The Chicago Falcons were an American soccer team which won the 1953 National Challenge Cup , the precursor to the US Open Cup, and also participated in the Chicago-area National Soccer League in the 1950s.
8-745: The Falcons won promotion to the NSL Major Division from the NSL First Division in 1952, the year they won the first of their two Peel Cup titles. In their first season in the Major Division, they finished second to the Ukrainian Lions . They also won their second consecutive Peel Cup in 1953. They played in the NSL's first division to at least 1956, but were no longer in the league by 1959. The Falcons also participated in
16-476: A fund to benefit injured soccer players. The first tournament included clubs from Chicago, Peoria, and Coal City. Peel also had plans to include clubs from St. Louis, Detroit, and Cleveland the following year. On October 3, 1909, the Campbell Rovers defeated Coal City 3-0 in front of a large crowd at the 124th Field Artillery Amory (52nd Street and South Cottage Grove Avenue) to win the first cup. Until
24-651: A tradition that the first team to win it three times keeps the cup. However, through all its name changes it continues to crown the annual Illinois State Champions and is commonly referred to as the Illinois State Cup. The winner, and runner up, of the Illinois State Cup advances to the Regional Tournament of Champions. The Peel Cup should not be confused with the Peel Shield which was established by Peter Peel in 1912 and held until 1919 as
32-680: The 1914 establishment of the National Challenge Cup , the Peel Cup was among the most significant cup competition in the United States. While it was originally intended to determine the club champion of the mid-west, the Peel Cup quickly became the tournament to determine the Illinois State Champions. For several years it was a de facto Chicago championship, due to the large number of talented teams in
40-639: The Falcons played Canadian champions New Westminster, losing 5–0. This article about a soccer club from Illinois is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Peel Cup The Peter J. Peel Challenge Cup , better known as the Peel Cup , was an open soccer competition that crowned the Illinois state champion until it was replaced by the Illinois Governor’s Cup in 1971. Peter Peel
48-708: The National Amateur Cup in 1952. The Falcons beat the Harmarville Hurricanes in the 1953 National Challenge Cup final 3–0 on aggregate having defeated Kutis of St. Louis to make the finals. Kutis won the first leg of the Western Final 3–0 in St. Louis, but were found to have illegally registered two players. The tie was reduced to a single leg which the Falcons won 2–1, apparently played in St. Louis' North Side Arena. After their cup win,
56-610: The city, especially those playing in the National Soccer League of Chicago . At the time, aside from Bethlehem Steel , teams from Chicago, New York City and Saint Louis dominated American soccer. After being awarded to the Olympics on November 1, 1970, the Peel Cup disappeared. The decision was made at that time to replace it with the Governor’s Cup . Since then, the cup has changed names multiple times based on
64-712: Was born in 1866 in Dublin , Ireland and moved to Chicago , Illinois when young. He founded the first soccer association in Illinois, served as president of the Chicago Soccer League, and later became president of the United States Football Association . In 1909, he established a competition, named after himself, open to all soccer clubs in the Midwestern United States . Proceeds from the competition went to
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