Скачать или смотреть 1924 U.S. Open Cup Final Fall River @ Vesper Buick (St. Louis)--COMPLETE extant footage

(courtesy of the University of South Carolina Moving Image Research Collection)

Perhaps the oldest extant professional U.S. soccer footage--snippets from the 1924 U.S. Open Cup final, played on March 30, 1924. Fall River Marksmen, champions of the American Soccer League, traveled to St. Louis to face Vesper Buick, champions of the St. Louis Soccer League. Before a crowd of 14,000 at High School Field, the Marksmen completed their "double" with a 4-2 win. The match was tied 1:1 at the half, but Fall River prevailed on a brace by Fred Morley and goals from Johnny Reid and Harold Brittan. Harris (whose goal is captured on film) and McCarthy scored for the St. Louis team. Findlay Kerr notched the win in goal for Fall River; Labarge manned the pipes for the losers.

(special thanks to my CrosseCheck partner Dave Coleman in obtaining this footage and rendering it in HD)