldier Field	Chicago, Illinois	19,146
	Los Angeles Galaxy	align=center style="background:#FBCEB1"	†2–1 *	New England Revolution	Titan Stadium	Fullerton, California	4,195
	Columbus Crew	1–0	Los Angeles Galaxy	Columbus Crew Stadium	Columbus, Ohio	6,054
	Chicago Fire (3)	1–0	MetroStars	Giants Stadium	East Rutherford, New Jersey	5,183
	Kansas City Wizards	align=center style="background:#FBCEB1"	†1–0 *	Chicago Fire	Arrowhead Stadium	Kansas City, Missouri	8,819
	Los Angeles Galaxy (2)	1–0	FC Dallas	Home Depot Center	Carson, California	10,000
	Chicago Fire (4)	3–1	Los Angeles Galaxy	Toyota Park	Bridgeview, Illinois	8,185
	New England Revolution	3–2	FC Dallas	Pizza Hut Park	Frisco, Texas	10,618
	D.C. United (2)	2–1	Charleston Battery	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium	Washington, D.C.	8,212
	Seattle Sounders FC	2–1	D.C. United	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium	Washington, D.C.	17,329
	Seattle Sounders FC (2)	2–1	Columbus Crew	Qwest Field	Seattle, Washington	31,311
	Seattle Sounders FC (3)	2–0	Chicago Fire	CenturyLink Field	Seattle, Washington	35,615
	Sporting Kansas City (2)	align=center style="background:#CEDFF2"	†1–1 (3–2 pen.)	Seattle Sounders FC	Livestrong Sporting Park	Kansas City, Kansas	18,873
	D.C. United (3)	1–0	Real Salt Lake	Rio Tinto Stadium	Sandy, Utah	17,608
	Seattle Sounders FC (4)	align=center style="background:#FBCEB1"	†3–1 *	Philadelphia Union	PPL Park	Chester, Pennsylvania	15,256
	Sporting Kansas City (3)	align=center style="background:#CEDFF2"	†1–1 (7–6 pen.)	Philadelphia Union	PPL Park	Chester, Pennsylvania	14,463
	FC Dallas (2)		New England Revolution	Toyota Stadium	Frisco, Texas	16,612
	Sporting Kansas City (4)		New York Red Bulls	Children's Mercy Park	Kansas City, Kansas	21,523
	Houston Dynamo	3–0	Philadelphia Union	BBVA Compass Stadium	Houston, Texas	16,060
	Atlanta United FC	2–1	Minnesota United FC	Mercedes-Benz Stadium	Atlanta, Georgia	35,709
	Not held (COVID-19 pandemic).^[11] ^[12]

	Orlando City SC	3–0	Sacramento Republic FC	Exploria Stadium	Orlando, Florida	25,527
	Houston Dynamo FC (2)	2–1	Inter Miami CF	DRV PNK Stadium	Fort Lauderdale, Florida	20,288

Teams with multiple wins

Teams shown in italics are no longer in existence.

Club	Wins	Last final won	Runners-up	Last final lost
Maccabee Los Angeles	5	1981	2	1982
Bethlehem Steel	5	1926	1	1918
Chicago Fire	4	2006	2	2011
Greek American AA	4	1967	1	1989
Philadelphia Tridents	4	1966	1	1964
Seattle Sounders FC	4	2014	1	2012
Fall River F.C.	4	1931	0
Sporting Kansas City	4	2017	0
Stix, Baer and Fuller	3	1935	3	1937
New York Pancyprian-Freedoms	3	1982	0
D.C. United	3	2013	2	2009
Brooklyn Italians	2	1991	2	1990
Brooklyn Hispano	2	1944	0
Houston Dynamo FC	2	2023	0
Los Angeles Galaxy	2	2005	2	2006
FC Dallas	2	2016	2	2007

Notes and References

News: January 31, 2023 . Get to Know Your Cup . . March 16, 2023.
News: Frank . DeMor . Hurricane Blew Away Competition . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . August 30, 1990 . 9–10 . May 6, 2013.
News: Jimmy . Jordan . Harmarville wins national open title, 3–2 . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . 23 . May 7, 1956 . May 6, 2013.
News: May 30, 1960 . Ukrainians Trip LA for U.S. Title; Noha Score 5 . 19 . The Philadelphia Inquirer . Newspapers.com . November 1, 2022.
News: June 26, 1961 . Ukes Beat LA, 5-2 For U.S. Soccer Title . 26 . The Philadelphia Inquirer . Newspapers.com . November 1, 2022.
News: June 3, 1963 . Uke Nats Win Soccer Title, 1-0 . 28 . The Philadelphia Inquirer . Newspapers.com . November 1, 2022.
News: June 6, 1966 . Ukrainian Nats Jar Orange County, 3-0 . 22 . The Philadelphia Inquirer . Newspapers.com . November 1, 2022.
News: Yannis . Nick . June 3, 1974 . "Greek-Americans and Cosmos Triumph" .
News: Nolan. Chuck. Before Lionel Messi’s 2023 US Open Cup impact, Pele changed the 1975 Final in a different way.
Web site: The Oval & the Open Cup: Making History in Maspeth, Queens U.S. Soccer Official Website . 2024-04-22 . www.ussoccer.com . en.
August 17, 2020 . 2020 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Cancelled Due to COVID-19 . . August 17, 2020.
July 20, 2020 . Schedule Announced for Next Edition of Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in 2022 . . July 20, 2021.