April 22, 1950 – St. Louis Simpkins Ford 2:0 Ponta Delgada SC. U.S. Open Cup final first leg

Ponta Delgada, which won one of its six U.S. Amateur Cup titles in 1950, would fall in the National Challenge Cup (U.S. Open Cup) final after a 1-1 return leg draw in North Tiverton, R.I., May 7. Ponta Delgada won one U.S. Open Cup title, in 1947 (when it also won the U.S. Amateur Cup).

Eight players from these teams would play for the U.S. in the 1950 World Cup less than two months later: Bobby Annis, Frank Borghi, Charlie Colombo, Gino Pariani and Frank Wallace (Simpkins) and Frank Moniz, Ed Souza and John Souza (Ponta Delgada).

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